I have a lot of fun playing a bit of clean-up with card art images. The Adventure Team sets didn’t often offer a lot of real estate to show off product paintings, but the carded outfits gave up a little more package width to showcase the set. The paintings were often evocative, and certainly helped to fire one’s imagination. This one is a perfect 1970s espionage caper, with Joe peering out a window at a rocket launch.
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…
Looking back at the first series of 80s Joes, I get a sense that these images more than any others would make a great collage. Has anyone done that yet? 1982's Joes to me are an excellent continuation of the 60s and 70s package paintings, at least they give me…
One of the things I really enjoy about the Adventure Team package art are the mixing of depictions of the product in both fictional and real-world settings. The Windboat illustrates Joe in his craft at the left, yet the right panel shows a kid hand assembling the toy. Better yet,…
Shame it wasn’t a full outfit. The Polistil Action Team version had a much cheaper fabric and simpler looking trench coat. It was also a tad smaller and looked really tight on their muscle body figures…and yes, it still had the walkie talkie…I much prefer the “deluxe” Undercover Agent set with the mask, attache case with collapsible gun etc. I have the Shildkrot Action Team Geheimdienst version. It’s identical.
I’m just wondering who leaves a ramshackle old shed so close to their high tech rocket launching facility? Not even Cobra Commander is that negligent.
That’s a pretty exciting image to get your imagination working on a spy caper for Joe!
Shame it wasn’t a full outfit. The Polistil Action Team version had a much cheaper fabric and simpler looking trench coat. It was also a tad smaller and looked really tight on their muscle body figures…and yes, it still had the walkie talkie…I much prefer the “deluxe” Undercover Agent set with the mask, attache case with collapsible gun etc. I have the Shildkrot Action Team Geheimdienst version. It’s identical.