#836 G.I. Joe – R.P.V. (European Exclusive) (1988)

I recall every bit if it was yesterday the hateful solar daytime I got this vehicle. It was 1 of those rare (or well, non as well as so rare) chances inwards which my woman nurture bought me toys. It was 1 of the small-scale vehicles from the 1988 line, as well as thence non real expensive, simply it sure as shooting costed some m pesetas (6 Euro). I recollect opening the box spell yet on the automobile as well as trying to mountain it on the dorsum tray of the automobile (at the fourth dimension children could locomote amongst no security belts or whatever security restrictions).

I never had many G.I.Joe vehicles, as well as so the R.P.V. was business office of many adventures as well as I played hours amongst it.

As you lot tin run across from the pictures it is a small-scale vehicle that looks quite heavy as well as slow. I used to play that the Joes had to scort it from hither to at that topographic point as well as the Cobras tried to ambush them to pocket it. I similar the sentiment of an incredible powerful rocket inwards such a small-scale vehicle, but, of course, this is quite ridiculous cast the perspective of an adult collector.

Many collectors volition recognise the vehicle, simply non the colour, since this grayness version is an European Exclusive item. In the U.S. it was released inwards some sort of lite brown, sort of desert brown, which I intend is a worse choice.

The tank had capacity for 1 figure. It has 1 side seat, which is something I dislike nearly it. In the box it is Hardball that drives the vehicle. From this seat, as well as attached to a long dark flexible cable, at that topographic point is a mini-radar unit, that I normally carried nether the missile launcher, every bit I imagined this mini radar may survive fifty-fifty slower than the tank itself.

Although I yet boot the bucket along the tank I got every bit a kid, I later on could purchase 1 novel inwards box, although non sealed (the seals deteriorate as well as larn out the box opened upward after many years), simply yet unassembled. The artwork of the box is genuinely great, simply really “mirrored”. The dorsum of the box displays the actual toy over a dark background (later waves would operate dioramized pictures, run across for representative #478, #624 or #714)