1986 Dial-Tone: Communications v2 (Special Mission: Brazil, Toys 'R Us Exclusive)
Includes: 9mm Parabellum submachine pistol with silencer, anti-scrambler communications backpack with microphone
Dial-Tone v2 was only available as part of the 1986 "Special Mission: Brazil" set. This five figure set was the first of its kind for G.I. Joe.
It featured one original character (Claymore) and four v2 repaints of 1986 characters. This was the first time Hasbro released simple repaints as a new sub-team. This practice would become prominent in 1988 with "Tiger Force" and "Night Force" and in 1989 with
"Python Patrol" and "Slaughters Marauders.”
It featured one original character (Claymore) and four v2 repaints of 1986 characters. This was the first time Hasbro released simple repaints as a new sub-team. This practice would become prominent in 1988 with "Tiger Force" and "Night Force" and in 1989 with
"Python Patrol" and "Slaughters Marauders.”
Special Mission: Brazil came with a two-sided cassette featuring a 7.5 minute story called "Special Mission: Brazil" on Side A
and a blank Side B marked "SPECIAL MISSION ________" and instructions to "Record your own Mission!”
and a blank Side B marked "SPECIAL MISSION ________" and instructions to "Record your own Mission!”
Filecard information:
File Name: Morelli, Jack S.
SN: RA 428-71-3360
Primary Military Specialty: Radio Telecommunications
Secondary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon
Grade: E-4
Dial-Tone built his own crystal set when he was ten. By fourteen he was part of a CB net, and had his own ham station by the time he was sixteen. Dial-Tone made all his own equipment, buying parts with quarters earned bagging groceries. He saw the army as a means to furthering his education in his chosen field and quickly found that instead of a stepping stone, it was a goal in itself. Manning a radio in the field wasn't just passing time—it was a job with a purpose.
"One of the scariest things that can happen to you out in the field is to lose contact with your base. That means you are ALONE. No artillery support, no air-strikes, no medvac, no extraction, no NOTHING! The cavalry ain't comin' until the man with the radio tells 'em to."
SN: RA 428-71-3360
Primary Military Specialty: Radio Telecommunications
Secondary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon
Grade: E-4
Dial-Tone built his own crystal set when he was ten. By fourteen he was part of a CB net, and had his own ham station by the time he was sixteen. Dial-Tone made all his own equipment, buying parts with quarters earned bagging groceries. He saw the army as a means to furthering his education in his chosen field and quickly found that instead of a stepping stone, it was a goal in itself. Manning a radio in the field wasn't just passing time—it was a job with a purpose.
"One of the scariest things that can happen to you out in the field is to lose contact with your base. That means you are ALONE. No artillery support, no air-strikes, no medvac, no extraction, no NOTHING! The cavalry ain't comin' until the man with the radio tells 'em to."
