BATs was my first figure when I was 4 or 5. Love G.I.Joe ever since.

"The BATS! The BATS! We're the BATS!" 🎼🎶🎵

Na na b.a.ts na na… Such a great show gentleman and again you brought up some great interesting information. For me growing up in suburbs of melbourne in 86 me and my best friend (still friends today) Nathan and nearly had falling out. At time most our friends were into transformers so was Nathan but he did enjoy joe too. However the problem was Nathan loved the bat because they went with his transformers and there was me who loved the cobra viper from same year because they look more like a soldier. We would debate in school yard in the our backyards etc. The funny thing for my birthday he got me bat figure and for his he got the viper. He had two bats and viper in his army and I had two vipers and a bat. So when overkill got released it’s was certainly an interesting figure and by this time my friend Nathan wasn’t into joe no more. But when I showed him overkill he certainly thought it was cool. As I gotten older I grew to like the bat and now I have quite few in my collection. So I don’t dislike the bat infact I grew to love the bat and I think it certainly iconic and unique beauty.

One of the most iconic ARAH figures and the best Classified figure, IMO. The OG BAT was actually my first army builder as a kid, long, long before that concept entered my older mind many years later. My brother bought me one for a birthday and the next day an unknowing friend gifted me a second. One had a paint error: his belt buckle was unpainted.

Really valuable figure

Great show guys I have always loved the Bats!

For the best of my recollection bats are black and gold accents. Great job tho!

B.A.T.S. Are still the best 💪🏻

Jay B.A.T.S. 😃

I can see Cobra making excessive use of BATs the moment they got them out of development. Living troops need to be paid and want to live, two things that make them less than ideal for fodder and suicide missions. If costs can be kept down, they would be a devastating advantage for their forces. They also can be replaced faster than a human soldier, but are less versatile and cost more up front to build.

The answer is yes, yes it is. When I was a kid I loved this toy. I would use the claw to pick Duke up by the neck!!! Cobra!!!

@stephen: I believe the source you refer to where it is explained Destro can override the BATs, is the Cobra civil war story arc in the ARAH comic.

The best BAT would be a v2 with the v1 paint scheme

Genial programa saludos a los tres🇪🇨🏴‍☠️

that tasty thumbnail 🔥

1986 figure is still the BATS....I mean the best!