Joe Collectors Club, he issued two collecting and identification guides which had hundreds of photos of the 3.75 inch (9.5 cm) G.I. Joe (1964–1978).ĭuring the era that DeSimone was running the unlicensed G.I. The back covers of each box also included a file card for each figure (just as the 3.75" line did) and a photo of the new figure along with the photo of a similar figure from DeSimone's collection of the vintage era of G.I. Hasbro honored DeSimone's contributions by acknowledging his assistance on the back cover of every Hall of Fame G.I. Joe action figure with the Hall of Fame line. Thus began Hasbro's plan to revive the 12" G.I. Joe and Captain Action far outstripped the supply. Joe had increased astronomically because the demand for vintage toys like G.I. During the 1980s, the prices of vintage toys and especially G.I. After Hasbro began collaborating with DeSimone, Hasbro executives realized that there was an untapped market of nostalgic collectors who had grown up on the original G.I. Hasbro also licensed DeSimone to promote official G.I. Joe collectors, Hasbro licensed DeSimone's G.I. Īs a result of DeSimone's efforts to organize the G.I. The DeSimone version of the club existed as a newsletter to which thousands of nostalgic collectors subscribed. Joe Collectors Clubs that had existed during the vintage era of the 12" figures (1964–1978). Joe Collectors Club, which was a throw-back to the original G.I. In the mid-1980s, DeSimone created the G.I. Joe had not existed as a 12" action figure, James DeSimone had been touring toy shows all over the United States buying and selling G.I. The Street Fighter, 30th Anniversary (12"), and Limited Exclusives are to be found on this page they all share the basic figure developed as the Hall of Fame.ĭuring the fourteen years that G.I. Joe released its 30th Anniversary Commemorative sets which featured a new body style based on the Action Man sets that were being sold in Europe. The Hall of Fame era ended in 1994 when G.I. Then during spring and summer, smaller waves (usually mini-sets) of figures, clothing, and gear would be released. Joe sets three times per year with the largest amount of figures, vehicles, clothing, and gear sets being issued around October, in time for the holiday season. Additionally, talking voice chips were used in some figures and limited edition action figure sets were released for the Street Fighter II video game and movie characters, and also for the Mortal Kombat characters.ĭuring the Hall of Fame era, Hasbro usually issued its G.I. Hasbro also used variant sets (also known as chase sets) to increase demand and interest in the figures. These figures had collectors scrambling to find the lowest numbers which were expected to have the highest resale value. The first innovation was the limited edition, individually numbered collectible figures. Joe Hall of Fame era, Hasbro introduced several new products to the world of action figure collectibles. Duke was the first 12" (30 cm) action figure produced in the Hasbro G.I. Joe Hall of Fame era of 12" action figures began in 1991, when Hasbro released the Target Exclusive Duke in response to the high demand from nostalgic collectors of the vintage era G.I. JSTOR ( February 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "G.I. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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