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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2009, 05:47:42 PM »
My parents dumped me on my grandmother one weekend so they could go away.
She took me to a store and bought me Rock N Roll, and the RAM.
His thumb broke off when I tried to put the gun in his hand, so we went back the next day to get another one. The store owner said to keep Rock N Roll and pick another one since they didn't have anymore of him.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2009, 06:07:34 PM »
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The store owner said to keep Rock N Roll and pick another one since they didn't have anymore of him.

... And who did you pick?
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2009, 06:16:17 PM »
Well having been born in 1984, I was a bit of a late starter in terms of Joes.

I didn't get just one first Joe, I got a whole bunch (a few incomplete) secondhand from my cousin, all at once, some time in '88.

Sci-Fi (complete, rifle holder on backpack broken)
Tomax and Xamot (complete)
Crimson Guard (with backpack only)
Barbecue (Backpack and axe only)
Frostbite (no rifle, but Snow Job's ski gear)
Mainframe (backpack and computer only)

If you mean something I got myself, brand new, that has to wait till 1993, and even then it's a bit iffy which one it was. I know I got two Joes that year, so it was either Vega from the Street Fighter line or Ace and the Ghoststriker X-16.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2009, 10:04:21 PM »
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  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.


Hey, talk about a curious coincidence. The second Joe figure I got was Lady Jaye, followed by Dr. Mindbender.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2009, 10:32:06 PM »
I was born in 92 so my first joes ever where Sgt. Savage I had some great times with those guys. I still have my Iron Stormtroopers kicking around the house. after that it was all Spiderman :spidey:
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2009, 02:29:11 AM »
My first was Grunt, purchased at Capilano Mall Woolco in Edmonton in the fall of '82. I wanted Flash but didn't see him until after the swivel arm battle grip was introduced, which in a way I guess, was fortunate, as the playability/poseability was helped out a lot by that feature.

I suddenly feel old. Why, I remember in my day we didn't even have swivel arm battle grip...
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2009, 11:23:38 AM »
The first Joes I got were Torpedo, swivel arms Snake Eyes, Gung Ho, Doc and Cobra trooper for my fifth birthday.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2009, 03:20:35 PM »
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... And who did you pick?

oops!

Cobra Solider or Cobra Officer. Not really sure.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2009, 08:09:36 AM »
It's hard for me to remember, because the ARAH line was pretty much coming out at the same time I was...

So, I was started pretty young.


But, I distinctly remember having the Skystorm...  Not first, but early on.  That was one of the first that was all mine - I got a bunch from my brothers, when they outgrew playing in the mud.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2009, 11:33:48 AM »
First one is a toss up, since I received 2 vehicles and some figures at Christmas.  I am pretty sure I had Steeler, Stalker, Snake Eyes, Short Fuse, Cobra Officer and 2 Cobra Troopers.  All I know is that I was hooked.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2009, 01:14:50 PM »
Was anyone able to get the SNAKE armour back in the day?
I remember looking for that at every toy department - I never did own it when I was a kid.
I even went so far as to write Hasbro in Quebec a letter asking them if there was anyway of purchasing it directly.
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Re: What's the first Joe Toy you ever owned?
« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2009, 01:30:27 PM »
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Was anyone able to get the SNAKE armour back in the day?
I remember looking for that at every toy department - I never did own it when I was a kid.
I even went so far as to write Hasbro in Quebec a letter asking them if there was anyway of purchasing it directly.

Funny thing with the snake armour. I got the blue version and always hated it. I wanted the white one like they had in the cartoon. Good thing I kept it and didn't play with it. It's probably at least an 8 out 10. No, I'm not going to trade it for a white one.
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