ACTION FORCE 1983-1984 (second SERIES)
SAS BLADES (HAWK)
Codename: Blades
Personal Name: Herbert J Rotweiler
Action Force Number: AF 342153
Primary Military Speciality: Airborne Rapid Strike
Secondary Military Speciality: Close Quarters Battle Flying
Birthplace: American mid West
Kids called him “mother’s boy” at school, but Action Force training turned him into one mean individual. Now a world renowned Airstrike pilot, with a reputation for keeping a cool head in a crisis. Subsidiary training in small arms weaponry- can tell you a rifle’s calibre from 30 paces.
“Still goes home to see his mother after every tour of duty. Loves American apple pie.”
Blades came with the Hawk helicopter vehicle (a repaint of the G.I. Joe Fang vehicle). He was one of the figures with full arm articulation. He was a repaint of the G.I Joe figure Tripwire. He can be very hard to find with the SAS emblem still in tact on his chest.
Blades did not have a datafile, but his character information could be found on the instructions that came with the Hawk helicopter.
My YouTube video of Blades is here.
IMAGES
Ready for battle!
Body Mould
Blades has a moulded helmet and visor. Although he was a repaint of Tripwire (a mine sweeper) the helmet and visor do look good on a helicopter Pilot and work well. His face often has scratches and he is often missing paint from his nose. The chest has the SAS emblem on it and again this is notorious for being missing. The figure is hard to find with a good SAS emblem. He has a gun in a holster on his right leg.
ACCESSORIES
Blades did not come with any accessories. He was later released as a U.S. convention exclusive with Tripwire’s accessories.
PACKAGING
The SAS Blades figure came boxed exclusively with the Hawk vehicle.
File Card
Information about the figure could be found on the back of the figures file card (the Datafile information). Each figure also had an individual medal number for the mail order offer. Blades did not have a medal number.
INSTRUCTIONS
Blades did not have a datafile, but his character information could be found on the instructions that came with the Hawk helicopter. Click on the picture to the right to take a look.
VARIANTS
Blades was a repaint of the G.I. Joe figure Tripwire who was released in Action Force series three.
G.I. JOE U.S. RELEASE
Despite being released in the U.K. in 1983-1984 as Blades. The G.I Joe Tripwire figure was first released in the U.S. in 1983.
DATAFILE
Datafiles could be found in the Battle Action Force comics. They contained lots of information about the characters and had some great artwork. Blades did not have a datafile, but his character information could be found on the instructions that came with the Hawk helicopter.
The below picture was on the internet and appears to be fan made!
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