Character Bio:
By Vince Zannelli
File Name: Faireborne, Dashiell R.
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Rotary Wing Aircraft Pilot
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas
SN: 307-62-FD87
Grade: WO-2
Bio: FLINT was a Rhodes Scholar and earned his degree in English Literature. Bored by the Groves of Academe, he enlisted in the Army and applied the tenacity and concentration he had used so well scholastically to grind his way through Airborne School, Ranger School, Special Forces School and finally Flight Warrant Officers School, graduating each with top honors. A thorough tactical planner, FLINT drafted and personally led a half dozen rescue missions in hostile territories that for obvious reasons of security were never publicized let alone admitted to. "I needed to get inside a COBRA base. Heavily guarded. Teeming with troopers. A frontal assault wouldn't work. So I 'persuaded' a trooper to loan me his uniform and went right through the front door. The rest, as they say, is history."
This version of Flint utilizes an earlier Cobra trooper body sculpt with new arms (sleeves rolled up) and two interchangeable heads: one being Flint's, and the other being a Cobra trooper. Additional accessories include a sub-machine gun, a Cobra issue dagger, and a stand. Of particular note on this figure is the card art used for the packaging, which pays homage to the "Micky Mouse" Cobra logo seen on the 1st version mail-away Cobra Commander series 1 vintage action figure. While the Flint figure does not bear this particular Cobra sigil on his chest (he has the corrected version), the card art clearly depicts this 1st generation Cobra logo and remains uncorrected by Hasbro.
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