A celebration of the Intruders

[DCSTING]

I was a fan of the Intruders then and still am....the whole Adventure Team Line-up was HUGE for me....love the pix of carded and boxed Intruders....if my memory serves me right, they were released during a period of "Big Foot mania"....maybe that is too strong a term, there may not have been a mania but for me, seeing Big Foot on the Six Million Dollar Man started a Big Foot Mania for me....as a Kid, I thought of the Intruders like another form of Big Foot.

[cjefferys]

I love that painting of (Eagle Eye?) Joe looking over his shoulder at the Intruders coming up behind him. Classic.

[Captain]

Great packaging on the Palitoy boxed figure. I especially like the writing-----"Watch out for his crushing bear hug!"

Oooo.....Scary!

"C'mere human, I wish to hug you!"
"AAAH...THEY"RE HUGGERS!!! Better call in GI JOE!"

[HardyGirl]

Great packaging on the Palitoy boxed figure. I especially like the writing-----"Watch out for his crushing bear hug!"

Oooo.....Scary!

"C'mere human, I wish to hug you!"
"AAAH...THEY"RE HUGGERS!!! Better call in GI JOE!"

Yeah! Like that's a real threat! We should have more villains like that!

[Donkey Hoatie]

This whole post brings up some bad childhood memories for me. In 1976, I was a 5-year-old still carrying around a security blanket. I had recently received the Big Trapper as a gift and desperately wanted an Intruder to lock up in the cage on the back. My parents made a deal with me: ditch the blanket and they would buy me an Intruder. After being torn, I finally decided to chuck the blanket. I remember tossing it in the kitchen trash and the next day the garbage man hauled it away. A few days later, I was the proud owner of a brand-new gold Intruder. That dude didn't leave my side that whole first weekend. I kept pressing that button in the back and putting Joe in a massive bear hug. It was awesome. I went to school on Monday and when I came back, I found him in the corner of my room, destroyed. My 3-year-old brother had pretty much torn him apart. I was devastated. The worst part was my parents, for some reason, wouldn't buy me a new one. 33 years later, seeing pictures of that guy still stirs up some bad memories.

[kennermike]

man that story sucks wow how devasting for a 5 year old .Its when I hear stories like that Im thankfull I was an only child

[AAAAA]

I was In high school back in 78 when i finally had the cash to buy one ,went to beakers department store , and kept running in to High school classmates all that day in the store, My friend Jeff was with me , wanted me to pick up the G.I.joe view master reel to go with it , i said no!
let me get this intruder out the store door before anybody we know see me!
Still have and the packing!!
Him and maskatron fought Joe!

[Brown Bear]

as a kid, when my action figures wrestled....no one beat Intruder.

[Neutron X]

AAAAA your lucky my friend talked me out of buying 4 MOC GIjoe Muscle body figures with the ultra rare hard hands. DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!