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G.I. Joe
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This memory was added on: December 25, 2005
back in the late 70's early 80's my mom had bought me a read along record with book and it was about gi joe and his adventure in africa.All i remember about it was joe got his jeep stuck in a batch of quick sand and he had to use his wench to get it out.Id love to hear from someone if they knew what i was talking about and knew the rest of the story.
David Gaston
1971
This memory was added on: December 24, 2005
This Message is to Jorge A. Esteban, First of all, the right way to address a rank is Former, or Ret. USAF CAPT., not Ex USAF CAPT, and how did you make only CAPT? Did you really belong in the AF? That is really a low officer rank, that show no improvement at all in you professional career, so sad... Also kids do not destroy toys like that, so stop blaming them, that's is a shame EX Captain...
GO JOE
1965
This memory was added on: December 3, 2005
had gi joes when i was a kid till about 12 years old,gave them away when i got older but could of kicked my self for that.about three years ago i went on ebay and found lots of old gi joes and stuff and all the fun came back to me and my gi joes and now am buying up gi joes like mad.am 48 years old and have them set up in my attic on a table and i play a little with them.now i do,t go bang bang or nything but just to set them up and there tents and stuff and look at them brings back the kid in me.takes me out of todays fast world to my old world when i was a kid a bit.Love my gi joes and wish i had the ones back i gave away.
Rick Salisbury
1957
This memory was added on: December 1, 2005
I remember from when i was a kid i sometimes played with the small GIJOES they were cool. but soon grown tired of them, then when i was 13-14 i watched discovery channle's 'our favorite toys' it was something of showing toys and such, i never knew GIJOE was a 12inch figure, so i decided to watch it. the old comerials were amazing i thought "wow! back then gijoe kicked ass!" i was into small soilders movie and the 12INCH GIJOE just got me excited. by jan i bought my first, basic, modern 12inch GIJOE since then i collected them my lasts were the 40th anniversery GIJOE as well as the STATE TROOPER GIJOE, i am disapointed in both small and 12INCHERS canceled to make room for the new genration of JOES -------SIGMA SIX i have one and i must admit it is cool. so while i collect these new joes i'll wait for the 12inch GIJOES to return. i also like to say is that, no matter what size GIJOE is, every kid to this new genration from the 80's (myself) from the 90's GIJOE will live through oiut the years as GIJOE was 12inch to small inch and now 8INCH hopefully hasbro will bring out all 3 into the market to full fill kids need for an american hero! =^.^=
mike
1985
This memory was added on: November 24, 2005
Growing up in Holland in the 80’s I never got to play with the big Gi.joe’s . but I had a truckload of the little ones. I know most of you old youngsters who had the originals don’t think much of them, but at that time that was the best toy a boy could get. They were always on my Sinterklaas list (yes the predecessor of your Santa Claus) and I made giant battles in my room, the kitchen sink and the garden. You had a large variety of marines, soldier, seals etc and their terrifying enemy: Cobra. They had the coolest looking uniforms and my favourites: a mowhawked, tattooed bunch from a motorcycle gang. After over 17 years of collecting I have most ones I really wanted (and much, much more), so I’m now focusing on the old ones. Several years ago I found a blond fuzz hair Action man on a flea market for les than a $1,- . I was stricken by his realism and have been looking for more since. As an art school graduate in animation, its perfect material and yes, one of my very first animations contained these soldiers. I now have about 28 Action men and 7 Joes. The 60’s sailor with lifebelt (my favourite), soldier, Canadian made redhead marine, German storm trooper, Marine dress, 70’s black adventurer and the beautiful Japanese imperial soldier. Also the shore patrol and crash crew outfit. I actually prefer the Action man line, because they had the military theme till 1984 and are easier for me to obtain , but you can’t miss the importance (and uber coolness) of the original. I never understood people who thought Gi.joe were just stupid little puppets or gay boy dolls. No matter in which decennia you grew up with Gi.joe; they always had the roughest bad ass looking soldiers, the biggest firearm deposit possible, animals like crocodiles and wolves and vehicles varying from little rubber boats to blackbird stealth planes. How the hell can you consider that gay? Those are the people where you can’t find anything in their house, reminding of their childhood. Or just a little book with stamps and lego hidden far away in the attic. Scary, REALLY scary people. They are probably the ones who call you’re Gi.joe collection childish, while they’re collecting those little bags of sugar nicked from various restaurants. Now who’s childish here? Hail hail, not only rock and roll but Gi.joe as well. Keep you’re inner child alive, admit it, he’s the fun one.
Harry
1982
This memory was added on: November 10, 2005
One afternoon my brother and I were playing with a decapitated Joe (red fuzzy hair) who wanted to get into stuntman work. We mixed up some fake blood with red food coloring, water and corn starch (made it thicker and coagulate a little) and filled his head with it. Then we stuck his head on and propped him up on a shelf. The blood leaked a little, but not much. We took a nylon cord and whipped him with it, pretending it was a power line that had come loose in a hurricane. Then his head flew off and blood got everywhere. It was gross and stained his jumpsuit.
Peter
1969
This memory was added on: October 26, 2005
When Leslie Siegel was a little girl, she took her brother's GI Joe dolls and made American Indian clothes for them with beading and all the accessories, and just threw out the GI Joe uniforms! The Indian outfits on the GI Joe's were made of felt and small beads. When her father saw what Leslie had done, he at first got very angry, but then had second thoughts and went out and bought Leslie a little girl's sewing machine and wanted her to make more clothes for the GI Joe dolls, but in different themes! He said to make one GI Joe a black suite, and another GI Joe a white suit, and not to add any beads. He also found out that Leslie's brother's were taking the GI Joe dolls and putting them in the toy closet and not playing with them, so he gave them to Leslie officially and they joined forces with the Barbie and Ken Collection in the Malibu Barbie Beach House!
Leslie Siegel
1961
This memory was added on: October 10, 2005
Hola GI Joe (1964) Fans: I'm collecting them since 1964. I got four origunals, one without index finger (right hand) my kid (you know). I wnat contact with other 1964 GI Joe fans. En ingles or espanol. I need part and rubbers bands.
Jorge A. Esteban
1952
This memory was added on: October 1, 2005
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panter
190570
This memory was added on: September 17, 2005
It was 1968, I was 2 and the Beatles were just about to release their magnificent White Album.
At the time I've inherited my older cousin's GiJoe which back in the 60's was completely hairless and speechless. No tricks, no frills but a boxfull of accessories and clothing.
In fact not only I've ineherited the action-figure but I also had bundled with it, a zillion tiny little objects from gas mask to skis, tents and trucks, suits and helmets of all kinds. GiJoe was probably the most equiped of all action figures. Tiny buttons were even sewn to the fabric outfits. You could with a bit of imagination escape the walls of your room, day after day.
There were a few cool figures in the GiJoe crew: Bullet man, The bearded GiJoe, The talking GiJoe, The one with the Kung Fu grip, the one with the reflecting eye and the helicopter arm.
I don't think action figures have been as interesting as they were back in our days. Now the clothes are body painted and the accessories consist basically of a machine-gun. Oh well....
M.
Marc
1966
This memory was added on: August 30, 2005
In 1977, Suntan Tuesday Taylor Came out. She was waaay prettier than Barbie, and had brown hair that you could turn around and make blond. Plus, of course, she would get tan if you put her under a lamp. Superstar Barbie was already dating Ken, who was fey even by 3rd grade standards. But my friend Lisa had a brother who had several GI Joes. GI Joe was masculine, plus had his own Jeep, so Tuesday Taylor didn't have to borrow Barbie's corvette for dates, or worse, take the giant RV to the beach (the bathroom sink) or the drive-in (the tv). We used his radio for a CB (this was 1977 remember) and took his tent camping. It was great fun until Lisa's brother saw that GI Joe was using his kung fu grip to hold Tuesday Taylor's purse when they went shopping, and he wouldn't let us play with him anymore!
atzbo
1969
This memory was added on: August 26, 2005
Love this site!!!
I entered the world of GI Joe Xmas 1971 --
I remember shopping with my mom at Sears and JC Penney's, begging for Joe stuff all the time (always to no avail). But every Xmas morning for the next 5 years, our tree had EVERYTHING Joe created that past year underneath it!
I just remember the feelings of wanting to do good things for others, the way the Adventure Team did them. My best friend and I even created our own "organization" at age 8 named "The Trojans". We had an extensive "complex" at my Dad's house (tool shed, garage loft, basement and attic of main house), and I even did a comic strip of our "adventures" for years afterwards.
GI Joe was such an important part of my childhood. I like to think that it helped mold my psyche into a more positive shape --
I now have a son who's almost 8 -- time to start the AT collection all over again!!
Thanks again for the killer website!
DeWitt Smith III
1963
This memory was added on: August 7, 2005
My brother used to get mad with me b/c I wouldn't let my Barbie date his GI Joe. I thought he was ugly and gross, esp. after I pulled off his shoes. LOL.
PJ Hedrick
1961
This memory was added on: July 29, 2005
I loved playing with my G.I. Joes. My first Joe was the talking soldier with painted black hair. Next, I got the sailor Joe with painted red hair. I remember talking Joe's voice mechanism needing a repair that required my father to drive a nail into his belly. I wound up with a ton of Joes in my toybox. Unfortunately, all were either eventually doused in gasoline and set on fire or placed on the railroad tracks and flattened.
Mark Galindo
1966
This memory was added on: July 28, 2005
Wow, came across this by accident. My brother Jeff and I used to re-enact our favorite war movies with our joes. Sands of Iwo Jima and my favorite The Guns of Navarone. For this we would have our Joes scaling the clothes dresser cabinet with string for ropes and falling boulders (pillows). Use to set up tree houses for Joe in our backyard in Phoenix to re-enact Swiss Family Robinson (My cousin Laura supplied the "Barbie" chicks). We used small "aplliances" from Cracker Jack Boxes, and our Mom even sewed us uniforms for Joe! Best memory is when I shot the arm off of my blond haired Joe and my brother fastened a prosthetic arm made of wood and a cup hook screwed into the end. Re-named this guy Race Bannon from Jonny Quest cartoon!!!
Mark
1961
This memory was added on: July 20, 2005
My friend and I used to whomp on Joe pretty good. It would start as parachute accidents followed by Snow Ball Firing Squad and finally regress to simply beating him to a pulp with sticks. Eventually he was broken into about a dozen pieces. In Canada, at the time, Hasbro offered a "GI Joe Hospital" where you could mail your Joe for a new foot or head, for free! We scooped all the pieces into a big envelope and included a pathetic letter that we wrote as if it were from a small child (we were about 13 at the time). In a childish scrawl we wrote Joe "fell down the stairs", as if that would explain his smashed condition! We wrote "Joe was very brave and didn't cry, but we did, a little". Amazingly, 4 - 6 weeks later we were sent a new Joe! To this day I feel both shame and pride with that ruse!
BJF
1959
This memory was added on: July 18, 2005
I had the talking GI Joe Astronaut as well as the original ones released in 1964. Hard battle, like a lot of you other guys. We usually erupted into fights over who was going to obey whose orders and why... I got the talking GI Joe apart because I wanted to see what made him talk. I was careful so I was able to put him back together and he still worked. I got a kick out of watching the look on the other kids' faces when I showed them how to do it.
1954
This memory was added on: July 7, 2005
I have the training tower, command center with periscope, Jeep with trailer, Moon Vehicle, submarine.
Kung Fu Grip, Blonde, and Red haired GI joe...all nicely displayed in my retro toy cabinet.
Larry
1963
This memory was added on: July 5, 2005
a few GI Joe memories: -breaking my thumbnails trying to pry open the secret latch on king tut's casket from the "Secret of the Mummy's Tomb" set. -chucking Joe off the roof in his parot trooper getup. -crash testing Joe in blow molded Jeep. -progressive hair loss due to jackknife (from full beard, to goatee, to mustache, to mohawk, and eventually bald) -Joe vs. the Deathstar -Joe hooking up with barbie
jt
1971
This memory was added on: June 22, 2005
"GI Joe,GI Joe, fighting man from head to toe,on the land, on the sea, in the air" !We had his stiff upper lip cousin in england called action man all the outfits and kit was more or less the same as you guys got in the states,but you won however with the fantastic talking astronaut,and the tough looking japanese soldier.I never got any joe stuff as a kid as it was all action man,apart from one bit,some friends of my parents took their kids to Florida,when they came back they had bought me a us jungle marine outfit i still have it to this day in perfect condition it was my coolest bit! For the past two years i have been buying joe like a man possessed,i am hooked, you guys got some very cool toys,why oh why didn't mulple toys import that james bond 007 attache case to the uk,so much for "our special relationship!"Only joking love yer bones!
stuart mckell
15/9/1965
This memory was added on: June 18, 2005
TRYING TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS JOE. MINE HAD A GEMINI SPACE MODULE THAT JOE FIT INSIDE OF WITH A SLIDING CLEAR PLASTIC COVER. JOE ALSO HAD A "SPACESUIT" THAT REMEMBER WAS BASICALLY KIND TEN FOIL COVERED AND FINALLY WORE OFF. I TELL YA THAT JOE AND THE MODULE MADE MANY A SPLASHDOWN IN MY POOL!! I THINK JOE HAD A LIKE A "VELVET" LIKE TEXTURE HEAD OF HAIR AND BEARD. MAN THE MEMORIES FLOWING LIKE A RIVER NOW.
TRAV
1966
This memory was added on: May 30, 2005
Stan (1964) is right G.I. Joe had to be buried when his fighting and adventure days were done.
I can't even tell you how many were laid to rest in my old back yard. The only one to go into retirement was the Action Team member with the see through arm and leg with the "signal eye".
Tattooed Steve
1969
This memory was added on: May 26, 2005
I wish I didn't give my Joe a mowhawk. I remember thinking I was doing him a favor, but it looked like he was hit by a propeller blade.
don
1967
This memory was added on: May 7, 2005
My very first G.I. Joe was a talking Joe from when he was still, "G.I. Joe, U.S. Army, re-porting for duty." Later, I had the flocked hair and flocked-hair-and bearded ones.
As a matter of fact, the first inkling I had about Santa was when I peeked through a small hole in the wall into my dad's office and saw the A.T. Mummy's Tomb set that I would be getting for Christmas that year.
I remember having a G.I. Joe club at school and even keeping a roster in the front of an old history book I had. Joe was *the* best toy ever.
Rob
1965
This memory was added on: April 30, 2005
I played with my GI Joes for years. Loved those dudes. Believe it or not I still have all three of my 72 GI Joes, and ones the colored Joe. I still have alot of the accessories too. I'm not sure why I took such good care of my Joes? Maybe it's cuz they're like John Wayne , all American.
Benji
1967
This memory was added on: April 24, 2005
If someone ever digs up my parents backyard, they might find three of my G.I. Joes buried with "full military honors" (or the nearest equivalent a nine-year-old can render) after serving gallantly for years during my childhood.
I never thought any G.I. Joe deserved to be tossed into a trash can after becaming "dead" from numerous injuries and wounds caused by an over-active life of danger and adventure. So each of mine was laid to rest in the [battle]field where they served.
For every "funeral request" I made, Mom would roll her eyes, but Dad would always consent with his usual aplumb: "Okay, but put him down deep enough, so that my lawnmower won't disturb his [eternal] sleep."
Mom's don't understand G.I.Joe, But Dad was SO cool about it.
Stan
1964
This memory was added on: April 19, 2005
This site is crazy---bringing back all those memories. I'm a female and my Dad bought me a black GI Joe doll and a remote control tank when I was 4 or 5. I am guessing they were more for him than me! BUT, I really think these toys made gender and race non-issues to me and I am thankful for that. Life has too many difficulties when it should be so simple. We're all just plain human and should live and let live. Thanks to Dad and toys, toys, toys!
JM
1962
This memory was added on: March 30, 2005
hey. came across your site by accident. i loved these toys. must of had a total of 7 or 8. still have my first one. though it looks like hannabal from silence of the lambs took a few bites out of his face. dropped from the roof of my house, kicked, burned, thrown, buried. they ended up with a lot more scars than just the one they came with, but they always stayed in one piece. just as i was at the point of growing out of them, i buried two of them in a double drawer metal index card side filing cabinet in my yard. as well as a hollow tomb with stone top for the contents of the mummy set. same yard. that was around ....1974?? 75? theyre still there. the house is being sold soon. wondering if i should dig them up or let them r.i.p.? and a "rich" kid had some huge blue truck for them. i have never seen one before or since. which i could remember more clearly what it looked like. long live gijoe. bk, merrick
This memory was added on: March 28, 2005
Nice site! I can't tell you how many hours I played with G.I. Joe's. I also had my partner Big Jim and his camper. I think I ended up with a total of 10 action fiqures (never dolls) at one time and they hung from trees, parachuted from the shed, or simply took up a position for that sneeky enemy. This guys were that little brother that I never had until my early teens but my birthday request was always the same each year
jeff
1966
This memory was added on: March 24, 2005
well,heres one for ya,in 1971,i got a fuzzhead talking commander,threw away the box(dummy me)and played war with him and my johhny west and geranamo(some great battles),years later,as i was digging thru my nieces play box,guess what i see?my old joe,attached to a ken body.GACK!id guess my mom had redone ole joe,for her grandaughter...well sir i am a joe man,so i removed his head from that ken body and rebuilt him from the ground up,and now hes back to his pristine talking self,but hes not alone...i started to find and build other joes,so now i have about 20 of his comrades next to him on a shelf,i had just about all the toys a boy could want from the 60s and 70s,and now as a grown up,i get them again(not as cheap!!!)but hey,we never grow up totally....(also learned how to rebuild joes)
fuzzhead
1967
This memory was added on: March 20, 2005
This may sound strange but the G.I. Joe Sea Wolf ad was filmed in my front yard. I grew up in a remote air force military housing area called Royal Oaks. It was right underneath the Beverly Hills of Spain, the "Moraleja". Where Bing Crosby I believed played his last golf game before passing away. It was just a few miles north of Madrid. The base was Torrejon air force base, and this was the remote housing for it. My dad was a teacher and somehow he ran into a production team from Screen Gems, N.Y. while living in Spain. He ended up being cast in the Weebles Wobbles Treasure Island ad. A few years later they came back and looked my dad up. This time they wanted to use our front yard to do the Sea Wolf ad. They dug out a huge hole and then lined it, an filled it with water for part of the ad. I was really into Joe during that time, and they just gave me some stuff for free. I did not get the Sea Wolf, but they did give me some sort of swamp runner, you know the kind that you use to traverse the everglades? It came with a rubber Manta Ray as I recall and some sort of hook to catch it with. I am not sure why they kept coming back to my dad, and Spain. Probably really cheap to hire all the tech people. Spain was so cheap in the 60s and 70's , it was really a paradise to live in. Anyhow, Screen Gems came back a year later and cast my dad again in a Leggo type Euro toy called Tente, filmed on our dining room table in our house. The last time they came back they filmed Strawberry Shortcake Oven in our house and Snoopy Snowcone Machine in the neighbors front yard. Seems crazy but it is all very true. If anybody knows where I could find those ads let me know.
David Rasner
1966
This memory was added on: March 19, 2005
The only memories I have of GIJoe when I was a kid were my cousins' figures. One had the Sea Adventurer and the other had the Air Adventurer. I remember them hurling GIJoe off the top of their swing set, or tying them to the back of their Tonka trucks, dragging Joe in the dirt (to the delight of their dog who would chase after it, barking) and all the while yelling "We have ways of making you talk!" BOYS!
Yes, that's right, I'm a girl, but I love the Adventure Team GIJoes. I began collecting them back in 1990 when Target reissued the 12" Duke. I'm pretty much opposed to violence, and I'm more partial to the Adventure Team b/c they could go on cool missions w/ loads of great acceseories. I have 5 toy footlockers full of cool Joe stuff and around 30 or 35 figures. I have Hall of Fame, Timeless, Classic, original and the Adventures of series. And I don't just collect, I play! I'm a teacher and me and some of my students (2 girls and 2 boys) have a GIJoe club, (complete w/ the fuzz head t shirts) and we meet up about once a month, and take our guys and gear to the park and have cool adventures! It's nice to be able to regress once in awhile. When I have kids, whether they be boys or girls, I'd like to bring them up on The Adventure Team and keep the tradition of fun going!
HardyGirl
1966
This memory was added on: March 2, 2005
Man,there was nothing like my G.I.Joe with kung-fu grip.The first one I got for Christmas in '70 didn't have the kung-fu grip,but the one from '71 Christmas did.I remember my Big Jim too.He had the camper.between G.I.Joe,Big Jim,Evel Knievel,and my TTp's,I didn't need anything else.Does anyone know where to find the original Big Jim's? I can't find any on E-Bay.I'd appreciate the help if you know of anyone...Thanks,,Paul
Paul Stafford
1966
This memory was added on: March 2, 2005
What a great toy. Allowed you to use your imagination, unlike today's video games. I invented a method for realistic bleeding by putting red paint in the corner of a baggy, tying it off with a rubber band and then putting it inside Joe's coat. Then, with a well-placed shot from a bb-gun - instant bleeding wound! Sick, but at least we were using our imagination, eh? My mom is still digging up some of these guys in the yard over 35 years later.
Curtis
1957
This memory was added on: January 26, 2005
A kid could make a wish when he saw the first star or blew out a dandelion or blew out the candles on his birthday cake. I decided that my standard wish would be something that was so big, I couldn't imagine getting it. I wished for the GI Joe helicopter--and never got it.
I saw one for a few bucks in the second hand store a few years ago, but didn't buy it. I guess the window of oportunity has passed.
mike
1967
This memory was added on: January 24, 2005
I'm a Brit, so it was Action Men, all named J...: Joe, Jim, Jimmy, James and so on. For some reason, I was obssessed with kitting them out in WWII gear and photographing them posed on the realistic warzone provided by the site of an old coal shed.
So, now, 20+ years later, they've gone out to do battle for me one last time: first in a toys exhibition at a local museum, then on ebay... all but, Joe, my 1st, who sits on my booksehlf in his Captain's uniform looking grim without his unit.
Thing is: they were too decrepit and fragile for me to pass them on to my offspring, and modern living being what it is, there's no chance I'll have a place to set them up.
The good thing is, they've gone to people who want them - people like you guys :)
And, their sacrifice is not in vane. I've converted them into hard currency which will buy me a nice new sword for my battle-reenactment hobby.
Keep on collecting M
Martin
1968
This memory was added on: January 17, 2005
I got my first GI Joe for Christmas, 1965: the Action Soldier with the Combat Set. Christmas 1966 brought me the German, British, and French Resistance ‘Joes. Most neighbourhood boys all had GI Joe, and we played in back yards, and basements. One adventuresome boy used to set up his ‘Joes down in the river valley, and leave them there overnight… in the rain, in the dark. During the summer of 1967, my German went missing in action – actually he went missing from the play room in my basement. It was a mystery to me for many years, until I finally put all the clues together, and received a confession told over a beer: two brothers from across the street had stolen him, and drenched him in lighter fluid… Well, enough said, I guess. In 1967 I saw the RCMP ‘Joe at the Hudson Bay Department Store. It was in the SOTW style window box. Absolutely gorgeous. By the time I had convinced my mother to get him for me he was sold out. She bought me the Fighter Pilot as a consolation. The loss of my German made me resolve to keep my collection, no matter what. I stopped playing outside with them – except for the Fighter Pilot, the working parachute was too tempting – and kept them clean and dry. It was a boast of mine as a ten year old that when I grew up I was going to have “…a hundred GI Joes…” My older sister played with Barbie, and she had all the cool outfits. One day a little letter came for my ‘Joes. They were invited to a party with Barbie. A little R&R was in order. It was a great little soiree, unfortunately me sister wouldn’t let the ‘Joes misbehave… Next came the Rat Patrol Jeep. “There were only four men – but too many for the Germans.” The version of the driver that came with my jeep was the Australian. A friend had a British Commando driver. I spent hours setting up incongruous scenarios, and missions that brought together an American soldier, a member of the French Underground, A British Commando, and an Australian Jungle Fighter. But those were the days when WWII comic book heroes were fighting dinosaurs, and robots… Never mind, the boys had wheels! Puberty hit and my ‘Joes were put away. I would occasionally go down into the basement playroom, take my ‘Joes out, set them up and pose them. In the 1970’s my sister decided to give away all her Barbies to a friend’s little sister. She told me I should do the same with my GI Joes. I flat out refused. I told her I was going to keep my ‘Joes forever. Well, imagine the response: I was immature -- a big baby still playing with toys. Blah, Blah, Blah. Although it was meant to embarrass me, I felt no shame. I was not going to let the ‘Joes go. Even the broken ones. (The Fighter Pilot’s “working parachute” didn’t always work.) Instead, my sister’s shame-game motivated me to go downtown. I went and bought a Land Adventurer, and the Surveillance Card. The Land Adventurer was going to be cannibalized for parts, and I was after the Sten gun in the accessory pack. I never got around to taking apart the Land Adventurer. Sometimes it’s good to procrastinate… As the years went by, I found more GI Joes, here, there, and literally everywhere. A Mountie came my way, a replacement German, then a Japanese, and my collection grew. Worthless odds and ends, and broken bits to others were priceless jewels to me. I fixed the old guard, and gathered together more ‘Joes. Years passed, and in the early 1990’s my sister saw my GI Joe collection. I took down a soldier from the shelf, and from his canteen pouch I pulled out a tattered old invitation to a party with Barbie. She actually started to cry.
Doug McQueen
1957
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