ACTION FORCE 1985 (THIRD SERIES)
DESTRO
Destro
Cobra Weapons Supplier.
Faceless power behind Cobra Command’s main weapon supply organisation. Destro respects Action Force’s skills, but is totally dedicated to their destruction! Destro and Cobra Commander work as a team, but really hate each other.
Destro was the main arms dealer to Cobra Commander. The two hate each other but they had mutual interests. Destro came with a armed attache case (backpack) and a high density laser gun. The case had a hinge and could be opened to reveal moulds of weapons. The gun is small and thin and is often lost or broken.
The Destro figure mould was used for the series two Red Jackal figure. Red Jackal was a repaint of Destro.
IMAGES
Ready for battle!
Body Mould
Destro came in all black with an open jacket. The open jacket revealed a dog tag on his chest. He has silver wrist gauntlets which appear to have weapons on them (right hand has darts/ small missiles). He has a gun holster on his right leg. On his back he has a moulded strap.
ACCESSORIES
Destro came with a armed attache case (backpack) and a high density laser gun. The case could be opened and had two pieces that locked together.
GALLERY
PACKAGING
Destro came as a carded figure. Below are some examples of the card he came on. The bubble was smetimes different and thetre is an example of Destro on a Cobra card. There is also an example of a Red Jackal (from series two) carded on a Desto card with Destro’s attache case included.
The figure cards continued to have the mail order offer. You collected five medals and could then send off for a free mail order figure. The mail order figure with this series was the Infantryman.
VARIANTS
Destro was repainted to create the second series Red Jackal figure.
LOOKS FAMILIAR
His attache case also came with the Cobra Officer.
LOOKS FAMILIAR
A blue version of his gun came with the second series Space Force Battle Gear.
1987 HASBRO U.K. RELEASE
Despite being released in the U.K. in 1985, Destro was later released in 1987 under Hasbro U.K. He was the same figure but came in a different cardback.
G.I. JOE U.S. RELEASE
Despite being released in the U.K. in 1985, Destro was first released in the U.S. in 1983. He was also sold in 1984 and 1985.
DATAFILE
Datafiles could be found in the Battle Action Force comics. They contained lots of information about the characters and had some great artwork.
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