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[latinjoe22]

Everyone must've started their collection somewhere, so wouldn't it be nice to recall that fateful day you got that first Joe toy that started it all?

So what was the first Joe you ever owned and when did you get it? Try to remember the details of it, think of it as a Brain Age exercise .  And don't be shy if you only started collecting a year or a month ago, it only means that you have more to tell us than you can remember!

I'll go first. I got my first Joe in 1985, It was Shipwreck, my all time favorite character, and my mom bought it for me for 3.99$ at Eaton's of Downtown Montreal. My brother got his wish: Crimson Guard, and strangely I don't envy him to this day. It wasn't on a special occasion, she just wanted to give us a little treat on that day.

[Kronz]

My earliest memory is getting Zap and being frustrated he couldn't pose like he was on the card. I was three.

[olyeller01]

My grandparents gave me Sgt. Slaughter and the Triple T for my kindergarten graduation in 1985. 

That was my first Joe, and while the vehicle isn't the most wonderful, I was always glad to have Sarge!

[dodge822]

I got my first gi joe in 1987, it was outback, I got it for my 5th birthday, and althought the kness are loose, the crotch is broken, the arms are 92 gungho, and its had 9 o-rings in it, i still have it, - flashlight, and handle on his gun (strap still atached), and it is still my favorite one out of all my collection.

[pdaat]

Stalker, Scarlett and Rock'n'Roll 3 pack from Sears.

Many, many years ago.

[B]

  To be honest, I'm not really sure who I got first, I seem to recall several but no definitive figure. The early ones I remember where Big Boa, Dr. Mindbender, Lady Jaye, Viper.

  One of those four was first, and I remember choosing one of them because my brothers also collected joes and they decided that each of us had to have different ones from each other. I purchased them with refunds on pop bottles that we used to collect. That was the source of money for buying my toys in the 80's.

[morgardee]

That's a though one. I'm petty sure my first G.I.Joe set was Secret of the Mummy Tomb:



If your talking A Real American Hero then that is easy. Grunt and Stalker. The Irving boys bought them for me for my 9th birthday. I took them with me to Mothers Pizza and forgot Grunt's gun on the table. The waitress ran after us and gave me back his gun. Good times. 

[thatcarlguy]

My first was Destro. My mom had a nack for picking out the really cool characters. She also got me Skeletor and Skywarp.

[Editor]

Serpentor. Beyond him and a few tiger force and python patrols, I never collected joes as a kid. Blame limited funds and a preference for the Transformers and MASK lines at the time.

Getting back into things last year it was Resolute Cobra Commander.

[akpayne]

Mothers Pizza beside Swiss Chalet on Upper James?  Loved that place!!  Deep dish chicago style pizza!

Anyway - back on topic my first figures were Breaker, Clutch and the Vamp & RAM cycle.
I didn't have any cobra figures until almost a year later and it was Destro.

[NeoDragonKnight]

I dont remember exactly which one, I was so young, like 3 or 4 years old.  My brothers bought a few for me.  It was something probablly something from 85 think it was either, Snake Eyes, SS, a CG, airtight or televiper

[Realboss]

The first 12" was adventure team talking Joe, later destroyed by my brother and 3 3/4 was straight arm Short Fuse, my brothers got straight arm Stalker and straight arm Flash.  I still have them.