Is there anywhere that lists what the UK did and didn't get? Am I right in thinking we were year behind the US for a lot of the line?
Ta,
Jonathan
Two years!
Confining ourselves to the single carded figures
The orange carded 1985 line is US 83 & 84
www.yojoe.com/action/83/ &
www.yojoe.com/action/84/ Snake Eyes - previously available as SAS Driver Stalker - and Spirit are missing. Grunt is a mail away. Rock n Roll is renamed Ton-Uo and replaces Cover-Girl as the Wolverine Driver. A grey Short Fuze is named Moondancer and pilots the Triad fighter. A Grey Zap is renamed Dolphin and pilots the Sea Lion.
1987 starts with the US 1985 toys
www.yojoe.com/action/88/. Of the new for 85 figures we don't get Torch. We also get Destro, Cobra and Stormshadow carried forward from previous years
1988 is the US 1986 toys.
www.yojoe.com/action/86/ Lowlight misses out
1989 is the the US 1987 and some 88 toys.
www.yojoe.com/action/87/ &
www.yojoe.com/action/8/ From 1987 Chuckles, Crystal Ball & Sneak Peak miss out. Renegades & Battle Force 2000 are single carded in 1990. Cobra-La not distributed in the UK
1990 is the rest of the US 1988 toys
www.yojoe.com/action/88/ we get the entire standard US 88 range over the two years. We don't get Night Force. From Tigerforce we miss out on Flint, Dusty & Bazooka, all of which's original versions were out in 1988. We get Duke, Roadblack & Tripwire, who've not been in the 1987+ Action Force line, Lifeline who has, and new Tigerforce members Outback & Psyche Out not available in the US
1991 all the main US 89 lineup.
www.yojoe.com/action/89/ Marauders Lowlight, recoloured Marauders Spirit and Mutt, all of whose originals are missing in the 1987+ Action Force line. No Python Patrol, No Nightforce. The two added Tiger Force figures Outback & Psyche Out mare carried forward and are joined by new figures Blizzard, Hit n Run, Sneak Peak (UK debut for the character) and Tunnel Rat all of which aren't in the US Tigerforce
1992 all of US 90
www.yojoe.com/action/90/1993 is the US 91 line up
www.yojoe.com/action/91/ These introduce new missile launching accessories and some of these appear recoloured with carried over US 1990 figures
1994 is the US 92 line up minus the DEF figures.
www.yojoe.com/action/92/1994 appears to be the last of the regular UK/Euro GI Joes though I know fro 1993 we got Mega Marines and Steel Brigade, probably during 1994. I know US 92's Ninja Force came out here but I don't think 93's did.
I've got cardback and catalogue scans to support most of this