Comments on: G.I. Joe in Germany: Action Team Catalog

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:39:00 +0000

Man, DH, you know your MST3k!

I have 16 three-episode VHS and no VHS player for a year.

No annual Christmas viewing of "Santa Clause Conquers the Maritans" last year.

By: Dancin' Homer

Dancin' Homer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:33:00 +0000

It's from "Hercules vs The Moon Men" episode from season 4.

That also reminds me of the "Space Mutiny" sketch in season 8, when they ran off all the possible names for the hero, like Smoke Manmuscle and Big McLargehuge.

By: chunky B

chunky B — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Oh man, I don't remember that one, I'm going to have to track it down now! Sounds too funny.

That must mean "Hard Rock" is a really bad a**!

By: Arkonbey

Arkonbey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:43:00 +0000

I'll second the coolness of the action shots. They really got a line on how kids think about action figures.

For some reason, the figure of the ejected pilot cracks me up. I suppose it just adds 'Escape and Evasion' to a kid's action figure playbook.

Chunky: remember the MST3k Toughguy Name skit? Just take a really tough name and add a hard substance. One of the robots came up "Drake Tungsten" while the other created the not-so-tough persona of "Ric Drywall".

By: chunky B

chunky B — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:18:00 +0000

That is so freaking sweet! The Mountie and the tent set are cool!

The names are the best part. "I'm Tom Stone and this is John Steel, together with our buddy Hard Rock we are Adventure Team!

By: wurwolf

wurwolf — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:53:00 +0000

It’s the A-Team!

By: Dancin' Homer

Dancin' Homer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:58:00 +0000

You weren’t kidding – those action scenes look like they were taken by a Life Magazine war correspondant. Really great.

One thing I don’t get – In the US, they were all just called “GI Joe”. In Germany they gave them porno names “Tom Stone” “John Steel” and “Hard Rock”. If it was marketed to German kids, why would their names be in English?

Maybe b/c “Heinz Krauss” didn’t sound like a good Action hero name (or porn name, for that matter)?