ACTION FORCE 1983-1984 (second SERIES)
RED SHADOWS RED JACKAL
Codename: Red Jackal
Personal Name: Anton Nobokov
Action Force number: 935163
Primary Military Speciality: Head and Hand Combat
Secondary Military Speciality: Hi-Speed Chase-driving
Birthplace: Latvia
Suffered a severe crash, whuch Action Force doctors said he wouldn’t survive. But Baron Ironblood’s scientists used unknown technology to rebuild him. Bionic head and hands, with electric bolt facility make even hand-shaking deadly. Drives a Hyena, with rotating turret and elevating twin guns.
“Bionic vision make the Jackal the best driver in the Enemy.”
Red Jackal is the driver of the Hyena Tank. He did not come with any accessories.
He is able to fire electric bolts from his hands! He is a repaint of the GI Joe figure Destro and Destro’s necklace can be seen under the Red Shadows emblem. Destro was released in the third series of Action Force and you can view his page here.
IMAGES
Ready for battle!
Body Mould
Red Jackal has the Red Shadows emblem on his chest with a lovely red background. The necklace has been painted over but is visible. He has silver and red wrist bracelets that have a mechanical designs. The right wrist appears to have darts or mini missiles attached to it. The left one has a red design on the top. The Action Force comics would lead us to believe that the electric bolts are perhaps fired from his wrist bracelets. He has a red gun holster on his right upper leg. His head is a bright silver colour.
ACCESSORIES
Red Jackal originally came with no accessories. He was later supplied with Destro’s accessories in the United States as a convention exclusive.
PACKAGING
Red Jackal came exclusively boxed with the Hyena tank.
File Card
Information about the figure could be found on the back of the figures file card (the Datafile information). Red Jackal did not have a file card or medal number. His datafile information was also written on the vehicle instructions.
VARIANTS
Red Jackal was a repaint of the G.I. Joe figure Destro.
G.I. JOE U.S. RELEASE
Red Jackal was not released as part of the G.I. Joe series. He was released as a convention exclusive with Destro’s accessories.
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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