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Re: Lose the Plastic Thingies (tm)
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 22:30:08 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Eli Fleming wrote:
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> > Looking back, I sure wish I had spent all my GI-Joe
> > money on Lego. I think GI-Joe ushered in my Dark Ages...
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> 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.).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Steve
> 1) It was the 60s. If that doesn't explain everything, you're too young.
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 giant collection last year. Amazingly I got almost 70% of
the original price--but had I posted a photo I probably could have gotten much
more. Darn! At that point I just wanted it GONE however. I duly spent the money
on LEGO.
best
Lindsay
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes (...) I kind of spaced on the busted finger thing. I remember Zap ("bazooka expert" or something), my first GI Joe, hade some serious finger problems. Not only was the hand's plastic (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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