So I was building a cardboard box GI Joe base...

[DrkBlue]

And was trying to think of a good handle to open a door and before I could think of something my 5yo recommended 550 cord. I thought that was a good idea. It worked out great.

These classified series GI joes are pretty cool 😎

Pics or it didn’t happen…


(Mostly I want to crib some ideas…. My 8yoa is forcing us to stock pile cardboard boxes to build a tank)

[DMCutter]

My mother wouldn't let me have a GI Joe because it was a doll, although strangely I was allowed to have Major Matt Mason and his space station. My parents also wouldn't let me have a BB gun, and we know how that turned out.

[03RN]

Pics or it didn’t happen…


(Mostly I want to crib some ideas…. My 8yoa is forcing us to stock pile cardboard boxes to build a tank)

Not very good pics but it's really just cardboard and duct tape

[Lost River]

That is truly AWESOME!

That is the best kind of father and son time right there!

Hot Wheels. Tonkas. Joes. Legos. All of it is quality time.

[Cookie Monster]

The joy the past 8 years for cardboard boxes (especially large ones) cannot be measured.

[Joe in PNG]

Ah, yes- memories of my misspent childhood. I was delighted to find out that my GI Joe figures fit into my Star Wars vehicles, and a shared universe was born- that also involved Transformers.

[CleverNickname]

I never got the USS Flagg (see my recent meme thread post), but my parents got a new filing cabinet at about that time and the box made a great hangar for my two GI Joe helicopters.

[Joe in PNG]

I had a bookcase made of cinderblocks and plywood- a perfectly adequate 'underground headquarters'.

[Suvorov]

Not very good pics but it's really just cardboard and duct tape

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We know who The Baroness was purchased for…….. 😉

[03RN]

We know who The Baroness was purchased for…….. 😉

You should see Scarlett

But its seriously hard to find girl toys that aren't sexualized. My daughter's Anna from frozen is a good example.