Equipment Available: Parachute Pack, AWE Striker, Snow Cat, Devilfish, LCV Recon Sled Ferret. Bludd, HISS Driver, Copperhead, Stinger Driver, 1984 Cobra Commander. Slaughter, The Fridge Cobra Officer, Maj. Slaughter wrestling figure.įigures Available: Thunder, 1985 Bazooka, Crankcase, 1985 Frostbite, 1986/I Sgt. In addition to the regular figures and vehicles, the offer also featured an 8" Sgt.
#GI JOE PHANTOM BRIGADE DRIVERS#
The HISS and Stinger Drivers are mislabeled in the brochure. Slaughter, and several Joe vehicle drivers are pinned down in Northern China.
Cobra Commander and Major Bludd have captured Sgt. Equipment Available: Polar Battle Bear, Machine Gun Defense Unit, Missile Defense Unit, Mortar Defense Unit, Ammo Dump, Forward Observer, Devilfish, LCV Recon Sled FANG, HISS, Ferret, Rifle Range, Air Chariot (with Serpentor). Slaughter, The Fridge, Steel Brigade 1984 Cobra Commander, Tomax, Xamot, Lamprey, Motor Viper, Serpentor (with Air Chariot), Strato-Viper. Introduced a new special mission drivers set and the six battlefield accessories from 19, also sold as a set.įigures Available: Figures Available: Steeler, Ace, 1985 Bazooka, Keel-Haul, 1986/I Sgt. Cobra has taken over a small North Atlantic island in order to disrupt shipping.
Mailed to households on Hasbro Direct's mailing list. Chuckles, Falcon, Fast-Draw, and Psyche-Out are among Super Trooper's admirers. Interestingly, the (poorly drawn) comic features red-masked Cobra Troopers, rather than more recent enemies.
#GI JOE PHANTOM BRIGADE FREE#
This "Super Trooper" was available free with four proofs of purchase and $1.00 for shipping. Joe figures in existence, with about 160 vehicles and accessories.Ī mini-comic Included with 1988's figures, in which several Joes are amazed at a new Joe's combat abilities. By the year's end, there were nearly 200 different G.I. Characters visible include Outback, Hardball, Muskrat, Repeater, and Spearhead. Also featured are the Stellar Stiletto, Phantom X-19, Skystorm, and Mean Dog. The official 1988 art, seen on the catalog cover and elsewhere, was again impressive: the Rolling Thunder (that year's giant vehicle) fending off an attack by a Bugg and an Imp. Commercials this year began drastically de-emphasizing the children who were playing with the toys, perhaps for reasons of musical continuity (or else to save money). Joe" tagline and music, and the sketchpad animation continued, though some spectacular cartoon animation appeared in the ads. Commercials continued the "Nobody Beats G.I. (He was killed in this year's issue #76.) The Iron Grenadiers and a Cobra civil war dominated the comic story. (He had long since switched sides in Marvel's comic series), and Serpentor was nowhere to be found. Consequently, the new Storm Shadow was now a Joe. Without the cartoon, the comic dictated the path of the toys. (Such a repaint, named Wreckage, was released in 2003.) In addition, Tripwire, Duke, and Flint were absent from the prototype photos. Wild Bill was originally to pilot the Tiger Fly, a repainted Skystriker was planned and eventually replaced by the Rattler, and there was also to be a Tiger Force Rip Cord and Sabretooth, a repaint of Firefly.
There was also a change in the figures and equipment that would constitute Tiger Force. Quite a few of them are different, or a different color, than those pictured in 1988's catalog. There may have been some last-minute changes with the figures' accessories. Many figures packaged in 1988 and early 1989 came with small tubes of camouflage paint.
The action pack trend continued, as well as the practice of releasing a heavy-duty mail-order exclusive figure (this time not an actual celebrity). Some inequities were balanced out in 1988 Cobra got a space vehicle and an astronaut, and the Joes got a new plane to fight the Mamba. Toward the end of the year, the Tiger Force was released, featuring nine repainted Joes and one original one, with several "Tiger" vehicles and a distinctive paint scheme. In late summer, Toys "Я" Us carried its own exclusive mission team, Night Force, consisting of repainted figures from the previous year, as well as several vehicles repainted black with orange highlights. Destro split off from Cobra and formed his own army, the Iron Grenadiers. Special forces multiplied this year: Battle Force 2000 started the year off with its own vehicles. There was a mix of traditional and futuristic looks, with many new figures, but also many recognizable faces. Forty-five figures and 42 vehicles were released. The year 1988 saw the largest release of G.I.
0 kommentar(er)
