General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Vraciu on July 22, 2018, 12:32:31 AM
Title: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Vraciu on July 22, 2018, 12:32:31 AM
My cousins were older than me so they had the huge Joe stuff. I grew up on the smaller action figures. I own(ed) every single figure and vehicle--some of which I had more than one, including FOUR Skystrikers, which is a long story--for the first five or so years they were produced. So I decided to go dig out of storage at my mother's house the USS Flagg aircraft carrier she got me for Christmas back then. It was still in the box! Holy cow this thing is huge.
Also found a mint HISS Tank and MOBAT still in their boxes. Crazy. I should sell it all and be done with it but geeze what a childhood.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: 1stpar3 on July 22, 2018, 12:52:35 AM
:aok Transformers TOO, or what was the other Brand...Gobots? We had Lawn Jarts...POINTED...BB guns everywhere..Ride your bike without that stupid helmet...OK maybe I should have had one...but I had hair then man. 80's were GREAT. You do have to admit...WE WERE BLESSED to grow up in those times. YES I been drinking, but still TRUE :old:
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Brooke on July 22, 2018, 01:30:49 AM
1stpar :aok
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: BOBO on July 22, 2018, 04:02:39 AM
I'm jealous. My folks were both Hippies and my dad was conscripted during the Vietnam conflict so my G.I. Joe Collection was pretty lame. And then became pretty non existent after I was old enough to play with fireworks unsupervised.
I do have the first 2 seasons of the Cartoon on this computer so I just have to make due with that.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Gman on July 22, 2018, 08:54:19 AM
The first year that series of GI Joe stuff came out, I had most of the entire set, including both those tanks, the goofy F14 like jet, the A10 like jet, the helo, all that and the figures. Remember the tank you could move the turret forward and back which would make the treads move and it'd put around the floor. Good times. None of that stuff, or all my Star Wars stuff including the AtAt walker and a gen 1 Xwing with both Luke Skywalker figures survived my .22 and firecracker stages of early teens. All blown to bits.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Vraciu on July 22, 2018, 10:40:50 AM
The first year that series of GI Joe stuff came out, I had most of the entire set, including both those tanks, the goofy F14 like jet, the A10 like jet, the helo, all that and the figures. Remember the tank you could move the turret forward and back which would make the treads move and it'd put around the floor. Good times. None of that stuff, or all my Star Wars stuff including the AtAt walker and a gen 1 Xwing with both Luke Skywalker figures survived my .22 and firecracker stages of early teens. All blown to bits.
That’s the MOBAT I posted above. High tech stuff! Batteries not included. Lol
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Vraciu on July 22, 2018, 10:41:44 AM
I'm jealous. My folks were both Hippies and my dad was conscripted during the Vietnam conflict so my G.I. Joe Collection was pretty lame. And then became pretty non existent after I was old enough to play with fireworks unsupervised.
I do have the first 2 seasons of the Cartoon on this computer so I just have to make due with that.
Stuff that’s not in the box is still affordable and readily available. They have also re-issued some things so we can spoil our kids. Ha ha ha.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Delirium on July 22, 2018, 11:07:16 AM
I remember owning the Cobra HISS tank. If you removed the turret by lining up the notches you could put GI Joes into the vehicle to act as an armored transport.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Vraciu on July 22, 2018, 11:09:56 AM
I remember owning the Cobra HISS tank. If you removed the turret by lining up the notches you could put GI Joes into the vehicle to act as an armored transport.
Lol, yeah. Too funny.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Arlo on July 22, 2018, 11:24:01 AM
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Shuffler on July 22, 2018, 03:24:17 PM
When I was little back in the 60s we had the little green army men. Along with tanks and jeeps. We would get a new supply every time we went to visit my uncle. If it was raining we set them up down the hall and rolled marbles into them. If it was sunny we set them up around the trash burn barrels outside, added drops of model glue to them, then thumped matches at them off of matchboxes.
There lies the reason we always got new sets. LOL
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: 1stpar3 on July 22, 2018, 05:34:51 PM
The first year that series of GI Joe stuff came out, I had most of the entire set, including both those tanks, the goofy F14 like jet, the A10 like jet, the helo, all that and the figures. Remember the tank you could move the turret forward and back which would make the treads move and it'd put around the floor. Good times. None of that stuff, or all my Star Wars stuff including the AtAt walker and a gen 1 Xwing with both Luke Skywalker figures survived my .22 and firecracker stages of early teens. All blown to bits.
:rofl I was pod that Bottle rockets wouldnt achieve Take Off in those planes... So throw it further,Sis! PULL.....! You missed! Uh,NO...look at the wings! :banana: 22 was for popping heads off. Wish I had a penny for every .22 shell I shot at a GI Joe head! Dont know how I didnt melt down the barrel of that rifle. Got it when I turned 10///Marlin Model 60,semi auto with 4 power Tasco scope, was 1981. Still the most accurate rifle I own...which says alot.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Brooke on July 22, 2018, 05:55:48 PM
When I was little back in the 60s we had the little green army men. Along with tanks and jeeps. We would get a new supply every time we went to visit my uncle. If it was raining we set them up down the hall and rolled marbles into them. If it was sunny we set them up around the trash burn barrels outside, added drops of model glue to them, then thumped matches at them off of matchboxes.
There lies the reason we always got new sets. LOL
I used to do that, too! :aok
Now, I need to show my 8 year old daughters how.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: 1stpar3 on July 22, 2018, 06:02:17 PM
Your daughters are 8 :confused: My Grandson is 7 :uhoh Late bloomer :rofl Just kidding :uhoh I dont want to fly that plane in scenario,Brooke.......Tough, remember when you said this... :x
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Nefarious on July 22, 2018, 06:21:08 PM
The first year that series of GI Joe stuff came out, I had most of the entire set, including both those tanks, the goofy F14 like jet, the A10 like jet, the helo, all that and the figures. Remember the tank you could move the turret forward and back which would make the treads move and it'd put around the floor. Good times. None of that stuff, or all my Star Wars stuff including the AtAt walker and a gen 1 Xwing with both Luke Skywalker figures survived my .22 and firecracker stages of early teens. All blown to bits.
I had all that stuff too... the F-14 Sky Striker, the Cobra A-10 Jet, and the SR-71 looking jet. There was a A-1G Cobra helicopter too. I knew someone who had the Aircraft Carrier.
I had some of the Star Wars stuff too. I was a little young for all of it though. None of it survived.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Brooke on July 22, 2018, 06:50:46 PM
Your daughters are 8 :confused: My Grandson is 7 :uhoh Late bloomer :rofl Just kidding :uhoh I dont want to fly that plane in scenario,Brooke.......Tough, remember when you said this... :x
Yep -- I got a *very* late start, but loving every moment! :aok
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Devil 505 on July 22, 2018, 07:25:45 PM
I had a couple of these bad boys: (https://www.yojoe.com/images/resize/w/MAX/imagestore/1893/78025.jpg)
I was too young to have the F-14. By the time I knew one existed they were long out of production. :cry
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Nefarious on July 22, 2018, 10:08:40 PM
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Gman on July 27, 2018, 12:00:02 AM
Hah, .22 decapitations, and bottle rocket orbital mechanics experiments...oh how I can relate.
Also, that removable turret on the HISS tank fits not only action figures, it also fits M80 firecrackers perfectly. I speak from experience with 2 HISS tanks of which the largest recoverable pieces would fit inside a match box.
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: 1stpar3 on July 28, 2018, 02:12:47 AM
Hah, .22 decapitations, and bottle rocket orbital mechanics experiments...oh how I can relate.
Also, that removable turret on the HISS tank fits not only action figures, it also fits M80 firecrackers perfectly. I speak from experience with 2 HISS tanks of which the largest recoverable pieces would fit inside a match box.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl Wonder what TODAYS society would think about us if we we kids now :uhoh I wouldnt trade my childhood experiences for anything! Luckily I was able to hand down to my kids(and the Ex Wifes) these type of experiences! Nothing in the world like having a boy(her youngest) rapid firing my Ar-15...only pausing to yell "This is FUN!". Created a monster though...took him on his first deer hunt at my Grand Parents farm in West Virginia...AHOLE killed the biggest buck I have ever seen there in my 40 years of hunting there! Glad that he could experience that and the freedom to just take off and wander around on the farm like I did in my youth(without worry). My own son caught the biggest Bass I have seen in person,in my Great Grandfathers pond, 14 pounds! Bunch of Aholes I TELL YA! We had it great, didnt we! :rock
Title: Re: G.I. Joe Stuff - Ah the 80s
Post by: Guppy35 on July 28, 2018, 03:48:05 PM
Original Joe, from my 5th birthday, 4/20/65. Broke his hand the first day seeing if he could fly. Dad made him a hook. took a while to find the part to replace the hand. Adventures in the neighbor's garden that got one of my friends in a lot of trouble for the damage to the tomato plants. Falls from the second floor stairs at grandma's house. Melted boots from being too close to the electric wall heater. Ruined uniform replaced by mom's home made stuff for a time. Cracked nose, rewired by Dad after the original elastic broke, and it goes on and on. Put him away as a teenager and have had him ever since. Guess that makes him 53. A bit old for a GI :)
Original Joe, from my 5th birthday, 4/20/65. Broke his hand the first day seeing if he could fly. Dad made him a hook. took a while to find the part to replace the hand. Adventures in the neighbor's garden that got one of my friends in a lot of trouble for the damage to the tomato plants. Falls from the second floor stairs at grandma's house. Melted boots from being too close to the electric wall heater. Ruined uniform replaced by mom's home made stuff for a time. Cracked nose, rewired by Dad after the original elastic broke, and it goes on and on. Put him away as a teenager and have had him ever since. Guess that makes him 53. A bit old for a GI :)
Doesn't look like all original gear but looks great (I mean wonderfully historically accurate from the helmet webbing to the jacket to the cravat - I do remember the belt pants and shoes (though those seem to be the brown shoes from my GI JOE pilot) . Good story that comes with him. I owned around a dozen Joes. No survivors, sadly. Capsule, jeep and trailer, airmen with parachutes, sailors, soldiers, deep sea divers. Being an only child with only one other grandchild to compete with (a girl) and of comfortable middle-class status (as well as being a military brat) were the likely elements of my boon and may have also contributed to my not having been as responsible a commanding officer of my forces. I envy you. Buying others off of EBAY wouldn't be the same.