1991 Red Star: Oktober Guard Officer
Includes: removable hat, knife, backpack with antenna, mini Gatling gun with 2 barrels, ammo belt, AK47 machine gun, *spring-loaded missile launcher and missile.
When it's time for close-quarters combat, Red Star comes prepared.
Red Star earned that cold stare in Afghanistan.
1991 introduced oversized, spring-loaded weapons. These powerful weapons shoot over 10 feet.
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Red Star was originally released on a red card, meaning that he was a bad guy. This was a factory error.
The file card said Cobra, but Hasbro noticed the error and decided to cover Cobra with a blue G.I. Joe sticker.
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Later versions of Red Star were released on a blue card, meaning that he was a good guy. Evidently Cold War tensions had subsided.
Filecard information:
Code Name: RED STAR
OKTOBER GUARD OFFICER
File Name: Krimov, Anatoly Fyodorovich
Primary Military Specialty: Commando Operations (Naval Infantry)
Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine, USSR
Grade: Captain
Detached from the crack Black Sea Regiment of the Soviet Naval Infantry, (equivalent of our Marine Corps), RED STAR now commands the Russian version of the G.I. Joe Team, known as the Oktober Guard*. He was the youngest chess master in Odessa at the age of eleven, and is a published Pushkin scholar, his monograph on "Boris Godonov" being considered the definitive work. In his spare time, he coaches the pistol team at the Dynamo Sports Club at Moscow.
"Red Star came home from that mess in Afghanistan with a bad attitude and a funny look in the eye, but when they needed an experienced field commander to lead the Oktober Guard, he leaped at the chance. He wasn't about to let the top volunteers from all the best units be led by some party toad with relatives in the high command and a yen to become a hero of the Soviet Union."
*This elite formation includes volunteers from the SETSNAZ Commandos, the Airborne Brigades and the KGB Border Guards.
OKTOBER GUARD OFFICER
File Name: Krimov, Anatoly Fyodorovich
Primary Military Specialty: Commando Operations (Naval Infantry)
Birthplace: Odessa, Ukraine, USSR
Grade: Captain
Detached from the crack Black Sea Regiment of the Soviet Naval Infantry, (equivalent of our Marine Corps), RED STAR now commands the Russian version of the G.I. Joe Team, known as the Oktober Guard*. He was the youngest chess master in Odessa at the age of eleven, and is a published Pushkin scholar, his monograph on "Boris Godonov" being considered the definitive work. In his spare time, he coaches the pistol team at the Dynamo Sports Club at Moscow.
"Red Star came home from that mess in Afghanistan with a bad attitude and a funny look in the eye, but when they needed an experienced field commander to lead the Oktober Guard, he leaped at the chance. He wasn't about to let the top volunteers from all the best units be led by some party toad with relatives in the high command and a yen to become a hero of the Soviet Union."
*This elite formation includes volunteers from the SETSNAZ Commandos, the Airborne Brigades and the KGB Border Guards.
