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These are the FACTS that may help your in your search.
* It is an 1983 Flash body.
* © 82-83 Hasbro Made in Hong Kong is written on the butt. No other markings.
* Body is gray plastic and appears to be factory painted.
* Backpack is all white.
* Purchased from Whiz Bang Toys in Florida.
* It is defiantly not a Brazil figure because it does not have the words Estrela stamped on the back. Brazil figures do not have, "Made in Hong Kong" on them.
* Whiz Bang's Mike Herz purchased it from a G.I. Joe designer. Mike checked with his source and conclude that it is most likely a prototype. Please do not email Mike inquiring about the figure, as this is all the information he has.
These are some SPECULATIONS that may help you in your search.
* It may not be a prototype. Due to the markings are present, plastic is not "multi-color", and paint appears like factory.
* May be an India figure because they are well known for their color variations.
* May be an early Argentina figure due to their history of variations, but most early Argentina figures were straight arm figures.
* The color scheme appears to match the European Action Force, Space and Aqua teams. There have been several responses that continue to point to the European line. Perhaps a rare mail-in or an obscure driver variation.
* Argentina did make a blond headed, "Tan Grunt" as a Falcon Glider pilot as evidence of color variations. See pic below.
Argentina's Falcon Glider pilot,
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