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Well, actually it's called "8 Ropes of Danger" but same difference!
The parts from this GI Joe set have been around in form or another since 1965 as the "Deep Sea Diver" set but did not feature an octopuss , treasure coins, map or treasure chest at that time since GI Joe was strictly military themed then. Instead it came with a compass, marker buoy, rope and sledgehammer.
By 1969 it had been renamed 8 Ropes of Danger and the octopuss , coins, treasure map and chest had been added but the sledgehammer seems to have disappeared. This set wopuld continue on into the Adventure Team line in 1970 unchanged and elements from it would see odd variations such as 1973's "Mystery of the Boiling Lagoon" which brought back the diving suit and marker buoy.
My set is the Timeless Collection Wal Mart exclusive set from the early 2000's, which retains many of the elements of the original set, but is missing the marker buoy and rope, and the compass. The Map that comes with it is not the same as in the original, but is the generic map that many AT sets came with.
According to the the back of the box (don't know if this is the same story as in the mini comic that came with the old AT sets of the 70's?) GI Joe inherits an old desk from a dead relative and finds a treasure map hidden inside, he then goes off to find the treasure and runs afoul of an ornery octopuss.
Dang! I hate it when that happens don't you?
TED: "Lissen up! Yew gotta start the day wiv a elfy brekfuss like me! I 'aves a boiled agg, corn flakes an' oringe joose evry mornin'. Ennyway, this jigsaw pussel's all about Kellogg's corn flakes - there the 'market leader' apparuntley. They bin around fer yeers an' yeers y'know."
Falcon jigsaw puzzle no 10509.
1000 pieces, used but complete.
48.5 x 68 cm.
19 x 26 3/4 in.
Falcon Games Ltd, a division of Jumbo International.
Advertising Kellogg's Corn Flakes 1907-1958.
This is a pretty interesting figure. Most of the Timeless Collection AT sets came with a generic beardless, brown haired "Man of Action" figure. It was cool at first because the GI Joe Collector's Club, which was the only place doing AT reissue figures up until then, had yet to do a MOA reissue. So buying a Timeless Collection set gave someone like me, who was slowly building up my own Adventure Team from reissue figures a new teammate.
However it got old pretty quickly, who really needs THAT many Man of Action figures?
Wal Mart might be an evil mega corperation, but I have to hand it to them, they did a good job of differentiating their Timeless Collection exclusive AT set from those sold by other retailers around that time.
Someone cleverly decided to make this MOA figure a redhead, clever I say because it is an an obvious homage to the At's red headed Sea Adventurer.
In fact it's easy to imagine that this is simply meant to be a clean shaven or perhaps slightly more youthful version of the same character. The only thing that spoils this illusion are the minor details that the SA has brown eyes while this figure has blue ones, and his hair is a much brighter tone of red (a fact bemoaned by some collectors, yes, it is a tad on the "Ronald McDonald" side!).
This is the only official red headed MOA figure ever released by Hasbro, which makes him pretty unique.
Blonde haired versions are a well known variant, seemingly stemming from Hasbro having an overstock of the non-talking Astronaut figures from the "Spacewalk Mystery " set after it was discontinued and getting rid of the surplus by dressing them as MOAs and selling them in his box. However (to my knowledge) there are no reports of red headed MOAs being sold in the 70's, any ones you might see are therefore fan made kitbashes or are from this set.
Sadly, the white fabric this outfit is made from will yellow a bit if you keep it on display where there its exposed to sunlight.
The astonished guard gives him a brief struggle, but The Man of Action manages to draw his knife across his enemy's throat before he can sound the alarm...
He can now see his target, a run down old mansion serving as the headquarters for a group of unscrupulous mercenaries on the run for war crimes .
He decides to check for guards with his night vision binoculars...
After landing near his target, the Man of Action hides his Turbocopter Helipack and cautiously moves forward on foot...
He edges closer, his knife glinting ominously in the moonlight,a portent of dark deeds soon to follow...
The Man of Action makes short, but messy work of the guard!
Another one bites the dust!
Your tax dollars at work!
Who says the government can't ever do anything right?
To be continued as soon as I work out what happens next!
Under cover of darkness, the Adventure Team's Man of Action takes to the skies on a secret mission! His Turbocopter's engines have been modified to run silently and he drifts eerily through the inky blackness without a sound...