Astro-Infantry Trooper

Code Name:

Ozone

version three

Desimone Guide: #492

Carded Figure

Canadian Carded Figure

Ozone's Filecard

Figure Description:

Ozone (version 3) was released carded as part of the twelfth series (1993) as part of the Star Brigade subset. That same year, Ozone (version 2) was released on the same type of card with the same packaging.

He was discontinued domestically in 1994.

Webmaster's Note:

It was common practice at Hasbro among the toy makers to sculpt action figures to look like real life individuals - including employees of Hasbro.

Ozone was named after David Kunitz, a member of the G.I. Joe design team working for Hasbro at the time of this figure's release.

Versions of Ozone:

• Version One (1991)
• Version Two (1993)
• Version Three (1993)
• Version Four (1994)

Accessories:

Ozone came with a red helmet, three black rifles, a knife, an orange missile launcher (spring loaded, actually fired), two black missiles, and a black figure stand.

Except for the helmet and missile launcher, all of Ozone's accessories came attached to one plastic "tree". The accessories were removed from the tree.

Variations:

At some point, carded Ozone figures had a change made to the back of the card. One cardback has a picture of a painted Payload prototype among the six Star Brigade figures - the other cardback has the corrected Payload figure among the six Star Brigade figures.

Body Construction:

Ozone was created using the same mold as the original Ozone (1991). The same mold is shared with Ozone (v2) (1993) and Ozone (v4) (1994).

International Variants:

In India, Ozone was released in a slightly different paint scheme with T.A.R.G.A.T.'s arms. Additionally, there was a variation with the lower arms of Scrap-Iron.