ACTION FORCE 1985 (THIRD SERIES)
ROBOSKULL VERSION TWO
Roboskull
The Roboskull is Cobra’s most deadly weapon. It is combined aircraft and spaceship, capable of supersonic speed in the Earth’s atmosphere as well as in space.
The Roboskull is my favourite Action Force vehicle and in my opinion is simply awesome. The design used a skull as the main section of the ship and it looks very fearsome. It came with Red Wolf version 2 (the G.I. Joe figure Wild Weasel). It was a nice addition to the Cobra Forces as Action Force had the Sky Striker and the Triad Fighter. The Roboskull looks like it could take on both!
It has two chin guns, two eye guns and four red guns on the wings. A pilot sits in the front and there is also a seat for a rear gunner. Underneath there is a chamber for prisoners.
The Roboskull is now very sought after and parts are very expensive. The red guns, red feet and other guns can be hard to find.
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PARTS
The Roboskull came with a large number parts that are often broken or lost. It came with:
- Four red guns that clipped onto the top and these came off quite easily
- Two eye cannons that stay in quite firmly but are often missing the tips.
- Two side guns, four red feet parts
- Four red ‘feet’ parts that come off quite easily
- An escape hatch door
- A pilot hatch door
- A rear gunner door
- Two top engine boosters made off four parts (two for each booster clipped together)
- Four lower engine boosters made eight parts (two for each booster clipped together)
- Two side wing parts
- Two side engine covers
- Two cover caps
FIGURE
Included Figure- Red Wolf (Version 2)
The Red Wolf (version 2) figure was included with the Roboskull. Click on his picture to see his guide.
Birthplace: Manchester, England.
An ex-NASA astronaut who trained with the Action Force Triad Captain Moondancer, before being court-marshalled for corruption. Blackmailed into joining the Cobra forces, he’s a reluctant servant who is driven by a relentless desire to prove himself better than Moondancer.
PACKAGING
The Roboskull vehicle came boxed with a Red Wolf V2 figure.
VARIANTS
The Roboskull was originally released in the Action Force second series as a Red Shadows vehicle with the figure Red Wolf version one. Due to surplus, it continued to be sold as part of the third series as a Cobra vehicle. The original Red Wolf V1 figure was replaced with Red Wolf version 2 (the G.I. Joe figure Wild Weasel).
The Cobra version was packaged in a different box and had different stickers.
G.I. JOE U.S. RELEASE
The Roboskull was not released in the United States.
DATAFILE
Datafiles could be found in the Battle Action Force and Action Force comics. They contained lots of information about the vehicles and characters and had some great artwork.
Despite Red Wolf version one being replaced with the Red Wolf version 2 figure the Red Wolf V1 still appeared on the Cobra datafile.
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