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GI JOE ***RARE*** AMPHIBIOUS PERSONNEL CARRIER/COASTAL UNIT DEFENSE AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT THIS IS THE 1996 EXCLUSIVE CONVENTION PREMIUM RARE NUMBERED EDITION #622 FIGURE & GUN GUN TURRENT & STEARING WHEAL , SHELL STILL PACKAGED HAS ORIGIONAL STICKERS BUT ARE CURLED DUE TO AGE BLUEPRINTS & INSTRUCTIONS STILL SEALED

The APC [Amphibious Personnel Carrier] was first released boxed in U.S. toy stores in 1983. The toy was also sold in 1984 and was discontinued in 1985.

From 1987 to 1994, the APC was sold via mail-order by Hasbro Direct. Early mail-order releases of the APC were identical in design to the retail release. However, around 1992 the top was changed from a camouflaged brown and tan to a flat green and the wheels from black to dark gray.

In 1994 the mail-order APC was availabile as the convention exclusive 'CUDA [Coastal Unit Defense Amphibious Transport]. The only differences between the APC and 'CUDA are the box packaging and the inclusion of leftover stock of Cutter (v3) (1993) as the driver.

Cutter (v3) was released as part of the twelfth series (1993) boxed with the Shark 9000. He was discontinued domestically in 1994.

Cutter (v3) and the Shark 9000 were intended to be part of the 1993 assortment of D.E.F. (Drug Elimination Force) subset. However, Hasbro decided not to release any D.E.F. toys in 1993 and instead repackaged them as Battle Corps toys.