How could Snake Eyes fight a better articulated Stormshadow? And, thus was born a dilemma. Now that I had swivel arm figures, straight arms might as well have been Kenner or Fisher Price toys. But, even the one that was unbroken was straight arm. And, as I searched out a Stormshadow figure as the year wound down, not having Snake Eyes as a foil was problematic. I found issue #27 at a local drug store in the first weeks of summer vacation and subscribed to the comic that day. I read the issue at school and was hooked. In the early summer of 1984, though, G.I. (Plus, more than one had now suffered broken thumbs from the variety of weapons forced into their hands.) With this, Snake Eyes perished as a viable member of my collection. I didn't need the contrived enemy of Snake Eyes figures any longer. When Star Wars played itself out, though, and I found myself enthralled by the new, 1983 Joe releases. 1983 was interrupted by Star Wars and I completely abandoned my Joes from around April until well into July. Through winter and into the early spring of 1983, Snake Eyes was the enemy who would capture, kill or be killed by the Joes. With these, the Snake Eyes army could be outfitted with M-16's, M-60's and even laser rifles to help battle the Joes with more diverse weaponry than just their Uzis.
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And, by that time, I didn't really care as I was full bore back into Return of the Jedi figures.) In early 1983, I acquired two Battle Gear packs. (I wouldn't see any Cobras in any neighborhood collections for several months. These Snake Eyes figures became the villains to my Joes. In looking at the trio of all black, hidden face figures, I found my enemy. My younger brother had gotten one in October and my youngest brother had also gotten a Snake Eyes under the Christmas tree. It turns out that after Christmas of 1982, we had three Snake Eyes figures in our house. However, this proved somewhat fortuitous. Again, though, this proved frustrating as he got in the way of play for the VAMP. I then attempted to have him sit on the back of the VAMP, somewhat manning the gun.
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The VAMP's two seats were occupied by Clutch as the driver and Hawk since it was his MMS that was towed behind the jeep. While I tried to put a second figure onto it, that was problematic and was more hassle than the play value afforded. Breaker was the sole operator of the RAM. Upon opening my Joes, I now had three vehicles and 4 figures. Also under the tree, though, was a single, carded figure: the 1982 Snake Eyes. Both toys included figures, so I had three Joes and three vehicles. My existing RAM was joined by a VAMP (our second as my brother already had one) and an MMS. Christmas proved a bit better in the Joe department. A day after my birthday, though, a friend who had been sick for the party dropped off my present: a Breaker figure.
Joe for my birthday and Christmas that December.
After playing with my brother's toys for a while, I wanted G.I. Joe figures offered cooler accessories, better vehicles and added articulation. Prior to this, I was focused solely on Star Wars figures. Joe entered my childhood in October of 1982 when my younger brother got most of the released toys for his birthday. But, this original design for Snake Eyes was still around and had a few memories forged around it. Snake Eyes as a character was not really relevant until the 1985 figure entered into my collection. But, to me, this figure was not an overly important part of my childhood. The all black base with a masked visage created a character for all time. The 1983 Snake Eyes is certainly one of the most iconic G.I. While there are still tons and tons of figures which I haven't looked at, my current collecting focus is heavily based on my childhood recollections. But, they haven't made vintage style Joes for retail release in more than a decade (aside from one crappy Snow Job repaint) and haven't produced even a collector themed Convention exclusive is more than 6 years. There was a time when Hasbro pumped out more new figures than I could possibly keep up with.
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