[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Army Men (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 8/13/2011 12:47:31 PM EDT
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When I was growing up I had Army Men all the time There seemed to always be a particular Army Man who died first in battle.
The Flame Thrower guy... Then The Mine Sweeper Then the Guy with the Binos and 1911 Then the Guy with the M16 to his side then the Guy with the M16 and Bayonet over his head Then the RTO Low Crawler then the guy who doesn't seem to be doing anything Then the Bazooka Man and finally the Mortar Man All the rest went down in battle involving fireworks. 
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FRIDAYS... enjoy... I had to call my younger brother to find out what show this was, I remember us laughing our asses off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON5QDDfgbIs part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An48B9DwypI |
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I had this, they all died horribly! 
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg I wanted one as a kid, but never got one. Thanks to eBay, I have one now though. 
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg I've still got mine! 
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg 
Mine was very similar to that, except it was Iwo Jima. The flamethrowers guys always won.  Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg Awesome...I had that playset too !! Note even 70's PC was in full swing (not a nazi flag) |
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I had a boat load of those. Do they still sell them? Yep. At least just the army men. I haven't seen the big playsets. They're pretty crappy plastic these days though. Worst ones. |
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg
Mine was very similar to that, except it was Iwo Jima. The flamethrowers guys always won.
Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile BAH! Flame Thrower only has 3-4 seconds of "Firepower" They tried but always died first in a horrible fashion! |
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FRIDAYS... enjoy... I had to call my younger brother to find out what show this was, I remember us laughing our asses off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON5QDDfgbIs part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An48B9DwypI Same with me and my brothers. I'm gonna send them those links, they'll get a kick out of it. Thanks! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Quoted: I had a boat load of those. Do they still sell them? The ones I've seen around town are all in non-threatening poses. I was drunk with some buddies one time and went to buy some and raged so hard that I almost blew my top off in the store. We grabbed hot pockets instead  |
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I ordered these out of a comic book too. They were flat, 2 dimensional made out of a brittle plastic. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=31879 I ordered the revolutionary war ones..... Just as cheap.... I felt like Ralphie when he discovered that his little orphan annie decoder message was a commercial. 
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg I would've sold my big sister into slavery for that playset! |
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg I would've sold my big sister into slavery for that playset! Pics of sister??? |
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FRIDAYS... enjoy... I had to call my younger brother to find out what show this was, I remember us laughing our asses off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON5QDDfgbIs part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An48B9DwypI I loved that show, the Ganja guy killed me as well. |
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BAH! Flame Thrower only has 3-4 seconds of "Firepower" They tried but always died first in a horrible fashion! Not on Iwo Jima! When they showed up, everyone ran or died a horrible painful death! (At least until my mom started locking up her hairspray )Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I ordered these out of a comic book too. They were flat, 2 dimensional made out of a brittle plastic. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=31879 I ordered one of those if I remember right! They never shipped them!!!!! 
That has been so long ago. 
I do remember that the guy who had the most "troops" though, always won. Was the first lesson I had in military tactics. Was simple really. SPREAD OUT and don`t bunch up!!!
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I ordered these out of a comic book too. They were flat, 2 dimensional made out of a brittle plastic. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=31879 I used to salivate over that ad. Always wondered what it looked like. |
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg Hell ya! I had one as well
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I ordered these out of a comic book too. They were flat, 2 dimensional made out of a brittle plastic. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=31879 I used to salivate over that ad. Always wondered what it looked like. You missed nothing ! I'd say half of mine wouldnt even stand up because of the plastic crap on the base being mal formed & f'd up..... They became casualties very quickly. The battlefield is a harsh place. |
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg I would've sold my big sister into slavery for that playset! Pics of sister??? No, but imagine this. We're half Irish, half Italian. She's strawberry blonde and has a nose like Mussolini. You don't wanna' see that! |
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I had this, they all died horribly!
http://webdebris.com/70s/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/marx_navarone_play_set.jpg I had one of those. Best Hanukka ever. |
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slaughtered in a series of cataclysmic attacks.
covered in testers glue and set afire with numerous support vehicles in a sand box. nuked with a quart of gasoline and burnt to crispy critters in a leaf pile. blown to smithereens with real m80s and cherry bombs. but the most fun, me and my dad spent an hour of two building a big fort and set a shitpile of army men (several bags) in a mock dien bien phu and then simulating a massive artillery attack with semi auto .22 caliber canon fire. |
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slaughtered in a series of cataclysmic attacks. covered in testers glue and set afire with numerous support vehicles in a sand box. nuked with a quart of gasoline and burnt to crispy critters in a leaf pile. blown to smithereens with real m80s and cherry bombs. but the most fun, me and my dad spent an hour of two building a big fort and set a shitpile of army men (several bags) in a mock dien bien phu and then simulating a massive artillery attack with semi auto .22 caliber canon fire. and I thought I was creative......................................
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I ordered these out of a comic book too. They were flat, 2 dimensional made out of a brittle plastic. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=31879 Oh those goddamn things. Somewhere I read that those were originally part of a toy tank or artillery set that used the crappy 2d bits as targets. A friend of mine got them, and yes they were excellent targets for a Daisy. |