To: skimbell; All
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."
12 posted on
10/28/2007 7:44:19 PM PDT by
WorkingClassFilth
(Of course we need the death penalty - Soylent Green needs inputs.)
To: WorkingClassFilth
I like the other story better ;)
15 posted on
10/28/2007 7:55:29 PM PDT by
visualops
(artlife.us)
To: WorkingClassFilth
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.
29 posted on
10/29/2007 9:45:35 AM PDT by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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