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Skydiving GI Joe
This is magical.
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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.
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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.Comment
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^ 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.
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The nerd in me is thinking, hmmm a brown haired Joe with blue eye ?
I thought brown went with brownComment
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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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Oh wow!!! That's one heck of a photo...flashback time.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.
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.
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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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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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that might be the coolest thing I have ever seen. I wish they had opened the chute and filmed that. either way, very coolComment
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This photo has a double punch of nostalgia for me, that's my old house!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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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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