"GI Joe US Army WWII" Topic
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| Bunkermeister | 01 Jun 2025 5:11 p.m. PST |
link I am working on a WWII US Army Infantry Platoon for GI Joe.
Here is some of my progress after only 60 years. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
korsun0  | 01 Jun 2025 5:26 p.m. PST |
Impressive indeed, I guess their scale platoon footprint would be large? |
| Bunkermeister | 01 Jun 2025 8:01 p.m. PST |
Standing in three ranks shoulder to shoulder, about 1 foot deep and four feet wide. Leader element is 5 additional figures so about four inches by 1 foot. Thanks for reading. Bunkermeister |
| myxemail | 02 Jun 2025 3:23 a.m. PST |
The true scale of the GI Joe's. That is quite a collection |
 Sgt Slag | 02 Jun 2025 7:30 a.m. PST |
I visited an antique store, around seven years ago: they had for sale, a GI Joe yellow helicopter toy, that I had as a boy. They wanted $60 USD for it, and it wasn't complete! I donated all of my 12" Joes after my sons stopped playing with them. I had no idea they were worth anything, but mine were played with, hard, after I had taken them out of their boxes. Lots of fond memories for me, with my 12" Joe's and their gear. Those were amazing toys back in the early to mid 1970's, for me. Of course by then, they were the Adventure Team, rather than straight up military men. LOL! Thanks for sharing, Bunkermeister. You reminded me of my fondest memories as a boy. Cheers! |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 02 Jun 2025 9:51 a.m. PST |
Wow. My house is not big enough to hold a platoon of 12" GI Joes. |
| Bunkermeister | 02 Jun 2025 5:43 p.m. PST |
Thank you myxemail. Some of these I got as a boy in Christmas 1964. Sgt Slag, even rather ratty ones can be valuable, and some are very rare. To me the value is in the joy they bring me, and they all get taken out of the box and go out in the yard and fight the enemies of freedom in the lawn. Sol, we moved to rural KY when we retired from CA, spent our life savings to build a custom home so we could stay home and enjoy our hobbies. My wife does needle crafts and I have the army men. I have a walk out basement the same size as the rest of the house. I used to drive over 100 miles per day when I was working. Now I drive fewer than 3,000 miles per year. I love being retired. Mike |
| Sgt Slag | 03 Jun 2025 6:21 a.m. PST |
Good for you, and for your wife, Mike! I love a happy retirement story. I have more hobby space than my wife does, and I hope to remedy that, some day soon. I have a lot of hobby plans for my retirement (5-7 years in the future). Not sure how it will go, but I am looking forward to it. Cheers! |
| TimePortal | 08 Jun 2025 12:48 p.m. PST |
12" GI Goes, looks good. I got a few in the 1960s. The ones I remember were the last we got. I got a German and my four year younger brother got a Japanese. Dad brought home a wooden ammo box from the armory to stores them in. When the smaller ones came out, my son was just a toddler. I went overboard buying them for him. |
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