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GI Joe Toys Blowtorch - I Remember Not Liking This One at All
Category: Gi Joe Toys Action Figures
I remember when my cousin got GI Joe Toys Blowtorch. I didn’t like that action figure at all. I mean, what kind of soldier runs around in a bright yellow and orange suit. The enemy would have an easy target and he’d be belly down, full of holes on the battlefield within the first few shots of contact with the enemy.
How dare I forget, this is not your common soldier, this is GI Joes Flamethrower, Blowtorch. GI Joes don’t get shot full of holes on the battle field. They may take a rough bump on the head and get knocked unconscious, or get blown 100 yards in an explosion, but they never get shot full of holes. I can’t believe that I actually imagined that.
Blowtorch has a couple of code names according to his file card; Pyro and Hot-Foot. He is super-paranoid about fire; which I guess a fire expert would be. He’s made a life of studying fire and all the damage it can do to buildings, vegetation and other objects. He knows fire like we know GI Joes action figures.
Tidbit of GI Joes knowledge. Blowtorch cannot sleep unless he’s near a smoke detector.
The GI Joes Blowtorch action figure had three variations; which all have about the same value.
- His face can have dark or light eyebrows.
- The earlier version had a stiff, hard green plastic flamethrower. The later version of this GI Joes action figure had a softer, more durable plastic flamethrower.
- His helmet either comes with holes or without them; neither more rare than the other.
The holes in the helmet are assumed to be a product run that was stopped. You will find it difficult to attach a visor from the 1982 GI Joes action figures to his helmet.
The mint on card value of this GI Joes action figure is about $120. The mint loose figure is worth about $15.
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