G.I. JOE VEHICLE SHOWDOWN, part 11 - 1989
Time To Be Checking Out...? At this point in 1989, I was still purchasing some G.I Joe figures, however my days of Joe-buying were about over. Strange to say that back then I bought NONE of these vehicles. I still liked strolling down the toy aisle and seeing all the new stuff, but beyond the figures, I was done. Life as a musician OR a toy collector is EXPENSIVE (even more so now) and I had a foot in each world. Music was starting to win this battle though. That said, I thought this was a good year for vehicles! More sub-groups had surfaced, all borrowing from previous releases. Yet 1989 still had it's fair share of unique and original new vehicles. The 3-way battle of Joe / Cobra / Iron Grenadiers continued on. No crazy ideas like bug-people from the Himalayas or cloned Emperors popping up this time around. It was a pretty standard year. It wasn't that the line had gotten so outlandish that I...
