List #607: Favorite ways to play with G.I.Joes

List #607: Favorite ways to play with G.I.Joes

1. Build mighty Construx fortresses for them

2. Hold Olympic Games (I have notebooks full of detailed results)

3. Make Dioramas or staged scenes (especially in the snow, or underwater)

4. Not generally "Joe vs. Cobra War". (most of mine got new names and personalities)

List #606: Favorite G.I.Joes

List #606: Favorite G.I.Joes (Toys, Show or Comics)

Joes

1. Scarlett

2. Jinx

3. Shipwreck

4. Roadblock

5. Muskrat

6. Lifeline

7. Mainframe

8. Blizzard

Cobra

1. Hydro-Viper

2. Croc Master

3. Baroness

4. Nemesis Enforcer

5. Alley Viper

6. Serpentor

List #485: 1980s Toy Franchises Ranked By My Enjoyment

List #485: 1980s Toy Franchises Ranked By My Enjoyment (not counting primarily creative building toys)

1. G.I. Joe (most versatile figures for imaginary Olympics Events)

2. Transformers

3. He-Man

4. My Little Pony

5. M.A.S.K

6. CareBears and CareBear Cousins

7. GoBots

8. Strawberry Shortcake (dang, they smelled good)

9. Garbage Pail Kids (... Art Spiegelman!)

10. Cabbage Patch Kids

11. honorable Mention: Star Wars, Crystar, Rocklords ('transformer' type toys that turned into rocks...), SeaWees, MicroMachines (all mine were second-hand), Pound Puppies, Rainbow Brite

List #456: 7 Things about my life in '89

List #456: 7 Things about my life in 1989

1. I was in 5th Grade (my first year at Nettleton Magnet school)

2. I wore Zubaz to school the first day, was ridiculed (and then, a month later, most kids had them)

3. I went to Disney World for the First Time

4. I was a Pirate for Halloween

5. I started reading J.R.R. Tolkien and other Fantasy Novels

6. I didn't have a Brother

7. I met my friend Ben.