Vintage Figure Of The Day

HASBRO  1987  GI JOE   CRYSTAL BALL

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  1. Barbecue17January 24, 2019 at 9:26 PM

    I love Crystal Ball! He's just so crazy! I love the Vincent Price influence on him. Now, to be Honest, he doesn't quite feel like a G.I. Joe figure (even so far as ARAH figures go he's pretty out there) but he's cool mixed in with other oddballs like Raptor.

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  2. Big ToneJanuary 25, 2019 at 5:39 AM

    I remember my older sister taking me to buy this figure at my local TRU.I always had the habit of showing whoever It was that took me on the toy run ,not only the figure,but their backstory as well. Almost as If to say "You see,these things are cooler than you think!" Well,my sister made the Vincent Price connection rather quickly,even If I had no clue who he was at the time.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2019 at 5:45 AM

    Thanks to Stephen King for this guy!

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    1. Big ToneJanuary 25, 2019 at 8:51 AM

      Had I known this as a kid It would have probably blown my sister's mind ,lol!She was a big fan of his books.

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  4. GIJigsawJanuary 26, 2019 at 3:38 PM

    Freaky looking dude. I remember the kids in the Stephen King novel "The Tommyknockers" talking about their GI Joes.

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  5. Big ToneJanuary 26, 2019 at 5:56 PM

    I may have caught scenes here and there of that film but never In it's entirety.

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