ARGENTINA - Soldado Halcon (Sokerk)

Pictured above is a carded Argentinian figure - Sokerk (v2). Released by the Plastirama toy company, this figure was only available in Argentina.

Sokerk (v2) was a repaint of Ripcord. The artwork for the cardback is entirely original - it never appeared in the United States. Note that the rendition of Sokerk is based on Sokerk (v1) (which was a repaint of tan Grunt (1983)).

Like in many nations, Hasbro licensed out G.I.Joe to a local toy company. In this case, the Argentinian company "Plastirama" aquired the molds and made these figures. While the figure and accessory quality is quite good, the paint mask is nowhere near as sharp - as you can tell from looking at the action figure's eyes.

Images courtesy of: Joaquin Meier
Thanks to: Calvin Woo