Need Help Now Gijoe Homework

[custo]

Hey guys,

 

Tomorow i'm doing an informative speech on gijoe, i need to get some info on it's history though so links would be helpful.

 

Here's the outline for what i'm gonna say

 

1.Birth of a Hero

A. How it all started (1964)

B. What made gijoe different from Barbie dolls

C. Why it came to an End (oil prices i believe)

 

2. ARAH

A. The O-ring

B. Cobra

C. The death of ARAH

 

3. The Rebirth

A. T-crotch VS O-ring

B. Two pack VS single pack

C. Themes (JvC, Spytroops, VvV

D. Armybuilding

[mr. han]

1.Birth of a Hero

Make sure you mention how its birth came in at an ideal time. The end of WWII and the beggining of Vietnam.

[cobrasaboteur]

What grade, how long does it have to be?

 

-saboteur

[custo]

I have 6 minutes, and it's for grade 12

[custo]

I especially need to know why the original 12 inch line was cancelled.

[Action Figure Soundwave]

Here's a little fact that you should give......

 

The 80's Cartoon wasn't only a cartoon to entertain children, It was also a 30 minute commercial to promote and advertise the toys.... That's why you always here the characters saying stuff , like the vehicles names.

[Action Figure Soundwave]

I especially need to know why the original 12 inch line was cancelled.

The figures were cancelled because, the plastic cost too much, and around the time of a particular war[not to sure which] they needed the plastic for military purposes.

[Pit Viper]

I thought it was the oil embargo?

[DPrime]

You should try and find statistics on the popularity/sales of GI Joe in times of war. I've heard that people buy more 'war toys' when there's an actual conflict going on.

[cobrasaboteur]

I thought it was because of the 4" star wars figures that did so well. Hasbro kinda borrowed that idea of small action figures to change the look of americas favorite fighting man.

 

-saboteur

[KamenDreda]

There was a series inbetween the 12 inchers and the RAH. Action man... and he was 8". SO the Joes gradually shrank. And it might be cool to mention Gi joe Extreme in the 90's

[KamenDreda]

here man... here is a good link for you

 

http://www.bigredtoybox.com/articles/joeindex.shtml

[BradMan]

Here's a pretty good link with an article written this fall to commemorate the 40th anniversary of GI Joe.

 

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles/sh...cle.php?ID=1074

 

 

It gives a lot of major points, and should be a good starting point. As for your outline, here's a few interesting points I can think of off the top of my head:

 

 

1. Birth of a Hero

- left thumbnail is on the bottom of the thumb to make the figure unique enough to trademark, since there is no way to get a patent on the human form

- same goes for the facial scar

 

2. ARAH

- o-ring design was first used by Microman figures in Japan

- Hasbro employee Ron Rudat was "honored" with Dusty's file name appearing as Ronald Tadur (Rudat backwards). Tunnel Rat was also sculpted to resemble Larry Hama, the man who wrote all of the original comics and filecard biographies.

 

3. Rebirth

- as a point of interest, GI Joe #1 from Devil's Due was released on September 12, 2001.

 

Good luck!

[DPrime]

Awesome article, KamenDreda. Thanks for sharing!

[Toiletmonkey1]

There was a series inbetween the 12 inchers and the RAH. Action man... and he was 8". SO the Joes gradually shrank.

9" he was called "super joe" interesting note he was complete crap!

 

becuse of the oil shortage gijoe became too expensive to produce because of the fact they used some sort of petroleum biproduct to make plastic, so first they shrank gijoe into super joe cause he used less plastic , then everyone saw what a super turd he was, ie sales were bad. bam! the line is cancelled or something like that?????

 

the end

 

 

And it might be cool to mention Gi joe Extreme in the 90's

 

cool is an awful strong word when mentioned with gijoe extreme! dont ya think?? but i see your point of how the more things change the more they stay the same!!

 

TM