Rat Rod said:
This motley crew showed up at my house this morning. :mrgreen:
my little nepthew got a crap load of "boy barbies" for xmas.
there not quite as cool as the action man series i had as a kid.
1970's boy barbies. lol
i was actually surprized how light weight the new dolls where.
back in the day i dam near knocked out my best friend jay, when action man's paracute failed (tossing action man out a 3rd story window) jay was outside catching em. i think he got 4 stitches in the noggin for his efforts. those old action men weight a tonne (solid plastic, not thin hollow plastic like the g.i.goe.)
anyhoo, if you collect gijoe, you should get at least one action man. (perhaps the one called g.i. joe.) i'm pretty sure these where the first, and probably had alot to do with the g.i. joes of today (cartoon,figures 12" figures etc)
btw, the old action man series was huge. anything available to the military (in the 70's) was also available in the action man series. tanks,jeeps,rockets launchers, even rubber rafts. ? (if ya look hard enongh you'll even find hitler)
as far as gifts go. i think my goofy hat has to be one of my fav's.
it was a very unexpected surprize from somebody i thought i'd never see again.