 Hello everybody hooded, Cobra Commander 788 here, and this is a quick look at the 1993 rapid deployment force mail away set. This was a set of three action figures that were available together through a mail away offer in 1993. All three of these figures are reissued from earlier action figures, and all of the accessories are reissues as well. None of them are new, but there was one unique item that came with the set, a black pocket patrol pack. We'll take a look at that momentarily. These three figures also shared a single file card, and that file card had a photograph of the figures. It didn't have unique card art, it actually had a photograph, and it had a photograph of the figures in the black pocket patrol pack, and it's on somebody's belt. Yes, I am curious who was the model for this pocket patrol pack in this photo. If you were a fan of earlier GI Joe, you know it was customary for figures to have their own file card, even if they were available in a set with other figures. But in 1993 they began this trend of issuing single file cards for multi-figure sets and using photographs instead of card art. Some other sets that came with these photograph file cards included the copter pilot set that included interrogator and major altitude, and the Arctic commandos set and the international action force set. I'm not gonna look at the text of this file card just yet. I will save that for a full review. Let's look at the figures that came in the set. Rapid deployment force consisted of 1989 night force shockwave, 1987 fast draw, and 1989 night force repeater. These are pretty much just straight issues of the retail action figures, but I think I have noticed some minor differences in the paint applications on the rapid deployment force fast draw that are different from the retail issue. The entire set came polybagged. And in that polybag, the individual figures were also polybagged like this. It does raise the question, if the figures are the same or nearly the same as the retail issues, how do you know if you have a figure that came with the rapid deployment force set? With these specific figures, I am pretty confident they came with the rapid deployment force set and they are not retail figures because I bought them from a seller who claimed to be the original owner of these figures. He got them when he was a kid and he had the original polybag packaging for the rapid deployment force set. It does appear to be genuine. So that increases my confident that these specific figures came with the rapid deployment force set and they're not just retail figures. The individual figures were bagged with a single black figure stand and nothing else, no other accessories. But there was another polybag in the set that included three additional figure stands for a total of six figure stands and three weapons. These accessories are also not original. It included the sniper rifle that came with 1986 low light. It included the submachine gun that came with 1988 hit and run and it included the gold submachine gun that came with 1993 DJ version two. The most unique piece in this set is the black pocket patrol pack. Most of us are familiar with the green pocket patrol pack that was first issued in 1983. This is a carrying case for figures. It can open up and it can hold three action figures. So you can put these three figures in there and it has a loop in the back. So you can put it on your belt. The green pocket patrol pack was first introduced in 1983 and it was available for a long time through mail order and with the Starduster action figure. Most of us are familiar with the green version. There are a lot of them out there. So it's kind of interesting to see one molded in black. It even has a unique sticker. Instead of having the GI Joe logo, it has a rapid deployment force sticker. That was a quick look at the mail away rapid deployment force set. This set can be very hard to find. It took me months and months to complete it. And I'm very happy to have the whole thing here with all the parts and the original packaging. Since this set is so hard to find, this will be a special occasion review. I will save the full review for a special occasion. It may not seem like there's a lot to talk about here since it's all just reissued stuff, but there is actually quite a bit that we can say. There are some unique things about this set. And this set does kind of encapsulate some of the trends from 1993. That's it. I hope you enjoyed it. And if you liked this video, please check back. I do have full vintage GI Joe toy reviews every week. Make sure you subscribe to the channel so you don't miss any. You can support the channel on Patreon. I have a website, HCC788.com, and you can find me on social media, on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for joining me. Make sure you check out the upcoming vintage GI Joe toy review. I will see you soon. And until then, remember only GI Joe is GI Joe.