G.I. Joe - Action Soldiers of the World - Vintage Toy Review - Hasbro 1966 - Action Man
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Excellent video my friend!!! You know there is such a rich history in GI Joe and it's tentacles reach deep into the action figure birth place for many lines. Stan Weston who gave birth to this idea, also forged the Captain Action concept to Ideal as well as The "Secret Origins of the Worlds Greatest Superheroes" to Marty Abrams at Mego. Need we say where it went from there? GI Joe was such a miracle of creations when you think about the culture of the day and the fact we were in the middle of a war with plenty of fried nerves from other wars. How refreshing that our world could make a distinction between a toy line and the politics of war for a while. Obviously by 1969, the violence and protests in our streets in America derailed any notion that kids could routinely play with the very subject that rankled so many in the counterculture. Don't they run our country today? Eh... maybe our parents were right! (: Anyway great video. Love them as always. Thanks for sharing and continuing knocking these out of the block!
They've been in there 48 years.
Man, I'm 55 yrs old, I had all of these...If we knew then what we know now...I would love to have these now fresh, unused in Box
BeaglePower G I’d love to have them in boxes too!
About 10 years ago I managed to collect all of these figures and finally completed all thier accessories. The hardest for me to complete was the Russian infantry man. I do not have the Canadian mounty. I have on last count, over 260 12 inch vintage figures. I started collecting as a young boy in 1967. They are constant reminders of my childhood, my brothers and family. The nostalgic value to me is great. All those wonderful Christmas mornings when my brother and I would rip into our presents and delighting in a new playset or figure. We spent hours upon days using our imaginations and unique skill in creating battle scenarios and death defying rescues. When the German/Japanese figures came out we finally had authentic villains and enemies. Of course my parents would never buy a Nazi soldier for me, so I would have to save my allowance money for weeks to come up with the $3.79 to order one from Sears, then achingly wait 2 weeks before we could pick it up. My brother and I had a German soldier each..Then during the Summer we would split our savings so we could buy a baseball one week and another figure a month later. But it worked out. We played with them outside/and in. Digging trenches and lifelike machine gun nests. Those were happy times that I will never forget. Great video, I really appreciate your channel!
We had action man of course, but I still have a few after 45 years. A superb toy, I even get them out now to be honest. I served in the British Army for over 2 decades and I am sure action man was responsible for that lol. Impressive collection you have, chapeau as we say in France! Great comment by the way!
That kid that kept on being in the commercials was so lucky😂
My brother bought two of each when they were released and still has them. I still have the Australian one. Later, we bought a number of Avalon Hill and Strategy & Tactics games and played them for years. Thanks for your excellent presentation.
Excellent! I remember going to the 5 & dome store and buying the GI Joes and they had a million packs of different uniforms. By the way- we girls enjoyed playing with GI Joe’s too.
Thats fantastic to hear Claire!
My favorite toy led to a war between my father and my best friend's mother when my friend would not give back my prized gi-joe
So funny
The little shit!
I remember these well. My problem was not Vietnam or anything other than the fact that a German soldier was $5.00 back in 1966. That was way more than I could scrape together. However, I remember drooling over them.
Love this, Tony. Rediscovering Joe and do not remember this line as a boy. Am collecting now and reliving all the excitement of the original 1964 soldiers.
I was super obsessed with GI Joes when they released the replica versions of the Adventure Team back in 2008 when I was 10 years old. After a few months from when I got my first GI Joe replica at 10, I later found out that my local toy store sold an actual Vintage GI Joe British Commando. I literally fell in love with everything about it. It was not until I was 18 years old after I had just graduated from high school that I decided to finally buy the same GI Joe, which would become my first ever and only Vintage GI Joe action figure. I'm now 22 and I've owned it for four years so far and I still get excited over it whenever I come back home from university or work just seeing it in the transparent-covered box that came with it. One of my all-time favourite GI Joes.
Those figures are works of art! Thank you for your efforts in sharing these toys with us. Growing up, I missed out on this line, and until I watched your documentary on Action Man/G.I. Joe, I didn't think very highly of them. Now, I see how great they truly were.
Action Man & GI Joe are my all time favourite action figure lines! While I still appreciate many other toy lines like Star Wars, Mego, Six Million Dollar Man and Masters of the Universe, the quality of the early era Action man toys is unmatched...
Playing with Joes growing up didn't realize later action man bits were from the UK arm of the figure. I always wondered were those alternative uniforms came from, only found out now, 50+ years later, as they were of high quality. Dunno if you have it among your videos, but weren't there other compatible figures with competing gear, but neither Joe or Action Man, I can't recall. Thanks for the memories. I do remember that as the Joe figures aged, the degree of detail in the gear became less marked, the original 1964 -66 stuff was the best.
Great video. I still have a few Action Man figures including the Guardsman and a GI Joe West point cadet. I also have some of the dragon figures, excellent detail but there is something special about the originals. One of my favourite toys even 45 years later.
I had a complete set that I got when I was a kid. As of today the set it still complete except their boxes. I managed to keep them all together and have displayed them in the San Diego area. I have been offered much money for my set however; I hold on to my set even though I am 64 years of age. I also have other sets of vintage GI Joes.
Thanks for reliving my childhood favorite toy, my brother and I never went anywhere without the Joe's.
Mine are hopefully still in their bunker at the bottom of my garden. Which is now a thousand miles away.
Ah, I'm so sorry man. I bet you would travel a thousand miles again just to get them
なぜGIJOEはこんなに魅力的なのでしょうか？具体的に説明は出来ませんがとにかく大好きです。
When the german soldier was released in 66' a small number were issued with the original head sculpt with scar before switching over to the "nordic" head.i got mine when they just came out and was lucky to get the rare original head german. Still got em'.
Definitely the best and nicest set they ever came out with...they are my favorites
I have 17 of these Hasbro Foreign Soldiers of the World. By far, my favorite G.I. Joes
I want them all
G.I. Joe was a cool toy and still is.
Brings back memories playing with my cousins hand me down action men when we'd visit, distinctly remember the German stormtrooper, their uniforms always looked cool and no doubt reenacted where eagles dare or a bridge too far with them
Brilliant video. Absolutely fascinating to learn the history of these iconic toys
I am German myself and that German soldier looks awesome keep up the good work Tony
Great Video and particularly welcomed an explanation, of sorts, as to why we never saw the Japanese Soldier of the Century in the UK. I guess Palitoy felt it would not sell well given the experience of British POWs. Shame, because it would have made a nice addition to this line. As far as I know the Canadian Mountie uniform was never on sale in the UK but was given away as part of the Action Man Stars scheme. Do correct me if I am wrong in this.
I had the British commando German storm trooper and Japanese imperial soldier, all bought out of the Sears 1965-66 Christmas catalogue.
I miss my old action man toys. Why do we have to grow up? It brings back good memory's as a kid of the 70's. No way you could sell things like this now days. It would upset to many people.
I wish I could say my GI-Joe was Gi-joe, but instead it was Action Man 😂
@@thebigs6405 action man is better. In my opinion, lasted longer, more variety and British, with more representation for other nations and theatres too.
Loved my action man as kid. Favourite was the Aussie bush/jungle fighter. Worst was the action man kite/glider. First time used played with it went up then crashed and broke :(. Great shows keep up the great work.
I still have my gi Joe lunch box the sailor one
Love your videos, I was born in 1965, so the Solders of the World were something you might be lucky to get from a older brother as a hand me down or you might pick out of the garbage. I only had the Action Team and I remember all the do- gooders trying to ban war toys. It was even hard to get a toy gun for awhile. Eventually common sense prevailed and that non sense stopped.
So awesome!!
It would have been so cool to have one of those Axis soldiers, but I was lucky to have one G.I. Joe at a time, that my little brother didn't break. He was the Hulk to my G.I. Joes.
Excellent video, I want to get those G.I. Joes again. I bought somebody large collection; I wish I never sold any of it. But it was 6 large boxes of stuff, and I didn't have the room!
Superb! Your videos are so well presented, edited and thorough in its research. As a fellow Brit kid of the 80s and vintage enthusiast, I salute you. Keep up the great work and look forward to seeing your channel grow.
Great video! Lots of info!! Some hard to find stuff there!!!
Thanks for posting your excellent video of GI Joe and the GI Joe Soldiers Of The World too.
I have 4 out of the 6 G.I joes! They are my favorite, along with the green beret Your videos are the best!
Great my favorites!
@ 56 y/o I can walk out of my house and in 7 (or so) min. I can reach the factory where they made The G.I. Joe! (today that old brick factory is Hasboro's art studio's. Complete with a life size Mr. Potatoe Head out front.) When I had 4 (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines!) in 1966/1967ish) I lived a 20 min car drive from my house to the Hasbro plant. I NEVER heard of GI Joe Action Soldier of the World. in 1969, (I remember this because my Dad died in 1970) I got a game for Christmas called (I think Hill 57???) inside was a pamphlets with the Soldiers of the World in it. I never saw them at any local stores, as I was on the hunt after seeing those pamphlets! Also I never saw an ad on TV. I do not know why! Hasbro right down the street. Me and my friends (around 6 or 7) had several G.I. Joes and only 1 had a Russian GI Joe. He got his on a family trip to VA.
Stunning Joe sub series. Missed out on the Palitoy Soldiers of the Century set which was the UK version. In my era of the mid 70s I had the Soldiers of the World series from Palitoy. Well all apart from the French Foreign legion soldier. Absolute classics!
What I find funny about the German soldier is that what are supposed to be pouches for his ammo would be for the Kar 98-k, not the MP-40. In other words, his pouches can't hold the magazines.
wow these are great. i may have to dive into collecting some of these bigger dudes.
Great video, as a kid I hade the imperial Japanese soldier. Still today my favorite
The best action figure of all time👍
Thanks for this excellent review of this extremely awesome set of figures!
Kevin Mayle my pleasure mate!
I got all of them for Christmas that year
Had the Australian figure, but there Was a VC Guerrilla - very rare- available too, not mentioned but in the catalog when I was a kid...
I give it 10 out 10 !!!!!
we got one every year and made parachutes for them with bed sheets.
Excelent as always Tony!
I do agree with your assement!
I bought a 1964 GI Joe from Costwold from Washington state in 1991 in mint condition but I lost it when I moved from a condo in 2010
LOVE THIS VIDEO..THANK YOU!❤
Your videos are superb mate. Enjoy everyone of them. 😊
Thanks very much!
love the video collected action man as a kid went back collecting six months ago loving it but the prices on line oh my god but patience is the thing keep up the good work
Awesome ❤
Dude I'm basically new to your channel and I'm starting to hate my self for not knowing your channel sooner 😮 what a great review! I'm gonna scavenged through your videos for more of this. Thanks man! 👍🏼
Green Lantern HG thanks for the support mate!
Boy, what I love to see Soldiers of The World re-released. That's never going to happen. There aren't enough left of us to buy them.
Great video, just subscribed.
I was stationed at an RAF base in the late 80's. Some of my buddies and I would eat at the British canteen on base as the U.S. Air Force Exchange fast food was terrible. RAF police would come in with their Sten guns and just lay them on the tables while they ate. Upon examining one I realized that it was the 'same' gun Imperial Stormtroopers used in Star Wars. I hoped these Tommies could shoot a little better than Vader's troops if we needed defending.
That would be the Stirling Submachine gun, not the sten (they do look similar at first glance).
But the Stirling was a genuinely good, reliable Submachinegun whereas the sten was designed to be made rapidly, using as few a materials as possible so it was a flimsy piece of rubbish, with no real way of holding it well and prone to jamming and not unheard of to fire if it was dropped.
The Stirling was in service from 1953-94 and was held in high regard as a quality weapon. And it had a grip to hold onto.
The sten is often shown im movies being held by the magazine, which increased the likelihood of failure 10 fold due to the crappy magazine and rushed design of the receiver not holding the crappy magazine securely.
I should point out the Iron Cross on the German soldier is a WW1 medal, the WW2 had "Red" in the ribbon, a small error.
Such a great video. Would really like to have you on our show Collection Wars. Would be a fun show
I feel like the extreme culture here in the US steered GI Joe into eventual defeat, sadly. This is a good example of that
The USA does seem to have a "we are awesome, the rest of the world sucks" attitude more than most countries.
Its not as if we are the only country with freedom, or even the country thats had freedom the longest, we're just schooled into that train of thought from childhood, and many don't realise we're only one piece in the jigsaw puzzle.
We aren't the golden goose we like to think we are.
But our overconfidence when going to Vietnam was not in gi joe best interests.
It was not the American equivalent of the Malaya Emergency the government had hoped it would be (the British won that one, thanks to having no border with China so insurgents were isolated from communist support).
Britain didn't have the anti war stuff anywhere near as much, and the Falklands could only have boosted action man sales with a quick and decisive British victory, the British were crying out for war after Argentina took the Falklands, any compromise with Argentina was off the table.
I’m finna get a German storm trooper for Christmas and I’m so exited,but I don’t have the Japanese so I’m gonna try to get that one!
Awesome figures. Strange though that the German has red piping for artillery, rather than white for infantry. His iron cross also has the WW1 pattern ribbon instead of the WW2 pattern.
I really wish I had these but I'm not rich or can't afford them if only I was born before I was to be able to experience these with a pretty cheap price to them.
A nice video. Please note the commercial footage you are using was found and digitized by Vintage3DJoes, and is being used here without credit or permission. Please credit the source and ask in advance before using in the future.
Thank you for your comment Matthew. I have pleased a credit to 3D Joes in the description for this video.
I had a German motorcycle with sise car thar was GIjoe. I REMEMBER the German cross on the side car. I regret selling the side car at our rummage sale .
If you look at the modern G.I. Joe’s I mean from 1995 to today some of their videos are very accurate in now and are worth for lotta money
No mention of any Canadian soldier though - Why so many Americans don't realize that Canadians fought in the Second World War ( and Korea too ).
I have all of them.
Were do u get them?
Adorei o vídeo! Like. Muit obrigado pelas preciosas informações e por todo o trabalho que teve para fazer esse maravilhoso vídeo. Nota 10. Vou me inscrever também. Obrigado.
Great review but at 5:35 I believe that should be the Eastern front??
For the Russians it was the Western front ;-)
jachrikow no it wasn't, the Russians fought the Germans on the eastern front. The Americans, British, Canadians, French etc. fought on the western front. So world of retro was right.
Kneon Knight idiot no. Western front was fought by the US.
Russia was fighting a war on two fronts, against the Japanese and Germans, so technically speaking the eastern front for the Russians was Asia and the Western Front Europe.
Being a collector myself, actually, the worst figure of the line in terms of accuracy is the German... Absolutely brutal then and even worse by the standard set today by Dragon models figures... to start with, a MP 40 with Karabiner ammo pouches ??? Otherwise, a very well documented and narrated presentation... sure brings back great childhood souvenirs!!!
I had the japanese figure when I was a kid in the early 2000s how i got that was from one of my uncles who got that one when he was a kid
4:21 If GI Joe doesn't have an enemy, what does GI Joe do?
Presumably, GI Joe could fight whomever you want. If you were setting your conflict during WW2, you could certainly use Germany or Japan in that capacity, but you weren't restricted in that regard.
My German soldier had the same face as the regular US Joes. Most I have seen have a "foreign face". Is this a rare version? I bought it new in 1966 and still have it. 😏
what fun is it to play soldier if there are no enemies to defeat?
rip no italian soldier toy
I can understand the reason why these didn't fly because World War II even into the 1960s was still a fresh memory and had the highest death toll of any war in history, The parents of the kids playing with these didn't want them because of PTSD which is mental trauma due to combat
I am in possession of two Imperial Japanese soldiers in their unopened original narrow boxes, still in the cellophane. When I sell them, what’s a suggested price I should seek? Thanks!
Sorry, not a toy seller. Don't do appraisals.
@@AnalogToys Understood! BTW: great channel!!!
I don't understand why hasbro only re-released the Australian fighter. None of the rest were done, but Action Man did them all I think.
sigzor302620 yeah they remade the Action Man ones for the 40th anniversary
Here in america, they suck! All the things they could've reissued when I was a boy, they didn't do like the 5 star Jeep the Frogman, sled etc. I don't even think they completed the whole 75 equipment set from the 40th Anniversary. But it's nice to see you have all the nice ones like the green berets. Your videos are so cool.
sigzor302620 thank my friend!
This is one the better figures Has to did
GET YOUR REAL LIFE 12 INCH JAPANESE IMPERIAL SOLDIER WITH REAL LIFE ASIAN FEATURES
I have Sargent Moore GI JOE
Where can I find these action figures ?
eBay, collector's sites, toy shows, boot sales, facebook groups
@@AnalogToys thank you very much
Oh, the atrocities to which we subjected G.I. Joe. Shot with BB guns, blown up with firecrackers, stranded for days in the green hell of our vacant lot next door. Not to mention the degradations to which we subjected Barbie and Ken. The horror, the horror.
Why did you put dog tags on them?
My cousin had the Nazi Officer and the Japanese Soldier
lyra toys duplicated the S.O.T.W. for the 10 inch lone ranger figure LYRA MAN, there French resistance fighter came with German potato mashers and either a KO of M3 grease gun, or sten gun.no radio
Hey they were just Action Men
Ahhh so GI Joe did it first. Interesting
Soldiers of the World line did not have dog tags
Yes I know
My brother stole a Russian GI Joe , I confiscated it, memories of my childhood. Nostalgia
The German soldier is bad... I mean...really, really bad... The absolute worst of the line... I mean... brutal! I'm a German uniform collector and have acquired since some of the Dragon Action figures ... what a contrast... Different times I guess...
Setting aside your fascination with and demand for detail in Nazi stuff, are comparing the detail of premium, modern 1/6 scaled action figures (along the lines of Hot Toys/Sideshow) to toys developed with 1960s manufacturing limitations marketed to children? You do realize how asinine that is, don't you?
Does anyone know why Hasbro didn't include a Chinese NRA soldier in the line? seems like the only major allied Nations not to be represented.
We really do need more Nazi GI Joes nowadays. Back when GI Joe action figures were educational and toy makers had balls.
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I think that Dragon makes bests figures