“Hombre” Means Man! Such says the Montgomery Wards 1973 Christmas catalog. I suppose some folks had to have the word explained to them back in the day. Regardless, Hombre is a GI Joe knockoff in the vein of the Adventure Team, although he looks more akin to Mego’s Action Jackson in the face. He’s sporting some mighty fine sideburns. I dig his extra floppy boonie hat!
Here's my all-time favorite 80s GI Joe catalog page layout. Thanks to my folks, I had all the product on this page by Christmas of '84. It's a nuclear nostalgia bomb, for sure. Merry Christmas everybody!
There are no calling birds to be found on this fourth day of the twelve Joe A Days of Christmas, but there is a calling from a simpler time--1984, to be exact. From a childhood tome of toy wishes, and its aged pages come memories of the Real American Hero's…
In the days before Cyber Monday, there was...um, Catalog Whatever Day. 80s and 90s kids probably remember the big three Christmas catalogs from Wards, Sears and JC Penney, but do you recall the lesser known holiday toy tomes? This one comes to us courtesy of Joe bud Flag Points Dave,…
If I recall correctly, this ‘ hombre ‘ didn’t have joints, but rather, a wire armature frame. In other words, you bent him in a pose, and he stayed that way. At least, until the wire was bent too many times and broke. Not un hombre macho or fuerte. Que lastima.
if GI JOE was the Patton of toy soldiers, Hombre was Montgomery…Wards.
If I recall correctly, this ‘ hombre ‘ didn’t have joints, but rather, a wire armature frame. In other words, you bent him in a pose, and he stayed that way. At least, until the wire was bent too many times and broke. Not un hombre macho or fuerte. Que lastima.