History of GI Joe - 1982 | Looking Back at A Real American Hero | Vintage Action Figures / Toys

Every great toyline has to have a beginning. 1982 was the beginning of G.I.Joe and it is still awesome to this day.

Excellent video as always. And perfect timing. I am totally into Gijoe at the moment watching the SunBow episodes again. 82 was a great line-up. Can't beat army green and cobra Blue. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Epic stuff Ken and Chad 💥 I love that the ‘82 line look like a tight knit team. They will forever be the ‘originals’

I started in 82 with....the Cobra Officer. The silver Cobra symbol was the main draw for me....which of course rubbed off within a few days of play. Other figures followed. My Father was in the Marines, so he was very supportive of my G.I.Joe collection and often bought me figures or small vehicles, like the RAM cycle or the MMS. Once I met my Step-Brother, we combined our collections. Sometime around 1987 or 1988, my Step-Brother gave up much of his collection to me as he was no longer interested. In 1989...it would see the end of my G.I.Joes....and all my toys as one fateful school day, unbeknownst to me, my Step-Father opted to throw all available figures/toys to the trash. He did this on trash-day to ensure I could not rescue them; he even made sure to tell me specifically that. Why he was not mysteriously strangled in his sleep, I will never know. I guess 14 yr old me just wasn't up to it. Decades later, I decided I wanted that collection back. The prices for vintage figures were too high, but Classified was reasonable enough. So I have invested into buying Classified to gain it all back. There are still about 30 figures more to go, after all the pipe-line reveals and recent pre-orders come through. Some of the figures, I suspect I will never get in Classified. Mostly vehicle drivers like Lift Ticket, Lampreys, Wild Weasel, and even the HISS driver (because I started collecting too late to back it.)

Man missed the premiere well relplay works and the og 82 were all mine except for scarlet never found her. My joe collection started with rock n roll and didn’t stop till 87 because girls and sports took over.

To think this is where it all began but had this been the beginning and end of GI Joe I'm sure they would still be remembered fondly today. While I'm sure the worldwide success of the Real American Heroes was a surprise to Hasbro I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that they were just as huge here in Australia, which is why they will always be International heroes to me. Yo Joe and Full Force for this incredible video. Well done Ken & Chad 😎

Banger video, Ken!

Great dive into the history kick man good work

Great stuff! The 82' line was tops, though I prefer the 83' versions. The sets and vehicles was like nothing else. Joe's were the best line in the 80's and ever to me period. Thanks Ken and Chad!!😗👍:_Rowlf:

Hasbro's G. I. Joe ARAH surpassed and outclassed Kenner's Star Wars when it introduced the Swivel-Arm Battle Grip feature in 1983. 1982 to 1984 were the best years of the line. I consider Hawk, Stalker, Scarlett, & Snake-Eyes as the series' core characters.

Great work guys!!!

Nice! I would really like to see more about ACTION FORCE and it's individual figures looks like it would be a cool line to collect but I'm sure not easily done

Excellent video!

Great video

What a great era of joes. Great walk through. Nice touch adding Action Force.🎉

42 years later….

My favourite toyline growing up , at least I think it a was lol

Rad

I appreciate this video. Great job!!