B.A.T.T.L.E. Insert

Pictured is the B.A.T.T.L.E. (Basic Artillery Tactical Team to Liquidate the Enemy) insert that was packaged with G.I.Joe vehicles sold in the United States in 1986 and 1987. The insert advertised several mail-in offers from Hasbro Direct - mostly vehicles that were no longer sold in stores, but also a handful of mail-in exclusives.

While depicted here as Sgt. Slaughter (v2), the figure for sale in this ad was most likely Sgt. Slaughter (v1). Also available were the Parachute Pack, the PAC/RATs (Flame Thrower PAC/RAT, Machine Gun PAC/RAT, and Missile Launcher PAC/RAT), the Stinger, the ASP, a G.I. Joe VHS, Mobile Strike Force membership, the Slugger, the Polar Battle Bear, the Wolverine, the Skyhawk, the MANTA, the Water Moccasin, the FANG, Hooded Cobra Commander, and the HISS.

The insert was first available in 1986 and the offers in it expired 1/31/1988.

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