Mummies and GI Joe go way back–all the way to the 70s. As a kid just barely aware of the large scale Joes that predated my childhood Real American Heros, I was somehow aware of the original search for the mummy set. Maybe it was the Peter Pan book and record. As an adult collector, I think that set perfectly encapsulates what makes the Adventure Team concept interesting to me. Joe can be a malleable enough brand to work well in an explorer role.
This modern 12 inch set places Joe in a more threatening mummy situation. Just look at the painting on the back of the box. That’s one mean-looking (if still out-of-scale) dessicated dude facing him down. And Joe is quite swoll compared to his 70s counterpart. “Pharaoh, do you even lift?”
Outback is to me one of the most compelling figures of 1987, the year in which I stopped collecting GI Joes. Other interests began to grab my attention, and toys fell be the wayside. That's not to say that I wasn't impressed with my last childhood hurrah for the toy…
The 1980s GI Joe line continued the tradition of compelling package art that began all the way back in 1964. The gritty, realistic paintings of Joe's original incarnation sold a world of adventure via a cardboard coffin box. The Adventure Team era took things to a bold new level in…
Having been a child in the 70s, I probably should have more memories about mid 70s toys than I do. I have vague memories of getting a Mego Planet of the Apes Dr. Zaius for Christmas, and I do remember having an Evel Knievel stunt set. Unfortunately, I have little to…
Here’s trivia. One of the gems is a repaint from Hasbro’s forbidden bridge game
The only energy they’re getting from that dude is if they use him for fossil fuel.
That looks like something Simon Bisley would paint. Very cool.