War Toys - GI Joe, WW2, WW1 and others

Started by airboy, January 24, 2019, 06:59:50 PM

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airboy

We went to the National Toy Museum in Kansas City.  They had a pretty awesome display of war toys.  Some of these I'd never heard of (Krack-a-Jap cannon & machine gun) and others I lusted over as a kid - but never got (GI Joe Navy Diver set and the extra awesome recoilless rifle).

You can see all of this at my blog:
https://averysgameblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/war-toys-national-toy-museum-part-3/


Steelgrave

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Good stuff! I enjoyed reading your article, Airboy, and it brought back memories. I had the big G.I. Joe, the original, and a footlocker to store his gear in. I wanted the G.I. Joe Mercury Capsule soooo bad but come Christmas, I got some cheap knockoff astronauts instead. Well, I probably deserved coal so I'm not complaining  8) Love to visit that museum one day and KC is not a long drive from OKC   :bd:



Oh and a P.S.......reading the rest of your article on the museum, I encountered this:



Exactly the toys I was thinking of. In retrospect, Major Matt Mason was no G.I. Joe but he was ok   O0

JasonPratt

How the heck did that Joe fit inside that capsule?!
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I had some of those Major Matt Mason figures and accessories when I was a kid. Real full-size GI Joes as well, including that big yellow two-part command center truck-thing.  I even had the brief-case accessory with the hidden Luger inside.






IIRC, the guy on the Forgotten Firearms youtube channel tested out the real thing (with an HK submachine gun) a little while back.

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Quote from: JasonPratt on January 24, 2019, 08:11:40 PM
How the heck did that Joe fit inside that capsule?!

I had one. He fit just fine sitting down.

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Do they let you play with anything while you're there? You should if you have to pay to get in I say.  ::)
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airboy

Quote from: Sir Slash on January 25, 2019, 11:54:48 AM
Do they let you play with anything while you're there? You should if you have to pay to get in I say.  ::)

They "sold me" a handheld bomb in their gift shop that explodes a plastic cap when it lands.

Sir Slash

"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

airboy