Helmet: G.I.Joe 25th Anniversary Blowtorch Figure
Backpack/Flamethrower: Original '84 G.I.Joe Blowtorch figure
Thigh Pads: G.I.Joe 25th Anniversary Blowtorch Figure
Feet: G.I.Joe 25th Anniversary Blowtorch Figure
The Rest: Marauders Task Force Parts


Despite the middling success of this custom, the original Blowtorch, for me at least, is a triumph and one of my most favorite Joes ever. The colors are bold, striking, and appropriate. I loved the helmet/facemask when I was a kid. But it's not JUST the figure that I look on fondly. It's also that I have significant pleasant memories attached to the original figure.
I have fond memories of my family's weekly K-Mart visits and fond memories of tearing through the very substantial G.I.Joe aisle in the K-Mart toy section. I also have a very pleasant memory specifically of the night I got Blowtorch.
My dad was with me in the toy section while my sister and mother went school shopping. We were very poor, you see, and all I really ever did in the G.I.Joe section was window shop. I suppose my dad could see that I was struggling to not to ask him to buy me a G.I.Joe or maybe he saw how gleefully I was poring over all the Joe goodness. That night, my dad...for whatever reason, bought me not one, not two, but SEVEN G.I.Joe figures! Blowtorch was one of those figures. So...Blowtorch will always be associated with a great G.I.Joe memory and will be associated with a great memory of my dad.

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