Rescue Trooper

Code Name:

Lifeline

version four

Desimone Guide: #522

Carded Figure

Lifeline's Filecard [baseball card size]

Lifeline's Filecard [full size]

Figure Description:

Lifeline was released carded in the thirteenth series (1994) as part of the Battle Corps subset. The Battle Corps figures were numbered 1 through 13 - Lifeline was number 8.

Lifeline was discontinued in 1994.

Versions of Lifeline:

• Version One (1986)
• Version Two (1988)
• Version Three (1991)
• Version Four (1994)

Accessories:

Lifeline came with a yellow gun, a yellow knife, a yellow flashlight, a yellow case, a gray mouthpiece, a black missile launcher (spring loaded, actually fired), black string, a yellow grappling hook, and a yellow figure stand.

Except for the mouthpiece, grappling hook, black string, and missile launcher, all of Lifeline's accessories came attached to one plastic "tree". The accessories were removed from the tree.

Variations:

One version of Lifeline had a gray t-shirt painted on his chest and a black highlight painted on his left shoulder - the other version had a red t-shirt and no black highlight painted on his shoulder (PICTURED ABOVE).

Also, some versions of Lifeline had the mouthpiece glued on. Other versions did not.

There are two variants of Lifeline's packaging and filecard. 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:

Lifeline's body is entirely original - no parts were taken from other figures.

Lifeline's chest, arms, legs, and waist were re-used in 2002 to create Lifeline (v5).