The first thing I ever got GI Joe related was the Adventure Team copter in 1978, so that was a start. For the 3 3/4" it was the 1982 Colorform play set, thin plastic pieces that clung to this special board, almost like fridge magnets, after that I got the RAM and Breaker for Christmas, and that was the beginning, mind you I never had a lot of Joes, I remember having a VAMP w/Clutch, Duke, Zartan & the Chameleon, the Manta, a HISS tank, a couple of Cobras, Destro, Lt Falcon (the version with the sound attack backpack), 1989 Rock n Roll with the ridiculous guns, a rather beaten up Skystriker, and Airtight. I also had the TYCO train set. I was really into the cartoon, and never even read the comic until a few years ago.

These days I pretty much have all of the vehicles I ever wanted (some are still incomplete, but I'm getting there), and I'm still working on the figures side of the house, I never ever really lost my love of GI Joe, it fell to the sidelines for quite a few years, but I still picked up stuff here and there (my original collection, as small as it was went to one of my cousins quite a few years ago)

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SILENT DUSTY

"...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him."
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