Action Force vehicles included a white and grey Jeep, a white artillery piece and a white missile battery. Both the action figures and the vehicles borrowed elements from the first generation models and the new casts licensed from the "G. I. Joe" toyline from Hasbro. There was also an Action Force fan club promoted both on the figures' packaging and in the "Battle Action Force" comic book. In 1984, additional figures and vehicles were cast, borrowing heavily from the G.I. Joe and Cobra ranges. During this time, the Action Force toyline branched out into video games, audio stories on cassette tapes, stationery,
Joe Thomas, New Man album marked his highest-charting album since "My Name Is Joe" (2000), which reached the same position of both charts. Soon after, Joe left longtime record company Jive Records to sign with Kedar Massenburg's independent record label Kedar Entertainment and resumed work on his seventh studio album. Set to have contributions from Nas, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Mario, Trey Songz, Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy, production on "Joe Thomas, New Man" was eventually helmed by Bryan-Michael Cox, Stereotypes, Mack Mckinney and D'Mile, among others. Upon release, "Joe Thomas, New Man" received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Thomas Inskeep