If could you to build your own sub team for the Joes, who would be on it?

Mine is made up largely from the team assembled for the second season episode, "Let's Play Soldier." I felt the characters used just worked very well together.

Flint: Team Leader
I've got nothing against Duke, but I always just liked Flint better and thought he'd be good as a small team commander. (Not featured in the episode)

Lady Jaye
My favorite of the females, She seems like she'd be really good on covert ops, plus I think it's written somewhere in the Joe mythos that she and Flint have to be with each other at least 90% of the time. (Also not from the episode)

Beach Head
I don't know what it is about this guy, but he is just one of my favorites. He's a versatile character and can be put just about anywhere and get the job done.

Low Light
Gotta have a sniper. In the 'toon he was always kind rough and no nonsense, and I liked that about him.

Mutt and Junkyard
My favorite character as well as someone who can hold their own in a fight. Plus dogs make everything more awesome. (Not featured in the episode either)

Gung Ho, Leatherneck, Wet Suit, and Mercer
These guys are the muscle, the heavy hitters, the guys you know have your back, plus Mercer can provide Cobra related information.

These guys are all versatile characters who can be put anyplace and get the job done. Recondo and Snow Job are a couple of my favorites, but kinda limited by their expertise in their usual environments. I have plans for the above mentioned characters, just need to get my hands a few Steel Brigade Troopers an another RHINO...

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This is entirely based on my play patterns as a kid, and my teams were usually based on what new figures I got at the same time. Some favorites were upgraded later on though.

Team lead: Flint
Because Flint rules in all the ways Duke sucks.

Recondo
Beach Head
Low Light
Hit N Run
Mutt
Ambush
Muskrat

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Here is my ultimate fire team

Team Leader: Duke
Rifleman: Stalker (also acts as team medic and RTO)
Automatic Rifleman: Rock N Roll
Field Artillery: Zap (also acts as team ordnance technician)

I do like Flint and Falcon, but both are officers, so I see them as more of a command role.

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I broke them down by vehicle teams with each vehicle filling a role.

Desert Fox (Recon)
Skidmark
Lt. Falcon
Stalker (gunner)
PsycheOut (comm)


Hammer (Command)
Hawk
Duke
Rock n Roll (gunner)
Dial Tone (comm)
Hit n Run
Flint
Clutch

Warthog (Reserve/Heavy Weapons)
Sgt Slaughter
Muskrat (gunner)
Lightfoot (comm)
Roadblock
Salvo
Backblast
Bazooka
Shockwave
Outback (loaded with every weapon I could fit on him)

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long Range Recon

Team Leader Stalker
Recondo
Outback
Leatherneck
Ripcord
Psycheout

and a specialist for the environment, Dusty, or Snowjob usually

Rescue/Recovery/Exfiltration Team
Tommahawk
Flint team leader
Lift Ticket rescue chopper pilot
Lifeline
Peejay (custom character)
with Double Blast on a door gun

Intel Gathering
Team Leader Scarlett
Mainframe
Lady Jay
Chuckles
Faces

Sapper team
Team Leader Beachhead
Roadblock
Gung Ho
TunnelRat
Snake Eyes
Heavy Duty

I actually have more teams and groups and what not. but yeah I need to go to work.

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My Dirty Dozen:

Team Leader/ Pointman: Stalker: The Guy is literally cross trained in 7 specialties and he is experienced (Infantry, RTO, Terp, Marksman, Medic, EOD, Jungle warfare)

Rifleman: Beach Head: He tries to be the best Infantryman Possible, Drill Instructor

RTO: Main Frame: Tech Geek who happens to be a decorated combat vet and Marine

Scout: Spirit: Marksman, tracker, Psy Ops, Intelligence, Hand to hand combat, pet eagle

Automatic Rifleman: Rock N' Roll: Class Act all around

Heavy Weapons Specialist: Mirage: can use any weapon

Grenadier: Gung Ho: Marine, Recon, Hand to hand combat,

Vehicle Specialist: Wild Bill: LRRP, Helo Pilot, Fixed Wing Pilot (limited), Armor (Limited), Crack Shot Pistol - Cowboy Up!

Intelligence: Scarlet: pretty obvious

Demolitions: Snake Eyes: Less Ninja more Commando Snake with Timber,

Floater (No Pun Intended): Torpedo: SEAL who does everything well

Fan Choice: Barbecue: he is a Fire Fighter: to me that means he is part combat engineer, vehicle driver, medic, CBR,

Bonus: Mercer: If for nothing else than the way he was portrayed in Special Missions Manhattan

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Interesting lists. I guess my list is my general purpose team as I do have other small teams as well.

Desert:
Dusty
Dune (custom)
Dial-Up (renamed Lady Dial Tone)
Arroyo (renamed Desert RoC Duke))
Night Fox
Siguarro (custom)
Ocatillo (renamed Dusty from Rock Slide set)
Javalina (renamed PoC Desert Snake eyes with visor removed)
Sahara (custom)
Sand Storm
Scorpion (PoC Zartan disguise)

Arctic:
PoC Snow Job
White Out
Frostbite (Custom)

Anti-B.A.T. Task Force:
Kickstart and the Steel Marauder
A bunch of Ironman drones

Heavy Guns:
Roadblock
Bench Press
Heavy Duty
Repeater
Freight (custom)
Tunnel Rat (mainly because he looks funny standing with all those huge figures)

Urban:
Shockwave (25th)
Shockblast (RoC)
Sgt. Stone
Rollbar
Double Tap (custom)
Flash Bang (custom)
Bunch of Pit Troopers

Ninjas:
Snake Eyes & Timber
Kamakura
Jinx (custom)
Black Dragon (renamed Temple Guardian SE)
Ashiko

Cobra Ninjas:
Storm shadow
Shadow Wind (renamed PoC SS)
Slice (Custom)
Dice (Custom)
Slash (Custom)
Vypra (Custom)
The Hand (renamed MU Hand Ninja)
A bunch of Night Creepers, Ninja Vipers and Red Fang Ninjas

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Mine is like a sort of "Band of the Hand"

Spirit
Tracker(Groen)
Scarlett
Ace
Stalker

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Man, there are so many possibilities, depeding on what the mission required. So I guess here's my preferred Joe team roster if the President calls them up and just says "I need you to go, I can't tell you why or where, you'll find out on the way."

Flint, Beachhead, Snake Eyes, Stalker, Rock N' Roll, Roadblock, Grunt, Low-Light, Dial-Tone, Dusty, Recondo, Outback and Wild Bill to get 'em in and get 'em out.

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Super Trooper and Sgt. Slaughter.

Don't forget Rapid Fire...

Maybe a team made up of characters with two words in their code name....

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I don't know that I have an "ultimate" team per se, but I do have a favorite group of characters and it's pretty much the original 13.

In my Joeverse, after forming in the mid 90s, the Joes have a number of early successes that get Hawk promoted pretty rapidly and enable the team to grow pretty rapidly.

This obviously ticks off the Cobra Commander, who has made some pretty powerful friends. Among them are the Crimson Twins, who utilize their vast monetary resources, knowledge of the law and PR savvy to cause a political poop-storm about the legality of the Joe team's actions on their first mission, which was on U.S. soil and technically in violation of Posse Comitatus.

Hawk assumes full responsibility, enabling Joe Colton to appoint another field commander for the team members not implicated and keep the larger Joe team intact as a military unit.

Hawk gets busted back down to Lt. Col. and is discharged, along with Steeler, Stalker, Grunt, Rock n' Roll, Zap, Short Fuse, Clutch, Grand Slam, Flash, Breaker and Wild Bill. Together they form an independent counter-terrorist consulting company called T-Cell, and Colton pulls some strings to get them on the list of preferred contractors for Homeland Security. Scarlett is reassigned to be their CIA liasion and Snake Eyes, who was already a contractor in my Joeverse, officially joins the team.

Under Hawk's leadership, T-Cell becomes the primary foil for Cobra, which is a domestic terror organization that the U.S. would really like to downplay public awareness of for the sake of national morale. Unlike the Joes, who have become an elite special mission force under Colonel Courage, T-Cell can operate without the restrictions or inherent beurocracy of the military weighing them down. Plus, being a government contractor affords them a pretty healthy budget and access to the resources they need to do their jobs.

Later on, Duke leaves the Joe team, quits the army and joins T-Cell. Other Joes may follow that path as well. But the team will remain relatively small.

Overall Command: General Austin, General Flagg
Field Commander: Hawk
Team Leader: Stalker
Commando/Infiltration: Snake Eyes
Intelligence: Scarlett
Machine Gunner: Rock'n'Roll
Armour: Steeler
Infantry: Grunt
Communications: Breaker
Transport: Clutch
Lasers/Electronics: Flash
Artillery: Grand Slam
Artillery/EOD: Short Fuze
Engineer/Anti-Armour: Zap
Arctic Environment: Snow Job
Helicopter/Airborne Transport: Wild Bill
Underwater/EOD: Torpedo
Mobile Ant-Armour: Cover Girl

I'm old-school, and yes, I prefer Original Trek as well.

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Here is my ultimate basketball player.

Team captain: Kobe Bryant
Odom
Gasul
Fisher
Walton
Bynum

I like the defense & offense play of Kobe Bryant.


“Take things as they are. Punch with large sap gloves when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”

Spirit
Cover Girl
Frostbite
Tollbooth
Cross Country
Blowtorch
Duke
Scarlett


Snake Eyes works alone