1994 Stalker: Ranger v5

Includes: high-tech machine gun with targeting scope, rifle, heat seeking missile launcher, missile (2), personalized "slicer" machete, standard issue Army shotgun, figure stand

1994 continued the tradition of oversized, spring-loaded weapons. These powerful weapons shoot over 10 feet.

Most 1994 figures included a weapons tree, a mostly generic selection of previously released weapons, still on the plastic sprues.

Stalker's black weapons tree included a rifle, a machete, a shotgun, a machine gun, two missiles and a figure stand.

Roll over the images below to find out more, or click the images to enlarge them. Photos courtesy of Phillip Donnelly. 

In 1994, Hasbro produced figures in China and Indonesia. This resulted in several paint app variants. To compound matters further, Hasbro also changed the card art on some figures from the older horizontal logo (with a red or blue laser backdrop) to a new vertical logo (with a red or blue to black gradient background). The back of the new card also featured a reformatted baseball card sized file card with condensed writing. Several figures did not get the new vertical card art treatment. Stalker did get the vertical logo treatment. 

Stalker has two paint app versions: with yellow details on his chest (below), and without (above). There are four carded figure variants, the horizontal logo card marked "MADE IN CHINA" (above), the vertical logo card marked "MADE IN CHINA" with yellow details (below) and without (further below) and the vertical logo card marked "MADE IN INDONESIA" with yellow details (seen here). 

There are thirty+ known 1994 Battle Force variants featuring various packaging and paint app combinations. See them all on Facebook.