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50 Years of G.I. Joe!

I heared it on the saturday morning airing of the Wall Street Journal radio program.  It was the anniversary of the creation of the famous Hasbro action figure - G.I. Joe!

Then there is the link below to the article by Chris Carola in the Huffington Post entitled:  G.I. Joe, 'World's First Action Figure,' Turns 50.  Hasbro showed off G.I. Joe at the 1964 Toy Fair in New York City and to this blogger, that 1 foot tall action figure has been successful ever since.

Don Levine is often referred to as the "father" of G.I. Joe.  He was the head of Hasbro's research and development.  And since most of Hasbro's work force was of retired US military men from World War 2, or Korea; that is why there was a figure made for the four main US military services (Coast Guard was lumped into the Navy line I guess).

The war in Vietnam was growing, but G.I. Joe managed to survive that as well.  When sales finally started to drop off, then the AT (Adventure Team) was created.  Now the "joes" were out of the military (kind of) - able to grow beards and the figures now had "Kung-fu" grip for added playability.

Back in 1964, the cost per figure was $4.00.  Adjusted for inflation, that figure would retail for about $30.00 each now.

In 2004, six years after Mattel's Barbie earned the same honor; G.I. Joe was elected into the Toy Hall of Fame.


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Ref.
1. Huffington Post. "G.I. Joe, 'World's First Action Figure,' Turns 50" by Chris Carola. February 6, 2014. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/gi-joe-turns-50_n_4735699.html).
2.  One Sixth Warriors.com forum.  (http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-discussion/743991-happy-50th-g-i-joe.html).
3.  Images of my own G.I. Joe action figures.

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Phicen Fine Female Figures

I was getting tired of only having time to link articles that I found interesting to this blog.  Then, I finally had some down time to just sit down and think of a post to write about and that it was related to my hobby of action figure collecting.

It seems that Phicen's new Female Seamless Body is a big hit for action figure collectors.  And the newest version features a internal skeleton armature made from durable stainless steel to withstand playability without being easily damaged.  Each skeleton armature has 26 points of articulation using a ball-jointed design, for maximum flexibility and movment.  Each joint is thus able to move freely and consistently within 90% accurate of human movment.  This means that "the bodies are able to make countless dynamic poses to iimitate the attitude, posture, and energy of any character" to quote the email that I received announching this new figure.  Going on further with the quote: "The steel metal armature is wrapped with a non-toxic-environmentally friendly medical-grade material specially developed for Phicen bodies. The material features durable, anti-cracking qualities that are easy to clean, but not easy to stain or dye." end quote.

I've viewed the Black Fox on Fire figure on Cotswold Collectibles website, and on their Facebook page.  They have just received Phicen's new red head known as "Red Fox on Fire" figure.  I am in love with the face scuplt with this figure.

The basic Female Seamless Body figures come with different skin tones and bust sizes.  On average, they are $104.99 each.  Both the Black Fox on Fire and the Red Fox on Fire figure sells for $125.99 each on Cotswold Collectibles website.


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Ref.
1.  Cotswold Collectibles, Inc. Facebook page and images for Black Fox in Fire figure.   (http://www.gijoeelite.com/f_itemPart.asp?strPart=GIPH-PL201323).
2.  Cotswold Collectibles, Inc. Facebook page and images for Red Fox on Fire. (http://www.gijoeelite.com/f_itemPart.asp?strPart=GIPH-PL201425).
3.  Cotswold Collectibles, Inc. Phicen order page.(http://www.gijoeelite.com/f_display.asp?strDisplayName=PhicenLimited).

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