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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5795
    #1

    Big Jim PACK Attack



    I love everything about this early Big Jim PACK page from the 1975 Wards catalog, note the rough logo, and the description that lists the P.A.C.K members as reformed bad guys. Both of those things would disappear when the toys hit shelves.




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    • Wee67
      Museum Correspondent
      • Apr 2, 2002
      • 10588
      #2
      I notice they also dropped the backstory of Dr. Steel being a recovering meth addict.
      WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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        • Werewolf
          Inhuman
          • Jul 14, 2003
          • 14623
          #3
          The truck from Barbie's horse trailer set. I think that was reused for the Sunshine Family too.
          You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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            • PNGwynne
              Master of Fowl Play
              • Jun 5, 2008
              • 19458
              #4
              ^And earlier for the Big Jim Safari Jeep.
              WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                • palitoy
                  live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                  • Jun 16, 2001
                  • 59229
                  #5
                  Most of the original Big Jim vehicles were molded in black and had PACK stickers, I think the lazervette is the only new tooling.

                  In the PACK Comic, the Blitz Rig is clearly a repurposed Big Jim Camper but it didn't come out that way.
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                    • toyhunter1970
                      Veteran Member
                      • Feb 24, 2020
                      • 364
                      #6
                      I love the way Big Jim Commander and Dr Steel are positioned real bad arse

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                        • PNGwynne
                          Master of Fowl Play
                          • Jun 5, 2008
                          • 19458
                          #7
                          Originally posted by palitoy
                          Most of the original Big Jim vehicles were molded in black and had PACK stickers, I think the lazervette is the only new tooling.

                          In the PACK Comic, the Blitz Rig is clearly a repurposed Big Jim Camper but it didn't come out that way.
                          I've never cared for the PACK camper as pictured, I think the classic Barbie camper would have been better but perhaps the truck seemed more rugged.
                          Last edited by PNGwynne; Jul 6, '20, 11:58 AM.
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                            • palitoy
                              live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                              • Jun 16, 2001
                              • 59229
                              #8
                              Originally posted by PNGwynne
                              I've never care for the PACK camper as pictured, I think the classic Barbie camper would have been better but perhaps the truck seemed more rugged.
                              Yeah as far as I can tell, the Beast is the earliest PACK Vehicle. As a collector of PACK stuff, it's the one I don't own.
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                                • Werewolf
                                  Inhuman
                                  • Jul 14, 2003
                                  • 14623
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by PNGwynne
                                  ^And earlier for the Big Jim Safari Jeep.
                                  The Barbie Travelin Trailer saw a lot of use. I'm pretty sure the Big Jim vettes were retooled from the Barbie Star/Super/Dream Vette mold.
                                  You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                                    • toyhunter1970
                                      Veteran Member
                                      • Feb 24, 2020
                                      • 364
                                      #10
                                      question the pack comic book ad from 1975 was it drawn by jack kirby? This still ad mesmerizes me
                                      https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dKcAAOSwja5epL-4/s-l1600.jpg
                                      Last edited by toyhunter1970; Jul 6, '20, 1:34 PM.

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                                        • Brown Bear
                                          Still Old School
                                          • Feb 14, 2008
                                          • 7057
                                          #11
                                          Big Jim and Dr Steel were HUGE parts of my childhood
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                                            • cjefferys
                                              Duke of Gloat
                                              • Apr 23, 2006
                                              • 10180
                                              #12
                                              I'm trying to remember how Dr. Steel was marketed pre-P.A.C.K. If not a villain at least some kind of anti-hero? I haven't seen his original commercial in decades so perhaps I'm just imagining that.

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                                                • palitoy
                                                  live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                                                  • Jun 16, 2001
                                                  • 59229
                                                  #13
                                                  He was marketed as Jim's "greatest challenge" and the whole concept was "is he friend or foe".
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                                                  Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
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                                                    • cjefferys
                                                      Duke of Gloat
                                                      • Apr 23, 2006
                                                      • 10180
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by palitoy
                                                      He was marketed as Jim's "greatest challenge" and the whole concept was "is he friend or foe".
                                                      Ah thanks, that must have been what I was remembering. Good idea on Mattel's part actually, it opened up the play scenario possibilities for the figure.

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                                                        • toyhunter1970
                                                          Veteran Member
                                                          • Feb 24, 2020
                                                          • 364
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by toyhunter1970
                                                          question the pack comic book ad from 1975 was it drawn by jack kirby? This still ad mesmerizes me
                                                          https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dKcAA...-4/s-l1600.jpg
                                                          bueller bueller?

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