So what are the top 10 greatest G.I. Joe figures ever?

[nazgul]

I really dont agree with that list much at all...i can understand snake eyes and storm shadow being the top 2, as they are the most popular...but my personal top 10 is more like this:

10. Hawk (from the mms)
9. Steeler (from the Mobat)
8. Silver Pads Grandslam (from the JUMP)
7. Mail order Starduster
6. Torpedeo
5. Deep Six (from the Sharc)
4. Tomax/Xamot
3. Eels
2. Croc Master
1. Zartan

[El Hombre Nuclear]

I took a look at that big YoJoe database for the first time in a while, and I've gotta say... How did this line survive for so long?! Some of those later figures are absolutely hideous. Garish re-paints, terrible attempts at sci-fi, etc. It's almost morbidly fascinating.

I'm no expert on the subject, but it kind of confirms the feeling I've always had that the action figure market seems to have really hit the skids after about 1988/1989 (the victim of a glut of product during the red-hot toy market of the mid '80s and the giant late '80s Nintendo boom) and kind of languished there until the later '90s when the "adult collector" thing started becoming more mainstream. I'd be curious to know what Millennials/'90s kids think about that. From what I've seen, it seems like "TMNT or bust", and I'm not sure if they're as toy-centric in their nostalgia in general as us Gen X geezers tend to be.

[huedell]

Probably not so much a "bad" list as it is a "cheesy" or "gimmicky" list. I say this because I barely know the line and a lot of those figures/characters seem familiar to me.

I've been wanting a Destro, Zartan & Cobra Commander for years.

Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow would be cool to display too.

And, how about Baroness!

[toys2cool]

No way I agree with this list...the best figures were completely left out!

Major Bludd
Croc Master
Dr. Mindbender
Serpentor
And the most awesome army building figure EVER...the Cobra B.A.T.

it's just too hard to pick 10..BATS was awesome though and so were the crimson guard

[toys2cool]

Being too old I never had the small Joes but I did used to by them for my nephew

One Christmas I surprised him with the aircraft carrier (including exclusive figure)

He totally went crazy for it, so I pick that figure

admiral Keel Haul.. great looking figure

[Mikey]

Being too old I never had the small Joes but I did used to by them for my nephew

One Christmas I surprised him with the aircraft carrier (including exclusive figure)

He totally went crazy for it, so I pick that figure

[4NDR01D]

Not a great list IMHO. Flint? and Footloose? not a chance they're anywhere near the top 50.

[enyawd72]

No way I agree with this list...the best figures were completely left out!

Major Bludd
Croc Master
Dr. Mindbender
Serpentor
And the most awesome army building figure EVER...the Cobra B.A.T.

[msenger76]

Its so hard to choose a top ten on this line! i was 6 when the first wave hit k-mart and it was all downhill from there. for me it would probably be:

1. hooded cobra commander mail-away
2. cutter (loved the red sox as a kid and he wore that boston cap)
3-4. breaker and rock and roll (tie) because they were the first two i got
5. roadblock - the first time i had to choose between joes and star wars
6. zartan
7. storm shadow
8. mutt
9. spirit
10. cobra officer

[palitoy]

I was into RAH for one year, then it started to feel like kid's stuff to me. So I really only have fond memories of that first wave.

[toys2cool]

I used mine as wrestlers.. almost any toy I played with ended up in a wrestling ring

[El Hombre Nuclear]

Like most kids back then, I jumped on this line when it first came out (after having loved the earlier Joe stuff), and got many of them over the first few years. But in all honesty, I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about it. For one, I remember feeling at the time that it was almost TOO big, like I was being forced into it (I realize now that I kind of felt the same way about Star Wars a few years earlier, even if it was unspoken), and some of the other stuff I loved was being ignored. The other thing is that the RAH line is sort of symbolic of the final end of the 70s (both toy-wise and in general), and full entrance into the 80s, which being someone who has a long memory and cherishes my early childhood the most, is somewhat melancholy. I probably think about this stuff too deeply, though.

In any case, Dreadnoks for the win. I always preferred playing "Mad Max" with these figures and vehicles than any of that "Joe Vs Cobra" hokum, which I paid no attention to. I know, I was a weird kid...

[toys2cool]

pretty close to my list...but no shipwreck? come on now
1-Shipwreck
2-Zartan
3-Cobra commander steel plate
4-Destro
5-Storm shadow
6-Baroness
7-Snake eyes 85
8-Dreadnock Torch
9-sci-fi
10-xamot tomax

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

I had/ have all the mail-in figures mentioned and I loved collecting points to get the special figures.

[PNGwynne]

Top 10 GI Joes? Annapolis Cadet, Green Beret, Secret Mission to Spy Islan...oh wait, never mind.

Thumbs up to Zartan though, very cool.