I have LOTS of Memories about the 80's and GI Joe. I remember July 4th 1982, when I went on a beer run with my uncle and dad to Rite Aid (I can't remember why they went to the drug store to buy beer!?!) but I saw new GI Joe figures and a few weeks earlier, I had just bought the GI Joe Comic. There I saw them....Stalker, Snake eyes, Grunt, RockNRoll, Flash and Zap. I snagged SE and Stalker and headed to the register. My uncle, who didn't wanna waste time having me check out separately (I would have cut into his beer time!) paid for my first two Joes.

A few hours later I went back and got Flash and Rock-N-Roll. I was into StarWars at the time and I Loved that the new joes were the same size. The Articulation blew me away (and this was before swivel arm!)

That was ONE of my memories.

I remember my father had a garden in the back one year (he never got anything to grow!). in spring of 1983, I dug it up and made a trench around it and put my 1983 HQ in the middle and made a fire base out of it.


I remember having friends that collected and we set up HUGE wars. Most of the time, by the time we unloaded our stuff and set up, it was time to go!

I remember getting me and my Cousin Gregory (he was about 8 and I was about 17 or 18) TomaHawks. I remember they cost $16.99 a piece and I loved having a troop carrying helicopter!

And I remember going to Hills Department store and having to use $50.00 of my own money to buy the FLAGG on Christmas. (My Parents were poor, so they agreed to pay half.!) We were in my Aunt's little hatchback and the box was so big we had to lower the back seat and sit on the Box with our heads cranked to the side because we were hitting the ceiling. We had stiff necks for two days because the ride was an hour and a half and my sister and cousin Anita cursed me the whole time!

Damn, thanks for the memories!