GI Joe in Spaaaaaacccceeee
Things got wicked cool for GI Joe in Europe.
Things got wicked cool for GI Joe in Europe.
Ah, this photo will be my happy place today. That orange scuba set was well played with in my house. Don’t forget to join our new facebook group. Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.
I had so many Mr. Action outfits for my GI Joes and I had no idea. I assume that I got most of those sets before I could read. We have a PodCast! It’s fun, please listen. Check out our Instagram for more stuff like this blog. Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.
(Many thanks to my friend Eddie for this awesome image above) The Martial Arts explosion of the early 1970s was not lost on action figures, growing up in this time, it gave me a lifelong obsession with the culture. It also turned out to be a real positive influence in my life, so I’ve decided […]
Happy GI Joe Friday, this spread is from Christmas 1973. Probably the year I got my first Joe, I was never the same…. Check out our Instagram Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.
The GI Joe Big Trapper vehicle is a kind of a bittersweet item for me. I really wanted it for my birthday that year but ultimately chose the Capture Copter, either way, I kind of won. The only downer was, these were the last GI Joe vehicles ever made. Many collectors view the Big Trapper […]
Hands down that orange scuba suit was my favourite toy of 1975… Like our Facebook Page Check out our Instagram Get the expanded digital edition of Rack Toys here.
My earliest memories of action figures are Hasbro’s GI Joe Adventure team, I would spend hours staring at those wishbook pages, drooling at those fuzzy faced guys having adventures. The sights of these toys are so hard-wired in my brain, they’re pure happiness. That’s why I’m excited to be showcasing the 1971 Hasbro GI Joe […]
Fortune smiled on me last month in the form of managing to pick up a Commander Power action figure. Known to us kids as Super Joe, the British toy firm Palitoy made some fun changes to the line such as marketing the characters (Palitoy only selected 3 Super Joe characters) in large boxes and more […]
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.
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