G.I. Joe Adventure Team!!

by **Ebonhorn** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:44 pm

Yeah the original adventure team was the same way. one head different color beards and hair. So it's a nostalgia thing....you can stay, I was just messin.

by **SilntAngl5** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:50 pm

Psh. I am the board mother. :P

And the Adventure Team makes the A-Team music come into my head. :happy:

by **Tekwych** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:44 pm

OK from one who lived through it. The Korean and Vietnam Wars were giving the military a bad name and sales of GI Joe, the military figures were tanking hard. Hasbro dropped the direct military approach and created the Adventure Team. The AT still wore dog tags, still had military ranks, still used a LOT of military gear but were sent on 'adventure' missions to hunt down exotic animals and lost cities rather than combat. And yes back in the day all GI Joe figures were the same with different hair color and clothes, same as Barbie and any other 12" figures of the time. Evan the first 2-3 years of Big Jim was a single head sculpt with new hair color to create the 3 main characters.

The helicopter, sub and 6-wheel tank are all updates of vehicles sold in the 12" line in the early 70s, I had all three. and NEED these for that reason only.

by **SilntAngl5** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:32 pm

I never knew that (or thought about the Barbie bit, really. I don't remember a ton of Barbie stuff from my early years when it was all the same face, different color...). Thanks for sharing the info, Tek! it's interesting how history influences things.... even toys, huh? [smile]

by **NoisyDvL5** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:19 pm

I keep wondering if Mattel will try to sell Big Jim again. They've got a great tiger sculpt for him to fight...

Hey look, Toy Guru... full circle of life. :razz:

by **SilntAngl5** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:04 pm

NoisyDvL5 wrote:I keep wondering if Mattel will try to sell Big Jim again. They've got a great tiger sculpt for him to fight...

Hey look, Toy Guru... full circle of life.

Who's Big Jim?

by **Tekwych** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:42 pm

SilntAngl5 wrote:Who's Big Jim?

8" action figure from the 60s-70s (Updated versions of the buck are being used for the DC Retro line) Started out as a sports fan with Football, Basketball, karate, et all then "was hired by a government to help fight injustice' and created big Jim's Wild Pack

by **SilntAngl5** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:51 pm

I love some of these bios that I'm hearing. [grin]

by **Ebonhorn** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:56 pm

Don't know how I had them, but I had some big jims.

by **Lay Ze-Man** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:07 pm

NoisyDvL5 wrote:Hey look, Toy Guru... full circle of life.

LOL

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