80S TOY FILE CARDS CODE
80S TOY FILE CARDS TV

Yes, this is an official product (not a bootleg) that was released under the G.I. Does he ring a bell for one of our readers? This figure screams classic 1970s or 1980s anime, like an evil space pirate out of ‘Captain Harlock’ or something, but I don’t know enough anime to place the specific character. (The character bio very likely may have been written without seeing a mockup of the design at all.)

His file card offers no indication for why he would dress this way. With his goofy pink and gold uniform, cybernetic eye and pet vulture, Voltar is one of the most ridiculous villain characters in a toy line populated with a lot of really ridiculous characters. Even more so than this one, if you can believe it. Some of her later uniforms were pretty hideous, though. Sadly, Hasbro never issued a version of the character in a green dress sewn from curtains. Comic book author Larry Hama, who wrote most of the official file cards on the toy packaging, loved a pun, the more groan-worthy the better.

80S TOY FILE CARDS CODE

However, the character’s code name combined with her “file name” (the supposed actual identity on recorded file) of Shana O’Hara is clearly meant to be a reference to Scarlett O’Hara in the film (and the original novel, I suppose). Judging by appearance alone, the figure certainly doesn’t bear much resemblance to Vivien Leigh in ‘ Gone with the Wind‘. As the franchise progressed, the costumes grew goofier and more outlandish.) (That first year, most of the characters were designed to look more or less like actual soldiers. Of the initial batch of figures in 1982, her spandex leotard costume was also the least… shall we say, realistic… military uniform. Joe team, Scarlett was the first female action figure in the toy line. Scarlett (1982)Īs one of the founding members of the G.I. Nevertheless, I think that cases can be made for most of them. Others may seem more tenuous, and a few you may not agree with at all. Some of these comparisons will be fairly obvious and undeniable. The following are some examples that have stood out to me.

80S TOY FILE CARDS TV

Sometimes, if they ran out of other ideas, they looked toward movies and TV shows for inspiration. As you can imagine, that was a lot of pressure. During the height of that success, the action figure designers at Hasbro were charged with cranking out dozens of new characters every year. Joe was the most popular boys’ toy in the world. Throughout most of the 1980s and early 1990s, G.I. In the meantime, I’ve prepared a fun look back at the times the original toy line shamelessly borrowed ideas from movies and TV. I hope it can live up to my expectations. The potential for awesomeness in that is almost too much for my brain to process. Joe: A Real American Hero’ cartoon from the 1980s. Tonight on NBC, ‘Community’ will air a special animated episode parodying the ‘G.I.

80s toy file cards