Airborne (1990 Sky Patrol)
Oops–it happens. That’s about all I can say to continuity sticklers who may not like the fact that Hasbro gave two different characters the same code name. With a line made up of hundreds of Joes and Cobras, there’s bound to be a screw up here and there. Don’t be too harsh about the name business. Heck, you can call this or any other figure any name you want. As I’ve said before, if you take this stuff too seriously, you’ll go nuts. Heck, you can give the guy another name, like Terminal Velocity, Sgt. Chute, or even Goofus VonDrakeSnot. See that–nothing happened. A hole wasn’t rent in the fabric of space because I changed an official character name. Kids do it all the time. My two year old son calls every GI Joe figure “guy”.
Regardless of his name issues, Airborne is another incredibly effective Sky Patrol figure. Like his teammates, he incorporates a new head with a reused driver mold, this time Lift Ticket. The paint scheme is simple and unified, without being too plain. The new head has a rather grouchy countenance, much like teammate Skydive. A unique helmet completes the look. Airborne is carrying a fairly huge rifle that looks like a souped up M-16. The handle is so large, I get a little nervous that his thumb will break off. Yikes!
I personally will give the guy the name “Jetstream”. I’m surprised Hasbro never used a name like that before.
Airborne is my second favorite Sky Patrol member next to Skydive. The first thing I thought when I got this figure was how strongly the head sculpt resembled the classic blonde version of Hawk from the comics. Airborne also features by far the most realistic helmet of all six figures.
heyyyy I never noticed that before! now I want one of these for for the Hawk headsculpt
I love what you’re doing here. I go back and forth with “Yes!” when it’s an 82-94 figure and “Aw, man.” when it’s a newer figure. Oh well, you’ve got something for everyone here!
Jetstream is a great name. Nice helmet!
Glad you like the name!
This was the first Sky Patrol figure to get me to reconsider the recolored figures. Now, I really like this grey camo body as a pilot suit.
Sky Patrol, great face sculpts!
This figure reminded me of the Mars security troopers from TOTAL RECALL.
Best of the Sky Patrol figures right here. I call him Eagle
You know what this figure is? It’s one of the guards from Total Recall !