Rds, your theory of the licensing issues sounds pretty good. And yeah the G.I.*JOE story line was overal owned by Hasbro. That's why threr never any cross overs, except with the Transformers. How cool would it have been to the Joes fighting along side Captain America and his ilk? Maybe have Hawk try to recruit the Punshier? Or have SHIELD join the fight against Cobra?



It's sort of hybrid of the XR311 and the Lamborghini LM002 which is the civilian version of the Cheetah. You can really see the influance for the new VAMP in the Cheetah.

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