Only realized this now, that this year 2012, is the 30th Anniversary of GI Joe Real American Hero. I was reading up on old GI Joe comic books these past few weeks when I chanced upon this brilliant kernel of truth. GI Joe is really special to me as it was the perfect creative outlet for that old pastime of playing soldier. Funny also that this is also the 30th year of Macross, two great childhood loves were created on the same year. How about that?

I posted a while ago about the 1984 released Roadblock action figure from the GI Joe Real American Hero series of toys by Hasbro. Well, in 1987 they re-released Roadblock with a new body design and head sculpt. Roadblock was one of my most favorite characters from the cartoon series, so I just had to have the second version of Roadblock when it came out.

Released in 1985 by Hasbro was the Action Figure Airtight from the GI Joe Real American Hero line of 3.75 inch action figures. In the figure card at the back, Airtight’s description is listed as Hostile Environment.

Released in 1984 was the Mutt action figure for the GI Joe Real American Hero toy line of Hasbro. Mutt came with a dog figure named Junkyard. Also included with the toy was a rubber leash for Junkyard, a face mask for Mutt, an Ingram submachine gun, a stick like accessory (whose purpose I don’t understand) and a helmet.