GI Joe
So this is what Reagan's America was like.
It involved a group of specialists from different branches of the military fighting an evil terrorist menace called Cobra. Though you'd think that with Cobra's incompetence at every turn, the Joe team would have kicked their asses in but two encounters. But Cobra seemed to be proficient in escaping to fight another day, which is why the comic book ran to 150 or so issue and the toyline continued for 13 years.
Speaking of the toyline, who didn't love it? Awesome figures, imaginative vehicles, huge playsets- this line had it all. I never had the really cool vehicles like the Flagg, the Defiant, or the Terrordrome, but I knew kids who did. I think my favorite vehicle that I didn't have was the Moray Hydrofoil. I didn't get one until this summer, and only then a poorly-painted version of it. But it's neat to finally have one.
My favorite vehicles I had were:
They were all well-used and loved. I still have them all, they just need their missing parts replaced. I had a lot of figures too, most of which ended up ruined by my younger brothers. (It wasn't until well after they disappeared that I figured out a faucet washer was what held them together, and was easily replaceable.)
I've replaced most of the missing figures and added even more characters to my collection that I didn't have before. And now, the company that's made GI Joe for forty or so years, Hasbro, is selling GI Joe direct-to-consumer via their Toy Shop. If I had the money for them, I'd have two sets plus an army of Range Vipers, Snow Serpents, and Crimson Guards. They come on beautiful cards that look like the ones from the 80's, and since I collect due to nostalgia, these are must-buys.
It involved a group of specialists from different branches of the military fighting an evil terrorist menace called Cobra. Though you'd think that with Cobra's incompetence at every turn, the Joe team would have kicked their asses in but two encounters. But Cobra seemed to be proficient in escaping to fight another day, which is why the comic book ran to 150 or so issue and the toyline continued for 13 years.
Speaking of the toyline, who didn't love it? Awesome figures, imaginative vehicles, huge playsets- this line had it all. I never had the really cool vehicles like the Flagg, the Defiant, or the Terrordrome, but I knew kids who did. I think my favorite vehicle that I didn't have was the Moray Hydrofoil. I didn't get one until this summer, and only then a poorly-painted version of it. But it's neat to finally have one.
My favorite vehicles I had were:
They were all well-used and loved. I still have them all, they just need their missing parts replaced. I had a lot of figures too, most of which ended up ruined by my younger brothers. (It wasn't until well after they disappeared that I figured out a faucet washer was what held them together, and was easily replaceable.)
I've replaced most of the missing figures and added even more characters to my collection that I didn't have before. And now, the company that's made GI Joe for forty or so years, Hasbro, is selling GI Joe direct-to-consumer via their Toy Shop. If I had the money for them, I'd have two sets plus an army of Range Vipers, Snow Serpents, and Crimson Guards. They come on beautiful cards that look like the ones from the 80's, and since I collect due to nostalgia, these are must-buys.
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