Now that everyone has welcomed the newb perhaps we could get back on topic to discussing why we like GIJOE?
For me.. it has nothing to do with the comics or cartoons.. it's literally the Swivel Arm Battle Grip.. I was 5 and had lego.. I was 6 and had star wars.. I was 7 and got G.I.Joe my parents knew that in 1987 I'd cross a border that held no boundaries.. The fun thing now is.. I remember being 8 or 9.. and spent countless hours of the summer in the garden setting up figures and bases.. and setting my figures in poses.. I'd think to myself.. woah if only i had a way of filming it all.. and if only I could biuld my own sets... Guess what!!! Today I realise that dream.. you could say for me growing up as meant nothing.. just that all the materials & resources I wanted as a child.. example.. dremel.. wood.. paints etc.. I couldnt get.. now I can.. and since I got a digital camera each waking day I spend on new ideas and plots.. and I have a folder to work on these projects.. . to me the figures I got into in 1987 ....my first we're... flint, dialtone, crazy legs, airtight, frostbite, dr.mindbender and ripper.. all swivel arm figures.. and I really could never see beyond that.. as I said the boundary or border was crossed and today the collecting continues.. I love GIJOE cause its a cool toy primarily because of the articulation alone. The majority of characters are based on the filecards written by Larry H, I've seen some of the toons.. and tbh I see them as just entertainment and nothing more.

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