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36. Mine are long-gone, as are some things that would sell on ebay...

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:48 PM

Feb 2014

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The Mercury capsule, the jet based on the Navy F9F Pather, etc. When I was the age for them it was just around the time they "demilitarized" them and changed the marketing from "army toys" to "The Adventure Team", so I had things from before and after the shift.

Dad did the same thing: "boy Barbie dolls"

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How did GI Joe become the world’s most successful boys’ toy? [View all] The Straight Story Feb 2014 OP

hell ya call them dolls. because that is what they are. and using the word dolls is not an insult seabeyond Feb 2014 #1

Action figures, figurines, dolls The Straight Story Feb 2014 #2

dolls=girls. action figure=boy dolls. no. i will not coddlify my boy insulating him from language seabeyond Feb 2014 #3

Barbie has posability, points of articulation, and accessories frazzled Feb 2014 #4

Why the problem with diversity in nomenclature? The Straight Story Feb 2014 #11

Because it promotes and sustains a double standard frazzled Feb 2014 #12

Generally agree Blue_Adept Feb 2014 #15

Amen to that, especially your last two paragraphs The Straight Story Feb 2014 #19

Hasbro called their thing "an action figure". Mattel called theirs "a doll" lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #18

I see this otherwise interesting piece nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #5

GI Joe is probably successful because of the SI swimsuit issue. Orrex Feb 2014 #7

RLOL nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #8

Except that GI Joes WERE called "dolls" when I was growing up. Fawke Em Feb 2014 #9

They haven't been called "dolls" since the 1982 relaunch Orrex Feb 2014 #10

GI Joes and Tiger action figures. randome Feb 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #13

Ehhh Transformers>GI Joe LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #14

Or both Blue_Adept Feb 2014 #16

We did that with star wars toys and army men The Straight Story Feb 2014 #21

My dad used to call my GI Joes "dolls" just to get under my skin. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #17

I just asked my daughter about it all (she is 12) and I learned a new one The Straight Story Feb 2014 #20

Figma's are awesome. Blue_Adept Feb 2014 #24

Mine are long-gone, as are some things that would sell on ebay... JHB Feb 2014 #36

When they did the adventure team thing, I decided I wanted a beard *just like that* when I grew up. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #37

Why couldn't Mrs. Potato Head have been Ms. Potato Head? cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #22

And why does Ore Ida pose french fries like they do on their packaging The Straight Story Feb 2014 #26

Here's a little tidbit to chew on... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #34

How about the GI Joe Nurse "action girl" RBStevens Feb 2014 #23

because none of the dolls looked like this Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #25

We modified out little army men The Straight Story Feb 2014 #27

planting beets? Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #28

Beans, Tomatillos, tomtatoes, variety of other things The Straight Story Feb 2014 #32

With G.I. joe belcffub Feb 2014 #29

exactly. nice and clean like the old timey war movies. death was not Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #30

It was the kung-fu grip Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #31

I'll take a shot at it... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2014 #33

We'd take GI Joe to a big dirt hill near where we lived ... JoePhilly Feb 2014 #35

Why didn't they just name the male Barbie doll Dinsdale ? dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #38