[WorkingClassFilth]

Nice story and I'm thankful for men like Col. Paige, but that ain't his face on the famous G.I. Joe action figure. I just finished reading G.I. Joe: The Complete Story of America's Favorite Man of Action which is the definitive book on the toy by John Michlig complete with extensive contributions and a forward by the toy's creator, Don Levine from Hasbro. The original figure's head was created from the imagination of sculptor Phil Kraczkowski. He says "In the case of G.I. Joe, I never sketched anything out and I couldn't use myself as a model because I'm not that handsome. Like a lot of things I've sculpted, G.I. Joe came from within. I don't know how these things happen, but I just let the clay develop and when it ends up where I'm happy, that's it."

[visualops]

I like the other story better ;)

[ErnBatavia]

I have one - never opened - that Mitch Paige autographed for me...he laughed when I referred to it as a doll, suggesting that even “action figure” was hard enough ofr him to stomach.