Accessories: black laser pistol (82 Cobra Commander's).
Variations: None.
Mail Order
No Item #
Backround Info:
Absolute power! Total control of the world . . . its people, wealth, and resources—that's the objective of COBRA Commander. This fanatical leader rules with an iron fist. He demands total loyalty and allegiance. His main battle plan for world control relies on revolution and chaos. He personally led uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other trouble spots. Responsible for kidnapping scientists, businessmen, and military leaders, then forcing them to reveal their top level secrets.
"COBRA Commander is hatred and evil personified. Corrupt. A man without scruples. Probably the most dangerous man alive!"
Toy Info:
Available by mail almost continuously from late 1984 until 1989; thus perhaps the most common Joe figure. Included as a "mystery figure" with 1993's G. I. Joe Collector's Kit. The preferred uniform of Cobra Commander in the comic, dating back to Issue #1.
Vehicle Drivers
Clutch (Tan V2)
VAMP Mark II Driver
Grade: E-4 (Marine corporal)
File Name: Sgt. Lance J. Steinberg
Primary MOS: Transportation
POB: Asbury Park, NJ
Secondary MOS: Infantry
Accessories: tan helmet (standard, with visor holes).
Clutch was a mechanic at Manny's Mean Machines and was heavily involved in racing street machines prior to enlistment. Graduated: Advanced Infantry Training; Covert Ops School; Executive Bodyguard School; Ranger School. Qualified expert: M-14; M-16; M-1911A1; M-3A1; M-79; M-60.
"He greases his hair with motor oil, rarely shaves, and chews on the same toothpick for months. Clutch still calls women "chicks."
Toy Info:
The 2003 and 2004 versions were named Double Clutch.
Copperhead
Water Moccasion Pilot
Cobra
File Name: (CLASSIFIED)
Primary MOS: Air-driver [sic, should be air-driven] swamp vehicle operator
POB:(UNKNOWN)
Accessories: none.
Variations: Early production runs of Copperhead had blue-green gloves and armbands, with no helmet trim. This rare variant is often called "Dark-gloves Copperhead."
It is presumed that Copperhead is native to or otherwise intimately familiar with the Florida Everglades. Intelligence sources venture a guess that he raced speedboats in high stakes races in Monaco and Japan. His major weakness is gambling. Odds are that he got started by placing bets on his own races. Apparently he compounded his folly by selling his services to COBRA in hopes of paying off his bookies.
Gung-Ho says: "Sure. I know the type. They're all around the Gulf Coast. Trash. Drifters. They can drive a swamp buggy like the devil himself, rebuild a V-8 with a coat hanger and spit, fight all night and raise cain 'til the cock crows. They got a heart fulla gimme and a mouth full o' much obliged . . . ."
Toy Info:
Also available with a vehicle drivers set via the 1988 mail-in offers "Is This the End of Sergeant Slaughter?" and "Capture the Excitement," as well as the 1992 offer, "Mission Rescue: Code Blue." The 1989 version was named "Python Copperhead."
Cutter
Hovercraft Pilot
O-2 (Coast Guard lieutenant, junior grade)
File Name: Lt. (j.g.) Skip A. Stone (haha...gag)
Primary MOS: Hovercraft Captain
POB: Kinsley, KS
Secondary MOS: Special Services (coached the women's swimming team at Annapolis)
Accessories: none.
Variations: Eyebrows and moustache matching the hair or darker.
Cutter badgered his congressmen for two years to get into Annapolis. Then realizes his family lacked two essential ingredients: power and influence. Opted for the Coast Guard Academy instead.
Wanted a life at sea even though hometown is as far away from either ocean as you can get (exactly 1,561 miles from San Francisco and NYC). His iron will and contrary nature, laced with a truly bizarre sense of humor, might explain why.
Found out the Joe team didn't have any Coast Guardsmen. Raised such a stink that the Coast Guard top brass had to pull every string necessary to fix it. It also gave the brass a way to get Cutter out of their hair.
Toy Info:
First figure to have three file card text sections.
Deep Six
S.H.A.R.C. Diver
E-5 (Navy petty officer 2nd class)
File Name: PO Malcom R. Willoughby
Primary MOS: Diver (Master Diver's Rating)
POB: Baltimore, MD
Secondary MOS: Small Craft Pilot/Motorized
Accessories: black air pump (new, with clear hose).
Variations: Light or dark eyebrows. The prototype in the catalogs and commercials had a head resembling Grunt's, as well as several different body details.
Deep Six never won any awards for being friendly. Became a Navy diver so that "I could be alone." Enjoys bottlecap collecting, solitaire and the New York Times crossword puzzles. Only 12 out of 50 Navy divers passed the strict requirements for the coveted diver position on the Joe Team. Eight washed out in the practical application testing. Of the 4 finalists, Deep Six could hold his breath the longest.
Torpedo says: "Down in the depths where light doesn't reach and the water pressure can crush you like an eggshell—that's where Deep Six likes it!"
Toy Info:
Least articulated G. I. Joe figure, moving only at the shoulders. The code name is hyphenated for the 1992 version.
Stinger Driver
The Enemy Cobra
O-4 (Army major equivalent)
File Name: (UNKNOWN)
Primary MOS: Stinger driver, Infantry
POB: Various Countries
Secondary MOS: Artillery, Intelligence
Accessories: none.
Variations: A straight-arm version of the Stinger Driver (with grey face mask) is pictured in the 1986 Sears Christmas catalog.
COBRA Officers are front-line fighters who lead COBRA attack units into battle. Many are also believed to be operating as spies at defense plants, nuclear power facilities, etc. All are martial arts experts, masters of disguise, deceit, and demolitions. Graduated: COBRA Stinger driver's school. Qualified expert: AK-47 Assault Rifle; PM-63 Machine Pistol; M-16; Ingram M-11 Submachine gun.
"COBRA Officers are dedicated to destroying G. I. Joe and the American way of life. Beware . . . they are extremely dangerous enemies!"
Toy Info:
The last vehicle driver named simply after his vehicle (cf. HISS Driver and Viper Pilot). The 2007 version is named even more generically, "Vehicle Driver."Also available with a vehicle drivers set through several mail-in offers in 1987 and 1988, as well as 1992's offer, "Mission Rescue: Code Blue." In these brochures, his name is switched with that of HISS Driver. This and the appearance of HISS Driver in the Stinger in the "G. I. Joe Bugle" brochure suggests Hasbro may have permanently confused these characters for some unknown reason.
Thunder
Self-Propelled Gun Artilleryman
E-5 (Army sergeant)
File Name: Sgt. Matthew Harris Breckinridge
Primary MOS: Artillery
POB: Louisville, KY
Secondary MOS: Bandsman (Drummer)
Accessories: light green helmet (standard, with visor holes); light green headset (new, joined antennas); black visor (new, with nose notch); black monocular (new, no ridges)
Absolute power! Total control of the world . . . its people, wealth, and resources—that's the objective of COBRA Commander. This fanatical leader rules with an iron fist. He demands total loyalty and allegiance. His main battle plan for world control relies on revolution and chaos. He personally led uprisings in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and other trouble spots. Responsible for kidnapping scientists, businessmen, and military leaders, then forcing them to reveal their top level secrets.
"COBRA Commander is hatred and evil personified. Corrupt. A man without scruples. Probably the most dangerous man alive!"
Toy Info:
Available by mail almost continuously from late 1984 until 1989; thus perhaps the most common Joe figure. Included as a "mystery figure" with 1993's G. I. Joe Collector's Kit. The preferred uniform of Cobra Commander in the comic, dating back to Issue #1.
Wild Weasel
Cobra Rattler Pilot
Cobra
File Name: (CLASSIFIED)
Primary MOS: Ground support pilot
POB: (CLASSIFIED)
Accessories: none.
Variations: The panel on Wild Weasel's right leg is reversed on some figures.
Wild Weasel cut his teeth in the bus wars of South America and Africa during the last decade. His knowledge of close support aircraft ranges from jury-rigged civilian conversions to ultra state-of-the-art flying weapons platforms. A mouth injury inflicted during a strafing run is rumored to be the cause of the characteristic sibilance in his speech pattern.
Toy Info:
One of the vehicle drivers available by mail between 1987 and 1992. A recolored version was released in India.
Zartan
Master of Disguise
Aliases: Too numerous to list
File Name: (UNKNOWN)
Primary MOS:Intelligence
POB: (UNKNOWN)
Accessories: black backpack (new, hinged on side); face-mask disguise (new, bearded); black-framed clear chest panel (new); left and right black-framed clear thigh pads (new); black pistol (new, with trigger guard and angled handle).
Zartan can alter his skin color at will to blend in with his environment. He is also a master of make-up and disguise, a ventriloquist, a linguist (over 20 languages and dialects), an acrobatic-contortionist, and a practitioner of several mystic martial arts. Very little is known of his background and origins, but most security agencies agree that he must have had European military academy training (probably St. Cyr).
Psychological Profile: Extreme paranoid schizophrenic. Grows into various multiple personalities to such an extent that the original personality becomes buried and forgotten.
Toy Info:
Torso constructed differently to accommodate skin's ability to turn bluish in bright sunlight. Heat-sensitive color-changing stickers were also included with the figure. The filecard was later modified when it was considered misleading due to the popular confusion between schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder. A slightly different version of the figure was released in India.
By the end of 1983, G. I. Joe was well established as a popular toy line, and among the year's five best-selling toys. By this time there were so many figures and vehicles available that Hasbro began phasing some of them out to make room for the new releases.
Starting in this year, retired figures and equipment would also be available from Hasbro Direct. Brochures would be included in vehicle boxes or, if smaller, carded with figures. This became a way for Hasbro to sell leftover stock and over-produced toys. Most figures and vehicles from the early years were available by mail sooner or later. These could be purchased with money plus the Flag Points which could be clipped from packages. Each offer was good for between twelve and eighteen months. The catalog art for 1984 was simply Duke's character art.
1984 84 Series 3 G.I. Joe Action Figures
Baroness
Cobra Intelligence Officer
Cobra
File Name: (CLASSIFIED)
Accessories: backpack (new, small with Cobra emblem); black laser rifle (new).
POB: (CLASSIFIED)
Secondary MOS: Intelligence Operations
Accessories: backpack (new, small with Cobra emblem); black laser rifle (new).
Variations: None.
Carded
Item # 6428
Backround Info:
The spoiled offspring of wealthy European aristocrats, the Baroness graduated from student radicalism into international terrorism and finally into the ranks of COBRA. She was severely burned during a COBRA night attack operation and has had extensive plastic surgery. Rumor has it that she is the only one who knows Destro's secret identity. Qualified expert: M-16; AK-47; RPG7; Uzi; H.I.S.S. tank operator.
"Her principal weakness is in the division of her loyalty between COBRA Commander and Destro. Her chief strength would seem to lie in her ability to play them against each other."
Toy Info:
The 1997 filecard lists her name as Anastasia DeCobray. Featured in the Water Moccasin commercial. A slightly different version was released in India.
Blowtorch
Flamethrower
E-4 (Army corporal)
File Name: Corp. Timothy P. Hanrahan
Primary MOS: Infantry Special Weapons
POB: Tampa, FL
Secondary MOS: Small-Arms Armorer
Accessories: yellow helmet (new, with lights on sides); yellow breath mask (new, with cord); yellow backpack (new, fuel tanks with cord hole); olive green flamethrower (new, M-7 with cord).
Variations: The Blowtorch figure had either black or red eyes and eyebrows, and the hardness of the flamethrower's plastic varies. Some helmets had visor holes. The figure appearing in the 1984 catalog and commercials had open goggles and a black hose attaching to his mask.
Carded
Item # 6421
Backround Info:
Blowtorch is thoroughly familiar with all military incendiary devices and flame projection equipment. To Blowtorch, the use of fire in warfare is a science that predates the bow and arrow. Qualified expert: M-7 Flamethrower; M-16; M-1911A1 Auto Pistol.
"Blowtorch can't sleep unless he's near a smoke detector. Cigarette smoke drives him bananas! He always sits near the exit in movietheaters and refuses to live anywhere where he can't safely jump out the windows. This is not irrational to him. These are actions based on intimate knowledge."
Toy Info:
Featured in 1984's "new Joes" commercial, manning the Mountain Howitzer. Recolored versions were released in Argentina as Antorcha, Back-Stop, and T.N.T.
Firefly
Cobra Saboteur
Cobra
File Name: (CLASSIFIED)
Primary MOS: Sabotage, Demolitions, and Terror
POB: (CLASSIFIED)
Accessories: grey backpack (new, flat) with detachable rectangular cover; light green submachine gun (new, MOD EEP KEDR-B with flash suppressor); light green walkie-talkie (new).
Variations: Firefly was available with black or brown eyes and eyebrows.
Carded
Item # 6432
Backround Info:
No one knows what Firefly's real name is or what he looks like. He is known by his work. Expert in NATO and Warsaw Pact explosives and detonators. Always places his charges in the one place that affords maximum damage. There is no question about his infiltration skills since no one has ever reported seeing him enter or leave any target area.
"Even COBRA Commander doesn't know much about Firefly. His fees are paid into a numbered Swiss bank account and are always payable in advance. He makes no guarantees and gives no refunds."
Toy Info:
Featured in the Water Moccasin commercial. A slightly different version was released in India.
Mutt & Junkyard
Dog Handler
E-4 (Army Specialist 4)
File Name: Spc. Stanley R. Perlmutter
Primary MOS: Dog Handler
POB: Iselin, NJ
Secondary MOS: Infantry
Accessories: black helmet (new, with goggles); black breath mask (new, with buckle); black pistol (Mac-11 with silencer); black police baton (new, with strap); black leash (new, smooth); black Rottweiler "Junkyard" (new, with brown belly).
Variations: Some helmets had visor holes. The brown paint on Junkyard's belly varied in thickness. In the 1984 catalog and commercials, Mutt's handheld accessories were light green.
Carded
Item # 6416
Backround Info:
Mutt is a natural with animals. He likes them and they like him. The problem is that he gets along better with dogs than he does with humans. Graduated Jungle Warfare Training School. Attached as cadre to Special Ops School and as advisor to Security and Enforcement Committee. Qualified expert: M-16; M-14; M-1911A1 Auto Pistol; MAC-11.
"If you're sitting next to Mutt in the mess hall, don't try filching anything from his tray—he'll bite your leg off!"
Toy Info:
Featured in 1984's "new Joes" commercial, manning the Bivouac. The 2005 version was named "Sergeant Mutt." A recolored version was released in Europe.
Recondo
Jungle Trooper
E-4 (Army corporal)
File Name: Corp. Daniel M. LeClaire
Primary MOS: Infantry
POB: Wheaton, WI
Secondary MOS: Intelligence
Accessories: light green backpack (new, with canteen and "handle"); light green assault rifle (new, wrapped Beretta BM-59).
Variations: Some Recondo figures had softer, brown stripes on the legs instead of sharp green ones. They also had either a brown or green watch. The green camouflage pattern in the 1984 catalog and commercials was more complex than either of the released variety.
Carded
Item # 6420
Backround Info:
Recondo hates the cold. He loves hauling a rucksack through the bush and sweating through his cammies. When he's in the jungle, he owns it. Anybody else is trespassing. Cadre member at Jungle Warfare Training Center. Qualified expert: M-16; Swedish K; grease gun; M-1911A1 Auto Pistol; M-79 grenade launcher.
"A jungle is like some single, gigantic, hostile organism. It can sense when you fear or hate it—and it is wholly without mercy. When Recondo steps into a jungle, it sings to him like a mother soothing a troubled child."
Toy Info:
Featured in 1984's "new Joes" commercial, manning the Watch Tower.
Rip Cord
HALO Jumper (High Altitude Low Opening)
E-4 (Army corporal)
File Name: Corp. Wallace A. Weems
Primary MOS: Infantry
POB: Columbus, OH
Secondary MOS: Demolitions
Accessories: black helmet (new, slightly flared); black breath mask (new, with hose); light green parachute harness (new, with hose hole); light green rifle (new, FN-FAL self-loading).
Variations: Some helmets had visor holes. The prototype in the 1984 catalog and commercials had open goggles on his face mask and longer straps on his parachute harness.
Carded
Item # 6418
Backround Info:
Rip Cord joined the Civil Air Patrol in high school. Discovered skydiving and joined the G. I. Joe team so he could jump from much higher altitudes. Qualified expert: M-16; M-1911A1 Auto Pistol; Carl Gustav 9mm parabellum; Browning high-power.
"Let's say you got a trouble spot—you can't sail, walk, or ride in. So you send a plane in so high that it can't be seen or heard. Rip Cord jumps and drops like a rock for thousands of feet, then opens his chute at the last possible moment to avoid visual and electronic detection. What he does once he hits the ground you don't want to hear about."
Toy Info:
Featured in 1984's "new Joes" commercial, manning the Mountain Howitzer. Recolored versions were released in Argentina as Fuego and Sokerk. A Python Patrol version was released in Brazil as Relampago. The 2003 version was named "Halo Jumper," which was renamed Sgt. Airborne soon after its initial release.
Roadblock
Heavy Machine Gunner
E-4 (Army corporal)
File Name: Corp. Marvin F. Hinton
Primary MOS: Infantry Heavy Weapons
POB: Biloxi, MS
Secondary MOS: Cook
Accessories: light green helmet (standard, but without holes); reddish brown backpack (new, squarish with tripod peg) and attaching ammo box; light green machine gun (new, M-2 Browning .50 cal.) with tripod.
Variations: None.
Carded
Item # 6419
Backround Info:
Roadblock's dream was to be a gourmet chef. He was working as a bouncer to earn money to attend 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.
"A .50 cal. Browning weighs 84 pounds. Add fifty pounds for the ammo—that's about 134 pounds 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!"
Toy Info:
Featured in the Sky Hawk commercial. Design sketches list the character as "Bubba." It is not known if this was ever intended to be Roadblock's name. The character Double Blast was renamed Roadblock in 2002 but is not the same individual.
Scrap Iron
Cobra Anti-Armor Specialist
Cobra
File Name: (CLASSIFIED)
Primary MOS: Tank Destroyer
POB:(CLASSIFIED)
Accessories: black pistol (new RAR); black missile launcher (six-piece box with four legs and activation switch with cord); two missiles (new, short with large fins).
Variations: The prototype appearing in the catalogs had numerous different paint details, most notably a bare upper chest instead of a red shirt, and had blue missiles in his launcher (but a lighter blue than the ones released later with the accessory pack).
Carded
Item # 6431
Backround Info:
It is believed that Scrap-Iron is a product designer for Destro's armaments company. Carries out initial field testing on all new armor piercing munitions and sub-munitions. Area of specialization is remote-launched, laser-guided, rocket-propelled piezo-electric fused anti-tank weapons. These weapons are categorized beyond the "smart" stage and are known by the nomenclature: "brilliant." Current state-of-the-art Mil-Tech terminology.
"Scrap-Iron is methodical and precise. Imperfection in any form repels him. Perhaps that's why he wants to blow up the world."
Toy Info:
Featured in the Water Moccasin commercial. Scrap-Iron's missile launcher was at the time the largest accessory released with a figure. The 2005/II version is not hyphenated. A slightly different version was released in India.
Spirit
Tracker
E-4 (Army corporal)
File Name: Corp. Charlie Iron-Knife
Primary MOS: Infantry
POB: Taos, NM
Secondary MOS: Social Services
Accessories: loincloth belt (new, green and red); light green backpack (new, squared-off with arrows); light green rifle (new, auto-arrow launcher); brown eagle "Freedom" (new, bald eagle with white head; feet may break off).
Variations: A few filecards identify him as a Spirit instead of a Shaman, and replace the last sentence with "Spirit's mysterious powers of the mind extend the limits of the most advanced psychiatric procedures known in our culture." The prototype appearing in the 1984 catalog and commercials had several different paint details, most notably a bare upper chest instead of a red shirt. At least one Freedom has been found of a different mold, with its wings significantly farther back.
Carded
Item # 6417
Backround Info:
Spirit comes from a family so far below the poverty line that they never realized they were poor. Was a hunting guide through high school. Served in Southeast Asia, then as a civilian completed his education. Returned to the service for reasons inexplicable to anyone but a Native American mystic warrior. Qualified expert: M-16; M-1911A1 Auto Pistol; Remington sniper rifle.
"Charlie is a Shaman, a medicine man. He's not a healer or a priest or a witch-doctor. There isn't any equivalent in our culture for what he is unless we had shrinks that could actually help people."
Toy Info:
Featured in the Sky Hawk commercial. Versions after 1993 were named "Spirit Iron-Knife." A recolored version was released in Europe.
Storm Shadow
Cobra Ninja
Cobra
File Name: (UNKNOWN)
Primary MOS: Assassin
POB: (CLASSIFIED)
Secondary MOS: Intelligence
Accessories: black backpack (new, quiver with sword slots); two black swords (new, katana and wakizashi); black bow (new, small); black nunchuku (new).
Storm Shadow can trace his family history through thirty generations of assassins. He can scale sheer walls with bare hands and feet, move with blinding speed, and endure unspeakable hardship and pain. Qualified expert: Long bow, Samurai sword; Throwing stars; Nunchaku sticks; 8th degree black belt in five martial arts.
"The great Ninja assassin clans disappeared a hundred years ago. If they were wiped out, nobody took the credit for it and if they're still around—who are they working for?"
Toy Info:
Later filecards list Storm Shadow as Thomas S. Arashikage from St. Louis, MO. The first true Ninja of the G. I. Joe line; helped spark a decade-long widespread interest in Ninjas throughout the toy market. Featured in the Cobra CLAW/Sky Hawk commercial. Versions released between 1988 and 1997 were members of G. I. .Joe. The 2006f version was named "Tommy Arashikage." Recolored versions were released in Argentina as Ninja-Ku and Satan.
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