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Posted: 12/27/2016 11:42:57 AM EST

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Missiles everywhere... whats not to like.

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:44:26 AM EST

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This right here.

I wanted the aircraft carrier, but my parents shut that down. That's also the year I learned about Santa Claus, as icing on the cake.

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:44:54 AM EST

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I'll just go ahead and say it, since most of us are thinking it.

If you actually had the USS Flagg, eat shit and die. We fucking hate you. Unless we can come play with it.

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The GI Joe aircraft carrier.

I'll just go ahead and say it, since most of us are thinking it.

If you actually had the USS Flagg, eat shit and die. We fucking hate you. Unless we can come play with it.

THIS!!!

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:46:18 AM EST

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I never got to have any of that shit.

ALWAYS lusated after the battleship- my cousin had it and in a Giant playroom in their attic. With tons of other cool toys.

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:47:57 AM EST

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I would always say to my dad " it's only $99" and he would say something about it being more after taxes...

I had a blue Rattler and a Tiger Force Rattler, which were cool but I think my favorite was the Raven, and the Strato-viper was the coolest looking pilot. I just have my nephews all of my old joes a few days ago, it was fun sorting them out and putting stuff back together.

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The price was a problem, but the biggest problem was that it was 8' long. My parents insisted there was nowhere to put it, even though we had a perfectly good hallway. Or living room.

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:49:40 AM EST

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this bad bitch.

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This

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:51:39 AM EST

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I still have all my GI Joes and the HISS tank. About the only thing I didn't have was the aircraft carrier. Unfortunately all the other vehicles are now lost to time.

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:53:36 AM EST

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Skystriker. I still have mine, too.

Posted: 12/27/2016 11:58:42 AM EST

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I've been buying used Joes for my boy. He's not really into them, but I'm going to shove them down his throat until he is.

I haven't gotten him any vehicles. As mentioned, space is an issue.

I usually only had used vehicles, but I had a brand new in the box Havoc. That was my favorite. I did have a used Bridge Layer that was mostly intact, which was awesome.

Posted: 12/27/2016 12:14:07 PM EST

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I'll preface my answer with this, I was not a spoiled child. I was a deprived child.

Now that I have that out of the way, I didn't have any G.I. Joe vehicles. I had some guys and the anti-aircraft gun.
First guy i got was the dude with the mortar. What the heck kind of fighting am I going to do with a mortar? Next guy was the communications dude. If you see a recurring theme, it's soldiers with no guns.

My parents bought my toys, not me.
Later on, I got the machine gunner with the M60 (that's what happens when you use your own money), Cobra Commander and a Cobra Ninja.
My Star Wars action figures and stuff was also on the lean side.

Posted: 12/27/2016 12:15:59 PM EST

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My brother and I had a HUGE G I Joe army when we were younger. Probably our favorite thing to play together.

I always wanted the Defiant Complex and the Rolling Thunder, but we got into it more after 89 or so. Looking at YoJoe, it seems we lost interest after around 92. Or at least we stopped getting new toys because I don't recognize the ones after then.

As soon as my son gets over his DESTROY EVERYTHING phase (he's 2

), he'll have a heck of an army to play with. I don't think my brother is ever going to have kids, so hopefully I can rescue his joes too.

ETA - I'd probably vote for the Sky Strikers version of the Night Raven, the Sky Raven, as my favorite. I loved me some Joe jets.

Posted: 12/27/2016 12:19:18 PM EST

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Holy shit I had this!

Posted: 12/27/2016 12:22:07 PM EST

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I had the Defiant Space Shuttle Launch Complex which later became a paintball target.

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Xmas of 88 was best xmas for me.
pretty sure it's still in my parents attic.

Posted: 12/27/2016 3:56:25 PM EST

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I loved my Flagg. I'm sorry your family didn't love you enough to buy you the coolest toy ever.

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Posted: 12/27/2016 5:05:04 PM EST

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I kinda wish the toy line would be release again.

I think I would buy them all. I gave my collection to my cousin. Terrible mistake.

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the 25th anniversary (of the 3 3/4 figures) was released in 2008

figures

vehicles

i have the collector's club Adventure Team vehicles, but not the figures

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the skystriker was re released in 2011

and then the club did a jetfire crossover at the San Diego Comic Con

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:08:47 PM EST

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I never had any of the smaller 80s ones, just a lot of the 70s ones. Had the Steve Austin one that was similar too.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:10:34 PM EST

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If you actually had the USS Flagg, eat shit and die. We fucking hate you. Unless we can come play with it.

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I had it too

. Saved up my allowance for a whole year for that SOB.

Actually still do disassembled in a box.

My favorite but I'm sure it was probably my parents least favorite. Bastard took up the whole basement. I had most of the planes and that fucker just looked awesome all set up with some planes and choppers on it.

I also had the space shuttle thing too. That was pretty awesome.

I kinda want to raid my boxes of toys and see how much is left of all that stuff. It would be pretty awesome to set it all up again if I had the space. I guess could do it in my pole building.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:14:20 PM EST

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Posted: 12/27/2016 5:15:42 PM EST

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A local comic/toy shop had the Mobat still in the box, it was opened, but complete with all the figures. I might go back and snatch it up for $40 for the boy.

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Go for it!

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:17:27 PM EST

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I loved my Flagg. I'm sorry your family didn't love you enough to buy you the coolest toy ever.

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Very snarky. Not everyone had buckets of money to buy toys with.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:18:29 PM EST

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Boy would you rue the day.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:36:05 PM EST

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So I remember waiting for weeks and finally it came in the mail. According to YoJoe, it now fetches a premium $. I have no clue what happened to him

The Original Cobra

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:36:35 PM EST

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Boy would you rue the day.

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You can't be that crazy.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:37:11 PM EST

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You can't be that crazy.

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Today I was.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:41:20 PM EST

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The Dragonfly and the Whale.

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:42:39 PM EST

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Boy would you rue the day.

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marry me?

Boy would you rue the day.

ain't skeered, even if it cost me half my action figure collection

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:44:18 PM EST

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So I remember waiting for weeks and finally it came in the mail. According to YoJoe, it now fetches a premium $. I have no clue what happened to him

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my first snake eyes was straight armed

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:44:26 PM EST

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ain't skeered, even if it cost me half my action figure collection

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Oh, you will be. You will be. (In Yoda's voice)

Posted: 12/27/2016 5:56:59 PM EST

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sounds like this

yojoe.com has a vehicle and figure listing (by year is easiest to look up unknowns due to pics) that can be a neat trip down memory lane looking through stuff you had

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YES!! That's the one. Forgot about the glider that came off the back.

Posted: 12/27/2016 6:00:03 PM EST

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Oh, you will be. You will be. (In Yoda's voice)

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ain't skeered, even if it cost me half my action figure collection

Oh, you will be. You will be. (In Yoda's voice)

ridin' a bitch's back like yoda on luke

Posted: 12/27/2016 9:59:50 PM EST

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and then the club did a jetfire crossover at the San Diego Comic Con

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Thats awesome, my kiddos would love that.

Posted: 12/27/2016 10:17:11 PM EST

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Reposting from another thread,I started sorting all the 82-88 figures by specialty and putting them on Instagram...then realized what a wackadoodle that makes me

Among the last of the figures I like,realistic Joes were best Joes and these were losing the plot but at least neat.

Posted: 12/27/2016 10:40:28 PM EST

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Thats awesome, my kiddos would love that.

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and then the club did a jetfire crossover at the San Diego Comic Con

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Thats awesome, my kiddos would love that.

ebay still has a few...search "sdcc skystriker" they did a vamp with autobot markings (hound) the same year

this year's crossover was a hiss tank in soundwave deco and a rattler colored and striped like the autobot Powerglide. i think devil's due comics had a tf/gi joe crossover run

Posted: 12/28/2016 2:44:56 AM EST

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Toss up between the Cobra hydrofoil and the GI Joe Whale hovercrafthttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3rdoHNbN-mA/S3FTfm-MiGI/AAAAAAAAASM/l95HZglJeW8/s400/gi+joe+whale_box%5B1%5D.jpg

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The Whale patrolled the hell out of the creek behind grandma's house.

Posted: 12/28/2016 7:55:25 AM EST

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I just realized how many of these vehicles I had as a kid, most of them except for the USS Flag. I never remember having more than a couple of them at a time though, makes me wonder what happened to them.

Posted: 12/28/2016 8:18:09 AM EST

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ridin' a bitch's back like yoda on luke

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Perfectly played.

Posted: 12/28/2016 8:21:01 AM EST

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Reposting from another thread,I started sorting all the 82-88 figures by specialty and putting them on Instagram...then realized what a wackadoodle that makes me

Among the last of the figures I like,realistic Joes were best Joes and these were losing the plot but at least neat.

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Not to get overly analytical about freakin' GI Joe but as the 80's progressed the comic book became more and more a place to showcase ever more unrealistic and silly toys for Hasbro marketing. The early Larry Hama writing (which was actually not bad) devolved into inanity and the real focus was on a new weapon in each issue.
I really miss the 80's though, a much simpler and fun time.

Posted: 12/28/2016 8:25:02 AM EST

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Tag, I'll be going up into the attic in a few days to put the christmas lights away and I just may have to bring that box of Joes down from my childhood. They're mostly broken, but I'm sure there's some pictures worth sharing.

Posted: 12/28/2016 9:17:55 AM EST

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Tag, I'll be going up into the attic in a few days to put the christmas lights away and I just may have to bring that box of Joes down from my childhood. They're mostly broken, but I'm sure there's some pictures worth sharing.

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I for one would like to see them.

Posted: 12/28/2016 9:29:21 AM EST

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I for one would like to see them.

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This

Posted: 12/28/2016 9:41:30 AM EST

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WATER MOCASSIN

Awe Striker

Posted: 12/28/2016 9:44:32 AM EST

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Just remembered that I shared a couple of pics in another G.I. Joe thread earlier this year.

These two (three actually) were my favorite Joe and Cobra:

Mutt still looks pissed off after all of these years which is reassuring.
Junkyard still has Mutt's back.
Major Bludd held onto his uzi all this time -- I admire his conviction.

And yeah, those stupid o-rings dry-rotted and broke thus leaving their torsos separate of their bottom halves....

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I recall these 5 being the only ones still intact at the waist albeit it precariously:

The guy on the left flew the cobra single-man helicopter IIRC.
Next guy over was a cobra tank driver IIRC -- or was it a crimson guard for cobra commander (or am I thinking star wars?)
Guy in the middle, well, he's f.ckin Zartan -- need I say more?
Snake Eyes was really awesome too.
And I never could commit to memory who the guy on the right was -- he had such a vanilla disposition that rendered him token IMO.

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Posted: 12/28/2016 9:51:05 AM EST

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I unexpectedly received this for Christmas at my grandparents house one year and wore the dang out from playing with it

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Missiles everywhere... whats not to like.

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i see I wasn't the only one

Posted: 12/28/2016 10:04:30 AM EST

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the little 5 inch action figures are not GI Joes.

THIS is what GI Joe looks like:

Posted: 12/28/2016 10:15:58 AM EST

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The Serpentor story line and toy were bad,Cobra La was Obama. Still,as an adult,I love the 82-86 series,especially the 85-86 when the sculpting IMO was at its peak. I enjoy some of the small things like Snow Serpent having a vz.58 of all things.

This is great,but awful