File Name: Hinton, Marvin F. Primary Military Specialty: Infantry Heavy Weapons Secondary Military Specialty: Cook Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi SN: 538-20-34MF Grade: E-4 Bio: Roadblock wanted to be a gourmet chef. He was working as a bouncer to earn money to attend the Escoffier School in France when an army recruiter convinced him that the army could train him to be a chef. Roadblock joined but found army menus and preparation techniques too appalling. Transferred to the infantry. Qualified expert: M-2 Browning /50 cal.; Heavy Machine Gun; all Warsaw Pact Heavy MGs; M-16; M-1911a1 Auto Pistol. Comments: “A .50 cal. Browning weighs 84 pounds. Add fifty pounds for the ammo –that’s about 134 puonds of steel generating 2930 f.p.s. in muzzle velocity at a cyclic rate of 550 r.p.m. Anybody who can handle that doesn’t need a machine gun to keep me away!”
Source: G.I. Joe
Collection: A Real American Hero
Year: 2008
Assortment: Basic Figures
Retail: $6.99
Assortment Number: 65244/63403 63766/61876
UPC Number: 6 53569 30939 0
Accessories:
Machine Gun
Tripod
.50 Caliber Ammunition Belt
Removable Flak Jacket
G.I. Joe Display Stand
Points of Interest:
The Roadblock (Heavy Machine Gunner) figure accurately updates the original design which debuted in series five of the original G.I. Joe A Real American Hero line in 1986. Unlike the 1986 version, this Roadblock (Heavy Machine Gunner) figure has a removable flak jacket. The orignal figure flak jacket was part of the moulded torso.
