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Re: Lose the Plastic Thingies (tm)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:43:42 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Eli Fleming wrote:
> Looking back, I sure wish I had spent all my GI-Joe
> money on Lego. I think GI-Joe ushered in my Dark Ages...
Hey, GI Joe was great! Sure, when I got my first one, I had him pegged as a
weak-minded pawn of the military-industrial complex[1] (probably because of the
booklet showing how to pose him in various boot-camp situations; calisthenics,
weapons-handling, etc.).
Where was I? Oh, yeah! He quickly became my toy of choice. The space module,
the safari jeep, the tripod-mounted blaster thingy. These were all great.
I think I lost interest in Mr. Joe about the time they came out with Kung-Fu
grip. It's 2 months after your birthday, and your action figure no longer has
any fingers.
Steve
1) It was the 60s. If that doesn't explain everything, you're too young.
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| (...) Hm, I got into GI Joe just as they introduced the Swivel-Arm Battle Grip™. I loved the things--after a couple of years where fingers broke off, they changed plastic formulation for the forearms and solved that problem. I finally liquidated my (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I think Star Wars and G.I. Joe are exactly why Lego is making so many specialized pieces. They are trying to compete with these guys. I remember as a kid back in the early eighties(82-83?), I started to get heavily into GI-Joe. Prior to that I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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