SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — G.I. Joe is turning 50. The birthday of what’s called the world’s first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it ...

G.I. Joe Classified Series 60th Anniversary Action Sailor Recon Diver Action Figure – See at Entertainment Earth / Amazon: The 60th Anniversary Action Sailor – Recon Diver comes with 17 ...

They fought for freedom wherever there was trouble—and by god, there were a lot of them. Over 150 soldiers, from common infantry to terrifying cyborgs, made up the GI Joe: A Real American Hero team in ...

life Stanley Weston, man who conceptualized G.I. Joe and action figures, dies at 84 The man credited as the originator behind action figures such as G.I. Joe has died at age 84, the L.A. Times reports ...

Stanley Weston, whose idea in the 1960s of a doll for boys became G.I. Joe, the world’s first action figure and a toy chest icon of American reverence for the fighting man of the military, died May 1 ...

In a spectacular display of military might on Friday, about 300 soldiers parachuted from the rooftop of a nine-story building and, within moments, were surrounded and taken prisoner. One catch: The ...

On Feb. 2, 1964, the original G.I. Joe developed by the Hasbro Toy Company appeared on the market, spawning about 1,000 action figures to date since its inception. It turns out that one of those ...

G.I. Joe is turning 50. The birthday of what's called the world's first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it just before the nation plunged ...