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Historical Release Dates?
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09-11-2020, 12:40 AM
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Hi, just wondering if anybody has any insight on the dates when original ARAH toys were released? Not looking for the exact date, but just general time frame. Assuming it followed a specific pattern, but really curious about this, especially when it comes to the subteams (Night Force, Tiger Force, Slaughter's Marauders, Battle Force 2000, etc).
For instance, the Series 1 '82 Joes, were they released in March '82 or maybe June '82 (when the comic launched) or maybe Sep '82 to build demand for Christmas or something else (also the future cartoons would be released in September every year)?
Then were all the '83 Joes released a year later? Or did the Series 1.5 swivel arm Joes from '82 get released first, and then the new '83 Joes 6 months later, or vice versa?
But really curious when we start getting to around '87 and the various sub teams were launched. Were the toys released all at once or were the releases staggered (and if so how/when). Like were the main Series 7 '88 Joes released in March, then Tiger Force in Sep, then Night Force in Dec, etc.
Going off my childhood memories, I think they were staggered, but just trying to get a grasp of when they were actually released.
Any insight would be appreciated.
The want to say the 82 figures were released in early spring some time but couldn't swear to it. I was only 7, memory is hazy.
In 84 I'd swear the figures were released in mini waves. I couldn't find Roadblock, Firefly, Baroness, or Ripcord for the longest time. Found Recondo, Spirit, Mutt and Blowtorch first. Then one day TRU had an aisle reset and they had tons of Ripcord, Roadblock, Fireflys, 7 Barnoess. It's possible those figures were just really popular and I got lucky on a restock day later in the summer.
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