Comments on: Undress http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/ Toys are serious business. Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: maggPi http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/#comment-88532 maggPi Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:28:58 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/08/08/undress/#comment-88532 In the late '70's there were G.I. Joe dolls in Brazil that were the same size as a Ken doll. They had proper cloth clothing, and fuzzy buzz-cuts. They were VERY COOL. I was jealous that my boy cousins had such cool dolls. Yes. They were dolls. To call them action figures is to deny them their full doll status. (The term "action figure" is the green ribbon handed out for "participation" so you think you actually got something cool. It's a consolation prize, man!) I didn't know such cool G.I. Joes existed. And you should've seen the helicopter..! Shit, man! I never saw anything like it in North America my entire childhood! ...the fuzzy hair, even! Not painted! Real buzz-cut! I am still in awe, 33 years later. In the late ’70′s there were G.I. Joe dolls in Brazil that were the same size as a Ken doll. They had proper cloth clothing, and fuzzy buzz-cuts. They were VERY COOL.
I was jealous that my boy cousins had such cool dolls.
Yes.
They were dolls.
To call them action figures is to deny them their full doll status. (The term “action figure” is the green ribbon handed out for “participation” so you think you actually got something cool. It’s a consolation prize, man!) I didn’t know such cool G.I. Joes existed. And you should’ve seen the helicopter..! Shit, man! I never saw anything like it in North America my entire childhood!

…the fuzzy hair, even! Not painted! Real buzz-cut!

I am still in awe, 33 years later.

]]> By: Maycroft http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/#comment-67244 Maycroft Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:34:43 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/08/08/undress/#comment-67244 It was set all along and we missed it! It was set all along and we missed it!

]]> By: Lis http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/#comment-45550 Lis Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:26:59 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/08/08/undress/#comment-45550 thinking of ethan as a sexual being never really flew for me till recently and current storyline threatens to rip it all away. thinking of ethan as a sexual being never really flew for me till recently and current storyline threatens to rip it all away.

]]> By: Lesharo http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/#comment-25318 Lesharo Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:50:05 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/08/08/undress/#comment-25318 Painfully. Painfully.

]]> By: BD http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/#comment-23564 BD Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:44:03 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/08/08/undress/#comment-23564 Wow. In retrospect, it was kinda obvious. Wow. In retrospect, it was kinda obvious.

]]> By: MissKmae http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/09-independent-man/undress/#comment-12454 MissKmae Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:28:27 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/08/08/undress/#comment-12454 Ah, another discovery moment for Ethan. Ah, another discovery moment for Ethan.

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