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How did you first learn about GI Joe?
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05-21-2022, 11:08 AM
THEDARKONE508
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the first gijoe i ever noticed was chuckles at an albertsons in 1988 or 1989. he floated around that store a couple years until it closed. (you can pretty much stop reading here.)
my first gijoe was torch. i found him at a playground down the street from my house. i would twist him until his ring made him spin like a tornado. he was lost before kindergarden. honestly, i waffle between torch and monkey wrench being my first gijoe, but im 88% sure it's torch.
my second gijoe was fast draw, through a christmas gift exchange in kindergarden 1988. my third gijoe was hydro viper to "be his friend" shortly after. i played with them as long as a kid that doesnt know what he's playing with. i still remember my dad trying to convince me hydroviper was a badguy.
in 1989/1990 my best friend bobby kendall (i think two l's) showed me some gijoes that were cool and said "you can get 2 for 3 bucks at walmart!" and then i got free fall and deepsix. scoop that was sitting in a processed plastic jet at woolworth's. then a couple more that i dont remember. then bobby made a guy named "flip" out of bullhorn's upper body and night creeper's lower body. he would do this awesome flip kick when playing. we would reenact terminator 2 and gijoe the movie with our gijoes. anyway, my collection grew and no one stands out as "who came next". bobby went to another school by the time i got big ben at eckerds. i remember that purchase too. down to how stupid i was saying "big ben"
the cartoon was on but i watched more of the dic series than the sunbow though. because i wasnt a toddler and could figure out what was going on during sunbow's period. i dont have these ride or die connections to either the show or the comics.
there was no "oo rah usa usa america is great!" patriotism when we (myself, or me with other kids) were playing with our gijoes, and that's probably why i never cared for the comics. hell when i make custom figures now, im not even trying to pretend to make a military themed character. it's superheroes or cyberpunk or space stuff or whatever.
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