G.I. Joe Military Vehicles

[Griz882]

I like the “bottle of whiskey pre-flight” look myself.

 

[mad dog]

I like the “bottle of whiskey pre-flight” look myself.

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I dug the “leisure suit” look…my mom actually made that purple and blue leisure suit for my GI Joe [pictured below] back in the early 1970s…probably from material from the leisure suit that she made for my dad…

 

[Randy Daytona]

Any discussion of G.I. Joe has to have these:

 

[SynixMan]

I got the USS Flagg aircraft carrier as a hand me down from my cousin. Coolest shit in the world. Had a greater than zero percent impact on my desire to Fly Navy.

 

[mad dog]

I got the USS Flagg aircraft carrier as a hand me down from my cousin. Coolest shit in the world. Had a greater than zero percent impact on my desire to Fly Navy.

Dang!

You still have it, right?

 

[ChuckMK23]

I received this for Christmas one year - epic!




Of course it was only outdone by the Verti-Bird as my favorite toy ever:

 

[taxi1]

Jealous

 

[Random8145]

I received this for Christmas one year - epic!

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Of course it was only outdone by the Verti-Bird as my favorite toy ever:

Wow, FOUR FEET long, that must've been epic to receive as a kid!

 

[AIRMMCPORET]

I had a Verti bird as a kid.?

 

[mad dog]

I had a Verti bird as a kid.?

Lucky you and lucky @ChuckMK23 were fortunate to have had those cool Vertibirds.

I was not so lucky…my parents figured I would poke somebody’s eye out or poke my own eye out…and/or tear up wallpaper, furniture, etc. No Vertibird for me.

My buddy, Paul, had one of those cool Vertibirds…and if I remember correctly, it was a USCG ship. Fortunately, my parents did allow me to fly Paul’s Vertibird…and nobody got their eye poked out but ***we did tear up wallpaper, furniture, etc.

***LATE ENTRY: At Paul’s house, not my house.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Christmas 1977 I received a TRS-80 computer, talk about epic! Changed my life. I spent hours learning to code alone in my room, sometimes not sleeping. I had a little popcorn popper and a small fridge in my room and I would not leave for days!!!

 

[Griz882]

I received this for Christmas one year - epic!

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Of course it was only outdone by the Verti-Bird as my favorite toy ever:

I was wondering…could you rig the F-4 so it landed in the right direction? If not, is the 2 wire the new 3 wire on the reverse landing?

 

[Griz882]

Found this…the carrier toy looks fun!

 

[ChuckMK23]

"the groove" was 30-40 feet of heavy weight fishing line that was generously lubed with silicon oil.

 

[hlg6016]

I was wondering…could you rig the F-4 so it landed in the right direction? If not, is the 2 wire the new 3 wire on the reverse landing?

Right into the barrier.