1987 Maverick: Vector Pilot (Battle Force 2000)
Includes: semi-automatic machine pistol, helmet
Maverick was one of six Battle Force 2000 figures released in 1987. This six figure sub-set was the first of its kind for G.I. Joe. You can see on the back of the file card below how the six figures were set apart from the rest of the Joes and Cobras. This sub-set tradition would continue in 1988 with "Tiger Force" and "Night Force" and in 1989 with "Python Patrol" and "Slaughters Marauders".
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Filecard information:
Code Name: MAVERICK
VECTOR PILOT
File Name: Kiley, Thomas P.
SN: 519-46-7007
Primary Military Specialty: Pilot
Birthplace: Ida Grove, Iowa
Grade: 0-3 (Captain)
Maverick graduated at the top of his class from the Air Force Academy and promptly volunteered for every experimental program that came down the line. Consequently, he is one of the few pilots qualified to operate the entire range of multifunction, programmable keyboard controls, voice-actuated weapons systems and "open-loop" biocybernetic situations analysis computers. He has the physical strength to withstand massive G-forces, the reflexes of a gymnast and a clarity of eyesight that reads off the scale...
"He's a natural flyer. He can't remember a time when he wasn't flying. Honest. You see, his mom flew a crop duster all across the corn belt. An old Stearman biplane. This was back before day-care, right? She'd just strap him in, hand him a water gun and a jelly sandwich and take off for a day of dusting bollworms!"
VECTOR PILOT
File Name: Kiley, Thomas P.
SN: 519-46-7007
Primary Military Specialty: Pilot
Birthplace: Ida Grove, Iowa
Grade: 0-3 (Captain)
Maverick graduated at the top of his class from the Air Force Academy and promptly volunteered for every experimental program that came down the line. Consequently, he is one of the few pilots qualified to operate the entire range of multifunction, programmable keyboard controls, voice-actuated weapons systems and "open-loop" biocybernetic situations analysis computers. He has the physical strength to withstand massive G-forces, the reflexes of a gymnast and a clarity of eyesight that reads off the scale...
"He's a natural flyer. He can't remember a time when he wasn't flying. Honest. You see, his mom flew a crop duster all across the corn belt. An old Stearman biplane. This was back before day-care, right? She'd just strap him in, hand him a water gun and a jelly sandwich and take off for a day of dusting bollworms!"
Filecard variant:
The original six Battle Force 2000 figures were released individually on their own cards. In 1988 they were re-released as a set of three two-packs. The cut-out file card below is from one of the 1988 Battle Force 2000 two-packs. This is obvious because they revised the specialty below his code name to be more detailed than the original specialty featured on the single carded figure seen above.
Code Name: MAVERICK
VECTOR JET FIGHTER PILOT
File Name: Kiley, Thomas P.
SN: 519-46-7007
Primary Military Specialty: Pilot
Birthplace: Ida Grove, Iowa
Grade: 0-3 (Captain)
Maverick graduated at the top of his class from the Air Force Academy and promptly volunteered for every experimental program that came down the line. Consequently, he is one of the few pilots qualified to operate the entire range of multifunction, programmable keyboard controls, voice-actuated weapons systems and "open-loop" biocybernetic situations analysis computers. He has the physical strength to withstand massive G-forces, the reflexes of a gymnast and a clarity of eyesight that reads off the scale...
"He's a natural flyer. He can't remember a time when he wasn't flying. Honest. You see, his mom flew a crop duster all across the corn belt. An old Stearman biplane. This was back before day-care, right? She'd just strap him in, hand him a water gun and a jelly sandwich and take off for a day of dusting bollworms!"
VECTOR JET FIGHTER PILOT
File Name: Kiley, Thomas P.
SN: 519-46-7007
Primary Military Specialty: Pilot
Birthplace: Ida Grove, Iowa
Grade: 0-3 (Captain)
Maverick graduated at the top of his class from the Air Force Academy and promptly volunteered for every experimental program that came down the line. Consequently, he is one of the few pilots qualified to operate the entire range of multifunction, programmable keyboard controls, voice-actuated weapons systems and "open-loop" biocybernetic situations analysis computers. He has the physical strength to withstand massive G-forces, the reflexes of a gymnast and a clarity of eyesight that reads off the scale...
"He's a natural flyer. He can't remember a time when he wasn't flying. Honest. You see, his mom flew a crop duster all across the corn belt. An old Stearman biplane. This was back before day-care, right? She'd just strap him in, hand him a water gun and a jelly sandwich and take off for a day of dusting bollworms!"
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All six Battle Force 2000 figures (from 1987) were drivers or pilots. Look at the cut out card above to see what vehicle they commanded. G.I. Joe had never released a driver or pilot as a stand-alone carded figure before, and they never did this again after Battle Force 2000. Below you can see the six figures and the six vehicles released in 1987. The six vehicles combined to form one large "Future Fortress".
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