Joe vehicles of the 1980s
Joe: A Real American Hero is arguably the greatest toy line ever made. characters, brought to life by Larry Hama, have stood the test of time, outlasting and outselling everything from its time with the exception of Transformers and Star Wars toys. toys were the most popular of its day; The Marvel comic book outsold even the X Men. But what really made the toy line out were the vehicles. Joe was not just an array of action figures, it was a military force to happen, which meant tanks, planes, boats and some weird gear too. are the best the best of the best, in fact the Top 10 Joe vehicles of the 1980s. Joe bring to the table? Well, what we have here is a motorcycle a motorcycle with an aircraft Vulcan cannon strapped to the side. is a pretty good example of how this whole toy line goes from here. Straight to Awesome Town.
8. WHALE (1984) This olive drab combat hovercraft has been the absolute favorite for many Joe fans since 1984. Joe stands tall right next to Star Wars and Nintendo as ways to keep geeks from bothering actual girls. COBRA MORAY HYDpatagonia wetsuits review 2012ROFOIL (1985) Another boat I ve never owned, but just look at this thing! It looks like it doing 40 knots while it just sitting there. has been some argument and speculation as to what inspired the design of a combat hydrofoil that looks like a cigarette boat with the Punisher armory strapped to the top, but everyone can agree that that this ship is one of the snakes seawater.
6. patagonia store georgia0Joe might have had the advantage in troops and tanks, but Cobra had the coolest planes. SR 71 inspired Night Raven was a sleek, sinister black aircraft in a scale you just don t see much of anymore. 3 feet long, with room for two in the cockpit and a detachable spy craft, the Night Raven still stands out in a collection. beautiful as Chad Hucal s photography is, you really can t appreciate this until you see it in person and feel its heft inpatagonia store georgia your handsand make whooshing jet noises.
2. Joe line, this might be the winner among fans. introduced in the Marvel comics as the Destro designed Tank Smasher, the tilt wing VTOL Cobra Rattler is like the anime stepchild of an A 10 Warthog, all nose cannons and bomb racks, wrapped up in lovely Cobra blue. in the cartoon, and depicted with incredible detail in the comics, the Cobra Rattler is such a fan favorite that Hasbro was making them as recently as 2008, so that a new generation of kids could run around and carpet bomb the living room. Joe series and in the opinion of many collectors, the king of the entire action figure sector. pictures fail to do this thing justice, because this is to my knowledge, the biggest action figure anything made, ever. Flagg was big enough to hold every vehicle and figure produced in the previous years! is the vehicle/playset that every kid in the 1980s wanted. was massive. was so big, you needed to get rid of your bed, your dog and your little sister just to make room. Which I have in a heartbeat only I had the military budget required for this floating piece of heaven.
They used to retail forpatagonia hooded guide vest $89.99 but now by some estimates sealed Flagg go for $10,000! That number is way higher than I ever seen but if it on the Internet it must be true. I still can afford it.
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Ah, memories. JOE SKYSTRIKER XP 14F from this list. The Moray hydrofoil were pretty pimp; I loved how the ski like apparatus popped out when I wanted evil to prevail! The Skystriker was the highest quality of the bunch. I believe it included a Joe with a working parachute. I recall there being an enormous ground base for the Joes, but I don remembpatagonia r1 full ziper what it was called. There was a train, too. Of course, I owned neither. Joe bases out of Lincolnpatagonia backpacks review Logs and Tinker Toys. Perfect for destroying during a Cobra assault!
I totally agree with the last 3. I actually think I remember BEING an orphan for some years because my parents had to make room for my brother USS Flagg. I also remember the Cobra Rattler, and it brilliant blue with all those missiles that kept my Barbies from safely shopping for years. It brought me way back and made me feel good inside. I be looking forward to further articles involving The Terrordrome and other kick a$$ bases. Thanks AK!
I have most of whatnew patagonia kids boys torrentshell waterproof rain jacket folios green m you show on this article. But you seem to have forgotten the DEFIANT shuttle playset, It is MASSIVE individual playsets combine to make one large adventure. The Flagg is just awesome to behold, I personally have a complete one with 2 Skystrikers on deck along with the Dragonfly and Tomahawk your list is impressive but as a collector and super fapatagonia outlet store dallasn of GiJoe I could argue the points and give you countless reasons why this should be here and that should be there, but I wont, what I will do is say from all of us collectors, Thanks, thanks for featuring GiJoe and collecting it patagonia store georgia1as a professional.
The only one of these vehicles that I owned as a kid was the Killer Whale hovercraft, but I wanted all of these. I bought re issue versions of thpatagonia better sweater coat smalle HISS and the Rattler about 5 years ago or so, but there are currently in storage and I probably should not have spent the money. Anyways, great list, I could not argue with any of these, espatagonia arizona property for salepecially with the USS Flagg being 1. I did not know anyone who owned that, it just seemed too extreme! Other favorite (but not as classic) vehicles that I owned were the Cobra Mamba and the Joe Phantom
I remember having the hovercraft in the bathtub and I could barely move, but it was great!
Sometimes I brought it out to the pool where it was awesome! GI Joe will always hold a place in my heart. I still had alot of men in my mom closet from 20 years before, but they were lost in Hurricane Katrina. I feel like I lost some old dear friends, I wanted to pass them down to my sons. YO JOE!!!
GI Joe was my absolute favorite as a child. I started in 1982 with the Vamp and Clutch and about 60 figures later I got the USS Flag for Xmas in 1985. I held on to them all (Unfortunately the Flagg was lost from storage) until financial situations called me to list them on Ebay last year. I ended up making so much off of them that I started buying up other peoples collections and relisting them individually. I not at it anymore, but now I am a lifelong collector and have over 500 Joe I have had more fun and have made a descent profit along the way. Anyone who wishes they could own these again, I would advise to buy a larger collection on auction and then start relisting everything at a reasonable it now price that includes a small profit. JOE USS Flagg to me. He then suggested the impossible, that he would get me that. Even though this was the one toy every boy wanted, I assumed he was testing me. So I said, No. It costs to much. I was 5 years old, but wise enough that my other parent might have a problem with a $90 dollar toy. Well he bought me this wonderful majestic molded plastic toy, we went home assembled it applied all of the decals, I set up all of my figures in their appropriate posistions, stepped back to admire my work, and up the stairs my dad comes to see his investment.
So I had it, but for only one night in the summer of 1985. Joe was so cool because they were so FUN to play with. I had several of these vehicles but the Cobra Rattler was by far my favorite. My brother had one too so Joe never stood a chance! Many of the vehicles were based on real military hardware with totally awesome and unabashedly over patagonia guide jacket heaterthe top weapons, missiles, guns, etc. mounted on every flat surface of the vehicle. I never had the bigger items: Flagg, Bases, etc. because my parents could not comprehend shelling out big bucks for plastic toys. But that didn matter, we would haul our Joe loot out to the backyard (where the terrain was more realistic) and wage massive battles. The cartoon was fun too if you could look past the fact that no Joe or Cobra suffered more than a flesh wound! It was the most violent but non violent cartoon ever. Looking at this certainly brought back some great memories. Alas, when we got older most of oupatagonia store georgia2r Joe were annihilated by BB gun, firework and gasoline (our napalm) attacks. But no regrets for their loss, for as they sat lying on the battlefield of childhood joy they could gaze contentedly across the horizon, knowing they had fought a long and glorious fight to entertain the hearts of two young boys. They will be missed. LONG LIVE COBRA!
Man, this list rocks, my friend! I came across it at work and said, Time out, y I never regretted not owning a toy as a kid more than the Killer Whale. Oh, the joy I could have had! Never the less, just gawking at it on this list made my day. Admittedly, I was a sucker for the MOBAT and Ram, and one toy left off the list that I loved was the GI Joe Jeep. Also, though it not a vehicle, the GI Joe Headquarters action set was home to many hours of imagination in action for me. Good list, man. Next time, do top 20 action figures. I love to see that.
