2008 25TH ANNIVERSARY G.I. JOE TRIPWIRE V5 WAVE 12 NEW SEALED

MINE DETECTOR

CODE NAME:   TRIPWIRE

VERSION:  5

FILE NAME:  TORMOD S. SKOOG

PRIMARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DISPOSAL

SECONDARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: DEMOLITIONS

BIRTHPLACE: HIBBING, MINNESOTA

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"TRIPWIRE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.  HE'S CLUMSY, JITTERY, ALL THUMBS AND A NERVOUS WRECK AROUND PEOLPLE, UNLESS HE'S WORKING WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES, THEN HE'S CALM AND COLLECTED, WITH THE SKILL AND PRECISION OF A SURGEON.  HE SPENT TWO YEARS IN A ZEN MONASTERY, PONDERING THE MEANING OF LIFE, UNTIL HE WAS EXPELLED FOR BREAKING TOO MANY DISHES AND SPILLING EVERY LIQUID IN SIGHT.  DETERMINED TO MAKE SOMETHING OF HIS SHORTCOMINGS, HE JOINED THE ARMY AND FOUND HIS CALLING ON THE GRENADE RANGE.  SOMETHING ABOUT SETTING OFF EXPLOSIVES AND WATCHING BOMBS BURSTING IN THE AIR RELAXES HIM.  HARD TO BELIEVE FOR A GUY WHO SEEMS TO TRIP OVER AIR.  HIS EASE AROUND EXPLOSIVES IS WHY HE IS SO COOL AND CALM WHILE HOVERING ABOVE A SEA OF RED-HOT LAVA TO RETRIEVE THE METALLIC ELEMENT FOR THE M.A.S.S. DEVICE MACHINE."

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"YOU NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS ABOUT EXPLOSIVES BEFORE YOU EVER GO NEAR THEM.  I MAKE SURE ANYTHING THAT GOES BOOM ONLY DOES SO WHEN WE WANT IT TO."

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ACTUAL ITEM 

STILL FACTORY SEALED ON CARD

CARDS/PACKAGING:   NOT "MINT" MIGHT HAVE SLIGHT SHELF WEAR BUT ABSOLUTELY NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO THEM SUCH AS DENTED BUBBLES OR REAL NOTICEABLE DINGS, VEINS, CREASES.

WARNING:    CHOKING HAZARD - SMALL PARTS NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OR ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A TENDENCY TO PLACE INEDIBLE OBJECTS IN THEIR MOUTHS.