Battleforce 2000

Battleforce 2000

Battleforce 2000 logo.
Type	Action Figures
Company	Hasbro
Country	United States
Availability	1987–1989

Battleforce 2000 is a fictional sub-team from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline and comic books. First released in late 1987 (with a final vehicle and member released in 1989), they represent a hi-tech unit of the Joes using experimental weaponry under battlefield conditions.

The toy line was made up of seven action figures, with the six from 1987 being packaged in both single and two-packs. All but one of the characters was assigned as the primary driver of a hi-tech vehicle, which was sold separately. Dodger was repainted and released as part of the Sonic Fighters line in 1990.

A part of six of the vehicles can be combined to form a small hi-tech fortress called the Future Fortress, which consisted of secondary parts that merely sat next to one another, with no interlocking pieces. Most of the vehicles have a white, silver, grey and dark blue color scheme. An exception is the Pulverizer, the 1989 addition to the series, which does not have a piece that can be combined with the fortress.

First released in 1987, each of these highly advanced attack units was meant to be driven/piloted by a member of Battleforce 2000 (sold separately), and the first six vehicles combined to form "the most indestructible stronghold in the entire G.I. Joe arsenal...the BF 2000 Future Fortress!"

Battleforce 2000 first appeared in G.I. Joe #68, as a testing and research unit assigned in the fictional country of Frusenland. A team of Joes, which included Duke, Iceberg, Cover Girl and Back-Stop are dropped in to provide security for the team. However, Battleforce 2000 is the one that saves the other Joes from certain death. This comes after the team discovers the local Terror Dromes are emitting anger inducing rays; all were destroyed by the Battleforce team. The group would continue to operate together and separately.

Maverick gets some time away from the team one issue later. He is teamed with Wild Bill and Crazylegs during a mission in Rio Vista, the capital of war-torn Sierra Gordo, yet another fictional country. Several Dreadnoks appear, and Monkeywrench, Zarana and Thrasher take many civilians hostage, in order to ensure the help of Maverick and the other joes in escaping. In the end, though, the two groups teamed up, rescuing each other and helping the civilians reach safety.