With the wind knocked out of Palitoy's sails, the 1985 range reflected what had happened within the company. The Action Force teams and the Red Shadows were no more and the entire line was replaced with re-packs of the Hasbro GI Joe action figure toy line. The Battle Action Force comic aided the transition by suggesting Baron Ironblood abandoned his terrorist movement to start a new one, named Cobra. All the Action Force teams had to reorganise into a new unit to combat the Cobra threat.