Action Figure Overview: G.I. Joe - Shockwave (Hasbro, 1988)
G.I. Joe S.W.A.T. Specialist: Shockwave (Hasbro, 1988) I loved the 3 3/4" GI Joe figures from the moment that I first saw them! I thought the comic books were amazing! As a kid, I enjoyed acting out adventures with these awesome action figures for many years. My favorite figures on the Joe team were typically the ones that looked more realistic...at least what I thought was realistic at the time. By the time wave 7 came out in 1988, I had already begun to expect there to be too many silly looking members of the Joe team and in general, that was the case with this wave. However, there were still a few cool figures like Repeater and Hit & Run who looked like they could actually be in the military. Repeater and Hit & Run compared to Shockwave GI Joe's resident S.W.A.T. Specialist, Shockwave, was a little different than the others to me. I thought of the GI Joe Team as an elite military group - brought together to deal with the most dangerous situations and the mos