Creator of "G.I. Joe" Action Figure Passes Away at 86
 

For young boys since 1964, G.I. Joe was a staple of the toy box:

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I preferred guns. Real ones. Not some macho Barbie that had his junk shot off in a war. Ken was neutered by the Misogynistic Barbie.

I wasn't into dolls either. Guns were where it was at. (Thank you Lee-Enfield and Cooey)

We had Action Man in the UK.

I'm a bit freaked out by you guys having guns as kids TBH :haha:

I said I preferred guns. It doesn't mean my parents were crazy enough to give me any.:haha:

I had those bendy space men when I was 6 years old. Thought it was pretty kewl to set'em up and plink at them with me .177 full metal jacket Daisey BB gun. Yep, I was right regular SGT Rock back then. Arrrrrrr Giiiiyaaaaa zip zip zing!

we played cowboys and indians when I was a young'un. When I was 16 I bought my first Lee-Enfield and had a 16 gauge shot gun given to me.:up:

You must have soon lost all your 'Indian' friends :)

I went from shooting Indians to trap/skeet shooting and rabbit hunting. Funny thing with a 303 and shooting rabbits.....If you get them in the head you get meat. Anywhere else and you've wasted a bullet.

Yeah, same with squirrels...there was a guy on tv last week who has a squirrel pie recipe and he was facing the same problem :)

I let the cats have the squirrels and chipmunks. They gotta get exercise, too.

Didn't shoot your eye out?:D

I chose not to be a racist kid. We played Army with sticks and dirt clod grenades. If you couldn't prove that you shot one of the enemy soldiers with your stick, the grenades removed all doubt.:haha:

He didn't like Curry.

Squirrels can't make pies because they're nuts.:doh:

We did the Army thing in winter with snowballs.

I didn't view it as racist back then. Army with snow balls and snow forts was a lot of fun.

He's pulling your chain :haha:

We played the same games... :arrgh!:
Although I was jealous of my friends who had GI-Joes... We were poorer than them !!