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So how did you get into GI Joe?
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02-26-2008, 12:35 AM
Cerebral Dissolution
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I don't spend any time in the other forums on this site (so some of you might have talked about this already), because all I am interested in are 25th Anniversary figs, but I was curious as to how some of you first got into GI Joe. . .
For me it was coming back to the states while living in South East Asia. I was into Star Wars for years, and stumbled upon straight-armed Grunt and Flash at a toy store. Bought both, and then immediately lost Grunt's M-16. GI Joes didn't come out in Asia wide-spread until about '87, so I had to rely on relatives to send me a couple here and there, and they did an amazing job (considering I never asked which figs I wanted).
But I still didn't know the story behind GI Joe, since I never saw the cartoon. Then I found issue #16 (when Cobra attacks the US Treasury and the Baroness blows up in a Hisstank) in an airport and loved it. The next issue I found was #28 (when we first see the WHALE in acton). These are probably still my favorite issues.
It wasn't until much later until I moved back to the states did I see the cartoon and absolutely hated it. I hadn't even heard of "Yo Joe!" I guess I expected something a little more. . . mature and realistic I guess. Like the Japanese Anime I was watching over there, like Gundam and Macross.
Did you guys know that some company used the original joe molds to make figs for the A-Team? I came close to buying them as a kid, but since they were straight armed I decided against it. I've really never seen them since. Ironically, those I could buy overseas.
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