Basic Gijoe Fighting men! Added...

LeStryge wrote:

I had a "bomb" where the nose unscrewed and could take several caps. Shaped like a WWII finned bomb....

I remember those! We only had cheap knock-off versions, lightweight plastic, that you had to throw directly at the ground with considerable force to get to pop, and even then success was rare.

SCU_HQ wrote:

I've never seen the "Doughboy" brand caps! Those perforated roll caps are the ones I remember!

Used those Doughboy caps for cap rockets... :-)

LeStryge wrote:

I had a "bomb" where the nose unscrewed and could take several caps. Shaped like a WWII finned bomb it was weighted at the front and you threw it up in the air and the caps went off as it hit the concrete. You had to fold a strip of caps up to fit in it, so packets of caps never lasted very long. Of course we always over-loaded it......ever bigger bangs and smoke!
Great vintage stuff Jim. I am very envious of your collection, and it seems in such great condition too.
Have you had these since childhood?

YES those caps are my childhood later 1960's...

Yes great memories we have!

Gunner Munro wrote:

Chip wrote:

Great collection you have , it`s really nice to see them .

Brilliant stuff ..as folks have said a great collection... I have 40th anniversary Action Man editions of basic Soldier /Sailor and pilot on the way.

My first VAM was a 1966 Soldier- boy was I made up with that guy !

I also recall the 'whiff of cap cordite  in the morning" ...

Awesome Gunner! Post pics of your new soldiers!
 Yes that good old cap smell...

Answered everyone above...
You mean a rocket like this SCU_HQ  lol

Jim are any of these figures your actual childhood toys, or have you purchased them at some later date?

Very cool Jim

Ha ha! YES! That is the exact style of "cheap" cap rocket that we had as kids! I believe there was another little plastic piece that screwed on over the nose, but we always took them off, too, because the caps were louder with the shroud removed. And it always fell off anyway.

Blondeactionman wrote:

Very cool Jim

Thanks Dal!

LeStryge wrote:

Jim are any of these figures your actual childhood toys, or have you purchased them at some later date?

Some are my childhood toys and some other stuff I bought later LeStryge...

SCU_HQ wrote:

Ha ha! YES! That is the exact style of "cheap" cap rocket that we had as kids! I believe there was another little plastic piece that screwed on over the nose, but we always took them off, too, because the caps were louder with the shroud removed. And it always fell off anyway.

Good ole days!

LeStryge wrote:

Jim are any of these figures your actual childhood toys, or have you purchased them at some later date?

Heres a old link to a thread of mine and some childhood stuff... LeStryge

https://actionmanmobileops.forumotion.co.uk/t9594-old-stuff-i-find-at-my-old-homestead-found-more-stuff-today

AND you still have the Mercury Space Capsule that I want Jim!

I like that steaming coffee cup wall clock!

What I like even more is that, situated next to the navy guy in the breeches buoy, the "steam" from the coffee looks like the tentacles of a giant octopus making a grab for him!

SCU_HQ wrote:

I like that steaming coffee cup wall clock!

What I like even more is that, situated next to the navy guy in the breeches buoy, the "steam" from the coffee looks like the tentacles of a giant octopus making a grab for him!

I did not notice that octopus...

LeStryge wrote:

AND you still have the Mercury Space Capsule that I want Jim!

Yes I do LeStryge....

I have it sitting to the right of my TV...lol

AH HA! Now I know just where to find it......mmuwahahahha!

LeStryge wrote:

AH HA! Now I know just where to find it......mmuwahahahha!

It's nice to see original figures the way they first appeared.  My first and only Gi Joe was the Land Adventurer, plus an action pack, and the helicopter and headquarters.  I have a brother 4 years younger, but by then Joes were not too popular.  Then my Joe was lost, (probably thrown away) and all I have from those days is the top lid of the rescue raft backpack.    I always wonder if my old LA is lying in pieces in a box somewhere at Mom's house - to be discovered years from now.  If so, I now have the ability to make him look like new!    It's a fond dream, which probably fueled my collector's bug, and my enjoyment in restoring old Joes.