Vintage Toy of the Day 11/29

[TCM Hitchhiker]

First off, thanks much to Peter Peeker for giving us a fun week of super-hero toys! You did a great job man!

And now....









G.I. Joe, Adventure Team, The Intruder
Hasbro, 1975
Groovy Feature: Push a button in his back, and he will give a crushing squeeze to G.I. Joe.

Upcoming VTOTD events...
-December 19 - 25 / Hell Yeah, Look what Santa Brought!
-January 24 - 29 / They Rocked the Toy Aisle
-February 1 - 28 / Vintage Toys of the Decade (Guest hosts - Andyman, Michael Crawford, Guyver & Thew)
-March 21 - 26 / Moviemaniac4 presents: Walkin' the Dog

[grail25]

wtf???

That's the weirdest Gi Joe ever!!

[Andyman]

Bullet man is pretty cool.

[Peter Peeker]

that whole line kicked ass!

and thanks for the kind words. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[TCM Hitchhiker]

Originally posted by Andyman:
Bullet man is pretty cool.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bullet Man rules!!!

[Cemetery Can]

The bionic man knock-off is kinda cool too... I wonder if the little Intruder guy helped set the precedent for He-Man.

[Quikman]

[img]eek.gif[/img] what is that..man I dident belive our world hade so mcuh toys...even back in the days ..I relaly like these VTOTD feuters..I might not comement in them much but I really like looking what you guys post in here

and applus to Peeker for hsi amazing week..great jobb [img]smile.gif[/img]

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ November 29, 2004 06:40 PM: Message edited by: Q-Man Sub Zero's apprentice ]</font>

[TCM Hitchhiker]

Thanks for the nice comments Q-Man, glad you enjoy them!

[Street Worm]

lol.....GI Caveman!

You've showed us one or two of the other guys-
definitely an odd Joe line............

when did GI Joe go from the 12" figure to the smaller ones?

[White Line Nightmare]

Originally posted by Street Worm:

when did GI Joe go from the 12" figure to the smaller ones?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">1982.

Everything was making the leap to the smaller 3-3/4" size after the success of Kenner's Star Wars line. Hasbro did one better by improving articulation, which was then copied by companies like MEGO, which was on the verge of closing... ironically, MEGO was first approached about producing toys for Star Wars, and they passed. Had they done the line, who knows what toy history would've been like. Maybe MEGO'd still be around.