1985 Buzzer: Dreadnok
Includes: diamond toothed chain saw, Nunchuka axe, backpack and gas can
Action figure image gallery:
Roll over the images below to find out more, or click the images to enlarge them. Photos courtesy of Phillip Donnelly.
Packaging image gallery:
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Filecard information:
File Name: Dick Blinken (Richard Blinken-Smythe)
Place of Birth: Cambridge, England
Buzzer was an extreme left-wing Cambridge sociology don who went to Australia to research the biker gang phenomenon only to be transformed into the very subject of his research. Years of intellectual displeasure caused repressed psychotic anger, manifested in an intense desire to chainsaw apart the expensive geegaws of technological society.
Specialty and M.O.*: A scavenger of the swamps, Buzzer can cut through steel, wrought iron and any metal (except armor plate) with his diamond-toothed chain saw.
*Modus Operandi
Place of Birth: Cambridge, England
Buzzer was an extreme left-wing Cambridge sociology don who went to Australia to research the biker gang phenomenon only to be transformed into the very subject of his research. Years of intellectual displeasure caused repressed psychotic anger, manifested in an intense desire to chainsaw apart the expensive geegaws of technological society.
Specialty and M.O.*: A scavenger of the swamps, Buzzer can cut through steel, wrought iron and any metal (except armor plate) with his diamond-toothed chain saw.
*Modus Operandi
Filecard variants:
Buzzer's file card might be the most frequently revised file card of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero line.
Buzzer's first file card is shown above. It mentions Buzzer's repressed psychotic anger.
Buzzer's first file card is shown above. It mentions Buzzer's repressed psychotic anger.
Buzzer's second card (above) used a sticker to cover the middle section, and the copy was edited to remove any mention of Buzzer's psychotic anger. There is a third card, not pictured, that was printed with the updates shown on this sticker.
Buzzer's fourth card (above) was revised once again, this time striping out any mention of "the biker gang phenomenon."
Buzzer's fifth card (above) matches his fourth card, with the exception of the usual revisions for 1986: 1985 figures featured peach file cards in 1985 and gray file cards in 1986. The 1986 cards also feature an H-1 marking.
Creator Commentary
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Kirk Bozigian (G.I. Joe Product Manager) and Ron Rudat (R&D Figure Designer)
discuss where the motorcycle riding degenerates known as the Dreadnoks came from.
discuss where the motorcycle riding degenerates known as the Dreadnoks came from.
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