I noticed a well made GI Joe Adventure Team custom on another site in the last 24-48 hrs. . While i personally wasn't all that excited about the theme (again it was well made) i asked myself " Would i have wanted something like this as a child?" and the truth is ... i'm not sure. I recall having wind up scuba divers in the tub as a wee lad. VERY wee.

I dont recall owning anything even remotely as "non aligned" as a scuba diver or race car driver after age 4-5 yrs old. Every toy line i had had a clear good guy vs bad guy set up. Did the adventure team have *any* enemies? Would a child really want a mountain climber , scuba diver or jeep driver as a stand alone action figure?

I know the old Fisher Price line (Rescue Heroes) was successful without any enemies (that i recall) but the aesthetic was different (happy faces with big appealing smiles). I don't know if you can pull that off with a 4 '' modern joe .

The original AT did not have bad guys from 1972-1975. In 1976, the Intruders were introduced. They were highly intelligent alien's that looked like cavemen

More recently, though, the GI Joe club has set up MARS and Black Dragon as AT foes, attempting to tie in the AT with RAH.

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