1990 Altitude: Recon Scout (Sky Patrol)
Includes: parachute, helmet, gun, missile, missile launcher, face shield, backpack, instructions
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Filecard information:
Code Name: ALTITUDE
SKY PATROL RECON SCOUT
File Name: Jones, John-Edward O.
SN: 782-6901-VT52
Primary Military Specialty: Sky Patrol Recon Scout
Secondary Military Specialty: Combat Artist
Birthplace: Cambria, California
Grade: E-9 (Sergeant Major of the Army)
Being a full-blooded Apache Indian and the son of a famous Hollywood stunt man, ALTITUDE had a lot to live up to. Altitude was gifted with both a photographic memory and a talent for drawing. After his budding artistic career in the animation industry was shortened by the collapse of syndicated cartoon programming, he decided to embark on a new career in the military. He's the first G.I. Joe® ever to combine two totally different specialties-reconnais-sance and combat artistry-and make them work.
"The principle job of a scout is to bring back information. The more detailed the information, the better. Altitude can sneak up on an enemy installation, thoroughly observe it for a few days and not even be spotted. After he has gathered enough information, he quietly leaves his observation post to return to headquarters. Once there, he uses his recall abilities to sketch the installation in exact detail. He is so good that the Sky Patrol uses his sketches instead of maps because they're that precise."
SKY PATROL RECON SCOUT
File Name: Jones, John-Edward O.
SN: 782-6901-VT52
Primary Military Specialty: Sky Patrol Recon Scout
Secondary Military Specialty: Combat Artist
Birthplace: Cambria, California
Grade: E-9 (Sergeant Major of the Army)
Being a full-blooded Apache Indian and the son of a famous Hollywood stunt man, ALTITUDE had a lot to live up to. Altitude was gifted with both a photographic memory and a talent for drawing. After his budding artistic career in the animation industry was shortened by the collapse of syndicated cartoon programming, he decided to embark on a new career in the military. He's the first G.I. Joe® ever to combine two totally different specialties-reconnais-sance and combat artistry-and make them work.
"The principle job of a scout is to bring back information. The more detailed the information, the better. Altitude can sneak up on an enemy installation, thoroughly observe it for a few days and not even be spotted. After he has gathered enough information, he quietly leaves his observation post to return to headquarters. Once there, he uses his recall abilities to sketch the installation in exact detail. He is so good that the Sky Patrol uses his sketches instead of maps because they're that precise."
Except for the new head sculpts, all 6 Sky Patrol figures were repaints. Altitude's entire body is a repaint of 1986 Slip-Stream.
The Sky Patrol Joes came with a remake of the 1985 Mail Order Parachute Pack and a silver parachute with "radar reflective coating"
