Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles
Action Figures | |
Company | Hasbro |
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Country | United States |
Availability | 1994–1995 |
Slogan | "From out of the past, to save the day!" |
Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles is a line of military-themed toys produced by
The main character is an imposing "hard charger from the greatest generation" as depicted in his various filecards.[1] Survivor of Omaha Beach and an infantry commander renowned for his skill, who after being frozen for over 50 years is resurrected and found out that he was subject of experiments made by the enemy. Now in the present, he possesses incredible levels of physical strength and enhanced reflexes. Devoted to destroying a "recently created" enemy team for the series called I.R.O.N. Army and its leader, General Blitz, Savage now joins forces with the G.I. Joe Team.
Toyline
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The Screaming Eagles figures differ significantly from their standard A Real American Hero counterparts due to the way Hasbro eliminated the O-ring hip system that allowed a figure to sustain the legs and provided the figure's hip articulation point, replacing it with a simpler vessel for a twist peg inside the legs' frame. The height for the figures was also changed from the standard 3.75" to 4.5".
The first wave of carded figures were numbered from 1 through 6. The numbering was abandoned for the second wave, which consisted entirely of repaints. The second wave of figures each included a secret coded message inside the figure card, which required a decoder ring that came packaged with one of the figures. Three vehicles were also produced, along with two small playsets.
Carded figures
- Wave 1
- Commando Sgt. Savage (includes "Old Soldiers Never Die" VHS tape)
- Combat Sgt. Savage
- D-Day
- Dynamite
- General Blitz
- I.R.O.N. Stormtrooper
- Wave 2
- Cryo-Freeze Sgt. Savage
- Urban Attack Dynamite (includes decoder ring)
- Arctic Stormtrooper
- Jungle Camo D-Day
- Jet Pack General Blitz
- Mail-in
- Desert-Camo Savage (also released as a G.I. Joe Collector's Club exclusive)
Vehicles and playsets
- P-40 Warhawk with Fighter Pilot Sgt. Savage figure[2]
- Grizzly SS-1[3]
- I.R.O.N. Panther with I.R.O.N. Anvil figure[4]
- Battle Bunker with Battle Command Sgt. Savage (includes "Sgt. Savage vs. Gen. Blitz Part 1" mini-comic)
- Enemy Battle Bunker with Cyborg General Blitz (includes "Sgt. Savage vs. Gen. Blitz Part 2" mini-comic)
Hall of Fame
A 12-inch Sgt. Savage action figure, marketed as Total Combat Sgt. Savage, was also sold as part of the G.I. Joe: Hall of Fame sub-line. The figure came with a combat rifle with motorized recoil and other accessories.
Cartoon
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Plot
The episode starts with a
According to Savage, the raid where all his company died was spoiled by a traitor amongst his ranks. Later, a scientist called Dr. Garret Stromm announces to the Joes that a new super advanced space platform is about to be deployed. Savage identifies the scientist as Lt. Garrison Kreiger, the traitor himself. Savage also learns that during World War II he was Kreiger's guinea pig in genetic experiments and now he possesses super strength and increased reflexes, these "powers", as his whole physical condition wanes from time to time. Savage is then introduced to his new team, a squad of 6 experts in different scientific fields, all well seasoned sergeants, but unable to follow direct orders, after a brief skirmish, Savage takes control of them, now calling themselves the "Screaming Eagles".
Kreiger is later seen communicating to
Characters
- Screaming Eagles
- A team of six well seasoned sergeants and specialists on every technology and military field led by Sgt. Savage. Due to the short retail life of the toyline, D-Day and Dynamite were the only characters besides Savage himself who were actually released as figures; the rest of the team ended up being featured solely in the animated pilot. The real names and backstories of all the Screaming Eagles members would be established years later in the 2009 book G.I. Joe vs. Cobra: The Essential Guide published by Random House.[5]
- Sgt. Savage (voiced by Master Sergeant Robert Steven Savage, a decorated World War II veteran who was captured by the Iron Army and used as a test subject for genetic experimentation to create the ultimate soldier. He was kept frozen in a cryogenic sleep chamber. Sgt. Savage would be the only character to be carried over to the succeeding G.I. Joe Extremetoyline.
- D-Day (voiced by Brent Chapman): David X. Brewi, a former Golden Gloves champion and the heavy weapons specialist.
- Dynamite (voiced by Scott McNeil): Hector J. Garrido, an Argentinian chemist with "love for explosives", demolitions expert.
- Grill (voiced by Julian Christopher): Darren K. Filbert,[5] a genius in mechanics, creator of all the Eagles' arsenal and vehicles.
- Head Banger (voiced by Garry Chalk): Kevin M. Kaye,[5] a "Heavy rocker" with a knack for communications systems.
- Mouse (voiced by hacker. The character is played by Joseph Mazzello in G.I. Joe: Retaliation as the team's sniper. He is killed when Zartan, disguised as the president, sends an air strike at the Joe's base.
- Tank (voiced by Robert O. Smith): Dwight M. Prudence,[5] the vehicles' master operator.
- The I.R.O.N. Army
- A shadowy cabal of elite enemy cyber-soldiers from World War II. The organization's name is an acronym for "International Robotic Operations Network".
- General Blitz (voiced by Garry Chalk): Garrison Kreiger, a World War II American 2nd lieutenant who was part of Sgt. Savage's platoon while secretly working for the I.R.O.N. Army. During the present day he poses as Dr. Garret Stromm, a scientist who leads Iron Arms Industries, a seemingly legitimate company in charge of developing the International Orbital Space Program, but this is actually a front for his organization. It is implied that he had a hand in the creation of Cobra Command.
- I.R.O.N. Stormtroopers: An army of cyber soldiers created by Kreiger during World War II as a "new master race" for world domination.
- Guest characters
- Hawk (v.b. David Kaye)
- Lady Jaye (v.b. Kathleen Barr)
- Doc (v.b. Julian Christopher)
- Cobra Commander (v.b. Scott McNeil)
References
- ^ "G.I.Joe Sigma Scale | YoJoe.com: Dedicated to the G.I.Joe of the 80's, 90's and beyond!". YoJoe.com. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ "P-40 WARHAWK (v1)". yojoe.com.
- ^ "GRIZZLY SS-1 (v1)". yojoe.com.
- ^ "I.R.O.N. PANTHER (v1)". yojoe.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-345-51642-8.
External links
- Sgt. Savage Archive at YOJOE.com
- Sgt. Savage at JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page