Have the harpies of the shore come to pluck the eagle of the sea?
  -- Admiral Lattimer (to Admiral Overton and General Hawk after the USS Montana docks)
Home Videos Family Home Entertainment - Volume One

Miniseries:
G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero: "The Cobra Strikes," "Slave of the Cobra Master," "The Worms of Death," "Duel in the Devil's Cauldron," "The Stake in the Serpent's Heart"
Approximate Release Dates:
October 15, 1984 - VHS (oversized box)
December 7, 1984 - Beta (tape - 25 kb)
1987 - VHS (standard box)
Manufacturer:
Family Home Entertainment - Volume One
Market:
US (NTSC)
Contents:
· G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero (98 minutes and 16 seconds)
· film trailer for Supergirl (~1 minute 23 seconds)

Notes:
· Often referred to as the "MASS Device" miniseries
· The oversized box version, which included a silver label with green writing, was packaged inside a black plastic tray and within a box that measured 9" x 5.75" x 1.5."
· The standard box version was available as late as January 1992 and does not include the Supergirl film trailer. The box's measurements are 7 7/16" x 4 3/16" x 1 1/16" and the tape has a white label with black lettering and notes the catalog number is 21584
· The art for both VHS boxes show Flint as part of the Joe team, however, he did not appear until the next miniseries, G.I.Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
· The measurements for the Beta tape are 6.25" x 3 5/8" x 7/8"
· An advertisement for the video was placed in the G.I.Joe comic book series

23 kb

· Two scenes were cut from all of the FHE - Vol. 1 videos:
Description: Dr. Vandermeer tries to transport Gung Ho's gun, Baby, from the floor of Joe Headquarters to the hands of Snake Eyes (2.20 mb) Description: Duke recalls beating away some bullies as a kid, playing football, studying at college and practicing on the parallel bars (1.16 mb)


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