From 4a4870e0d4688604403de6def199b9949c935038 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Iliya Krempeaux Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 07:48:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7a999b1..ba97b22 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,20 +2,59 @@ **Laser Force** is a vintage toy-line from the 1980s. -The **Laser Force** toy line consists of (toy) **vehicles** and **action figures** in the 3¾ inch scale. +The **Laser Force** toy line consists of (toy) **vehicles** and **action figures** all in the 3¾ inch scale. -Although the (toy) **vehicles** seemed to be the focus of the **Laser Force** toy line. +The **Laser Force** toy line (toy) vehicles are in a seemingly vintage futuristic sci-fi style. +And would fit in with many of the 1970s & 1980s sci-fi toy lines. + +The (toy) **vehicles** seemed to be the focus of the **Laser Force** toy line. Children seemed to often use **Laser Force** vehicles with other _compatible_ toy lines. ## Action Figures -The label “action figure” is said to have been coined by Donald Levine in 1964 while he was doing work Hasbro. +_Action Figures_ are just dolls for boys. + +The label “action figure” is said to have been coined by Donald Levine in 1964 while he was doing work for Hasbro. As the story goes — _Action Figures_ are just _dolls_. -But it was felt that the label “doll” had taken on a connotation where many felt that _dolls_ were toys just for girls. -So a new label was created — “action figure”; which is a “doll” for boys. + +But it was felt that (back then) the label “doll” had taken on a connotation where many felt that _dolls_ were toys just for girls. +And felt that — boys would not play with dolls. + +So a new alternative label was created — “action figure”; which is a “doll” for boys. +(But in marketing media, “action figures” are intentionally never called “doll”.) + +## G.I. Joe + +The label “**G.I. Joe**” was originally just slang for — a U.S. soldier. + +The plural version — “**G.I. Joes**” — was also common at in the past. + +## G.I. Joe: America's Movable Fighting Man + +Later the label “**G.I. Joe**” was appropriated by Hasbro as a label for their then (in the 1960s) new toy line — G.I. Joe: America's Movable Fighting Man. + +As the story goes — + +In 1963 Stan Weston came up with designs and rudimentary prototypes for a line to toy military figures, and showed them to Donald Levine, an executive at Hasbro at the time. Weston subsequently licensed the entire concept to Hasbro. And _G.I. Joe: America's Movable Fighting Man_ was born. + +This first verion of _G.I. Joe: America's Movable Fighting Man_ is a lot different than the _G.I. Joe_ of the 1980s. +With _G.I. Joe: America's Movable Fighting Man_, **G.I. Joes** was a single individual (rather than the name of a team). +And the dolls / action figures were 12 inches tall (rather than 3¾ inch scale tall). + +## G.I. Joe Adventure Team + +## Henshin Cyborg + +## Microman + +## Adventure People + +## Super Joe + +## G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero ## Compatibility