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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59200

    Skydiving GI Joe

    This is magical.

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  • drquest
    ~~/\~~\o/~~/\~~Shark!
    • Apr 17, 2012
    • 3741

    #2
    That Joe will have some stories to tell his buddies!
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    • EmergencyIan
      Museum Paramedic
      • Aug 31, 2005
      • 5470

      #3
      Great! The only thing that wound have made it better is having Joe’s parachute open up and, from the ground, film him gliding down.

      - Ian
      Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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      • Hedji
        Citizen of Gotham
        • Nov 17, 2012
        • 7246

        #4
        I haven't been that thrilled with adrenaline since Point Break!

        That was insanely cool, but like Ian, I was expecting his chute to open.

        Parachutes always fascinated me as a kid. AHI Parachutists and the Fisher Price Adventure People skydiver are part of my DNA.

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        • EmergencyIan
          Museum Paramedic
          • Aug 31, 2005
          • 5470

          #5
          ^ Same here! Had a lot of time and fun with the adventure people parachute. I think it's still ready in my parents garage with a RAH Joe on it. Also loved the AHI parachutist Spidey..had lots of fun with him.

          As a kid, it was close between parachutes and SCUBA.

          - Ian
          Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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          • Mikey
            Verbose Member
            • Aug 9, 2001
            • 47242

            #6
            The nerd in me is thinking, hmmm a brown haired Joe with blue eye ?

            I thought brown went with brown

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            • Hedji
              Citizen of Gotham
              • Nov 17, 2012
              • 7246

              #7
              Originally posted by EmergencyIan
              ^ Same here! Had a lot of time and fun with the adventure people parachute. I think it's still ready in my parents garage with a RAH Joe on it. Also loved the AHI parachutist Spidey..had lots of fun with him.

              As a kid, it was close between parachutes and SCUBA.

              - Ian
              Absolutely, Ian! Scuba figures always had that mysterious appeal too.

              When I saw this photo for Brian Heiler's Rack Toys Book, I was absolutely moved. It was as though someone took a snapshot from my childhood. This picture just speaks to anyone who enjoyed parachute toys as a kid.

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              • EmergencyIan
                Museum Paramedic
                • Aug 31, 2005
                • 5470

                #8
                Originally posted by Hedji
                Absolutely, Ian! Scuba figures always had that mysterious appeal too.

                When I saw this photo for Brian Heiler's Rack Toys Book, I was absolutely moved. It was as though someone took a snapshot from my childhood. This picture just speaks to anyone who enjoyed parachute toys as a kid.

                Oh wow!!! That's one heck of a photo...flashback time.

                AHI made a whole lot of great rack toys. I loved a number of them, but that Spider-Man parachutist is my favorite. It's certainly the most nostalgic for me. (Off topic, but another very nostalgic toy, for me, is the Remco powerized Captain America. I must have carried that guy around for a year...only put him down when I wasn't playing with Mego's, Adventure People or Star Wars. I was fascinated with it..I just loved him.)

                I had just about any figures with parachutes or SCUBA gear. For a while, I even had a Frogman/ SCUBA diver who was battery operated and swam in the pool or bathtub.

                - Ian
                Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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                • HardyGirl
                  Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                  • Apr 3, 2007
                  • 13933

                  #9
                  That was epic!
                  "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                  'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                  Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                  If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                  • Earth 2 Chris
                    Verbose Member
                    • Mar 7, 2004
                    • 32498

                    #10
                    My palms got sweaty just watching that. I'm surprised his arms didn't pop out when they grabbed him in the circle! But, yeah that was awesome sauce.

                    Oh, and I loved parachute toys too. Had a lot of the AHI Parachutists, and loved the chutes in my Joe Skystriker so much I ordered those parachute packs with my Flag Points!

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                    • Nostalgiabuff
                      Muddling through
                      • Oct 4, 2008
                      • 11290

                      #11
                      that might be the coolest thing I have ever seen. I wish they had opened the chute and filmed that. either way, very cool

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                      • GlobalObserver
                        Persistent Member
                        • Aug 12, 2004
                        • 2220

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Nostalgiabuff
                        that might be the coolest thing I have ever seen. I wish they had opened the chute and filmed that. either way, very cool
                        100% ditto!

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                        • palitoy
                          live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                          • Jun 16, 2001
                          • 59200

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Hedji
                          Absolutely, Ian! Scuba figures always had that mysterious appeal too.

                          When I saw this photo for Brian Heiler's Rack Toys Book, I was absolutely moved. It was as though someone took a snapshot from my childhood. This picture just speaks to anyone who enjoyed parachute toys as a kid.

                          This photo has a double punch of nostalgia for me, that's my old house!
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                          • Hedji
                            Citizen of Gotham
                            • Nov 17, 2012
                            • 7246

                            #14
                            I have such vivid memories of watching that big red spider logo as I dropped the chute off the upstairs hallway balcony. The the strings came loose from those little circular stickers after a few throws.

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