And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
I had this exact toy when I was a kid. The parents ended up selling it at a garage sale.
Ditto. I share your pain. It also came with a 45 of part of John Glenn's flight recording. Current value of one of these: $300-600. Original cost from Sears Christmas Wishbook in the mid-late '60s: $6.99
Only $6.99? I remember my Mom telling me it was too expensive, so I never had one. Some years ago they made a new version. I saw it in a Toys-R-Us. It looked pretty shabby & cheap, and I decided it was too oexpensive to add to my G.I. Joe astronaut re-issue. sigh.
I had an original GI Joe with a foot locker filled with equipment. It was stored up in my old house attic. Mom got the "cleaning frenzy" one day and threw it away. She never told me about tossing it; my wife had to tell me.
Still have mine. The shiny suit got separated from the capsule at some point, and so did the helmet. They must have gone in a box of parts at a garage sale. The sandy haired GIJoe that came with it (at least at my house) is still somewhere....
The box is long gone.
What I really miss is all the different "backpack" things. The unfolding lunar lander, the one that shot a yellow grappling hook... Lots of little pieces to get lost.
Oh, and a whole set of IH metal farm machine toys that dad brought home when he had access to the IH corporate store. I'd like to think they're still buried under the sand box at the old house, but I'm pretty sure they went into the neighbor's toy box. I think a lot of my stuff ended up crossing the street under cover of darkness.
But back then we played with our toys. No one kept them in the box on the shelf. That would be crazy.
I am pretty sure the Big Bruiser wrecker I buried behind the garage of our house on Minock in Detroit in the mid sixties is still there. Tempted to take a shovel and see. Might need a few bodyguards now tho.
Ditto. I share your pain.
ReplyDeleteIt also came with a 45 of part of John Glenn's flight recording.
Current value of one of these: $300-600.
Original cost from Sears Christmas Wishbook in the mid-late '60s: $6.99
Only $6.99? I remember my Mom telling me it was too expensive, so I never had one. Some years ago they made a new version. I saw it in a Toys-R-Us. It looked pretty shabby & cheap, and I decided it was too oexpensive to add to my G.I. Joe astronaut re-issue. sigh.
DeleteI had an original GI Joe with a foot locker filled with equipment. It was stored up in my old house attic. Mom got the "cleaning frenzy" one day and threw it away. She never told me about tossing it; my wife had to tell me.
ReplyDeleteI had lots of GI Joe's and gear, one was had full wet suit as my dad was a avid skin diver.
ReplyDeleteAll gone
Want to buy one ?
DeleteDitto. Jeep with trailer and recoiless rifle. Police motorcycle. Deep sea diver. Scuba diver. All gone.
DeleteMy cousin had one...until we finished it off with firecrackers
ReplyDelete*SIGH* I got one for my 9th birthday.
ReplyDeleteStill have mine. The shiny suit got separated from the capsule at some point, and so did the helmet. They must have gone in a box of parts at a garage sale. The sandy haired GIJoe that came with it (at least at my house) is still somewhere....
ReplyDeleteThe box is long gone.
What I really miss is all the different "backpack" things. The unfolding lunar lander, the one that shot a yellow grappling hook... Lots of little pieces to get lost.
Oh, and a whole set of IH metal farm machine toys that dad brought home when he had access to the IH corporate store. I'd like to think they're still buried under the sand box at the old house, but I'm pretty sure they went into the neighbor's toy box. I think a lot of my stuff ended up crossing the street under cover of darkness.
But back then we played with our toys. No one kept them in the box on the shelf. That would be crazy.
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I am pretty sure the Big Bruiser wrecker I buried behind the garage of our house on Minock in Detroit in the mid sixties is still there. Tempted to take a shovel and see. Might need a few bodyguards now tho.
DeleteI wanted one of those in the worst way. If i saw one today i would be seriously tempted to buy it.
ReplyDeleteOne of the few I never had. The rest are in my attic.
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