Defense Mech (Leatherneck)

G.I. Joe - Valor vs Venom

Vehicles

Hasbro

076930581001

2004

The GI JOE team faces a fearsome new threat from the evil COBRA organization. DR. MINDBENDER has joined the DNA of COBRA fighters with that of the Earth's most savage creatures, creating hybrid warriors with dangerously superior fighting skills. In addition, COBRA has armed them with specialized vehicles and weaponry that match their animal traits. To fight these ferocious troops, the GI JOE team develops advanced battle technology that enhances the powerful combination of man and machine. It's a thrilling new chapter in the battle to protect freedom and justice for GI JOE - A REAL AMERICAN HERO!

LEATHERNECK climbs into the DEFENSE MECH vehicle to do battle against menacing new biomechanical vehicles unleashed by COBRA! The DEFENCE MECH has advanced kinetic response systems that give LEATHERNECK the power to swiftly take on the enemy's latest threat!

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LEATHERNECK
DEFENSE MECH driver

FILE NAME: Metzger, Wendell A.
GRADE: Gunnery Sergeant
SN: 368-10-WA25
PRIMARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: Armored All-Terrain Walker Driver
SECONDARY MILITARY SPECIALTY: Marine Force Recon
BIRTHPLACE: Stromsburg, Nebraska

Marines pride themselves on being the toughest and the best, and recon marines are tougher and better! LEATHERNECK came directly to the GI JOE team from the 1st Force Recon where it is believed that he participated in several classified operations that are still covered by security restrictions. Sure, he feisty and loud, uncouth and unsophisticated, mean and unforgiving, surly, antagonistic and overbearing (and those are his good traits!), but when COBRA forces pop open a six-pack of firefight, LEATHERNECK can be depended on to do his job with all weapons blazing and no holds barred.

"I'd rather be on my feet, or closer to the ground when the tracers are burning by but the more I drive the DEFENSE MECH, the more I appreciate the fact that it can carry more ammo than I can."