Action Jackson or GI Joe?

[Godzilla]

I had both as a kid and loved them greatly. If I had to pick, I honestly couldn't. AJ may be ugly, but he was an 8 inch man of action at my house.

[Mikey]

Back in the day I had one Action Jackson (that I never played with) and like 6 GI Joes that I always played with.

I was a GI Joe boy for sure.

[bizzaro megomauler]

I was given AJ but never a GI Joe.......So AJ wins here


-Deprived child

[Werewolf]

I don't remember even seeing AJ in stores as a kid. Can't imagine I would have wanted one if I had. I think he is kind of bland looking in comparison to GI JOE. I do remember seeing the Super Joes as a kid in a Sears catalog and thinking they were really cool looking. But the first Joes I actually played with were the 3 3/4 inch ones.

[TrueDave]

Never knew about Action Jackson. First "original Joe " I was bought new was Super Joe Commander. After my mom pointed out he looked like my abusive dentist i never played with him again.

[HardyGirl]

I'm a fan of both. As a kid, I had 2 AJs. He went w/ me everywhere when I first got him. But I always liked the GIJoe Adventure Team ads, (and yeah, I went around singing the AJ ads too!) As an adult, I have quite a large GIJoe collection, (not just guys, but accessories too!) I even had a GIJoe club w/ some of my kids a few years back. But I will always hold a special place in my heart for my for action figure and Mego.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

AJ was my first Mego and I loved that he had adventure clothes instead of just military stuff. My next door neighbour gave me a bunch of GI Joe stuff when he returned from living in the States and I had a lot of fun with that. AJ is much closer to my heart.

[jwyblejr]

I want to say neither but had a few Super Joes. So I really can't.

[toys2cool]

Gi joe all the way

[Meule]

Didn't know about Action Jackson when I was a kid, did know about GI Joe, but never was a fan of him

[generic]

I didn't know about Action Jackson until I started collecting Megos as an adult. I signed up for ebay to find the KISS Megos and in looking for them, realized that they were made by the same company that made my childhood superheroes and Star Trek figures...and that's when the "collect 'em all" bug bit me.

[LonnieFisher]

I first had G.I.Joe and then got some Mego superheroes. I don't remember AJ at all. I went from not being able to find any of the Marvel heroes to getting Bulletman and the Intruder. I never saw the Lizard, Green Goblin, Iron Man and Falcon or the Fantastic Four in the stores. So I stopped playing with them and got back into Joe. Then Star Wars came out and they sucked. I got a couple of Battlestar Galactica figures and that was the end of toys for me. So in 1978 I stopped playing with toys.(I also had a Gene Simmons head I stole from a figure at J.C.Penny's. Shame on me!)

[AAAAA]

i had my first joe in the 60's had plenty of 12 inch accessories.
My first mego was AJ when first came out, first outfit was the army my first accessories was parachute.second outfit.safari
played with both.

[kennermike]

Big Jims Pack!!

[MegoMark71]

I never had AJ, as a kid