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Toy soldiers under fire: The all-male and all-white MoD heroes
Daily Mail ^
| 3rd May 2009
| Matthew Hickley
Posted on 05/03/2009 8:28:01 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: RobinOfKingston
If you knew your G.I. Joe history, you’d know that the 70’s Joes had built-in blue briefs.
Then again, that kung-fu grip technology could have had other uses...
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:56:37 PM PDT
by
sinanju
To: JRandomFreeper
Don’t you think that’s a little overkill?? excuse the expression.
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:57:24 PM PDT
by
antiunion person
("Do as I say, not as I do" says Nazi Pelosi, head of the socialist party of America.)
To: Oztrich Boy
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posted on
05/03/2009 8:58:00 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Dilbert San Diego
My guess is ... third from the right
Or ... second from the left .... errr ... fifth from the left?
Maybe the one on the right? .. the left?
Fourth from right?
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:04:40 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: spodefly
but I am pretty sure the one on the right is gay.
Of course, he’s the one huffing nitrous.
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:07:34 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: naturalman1975
Yeah, Sorry. I read "soldiers" too narrowly
"'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too!"
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:08:03 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Obama in Office for 100 days: Wall Street panics.)
To: antiunion person
Her house, her rules.
She shot expert and scored expert with grenades. Her and hubby served their tours in the sandbox. Out of respect, I'm not going to go against her wishes (besides it being dangerous).
On the up-side, I can buy and custom refit a Ruger 10-22 for the kid. He'll have a dozen hand crafted shoulder and fore-stocks before he's 8.
/johnny
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:08:54 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: tet68
Ease up on the zoomies. :)
/johnny
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:09:48 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Markos33
What if it’s one of the new “Totally Tattooed” Barbies? Can “Bizarrely Pierced” Barbie be far behind? :p
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:32:08 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
("Energy prices will necessarily skyrocket"-Zero)
To: JRandomFreeper
Can’t she just cut their fingers off? :)
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:33:13 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
("Energy prices will necessarily skyrocket"-Zero)
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To: naturalman1975
These are way too realistic to have much fun with. Those cheap bag-o-soldiers we use to play with in the 1960s offered a young boy a world of possibilities, when inventing battles.
Ones with broken off limbs were used as casualties. The useless ones, like the guys with the mine detectors would often get killed by a flame thrower, really me with lit match.
These realistic ones are way too expensive to even think about burning or chewing off a bent limb. What fun is that?
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posted on
05/03/2009 9:51:34 PM PDT
by
NavyCanDo
(2 beers away from it being a perfect day.)
To: RobinOfKingston
In the early 1970’s my younger brother had a Japanese soldier GI Joe, and he was so jealous of me having the American soldier. He got his revenge a few years ago when he showed me that his version of the Japanese soldier was going on Ebay for up to $600, where my Joe was going for around $40. To bad both of them disappeared when we got into our early teens. Never could figure out where all those toys went. They just disappeared. Now with a kid of my own, I know. It was Mom.
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posted on
05/03/2009 10:02:00 PM PDT
by
NavyCanDo
(2 beers away from it being a perfect day.)
To: naturalman1975
I made soldiers out of my Barbie dolls. Presto! Instant female warriors.
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posted on
05/03/2009 10:19:35 PM PDT
by
JillValentine
(Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
To: naturalman1975
So statistically one of these figures should have been a black, muslim, Jewish, one legged, lesbian dwarf in transition.
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posted on
05/03/2009 10:27:30 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
To: NavyCanDo
Now with a kid of my own, I know. It was Mom.
Moms account for a lot of mysteries.
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posted on
05/03/2009 11:16:30 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
To: naturalman1975
I have been collecting the "Ultimate Soldiers" series for year. I have many of the 1st series tanks, soldiers and aircraft all in new condition, boxed.
Anyone interested? I could take inventory.
I was going to give them to my son to play with and I have, but I kept on collecting them.
A lot of good they do in AC storage...
Anyway, these are awesome toys and even if I just get to look at them they are VERY COOL...
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:47:30 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Caipirabob
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:49:00 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: JRandomFreeper
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