[macstavern]

everytime i saw a bat, cobra trooper, snow sperpent, eel, crimson guard, single carded i was buying!!! damn i miss spending alot of money, well kinda

[RockinHard]

Now we have the crap known as Rise of Cobra. Those were good times. Too bad I lost my job and had to sell all my Joes. I hope to get them back one day.

[ceraurus]

Great thread--nice find!! I fondly remember wasting a ton of gas on the 25th waves, catching wave 2 at Target early one Saturday morning, or wave 3 on my way to work one day.

[Nirvana]

I remember the excitement of finding a Cobra Trooper or Officer on the peg. Finally, I can army build! Probably picked up one or two troopers a week until they were completely gone.

[Shin-Gouki]

Back when I was actually buying Joes all the time.

[macstavern]

ahhhh, i cant stop thinking of that retro vibe ya got when ya walked down a toy isle and you saw that lovely art work on the cards...... it took me back to my child hood

[blayze5150]

I remember going to Wal Mart at 2am and looking through unstocked boxes and begging associates to bring more out. Great times, great memories!

[DaViper]

Ah the good ol days...I remember seeing photos of the 5pk in toyfare back then and was floored at how realistic they looked.

[RayH]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPrime

Seems like the 'Tank really took off after these came out. I was only vaguely aware of it prior to the 25th line coming out.

It probably would have been a longer thread, but most GI Joe collectors at the time were on other forums. I suspect the vast majority of posters here came onboard after the 25th line came out.

I remember seeing these pics on TNI and Yojoe. There was a lot of excitement over them. A fair bit of controversy, too, since EVERYONE at the time was an "o-ring collector". You got the odd "I'm boycotting everything made by Hasbro" post, much like today with the movie stuff. Heh, everything's cyclical...

Wow thats dead on, the "wah I'm banning all non- o-ring figures" is "waah I'm banning non-25th" It's like the same close-minded people that can't accept new things.

I really just find the old o-ring debate so laughable now... GI Joe isn't a little rubber ring, It's about the GI Joe mythos and characters.

[zenfakor]

Well, Im glad they made them, I first saw them at downtown disney at the disney store, and I was like, I have got to have these.