G.I. Joe Airborne: Helicopter Assault Trooper - Vintage 1983 Hasbro Action Figure Comic Review ARAH

GI Joe Airborne: Action Figure, Comic Book, Cartoon - We Had That! Everything I know about this awesome vintage character from GI Joe's Real American Hero 1983 line! I loved G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero action figures from Day 1! The Helicopter Assault Trooper, Code Name: Airborne, came out with the second wave in 1983 and he is one of my all-time favorite G.I. Joes! In this video, I go over everything I know about this Hasbro action figure and his appearances in the Marvel comic books and Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon series!
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[@sherwindizon3242]

He's appearance is realistic soldier... The whole appearance is perfectly proportions. I love this toy soldiers.... I bought it around $16 at ebay.

[@linseyfalls6961]

One of my favorite Joe figures of all time.

[@WeHadThat]

Yes! He's such an awesome figure! :)

[@pierrejoaquin]

Airborne was the first GI Joe figure I owned. My dad brought it back for me as a gift from a work trip. I brought it to school to show my friends, but on the way back home, a bully pushed me down a hill while I was holding it in my hand. I lost Airborne at the bottom of the hill in the snow. 😢

[@WeHadThat]

That's terrible! I would have been devastated! 😦

[@paulwalsh2344]

Oh man that sucks !

[@holden88]

My five main hero joes as a kid were always Snake-Eyes, Duke, Dusty, Recondo and Airborne. Loved this guy.

[@WeHadThat]

I don't know why, but I never had Dusty. He was a cool figure! I wonder if I just never saw him in the store.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Cool photos and review!

[@WeHadThat]

Thank you! I really appreciate your checking out the video. You have a lot of cool videos on your channel as well!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

@@WeHadThat thank you

[@OldDirtyCollector]

Airborne was my first GI Joe. I remember finding him on clearance at a Gold Circle department store. I still have my airborne and he’s one of my very favorite joes period. I do agree I wish they would have done more with him in the comics. Hell, even the current comics would be nice. But, then again I have my own Lore for him. I’ve made a few customs of airborne as well. I made my own update as far as a classic airborne and I have a modern airborne. Also, I even went as far as making a futuristic airborne. Thanks more giving this character some love and it’s nice to see someone who’s likeminded. 🍻👍

[@WeHadThat]

I really appreciate your comment! It's very cool that you've made a few custom Airborne figures and especially awesome that you still have your childhood Airborne. Who knows, maybe someday, Airborne will become a bigger presence in the G.I. Joe lore!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I have never heard of this Gold Circle. Which instantly sounds like a GiJoe cartoon episode title.

[@WeHadThat]

@@camcordernonsense5264 Haha! If it were a GI Joe cartoon episode, it would be "The Golden Coil!"

[@camcordernonsense5264]

@@WeHadThat With hidden gold in them thar ancient ruins.

[@WeHadThat]

@@camcordernonsense5264 "GI Joe is in a race with COBRA to uncover the hidden gold buried somewhere deep beneath the ancient ruins. Will GI Joe recover the gold and return it to the local, rightful owners before COBRA coils their serpentine hands around it? Watch this week's episode, "The Golden Coil" to find out! Yo Joe!"

[@thegreymonk4993]

This guy was one of my favorites. It's funny how memory makes all your old toys look cooler than they really were, though.

[@WeHadThat]

I guess our imaginations were a lot stronger when we were kids! :)

[@thegreymonk4993]

@@WeHadThat its crazy how I can still remember sitting in my Mom's car when I opened the package. I had to wait in the car alone while she went in to apply for a job on a fall day after school sign going down on a late afternoon. She took me to the store first and bought it for me so I'd have something to occupy myself, I guess. 37 years ago!

[@WeHadThat]

@@thegreymonk4993 Wow! I really love hearing stories about childhood toy experiences! I'm honestly surprised how vivid some of my toy memories are after all of these years.

[@thegreymonk4993]

@@WeHadThat When I start thinking about my old toys I can recall tons of ancient memories. Ask me about my first marriage, though, and I just go blank:/

[@WeHadThat]

@@thegreymonk4993 Haha!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

One of my favorites. He's so busy with details and colors. A cool back story for him too. I can't not remember ever putting him in the dragonfly for some reason. It's so obvious to do that with your toys too.

[@WeHadThat]

Maybe he was never in your Dragonfly because he was too busy hanging off of the landing skids shooting at Cobra! ;)

[@camcordernonsense5264]

@@WeHadThat Either I lacked imagination as a child or had to have it fueled by the commercials and box art. I was always immitating them.

[@WeHadThat]

@@camcordernonsense5264 I don't know if I ever imitated the movies. Many of my characters didn't even have the same names and often weren't even on the same side as they were in the movies!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

@@WeHadThat that's that imagination stuff. I always had to keep everything together and not expand for some reason.

[@eaksgeeks8674]

Your reviews are so good so refreshing

[@WeHadThat]

Thank you! I appreciate that! :)

[@giannistoysdios7152]

Great review, very informative! I wish I had this figure. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@WeHadThat]

Thank you for watching and commenting! Airborne's been a favorite figure of mine since I was a kid!

[@jiml9856]

I would have sworn he had camo pants. I loved this figured.

[@WeHadThat]

He's a great one!

[@BMXheath]

I didn’t personally have one but I would love to add one to my collection now

[@WeHadThat]

He's a definitely a great figure! :)

[@mojoel1]

My Airborne went on many solo missions. I always thought he was pretty cool. I also remember issue 31. When he and Spirit are sprinting to get to the cabin; I remember that as being a great moment.

[@WeHadThat]

He was a great figure and issue #31 was one of my favorites!

[@paulwalsh2344]

Airborne was HELLACOOL ! On of the last action figures I actually bought until I had a kid that I bought some GI Joes for him.

[@SargNickFury]

He was one of my favorite figures, easily top 3. In my joeverse he was Delta and usually the first one off the fast rope leading a squad.

[@WeHadThat]

Excellent!

[@steve_bal4]

Cool video, as always! I too loved Airborne; that second wave had such great outfits and characterization, both in the toy sculpts and the cartoons. Interestingly enough it was because of that episode of the cartoon with his psychic brother that Airborne became someone more used in my play; I know the sci-fi elements weren't generally appreciated by fans at the time but I loved those things when they got thrown in the mix. I was never concerned with uniforms being military accurate because I was too young to recognize those details and I generally thought of the team as a very specialized off-shoot anyways. The info I found most interesting in your video was that Airborne was a Navajo in the US version, as up here in Canada he had a very different file card. I distinctly remember he was from Quebec and it mentioned the Mohawks, which are a First Nation people (you call them Native Americans in the US). There wasn't a detailed biography so it wasn't until the cartoon that I learned of his status but it definitely stood out to me that he was Canadian because it was so rare in pop-culture for us to be included (we pretty much only had Alpha Flight, Wolverine & Captain Canuck at the time). I can't think for the life of me who the other Canadian Joe was but it played into my stories as a kid. Love that you are focusing these vids on individual figures/characters, keep up the great work!

[@WeHadThat]

Steve, thank you so much for your comment! I didn't mind the sci-fi and supernatural themes as much as the terribly inaccurate version of Airborne's outfit and the fact that he didn't seem at all like a Navajo in some episodes -Haha! I didn't realize that Airborne had a different file card in Canada! That's wild! I wish I'd known that before I did this video! Also, isn't Back-Stop Canadian?

[@steve_bal4]

@@WeHadThat I believe he is but I'm sure there was someone else, and now I'm wondering if it was a case of another random file card being switched for just our market.

[@WeHadThat]

@@steve_bal4 If you remember who it was, please let me know! I actually looked it up after reading your comment, but didn't find anyone besides Back-Stop!

[@nickfrancis]

Airborne was one of my favorite Joe's, but the cartoon always showed, Flint, Lady Jaye, Gung Ho, and that annoying Shipwreck! They didn't hardly show Airborne, Flash, Frostbite, and never showed Grand Slam or the original Hawk?

[@WeHadThat]

Thanks for commenting, Nick! Yes, they could have done so much more with Airborne in the cartoon and comic book!

[@55pepetube]

👍 love this figure along with spirit

[@WeHadThat]

He's definitely a favorite of mine too!

[@dustincrops]

Great video! He was one of my favs and one of the earlier AFs I hunted for when restarted my Joes collection

[@WeHadThat]

Thanks! I always thought he was cool too!

[@1400IntruderVS]

He is still my favorite

[@DC8091]

Airborne rules! A prime example of Marvel & Sunbow knowing they don’t need to sell a character that everyone liked and wanted

[@WeHadThat]

I loved the comics, but I usually couldn't figure out WHAT Sunbow was thinking -Haha!

[@humble1ne]

Airborne was always one of my favorite characters, especially since he departed a bit from the OD Green many of the OG 13 came clad. I loved that OD Green because I always had a stri g fascination with the Military, it was just nice to get a unique looking guy for my lineup. I loved the fact he was a Native Tribesman because my Dad had taught me the US Military employed Native Tribal people for their communications as early as WWI. Plus, we have Tribal blood in my family so Airborne was a symbol of all that.

[@pizaliasta8369]

Airborne was my favorite

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

this may have been my first figure from this wave - before i had the helicopter, i fashioned him some repelling gear out of fishing line and paperclips, and then after i got it, he was a permanent fixture on the landing skids

[@magnificentmarc707]

Airborne is one of my favorite Joe figures to date. I think because of his color combination and having as one of my first figures he always stands out to me. Nice Vid

[@jakeproven256]

The mail away package airborne was part of was actually 1985 to 1986 not 1986 to 1987.

[@WeHadThat]

Well, drat. I've never seen the order form first hand. I was just going by the info that I"d read about the promotion. Thank you for the correction!

[@jakeproven256]

@@WeHadThat Your welcome.

[@donalddjackson2633]

i had one