TR101AL wrote:
Breaker was the first, SE the second. Grunt, Short-Fuse and Stalker were third.
This is almost exactly the order I acquired them in, but I got Flash before Stalker. And I had Breaker for a couple weeks just by himself. I remember begging my mom for him because he looked so much like my older brother's 12-inch bearded Joe and, without even reading his file card (or realizing it was there) I tore him open to battle my Star Wars guys.
I didn't even realize there were file cards until a particularly long shopping trip with my mom, when she'd made it clear I wasn't getting anything. While she shopped for clothes, I sat and looked at the toys. I pulled a Snake Eyes off the peg and turned him over. When I saw all the other little character pictures I was like "Who the heck are those guys?" Then I read the file card for Snake Eyes, then for Stalker...both were awesome.
The kicker is that I continued to think Breaker was the original Joe until a month or so later when I found another in the store and read his file card. Snow Eyes was instantly promoted to be my favorite character, but I still have a soft spot for Breaker.