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Some time back, a discussion came on the GI Joe Mailing list (the PIT)
that there should be more international figures, who were part of a United
Nations Team. Ian & Melanie (don't know the real name, only his email
alias) rattled off a few ideas, one of them being someone codenamed, Marconi
who was a Canadian Communications expert. I really liked the idea and the
codename, so here's the figure. To give Ian his credit, I named the character
after him, and used his codename. His codename is Marconi, and his full
name is "Ian" Marconi. So, thank you for the idea, Ian J
I wanted to do this custom right, because gloss paint looks horrible
(look at the bludviper) so I primed it with gray paint. I hadn't decided
what color to paint the torso, but when I saw the red/gray combo I liked
it so much I decided to keep it.
Marconi is a real wiz kid when it comes to setting up communications
devices. The Joe team needed a Communications expert to fill in for Dialtone
(who was recently captured by Cobra). Mainframe met Ian during a UN Peacekeeping
effort, and knew that he was one of the best, as well as a member of the
Canadian Army. Hawk received permission from the Pentagon, as well as the
Canadian Parliament and Marconi was made a member of the Joe Team, on loan
from the Canadian Government for as long as requested. Ian accepted, but
only on the condition that he be allowed to use his own equipment, that
was constructed with 24k gold. |
