Back in 1964, Hasbro broke from its game board mold to shake up the toy market with a newfangled idea - action figures. GI Joe was the first of its kind, and with spy stories like James Bond and ...

Over 150 soldiers, from common infantry to terrifying cyborgs, made up the GI Joe: A Real American Hero team in the ‘80s (and early ‘90s), and ... than as an action figure, and she was pretty ...

Though the toy doesn't quite fit in with the ... three boys between the ages of 5 and 11 owned a G.I. Joe action figure. But by the mid-'90s, the once-famous "Real American Hero" line of 3.75 ...

Artist Mark Pennington still gets questions and hears stories about a job that he had nearly 40 years ago. It comes with the ...

G.I. Joe was officially a go. But first, the toys needed a name, and a fitting marketing campaign. No boy would want to play with a doll, they figured. He needed an "action figure." Justin ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook McFarlane Toys has focused on DC Comics with their Page Punchers action figure lineup thus far ...

Hiya Toys has officially announced that Stuart ‘Outback’ Selkirk is coming to its G.I. Joe Exquisite Mini Series with a new 1/18th scale action figure for the Joes’ survival specialist. The figure is ...

featuring action figures and accessories – both vintage and new. Collectors track down rare pieces and uncover an arsenal of fun and fascinating toys, including G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Marvel Comic ...

Stanley Weston, whose idea in the 1960s of a doll for boys became G.I. Joe, the world’s first action figure and a toy chest icon of American reverence for the fighting man of the military ...

His mum just bought him a few GI ... action figures, Hasbro chief executive Merrill Hassenfeld decided GI Joe would be the future of the firm, and planned one of the most ambitious launches in toy ...