ACTION FORCE 1985 (THIRD SERIES)
ESCAPE ARMOUR
ESCAPE ARMOUR
The Escape Armour is an item of survival equipment designed to allow a member of the Cobra forces to escape otherwise fatal situations. Cobra Commander in particular always keeps a set close by, given Action Force’s determination to liquidate him. The Escape Armour can be fitted with a claw, rocket or flamethrower!
The Cobra Escape Armour came with the Escape Armour Pilot and these figures were exactly the same as the Hyena Driver. The only difference was that the Escape Armour Pilot comes with a bazooka and black ammo box!. The vehicles arms could have attachments added to the ends and these included a missile, a flamethrower, machine gun and claw.
The vehicle came with a large number of parts and they can be hard to find complete. Some of the parts are very small and many have been lost over the years.
This was re-released in the third series due to overstock from the second series. It was repackaged with Cobra logos and came with a different figure.
IMAGES
PARTS
The Escape Armour came with a lot of parts that are shown below. Please be aware that the parts shown below have the Red Shadows version stickers on them. The second version had different stamps branded on them too.
FIGURE
Included Figure- Escape Armour Pilot
The Escape Armour Pilot figure was included with the Escape Armour version 2 vehicle. He came with a bazooka and black ammo box. You can click on his picture to see his guide.
INSTRUCTIONS AND STICKERS
The Escape Armour instructions had a picture of the included figure and his datafile information. The standard sticker sheet came with all series three Cobra vehicles.
PACKAGING
The Escape Armour came boxed with an Escape Armour Pilot figure (this figure was exactly the same as the Hyena driver figure).
VARIANTS
The Escape Armour was previously released as part of the Red Shadows. It had different stickers and box for the later Action Force release.
G.I. JOE U.S. RELEASE
In 1983 the Escape Armour was released as part of the G.I. Joe toy line. It was called the Cobra S.N.A.K.E. Armour and was coloured in white. It had different stickers and a different box to the Action Force version.
DATAFILE
Datafiles could be found in the Battle Action Force comics. They contained lots of information about the vehicles and characters and had some great artwork.
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