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Code Name:

Dial-Tone

version four

Desimone Guide: #516

Dial-Tone's Filecard

Figure Description:

Dial-Tone was released carded in the thirteenth series (1994) as part of the Battle Corps subset. The Battle Corps figures were numbered 1 through 14 - Dial-Tone was number 2.

Dial-Tone was discontinued in 1994.

Versions of Dial-Tone:

• Version One (1986)
• Version Two (1986)
• Version Three (1990)
• Version Four (1994)
• Version Five (2000)
• Version Six (2002)
• Version Six-b (2003)
• Version Seven - Tiger Force (2003)

Accessories:

Dial-Tone came with two yellow rifles, a yellow handgun, a yellow knife, a gray missile launcher (spring loaded, actually fired), two yellow missiles, a dark blue helmet, and a yellow figure stand.

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

Variations:

There were two variants of the Dial-Tone action figure. The first variant has green highlights on the figure's chest (pictured above, right). The second variant does not (pictured above, left).

There are also two variants of the packaging. The earlier first variant featured the G.I.Joe logo horizontally at the top of the card. The filecard on the back of the packaging was the "standard" size. The later second variant featured the G.I.Joe logo vertically on the left side of the card and the filecard was reduced down to "baseball card" size.

Body Construction:

Dial-Tone's waist and legs were originally used to create Clean Sweep (1991). Dial-Tone's arms were originally used to create Tunnel Rat (1987).

Dial-Tone's head and chest were original and were not used to create other figures.