I was out of GI Joe collecting by1988, and wasn’t paying attention to catalogs any longer. Too bad, since there were some great toys, and still a decent spread in the Wishbook.
”Nice catalog spread indeed. The G.I.Joe X-19 Stealth Fighter with Driver, Ghost Rider, reminds me of the F-117 Nighthawk, when it was first revealed to the public, back in 1988.”
Really nice spread. rolling thunder is an all time favorite and the Cobra Bugg was way underrated. Funny I had the US Force version of the exact same Remco figures except mine was in a seven pack, all these plus the black ninja Martial Master.
Remco was good for that (rebranding their military line for specific retailers). Kmart was the home for American Defense, Sears had Commando Force, I think JC Penny might have had Freedom Force, and a few figures would return in desert camo under generic Desert Storm and Desert Shield brands.
I remember this ad very well. I would’ve had so much fun with the Cobra Bugg. Even the Commando Force playsets look fun. Very similar to the Joe battlefield accessories sets.
I’m happy to see the IGs have a larger offering than the standard Cobras and are the only sub team represented.
I assume the 7packs came in white mailer boxes, but I wonder if they had art on the boxes and if the figures came attached to the file cards in bubbles or bagged.
I’ve never seen any ’88’s bagged with full gear and filecards. So, maybe they were the fully carded figures? I don’t recall any red backed filecards for those figures, either. So, seeing them here opens the question of how they were shipped out.
The big vehicle shot is a little sparse, but they did some nice work on the set with the trees and mountains. I don’t remember marketing for GIJoe in ’88 at all.
”Nice catalog spread indeed. The G.I.Joe X-19 Stealth Fighter with Driver, Ghost Rider, reminds me of the F-117 Nighthawk, when it was first revealed to the public, back in 1988.”
Soooo much better than the clown-shoes offerings of 1987.
Really nice spread. rolling thunder is an all time favorite and the Cobra Bugg was way underrated. Funny I had the US Force version of the exact same Remco figures except mine was in a seven pack, all these plus the black ninja Martial Master.
Remco was good for that (rebranding their military line for specific retailers). Kmart was the home for American Defense, Sears had Commando Force, I think JC Penny might have had Freedom Force, and a few figures would return in desert camo under generic Desert Storm and Desert Shield brands.
I remember this ad very well. I would’ve had so much fun with the Cobra Bugg. Even the Commando Force playsets look fun. Very similar to the Joe battlefield accessories sets.
I’m happy to see the IGs have a larger offering than the standard Cobras and are the only sub team represented.
I assume the 7packs came in white mailer boxes, but I wonder if they had art on the boxes and if the figures came attached to the file cards in bubbles or bagged.
I’ve never seen any ’88’s bagged with full gear and filecards. So, maybe they were the fully carded figures? I don’t recall any red backed filecards for those figures, either. So, seeing them here opens the question of how they were shipped out.
The big vehicle shot is a little sparse, but they did some nice work on the set with the trees and mountains. I don’t remember marketing for GIJoe in ’88 at all.
Great dioramas!