History of GI Joe - 1985 | A Real American Hero Vintage Toy Line | With Toy Sorceress (Toy Habits)

[@dean4125]

1985 was the best year in the entire franchise. in my personal opinion. so many iconic figures were released.

[@ToyKennections]

Oh yeah. Hard to top this year!

[@danjohnson4082]

Sounds about right. We got the Flagg, and no Serpentor yet (thankfully imo).

[@MrAce-lm8es]

Hawk, Duke, Flint, & Beachhead. Your G.I. Joe Leaders. A Fearsome Quartet. 🇺🇸❤

[@ToyKennections]

Indeed!!

[@manofaction1807]

The Golden Age of being a kid!

[@ToyKennections]

The best of times!

[@peterbecker4851]

Amen

[@MrAce-lm8es]

If i see The USS Flagg in person, i will cry out of happiness 😭

[@tperson8347]

Thanks so much for going through the characters and figures. Some of these playsets I had no idea existed, such as the checkpoint and the Cobra firing range. When I was a little kid, my dad made sure each one of us in the family had a G.I.JOE that looked like us. :) My dad was Shipwreck, my sister was Lady Jay, I was Lt. Falcon, and my mom even had one, she was the Baroness. :) I never had very many G.I.JOEs, but I always had great memories with those figures. I'm still in awe of that vast line. Thanks for the video

[@ToyKennections]

These are fantastic memories. Thank you for sharing.

[@Allison_Troy]

I've been saving this for a day where I could kick back and enjoy. This is the year I actually started buying Joes to be Joes rather than to fill in for Star Wars or Super Powers -- Lady Jaye got me to the toy aisle and it was odd to me she looked different from the cartoon but her accessories (that film camera especially) more than made up for that. It wasn't until 86 when Zarana hit that I really dug down,

[@ToyKennections]

I felt the same about Lady Jaye, though the javelin is such a great accessory. If you get a chance, watch the '86 video too afterwards ;)

[@MrAce-lm8es]

Yo, Joe! Another fantastic collection! All Hail THEE Holy Grail, The USS Flagg Hovercraft Playset 😢😪😭❤

[@rj9158]

Snowcat was my all time fave vehicle

[@Chasing80sToys]

Another excellent video👍 85 was a good lone-up/year even tho in my country we got these two years later in 87 when Gijoe finally reached this country. Yo Joe 👍

[@ToyKennections]

Yo Joe, Chris! I saw some figures a bit later up in Canada myself at times.

[@wilhelmtoyandhobby]

Great work you two!!!! 1985 was a terrific year!!!!

[@ToyKennections]

Thx Will!

[@happiaxxident]

Woohoo! Let’s do this! Thanks, Ken!

[@ToyKennections]

enjoy!

[@drozwalker9]

In 1985, I was more Cobra focused far as the toy line. I would save up my extra lunch money to pick up a comic or two. I did not pay attention to the family ties for the characters due to having my own head cannon. Thanks for another great video. Yo Joe!

[@ToyKennections]

Yo Joe! 1985 forever!

[@MrAce-lm8es]

"Argh! Wind in the sails, Whoo Hoo!" Polly The Parrot 🦅❤

[@palpatine1975]

Great insight my friend. 👍 👍

[@ToyKennections]

Thank you Master Palpatine!

[@gazz_N7]

Stellar work on this episode!!!!! 😘👍

[@ToyKennections]

Thx Gazz! This was a fun one to revisit.

[@jakeproven256]

In the comics not every Crimson guardsmen was a fred, some had their indivisual names remaining. However in more recent issues of the comics it's been established that the Crimson Guards even have other series of people aside from the Fred series, like the Laura series, the Tyler series, the Amy series, and the Luis series. With this information in mind, it's possible that crimson guardmen like Professor Apple might have had a series of copies of him as well.

[@ToyKennections]

Yup. The Fred series is the most well known, though.

[@rj9158]

Alpine was my fave that year

[@ToyKennections]

Good choice!

[@DianeBurnley-g3f]

Awesome

[@robvegas9354]

Yo Joe!!! This is awesome! Great video!!!

[@ToyKennections]

Thx Rob! 🤜🤛

[@crash2427]

Nice

[@pierreblain1424]

Great video man! So good that it made me subscribe!

[@ToyKennections]

Thank you and welcome to the channel.

[@bobahicks]

JOE YO!

[@ToyKennections]

Yo Joe!

[@danielherrin]

Yo Joe!!!

[@ToyKennections]

Yo Joe!

[@keened35]

I had most of these. Got the USS Flagg for Christmas that year! I could have slept on that thing!

[@impossiblepie]

Great video Ken, I don't have a specific favourite year of G.I Joe but this is definitely a great year for the toy line.

[@ToyKennections]

Oh yeah. Doesn't get much better than this.

[@BeardedG.i.JoeAdmiral71]

As always, the knowledge is just amazing.

[@ToyKennections]

And knowing is half the battle!

[@jakeproven256]

I'm inclined to believe the Starduster toy was released in 1987 because, you see, from 1982 to 1985 the file cards were in a peach color, zero exceptions, however starting in 1986 the file cards became grey, so if Star duster was released in 1985 there should be peach colored file card of him right? Well, every example of Stardusters filecard I've found is in a grey color scheme, I have seen no peach colored Starduster filecards. Now if a picture of a peach colored Starduster filecard pops up online, I will be believe it was released in 85, but until then I'm gonna go with 1987 as the release I believe.

[@ToyKennections]

Version A was available as a mailaway offer in late 1985, and either shipped by end of '85 or in early '86 (which is why both 3djoes and YoJoe put him in the '85 section). I would think 1987 makes sense for the version C of him, as it uses some parts off of Iceberg from the previous year.

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

I've always preferred the more sci-fi-looking figures, so I loved 85 with Barbecue, the Eels, Crimson Guard, Snake Eyes to an extent, and especially my favorite GI Joe figure ever, Airtight.

[@roosternm6830]

Me and my younger brothers collected GiJoe figures and vehicles from 82 to 90. We vlew them up, shot them with pellet guns and even taped a couple bottle rockets to a figure and made him fly. He had a parachute and we rigged it up an he flew up pretty far and then started falling and last minuye the paracute deployed and down he came. Right into a tall tree.

[@johnnymason2460]

I remember that two-part episode "The Traitor". That was a good episode. Dusty played the triple agent probably better than anyone before him. I wouldn't mind seeing that episode again.

[@ToyKennections]

It was indeed a great ep. I remember rewatching as an adult and it aged pretty well.

[@johnnymason2460]

@@ToyKennections I hope that episode is available on KZbin. I would watch it right now.

[@bsimon9427]

knocked out another banger! i like the nod to flints kid. do you have that figure? i do and its not half bad

[@ToyKennections]

Marissa Fairborne? I don't have her. I prob shudda kept my eyes peeled for one at Joefest. Glad you liked the video!

[@WetSnakes1012]

Awesome content ... question I came across a sealed ARAH Snake eyes with timber not sure if it's 84 85 version is called cobra invaser ????? 😅

[@ToyKennections]

Prolly 85. But if it's the foreign Invasor with South American packaging, it's from a bit later in the 80s, but I don't think that one came with Timber and the mold would match the 82 Snake Eyes.

[@WetSnakes1012]

@@ToyKennections o I see it's an action swivel arm figure card says cobra enemy and the figure all in commando with a silver cobra symbol looks to me to be a snake eyes cobra imposter weird......

[@christianbrix4311]

MacArthur is Quick Kick's first name, not his surname.