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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 7,997
Top 20 Poster
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Joined: Apr 2005
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Rich - That rev up bike was mad fun bro! It used to do all kinds of crazy stuff. I may have had the Trailer set as well. ya know the one like Big Jim's  I had the Big Jim Camper and I had Big Jim, and I had tons of GI Joes. When we were kids we'd spend half an hour setting up Big Jim's table with all the crap on it, set up the whole campsite, and then have two GI Joes get into a fight and send one flying into the table. Great fun. We used to make up our own adventures and we had "good guys" and "bad guys." Each had their own fort, and of course they'd do battle. So it was pretty commonplace to have, for instance, General Custer go up against a Viking. Those weren't GI Joes, those guys were hard plastic and cost more. We had knights and soldiers and indians and cowboys and vikings and robots and whatever else we could get our hands on. Each one had their own back story and personality. We'd spend entire weekends in my grandparent's basement staging battles and such. Great fun. Oops - sorry for the thread drift. Yeah, I know Robbie is still out there risking his life, but I don't want to watch it... Bob - I didn't realize Bobby was still at it... I never see him on TV anymore. Rich - I'm right with ya!Those large thinner hard plastic figures were called "Johhny West" lol Remember "Capatin Action"? with the changing superhero costumes... Are you ready for this - I had one of the best collections of GI Joes in the entire East Coast. I had every piece they ever made from 1964-1975 a little after that as well then they started going to the small figures... To compete with Star Wars When I put my mind to something I'm relentless. I found every single piece to every set.... I sold all my GI Joes in 2000 to build my studio and buy my gear...
I had a beautiful salesman early issue GI Joe Sailor. I sold him for $5,000
They actually made a reproduction rev up Evel bike in the late 90's... One day i'll post up some photos of my Joe;s the coolest thing ever along with Slot Car car Aurora T- Jets & AFX race track sets
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