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Rip Cord(aka Halo Jumper)File Name: Wallace A. Weems of Columbus, Ohio. Grades: Army E-4 (1984-2003) SNs: RA148231056; 845-99-WA76 Notes: Likely named for Philip Van Horn Weems, inventor of many instruments and methods of air and space navigation, including a watch that made it simple for troops to synchronize their watches to the second. Columbus is in the center of the state, about 100 miles northeast of Cincinnati. Grunt is also from Columbus.
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Animated Appearances
| Sunbow Voice | Appearances | Time Identifiable On Screen | Total Lines (In Own Voice) | Total Words |
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| Gregg Berger | 18 | 632 seconds | 48 | 433 |
Sunbow's Rip Cord wore his 1984 outfit, with a black belt and vertical chest straps; his parachute and webbing were either white or black. He often had no gloves and sometimes had blue-tinted goggles when wearing his mask. The Revenge of Cobra and Satellite Down featured generic Joes in outfits similar to Rip Cord's.
| The Revenge of Cobra Opening | 4 seconds | (silent) | parachuting into final pose |
| The Revenge of Cobra, Part 3 | 19 seconds | (silent) | part of team to Palace of Doom |
| The Revenge of Cobra, Part 5 | 42 seconds | 4 lines | cutting power to Zartan's hideout |
| Cobra's Creatures | 136 seconds | 13 lines | jump test, captured and held in Lucifer's dungeon, rescued by Spirit |
| Jungle Trap | 16 seconds | 2 lines | flying Dragonfly against F.A.N.G.s, in Killer W.H.A.L.E. to meet rescue team |
| Haul Down the Heavens | 86 seconds | 7 lines | debriefing Entwhistle, at HQ during sabotage, in Skystriker to rescue Snow Job |
| Money to Burn | 194 seconds | 17 lines | playing poker at HQ; parachuting to Cobra base; planting bomb to destroy base |
| The Phantom Brigade | 11 seconds | (silent) | parachuting to assault castle |
| Synthoid Conspiracy, Part 1 | 5 seconds | (silent) | in Skystriker during war games |
| Synthoid Conspiracy, Part 2 | 29 seconds | (silent) | at Scarlett's briefing, attacking island base |
| Spell of the Siren | 20 seconds | (silent) | in Dragonfly searching for mountain hideout; at HQ with Xamot |
| Twenty Questions | 32 seconds | 3 lines | watching Spider-Man in rec room; suspicious of Shipwreck |
| The Traitor, Part 1 | 14 seconds | (silent) | at briefing |
| Cold Slither | 11 seconds | 2 lines | golfing at HQ |
| Arise Serpentor Arise Part 2 | 8 seconds | (silent) | guarding Napoleon's tomb in Paris |
| The Most Dangerous Thing in the World | 2 seconds | (silent) | running from crashed Tomahawks (13:45-46) |
| G.I. Joe: The Movie Opening | 1 second | (silent) | flying in J.U.M.P. past Snake Eyes (1:54) |
| G.I. Joe: The Movie, Part 5 | 2 seconds | (silent) | charging toward palace (7:10-11) |
Classic Marvel Comic Appearances
By my count, Rip Cord was discernible in 242 panels in 23 issues from Feb. 1985 to Sept. 1989: #32, 33, Yearbook 1, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, Yearbook 2, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, Order of Battle 2, 63, 65, 74, 75, 80, and SM 25.
Figure Releases
| Versions: | 1. 1984 | 2. 2003 (Spy Troops) |
| Version 1: spring 1984 regular carded figure assortment | |
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| HALO Jumper (High Altitude Low Opening) | MOS 1: Airborne Infantry [prob. 11B] MOS 2: Demolitions [prob. 18C] |
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| Accessories: light green FN-FAL battle rifle (new), black thick battle helmet (new), black air mask with hose (new), light green parachute harness (new). | |
| Rip Cord joined the Civil Air Patrol in high school. Discovered skydiving and joined the G.I. Joe team so he could jump from much higher altitudes. Qualified expert: M-16; M-1911A1 Auto Pistol; Carl Gustav 9mm parabellum; Browning high-power. "Let's say you got a trouble spot - you can't sail, walk, or ride in. So you send a plane in so high that it can't be seen or heard. Rip Cord jumps and drops like a rock for thousands of feet, then opens his chute at the last possible moment to avoid visual and electronic detection. What he does once he hits the ground you don't want to hear about." | |
| Variations: Some helmets had visor holes. | |
| Toy Notes: Item #6418. Featured in 1984's Battle Stations commercial. Promotional photos indicate a second version of Rip Cord was originally slated to be in the Tiger Force. As it is, Rip Cord is the earliest male figure not to share parts with any other figure, followed by Blowtorch. (Cover Girl has the earliest unique mold overall.) | |
| Version 2: November 2003 Spy Troops Wave 8 figure two-pack assortment | |
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| High Altitude Low Opening Paratrooper Halo Jumper | MOS 1: Airborne Infantry [prob. 11B] MOS 2: Demolitions [prob. 18C] |
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| Accessories: silver pistol (88 Shockwave's), black rifle (03 Sand Viper's), green "Copperhead" helmet with yellow crest (new), black belt crossing in front and attaching to belly (new), green clip-on breastplate with red Cobra emblem (new), grey square backpack with handle (new). | |
| Jumping out of perfectly good airplanes doesn't make a lot of sense to most rational people. So what are we supposed to make of somebody who jumps out of a plane at an altitude so high he has to use an oxygen mask, and then doesn't open his parachute until he's close enough to the ground to read license plates on passing cards? Halo Jumper, an extremely logical and rational individual, knows exactly what the dangers are in his chosen specialty; he also knows that his personal skill, experience, and coolness under pressure offset the risks to a completely acceptable level. Halo Jumper didn't go airborne just because he likes parachuting. To him, the drop is just the means to an end. The real job of an airborne trooper is on the ground, behind COBRA lines, with black paint streaking your face and your finger on the trigger, danger all around and miles from the extraction site. The parachute just gets you there. "Free falling on a moonless night above a thick cloud cover is as close to heaven as you can hope to get. Landing in a hot drop zone between two reinforced companies of PIT VIPER troops laying down intersecting fields of fire is another thing altogether." | |
| Toy Notes: Carded in a two-pack with Tele-Viper. Item #55454. The packaging was soon modified to identify the figure as Sgt. Airborne with a different filecard. The figure itself is the same. | |