First Sergeant/GI Joe
Field Commander

Code Name:

Duke

version eleven

Figure Description:

Duke (version 11) was released as part of the eighteenth series (2002), carded in a two-pack with Ripper (v2).

Duke (version 11) was also released in 2003 with a Mission Disc, and in 2004 with Gum Bits.

A variant version of Duke (version 11) was also released in 2004 as part of the Spy Troops VHS 3 pack, which also included Snake Eyes (v14) and Cobra Commander (v13).

The same variant version of Duke (version 11) was also released in 2004 as a single carded figure.

Versions of Duke:

• Version One (1983)
• Version Two (1988)
• Version Three (1992)
• Version Four (1993)
• Version Five (1993)
• Version Six (1994)
• Version Seven (1997)
• Version Eight (2000)
• Version Nine (2002)
• Version Ten (2002)
• Version Eleven (2002)
• Version Twelve (2003)
• Version Thirteen (2004)
• Version Fourteen (2004)
• Version Fifteen (2004)
• Version Sixteen (2004)
• Version Seventeen (2004)
• Version Eighteen (2004)
• Version Nineteen (2005)
• Version Twenty (2005)
• Version Twenty-One (2005)
• Version Twenty-Two (2005)
• Version Twenty-Three (2007)
• Version Twenty-Four (2008)
• Version Twenty-Five (2008)
• Version Twenty-Six (2008)

Accessories:

Two Pack and Mission Disc

Duke came with a graphite carbine, a graphite hand gun, a green helmet, and an olive brown Sound Attack machine gun.

The two-pack with Ripper also included a color background.

The Mission Disc pack also included Mission Disc 1, featuring two episodes of the cartoon, a game, and a comic. The same disc was also included with the Mission Disc version of Shipwreck (v5).

Gum Bits

Duke (with Gum Bits) came with an olive brown Sound Attack machine gun.

VHS 3 Pack

Duke (with Spy Troops VHS 3 pack) came with a black machine gun.

Single Pack

Duke (in the single pack) came with a graphite hand gun, a black backpack, a black machine gun, a black submachine gun, and a black assault rifle.

Variations:

Some versions of the carded figure two-pack came with a sticker promoting the G.I.Joe cartoons on Cartoon Network.

The VHS and single packaged versions of Duke (pictured above left) had a flat black finish as opposed to the glossy vest and boots of earlier versions.

Body Construction:

Duke (version 11) has an entirely new body sculpt. The entire body was re-used to create Duke (v12) (2003), while the head was reused to create Duke (v14) (2004).

Additional points of articulation were added to several new 2002 figures. Duke has hinged ankles and swivel wrists. Note the return of the O-ring design absent from earlier new figures from 2002.