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04-06-2008, 07:14 PM | #1 |
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I’m writing this because I’m just wondering if anybody else had this happen to them. Picture it Christmas 1982, and topping most kids want list is GI Joe. I really wanted the Mobat Tank and I believe that was all I asked for. Anyway, Christmas morning I did not get the Mobat, but I did get the Ram, Rock n Roll, and Breaker. Then I got Remco's Sgt. Rock’s Jeep and a Raft with figures, and I was thinking to myself what the heck is this crap? I guess my parents thought the Sgt. Rock toys were GI Joe. But I wasn’t totally disappointed, because I did get some GI Joes. Also, the Sgt. Rock raft was pretty cool and GI Joe did not have one until a few years later with the Cobra Night Landing. I just remember how cheap those Sgt. Rock figures were with short arms and all. A similar thing happened two years earlier when I asked for Star Wars toys and ended up with some Tonka trucks, and a Mork from Ork doll. But what the heck I know some kids didn't get anything, and I was happy to get some stuff no matter what kind of toys they were. Anyway, I finally did get the Mobat I always wanted, only it was just a couple years ago on ebay.
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04-06-2008, 07:19 PM | #2 |
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My mom was always good at getting GI Joe stuff for me. It is probably because i bugged her every day and circled everything GI Joe in the christmas catalog. Either way, i always got GI Joe for christmas and Birthdays...
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04-06-2008, 07:19 PM | #3 |
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I had a bunch of Sgt Rock stuff and loved it. I thought they fit fine in my Joeverse as a little guy.
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04-06-2008, 07:27 PM | #4 |
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I didn't like sgt.rock either. It's like todays corps action figures. People think because there are no Joes so why not get the corps its the same thing....NOT!!!
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04-06-2008, 08:30 PM | #5 |
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I used some of the bad guys from Sgt. Rock with my Joes, as Cobras...The other good guys were just victims for Cobra that the Joes would try to save.
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04-06-2008, 08:49 PM | #6 |
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Some of the vehicles and accessories from Sgt Rock were alright, but I remember how easily the figures fell apart. I did like the little plastic machine gun emplacements and such, though.
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04-06-2008, 08:51 PM | #7 |
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My mom being a passionate Barbie collector understood that KOs were never good enough when it came to toys.
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04-06-2008, 08:55 PM | #8 |
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I had something similar happen in the 90's with Star Wars. All I wanted was Boba Fett's Slave 1. Come X-mas time I got Dash Rendar's vehicle and a Boba Fett figure (I already had Boba Fett) The sad part? My dad was the one that got me into Star Wars in the first place
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