Head: Power Force Elite World Peacekeepers
Torso: Hi-Tech
Arms: Hard Drive
Waist: Hollow Point
Legs: Razor Trooper

Gun: Power Force Elite World Peacekeepers
Case: Chap Mei


Searching for a challenge, I looked for figures from the original 1982-94 series who hadn't yet appeared on Joe Customs. In the end I found five. Now I'm not man enough to try a version of Ice Cream Soldier, this left four figures from the dog end of the Star Brigade Range, all four of which were, in my eyes, redeemable. So here's the first in a new mini-project (coming soon...Gears, Blackstar and Space Shot).

The first thing one tended to notice about the original Effects is his bizarre head sculpt, with the biggest grimace outside a Jack Palance movie. The second was his rather alarming colour scheme. I've jettisoned the former, but retained the latter. I also got rid of his helmet, which for some bizarre reason, with 'US' emblazoned on it, reminded me of an intergalactic postman. This version is in general fairly close to the original, I've simply removed the sci-fi element of the character. Since, to my knowledge, GI Joe doesn't have an explosives expert (in the sense of setting them off as opposed to deactivating them), it seemed a gap that could be nicely filled.

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