1986 Mainframe: Computer Specialist v2 (Special Mission: Brazil, Toys 'R Us Exclusive)
Includes: BP75E field transmitter/receiver unit, walkie-talkie, portable combat ready computer system, hose
Mainframe 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: Parker, Blaine L.
SN: RA 818-50-1673
Primary Military Specialty: Computer Technology
Secondary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona
Grade: E-5
Mainframe enlisted in the Army Airborne at the age of seventeen and made it over to South-East Asia for the last year of hostilities, just in time to get his Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the Army to get his degree from MIT on the G.I. Bill and did a stint toiling in the antiseptic corridors of Silicon Valley making big bucks and fighting off boredom with a stick. Luckily, the Marines were looking for a few good men with just his qualifications. The proper papers were signed, and Mainframe was back in uniform.
"Too much of the modern battlefield is computer coordinated not to have a computer specialist right out there in the field with you. Problem is, most hackers don't exactly fit the combat profile. Mainframe is the exception. He was ten years older than the next oldest trainee at Parris Island and he still finished at the top of the class. He's got brains-but he's hard."
SN: RA 818-50-1673
Primary Military Specialty: Computer Technology
Secondary Military Specialty: Infantry
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona
Grade: E-5
Mainframe enlisted in the Army Airborne at the age of seventeen and made it over to South-East Asia for the last year of hostilities, just in time to get his Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the Army to get his degree from MIT on the G.I. Bill and did a stint toiling in the antiseptic corridors of Silicon Valley making big bucks and fighting off boredom with a stick. Luckily, the Marines were looking for a few good men with just his qualifications. The proper papers were signed, and Mainframe was back in uniform.
"Too much of the modern battlefield is computer coordinated not to have a computer specialist right out there in the field with you. Problem is, most hackers don't exactly fit the combat profile. Mainframe is the exception. He was ten years older than the next oldest trainee at Parris Island and he still finished at the top of the class. He's got brains-but he's hard."
