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Footloose and Fancy Free: A Classified Blast from My 10th Birthday

Story by Mitchell Smith Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at a 1985 G.I. Joe figure that I bought back in the day with money I got for my birthday. I remember that day very distinctly. My birthday happened to fall on a Sunday that year and we went to my grandparents house for lunch and cake. My grandmother worked at the Adirondack Lodge for a while as a cake maker so we usually got some interesting cakes. This year mine was a forest scene with a…

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Ambush and Memories: The Last Christmas of G.I. Joe at The Outpost

Story by Mitchell Smith Welcome to The Outpost. Today I’m dialing it back to 1990. I was entering high school and my G.I. Joe days were slowly fading away. I think my mom still felt bad for years we didn’t get much for Christmas or maybe she was just hanging on to her little boy. Either way this was the last year I would receive GI Joes for Christmas. It was only a handful of figures and one I received is a fan favorite. Ambush was a really cool looking…

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