Desert Storm Figures

[Sport351]

I dont know if this would fit anywhere in wave 9, but do you think it would be cool to have some Desert Storm type figures? I dont know which general they would fight for, maybe Jandar since they'd be good guys. Please share your thoughts!

[Killometer]

Modern infantry might be cool, but for desert fighters I think that WWII North African campaign figures would be more interesting and easier to implement in HS's relatively small battlefields. There's not a whole lot of room for Patriot Missles. ;)

[DrRansom]

Modern infantry might be cool, but for desert fighters I think that WWII North African campaign figures would be more interesting and easier to implement in HS's relatively small battlefields. There's not a whole lot of room for Patriot Missles. ;)

Unless the figure was some sort of scout targetting for missiles and he had the special "bring the rain".. :)

[Killometer]

Modern infantry might be cool, but for desert fighters I think that WWII North African campaign figures would be more interesting and easier to implement in HS's relatively small battlefields. There's not a whole lot of room for Patriot Missles. ;)

Unless the figure was some sort of scout targetting for missiles and he had the special "bring the rain".. :)


Oooh. I'd buy one of those!. http://smilies.vidahost.com/ups/kamikaze/smilie_fire.gif

[Agent Minivann]

Modern infantry would be a nice addition. It could take some work to make them different enough to warrant a new squad. Maybe modern infantry with a single shot anti tank special attack (like AE but with a rocket marker) could work. They could be similar to AE but at the same time quite different. In a sense they are AE that start on the board.

[Einar's puppy]

I dont know if this would fit anywhere in wave 9, but do you think it would be cool to have some Desert Storm type figures? I dont know which general they would fight for, maybe Jandar since they'd be good guys. Please share your thoughts!
Good guys? Us? HAH!

People who invade another country on the basis that a totally differnt terrorist organization, not affiliated with a country, attacked them are not good guys. Compare to the Austro-Hungarians before WW1. A terrorist organization affiliated with Bosnia killed Franz Ferdinand. So the Austro-hungarians attecked serbia. We're as bad as they are.

No, desert storm figures would not be the good guys.

[Agent Minivann]

I dont know if this would fit anywhere in wave 9, but do you think it would be cool to have some Desert Storm type figures? I dont know which general they would fight for, maybe Jandar since they'd be good guys. Please share your thoughts!
Good guys? Us? HAH!

People who invade another country on the basis that a totally differnt terrorist organization, not affiliated with a country, attacked them are not good guys. Compare to the Austro-Hungarians before WW1. A terrorist organization affiliated with Bosnia killed Franz Ferdinand. So the Austro-hungarians attecked serbia. We're as bad as they are.

No, desert storm figures would not be the good guys.
Um, Desert Storm was a multinational coalition to free Kuwait from Iraqi invasion.

[Einar's puppy]

I dont know if this would fit anywhere in wave 9, but do you think it would be cool to have some Desert Storm type figures? I dont know which general they would fight for, maybe Jandar since they'd be good guys. Please share your thoughts!
Good guys? Us? HAH!

People who invade another country on the basis that a totally differnt terrorist organization, not affiliated with a country, attacked them are not good guys. Compare to the Austro-Hungarians before WW1. A terrorist organization affiliated with Bosnia killed Franz Ferdinand. So the Austro-hungarians attecked serbia. We're as bad as they are.

No, desert storm figures would not be the good guys.
Um, Desert Storm was a multinational coalition to free Kuwait from Iraqi invasion.
...And of course I had the wrong invasion. Carry on, nothing to see here.

[Anthasu1]

I dont know if this would fit anywhere in wave 9, but do you think it would be cool to have some Desert Storm type figures? I dont know which general they would fight for, maybe Jandar since they'd be good guys. Please share your thoughts!
Good guys? Us? HAH!

People who invade another country on the basis that a totally differnt terrorist organization, not affiliated with a country, attacked them are not good guys. Compare to the Austro-Hungarians before WW1. A terrorist organization affiliated with Bosnia killed Franz Ferdinand. So the Austro-hungarians attecked serbia. We're as bad as they are.

No, desert storm figures would not be the good guys.

You do realize they have it better there now than they did before? Their murder rate has gone down and terrorrism has lowered. I think that qualifies us as "Good Guys."

Just my opinion though.

[joe5joe7]

not wanting to turn this into another political discussion (Even though we all should know that it would have been better to wait for the UN to allow it or not go at all) I think that the rocket launcher should be like a ranged chomp.

[DrRansom]

Please share your thoughts!
Good guys? Us? HAH!

People who invade another country on the basis that a totally differnt terrorist organization, not affiliated with a country, attacked them are not good guys... We're as bad as they are... No, desert storm figures would not be the good guys.

So uhmm.. WWII was a bad idea? Would you suggest that stopping Hitler makes the US and her allies "just as bad" as Hitler? I think we have authority and force for a good reason. We just have to be careful to continually make sure it's being used for good.

And yes, "Bring the Rain" working as a ranged "chomp" good ideas. :)

[joe5joe7]

The difference between the current war and WWII is that in WWII we had the backing of most of the world; while in the current war the UN voted to NOT let us go and we went above their heads. Not only is this dangerous because it establishes us as better than any other country just because we have a better army, but because if it was truly the best way to go then wouldn't the majority have agreed?

[Anthasu1]

I stick by my statement as before- they have it better now.

I also would like to put in that they blew up our towers, KILLING many Americans.

They also killed all they brave people that crashed the plane over Pennsylvania, as terrorists were trying to blow up the White House.

I think this should warrant a military reaction.

I don't care about the what the UN said, if they attack America, I think we attack back.

Again, just my opinion.

[DrRansom]

The difference between the current war and WWII is that in WWII we had the backing of most of the world; while in the current war the UN voted to NOT let us go and we went above their heads. Not only is this dangerous because it establishes us as better than any other country just because we have a better army, but because if it was truly the best way to go then wouldn't the majority have agreed?

Sure but "Not everyone agrees with us" is a different argument than "one should never invade to stop bad guys and you're bad for doing it". And if we're talking about Iraq, I'm not sure I buy the argument that the UN is the final authority on such matters seeing as how key figures had dubious financial connections to Iraq at the time (if you remember the food for oil scandal).

[joe5joe7]

It seroiusly bugs me when people mistaken the situation. Yes, the terrorists were bad people, but guess where the terrorist orginization responsible has residence, Aphganistan. Also, do you know the reason we wnt to war? It was because supposedly they had nuclear weapons, no evidence has been found since 1991. Also, do you know how many citisens have died because of the Iraqi invasion? Almost 100,000, 50 times the amount killed at the world trade center.

[DrRansom]

It seroiusly bugs me when people mistaken the situation. Yes, the terrorists were bad people, but guess where the terrorist orginization responsible has residence, Aphganistan. Also, do you know the reason we wnt to war? It was because supposedly they had nuclear weapons, no evidence has been found since 1991. Also, do you know how many citisens have died because of the Iraqi invasion? Almost 100,000, 50 times the amount killed at the world trade center.

According to a June '06 National Geo article it's estimated that Saddam's regime caused between 4-6 million people to "disappear" forever from the face of the earth. The guy gassed entire villages of people just to get rid of them. I really don't feel sad about us having stopped him. Nor do I think the majority of Americans consider it a bad idea for us to be trying to stop terroists in Afghanistan before they come here again. But I think I'm done with this converstaion. :)

And YES you should totally make some heroic Jandar figures for the people who served to liberate Kuwait. :)

[joe5joe7]

Just to let you know, we're not fighting in Afghanistan.

[Poseidon's trident]

Stop talking POLITICS!:frustrated::frustrated::frustrated::brickwall::brickwall:

[joe5joe7]

Sorry, it's my other addiction, as I said before I think that the rocket launcher should be a kind of ranged chomp.

P.S. I never said anything bad against the liberation of Kuwait.

[Poseidon's trident]

Ranged chomp hmmmmm....:ponder: Sounds Good!

[Sport351]

I dont know if this would fit anywhere in wave 9, but do you think it would be cool to have some Desert Storm type figures? I dont know which general they would fight for, maybe Jandar since they'd be good guys. Please share your thoughts!
Good guys? Us? HAH!

People who invade another country on the basis that a totally differnt terrorist organization, not affiliated with a country, attacked them are not good guys. Compare to the Austro-Hungarians before WW1. A terrorist organization affiliated with Bosnia killed Franz Ferdinand. So the Austro-hungarians attecked serbia. We're as bad as they are.

No, desert storm figures would not be the good guys.

That would go over well......

[Sport351]

Stop talking POLITICS!:frustrated::frustrated::frustrated::brickwall::brickwall:

Thank you Poseidon. Moving back to figures, the launcher would be sweet. The design of the sqaud could be like the conflict desert storm video game. (sniper, heavy weapons, standard assault, and demolitions guy)

[Tai-Pan]

Just to let you know, we're not fighting in Afghanistan.

Care to support what you say? I haven't checked it in a while, but the last I heard, there were Germans, Americans, French, and English forces in Afghanistan.

[joe5joe7]

I think that this argument had come to an end due to the fact that that is not what this thread is about, I would love to continue to discus politics, just I don't want to be involved in Hijaking a perfectly reasonable thread.

P.S. I believe we were talking about the Iraq war, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

[Sokol]

Sorry, it's my other addiction, as I said before I think that the rocket launcher should be a kind of ranged chomp.

I like the idea of a ranged chomp. Very creative!

[Agent Minivann]

Stop talking POLITICS!:frustrated::frustrated::frustrated::brickwall::brickwall:

Thank you Poseidon. Moving back to figures, the launcher would be sweet. The design of the sqaud could be like the conflict desert storm video game. (sniper, heavy weapons, standard assault, and demolitions guy)
I was just thinking a bunch of spec ops guys as heroes (maybe common heroes) that have a special along the lines of "you may also take a turn with up to two other Spec Ops figures you control within clear sight of this figure". That way you can have a squad with the above sniper, etc. that can still operate as both a squad and a spec ops team. The clear sight is required to represent the use of hand signals by spec ops teams. Make them about 40 points so they roughly equate to say a squad of Nakitas.

[Sport351]

Thats a really cool idea Minivann. I hadnt even thought about hand signals.

[Mutt Lo]

I think that this argument had come to an end due to the fact that that is not what this thread is about, I would love to continue to discus politics, just I don't want to be involved in Hijaking a perfectly reasonable thread.

P.S. I believe we were talking about the Iraq war, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

For someone with such strong and outspoken political beliefs you dont have very good spelling my friend.

I found 5 words in this thread alone and then stopped counting.

[Anthasu1]

I'd have to say I like the common hero idea, with an ability to let you move up to 3-4 at a time. There could be a Sniper, Demolitions, Commando, etc, and you could make your own "Squad"...

This calls for a custom!

[gelcom5]

i disagree with the ranged chomp. maybe a very short range because that would be to high of an advantage. but my opinion.