GI Joe’s 50 Adventures
Moving things around yesterday I looked at the back of GI Joe package for the first time in years and was kind of blown away at how striking it is.
It really shows how powerful this artwork was, no wonder I’m a junkie for it some 40 years later.
Telling you,man,this artwork sold me as a little kid.Most of the sets were the same equiptment just re-packaged with new artwork and occasionally a cheap plastic beastie.but that artwork made me want it anyway.Luckily,there was always a kid or three in the 'hood that either needed a part that you had too many of,or had a surplus that you could use.Joe was definitely a communal toy.
I have to add,those pictures were cropped on most of those boxes.These complete illustrations you are showing here are amazing,right up there with Aurora monster model and Micronauts box art.Thaks for posting these!
That makes me want to go dig out my multi-fold accessories brochure and stare at it again like I did so many times before.
I think I spent more time staring at these things, and dreaming of the GI Joe sets I didn't own, than I did actually playing with the sets I did own. I was a definite Adventure Team junkie.
I was and still am a big fan of the Adventure Team. The artwork was fantastic. I really believe kids today would go for this stuff it were in stores. Hey the Care Bears and my little pony keep coming back. But I wonder if the Adventure Team were still around with the great artwork, would we still love it as much. The Adventure Team, Aurora Prehistoric Scenes
and MPC plastic dinosaurs- three of my top favourites.