Toy links tagged "G.I. Joe"
Joe the mirror.
“Almost from his birth at the dawn of the Vietnam War, G.I. Joe was as much a symbol as a toy.”
Joe at war.
“And as tensions escalated in Vietnam, public opinion turned against all things military in nature …”
Anti-Joe.
“There were kids whose moms wouldn’t allow them to buy Joes … Their moms didn’t want military things around the house.”
Joe the adventurer.
“The 1969 Adventures of GI Joe series was shift by Hasbro away from the military themed sets towards a world of adventure. The basic uniforms, especially of the adventurers, still have a paramilitary flavor, but the accessory sets focus much more on civilian action.”
Joe the war profiteer.
“In fact, the biggest years for G.I. Joe were during the height of the Vietnam protest, from ’69 to ’73.” (See the Collectible Toys & Values scans.)
3DJoes.com.
“3DJoes is dedicated to preserving the sculpt and package art of G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero through interactive 360 photography and digital photo restoration.” (See also.)
On the artwork of the late Hector Garrido.
“As I get older and look back more and more to those times under the trees in my yard with my tons of Joe toys … I realise how much of an impact the art and design, especially the packaging art, has had on me as an artist.” (See also.)
Kirk Bozigian on the G.I. Joe File Cards.
“This was at a time when baseball cards were really hot, and I felt this was one of the easiest ways of telling kids who our characters were …” (See the Action Figure News And Toy Review scans.)
Packaging G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
“Sorry to break it to you, but you have the Netherlands flag on your ‘American Hero’ box.” (YouTube, 06:12.)
Marty Pasko on writing for the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon.
“They literally gave you a sheet enumerating the product that had to be included in the show. It was a brilliant procedure from a marketing standpoint in the sense that they had very specific targets in mind as to when the individual episodes would be aired … with regard to product rollout.” (Part 2.)