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Title: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: 5h4rK on September 12, 2010, 10:08:57 PM
Today I gave my nephew his first G.I. Joe! He's 4 years old and I bought him a Tiger Snake w. Street Viper for his birthday. At 3$ it was a steal (yes I'm a cheap guy!) But the good news is that it was finally his best toy (versus an electronic F-1 car, a V-Tech video game console and a lot of clothes) so I'm happy! The look in his eyes was priceless..  ;D
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: latinjoe22 on September 12, 2010, 10:33:24 PM
Well done El Tiburon (Shark in spanish). The LJ is very proud of you  :cobra:. +1 Timbit fer you.
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: 5h4rK on September 12, 2010, 11:10:36 PM
Thx man! The coolest thing was to play with him.. but now I need that SE bike to finish the set!
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: Redmao on September 13, 2010, 08:50:22 AM
That's pretty cool.
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: bandonov on September 13, 2010, 08:51:51 AM
I can't wait for my son to turn 4 so he can see all the GI Joes that I bought for him... Yes they are his, that is what I have been tellin gmy wife and the is the story I'm sticking too...  :shifty:
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: garling23 on September 13, 2010, 12:00:24 PM
awesome!  I have a 3 year old son and he and I like to fire them up and down the hall way!  they are pretty cool toys for 3$
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: morgardee on September 13, 2010, 12:26:57 PM
My guy turned 4 in August. He comes down to the rec room and plays a bit with the vehicles but not really the figures. Now if he would just give me back the launcher from the New Hiss tank, I could put that thing away.  :wink:
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: Thrashfennek72 on September 13, 2010, 01:04:34 PM
Great to hear that  ;D

My little stepbrother is now 10 years old but because of me and my dad he's more a toy kid then a video games kid . His own statement is 'Video games are fun 'n all but with toys you can make up your own story ' He loves Transformers , Jurassic park ( As a 90's kid i gave him mine ) and he likes gi joe too , He has one of those ROC snowmobiles and he LOVES it , I showed him some of the cartoon the other day and he was like...'Who is that ? Who is that ? Who is that !?... Hey that guy sounds like Starscream'  ;D  :cobra:

Too bad most kids spend there time behind an xbox caring about there K/D ratio
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: pdaat on September 13, 2010, 01:05:14 PM
My nephew's first Joe was Desert Ambush Duke.  Many more since.
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: 5h4rK on September 13, 2010, 10:26:04 PM
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"
...'Who is that ? Who is that ? Who is that !?... Hey that guy sounds like Starscream'  ;D  :cobra: Viva Chris Latta!!!
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: bandonov on September 13, 2010, 10:27:53 PM
Long Live Starscream!
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: B on September 14, 2010, 06:37:15 AM
someday, I hope I have a son who can have my joes, but I'll be honest, not till he learns to take care of them.
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: garling23 on September 15, 2010, 04:20:12 AM
Quote from: "Thrashfennek72"
Great to hear that  ;D

My little stepbrother is now 10 years old but because of me and my dad he's more a toy kid then a video games kid . His own statement is 'Video games are fun 'n all but with toys you can make up your own story ' He loves Transformers , Jurassic park ( As a 90's kid i gave him mine ) and he likes gi joe too , He has one of those ROC snowmobiles and he LOVES it , I showed him some of the cartoon the other day and he was like...'Who is that ? Who is that ? Who is that !?... Hey that guy sounds like Starscream'  ;D  :cobra:

Too bad most kids spend there time behind an xbox caring about there K/D ratio

That is awesome!
Title: Re: My nephew's first Joe!!
Post by: garling23 on September 15, 2010, 04:25:31 AM
Quote from: "B"
someday, I hope I have a son who can have my joes, but I'll be honest, not till he learns to take care of them.

Ya it was hard to give some of mine up.  I had a ton of totes in the baesment loaded with ARAH stuff from over the years.  when the ROC movie came out my son would see them at the store and want them.  After getting a few figures for him (putting away all the accessories & guns) and bringing up a few vehicles for him to play with he really got into it.  He has lots of other toys to play with but he loves his Joes the most. 

He has been very good with them and it helps when we go to the local toy shows and the can joe con and the dealers there have the $2 figure bins.  I let him go though and pick out ARAH figs for "his collection"