Manta Ray
"Since Cobra developed the Moray hydrofoil, G.I.Joe has lagging behind in the seapower department. The first modest step toward rectifying this is the Manta Ray - a light, fast rigid-hulled inflatable boat, optimized for littoral operations and for chasing pirates and light armed craft.
By the '90s, G.I.joe was in decline - not only was it losing popularity, but the vehicles were becoming more garishly colored and lackluster in design.
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The original Manta-Ray is a great example of G.I.Joe at its most disappointing. However, the concept itself (a light, rigid-hulled inflatable boat) is a sound one, based very much in real world special ops warfare. I thought it was time to revisit this disappointing toy that had a germ of potential, and give it a second chance to make a bigger splash.
There were very few watercraft in the G.I.Joe toyline, which is a bit of a shame, and I've been lagging behind myself in building up my Joe and Coba navies. I have larger and more exciting watercraft on the way, but I wanted to represent small and lesser known vehicles as well, and that prebuilt raft hull is too great not to use.
Manta Ray
"Since Cobra developed the Moray hydrofoil, G.I.Joe has lagging behind in the seapower department. The first modest step toward rectifying this is the Manta Ray - a light, fast rigid-hulled inflatable boat, optimized for littoral operations and for chasing pirates and light armed craft.
By the '90s, G.I.joe was in decline - not only was it losing popularity, but the vehicles were becoming more garishly colored and lackluster in design.
www.yojoe.com/vehicles/94/mantaray/
The original Manta-Ray is a great example of G.I.Joe at its most disappointing. However, the concept itself (a light, rigid-hulled inflatable boat) is a sound one, based very much in real world special ops warfare. I thought it was time to revisit this disappointing toy that had a germ of potential, and give it a second chance to make a bigger splash.
There were very few watercraft in the G.I.Joe toyline, which is a bit of a shame, and I've been lagging behind myself in building up my Joe and Coba navies. I have larger and more exciting watercraft on the way, but I wanted to represent small and lesser known vehicles as well, and that prebuilt raft hull is too great not to use.