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- In case you’re not familiar with this toy personality, Big Jim is a globe-hopping adventurer. Instead of being a soldier in the U.S. Army (like G.I. Joe), Big Jim is what in you might term a renaissance man — an athlete, a secret agent, an astronaut, a scientist and an outdoors man.
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Jun 18, 2015 · Instead of being a soldier in the U.S. Army (like G.I. Joe), Big Jim is what in you might term a renaissance man — an athlete, a secret agent, an astronaut, a scientist and an outdoors man. Big Jim’s buddies included Big Jack, Big Josh, Big Jeff, Dr. Steel and Chief Tankua (a Native American man).
Jim was the original man’s man and seemed to excel at just about everything he did, including sell action figures! Jim had a chopping feature that was activated by a button on his back, as well as a bicep muscle flexing feature that allow Jim to break a “metal” band around his arm. Big Jim (Gold Medal Boxer) Market Value: Boxed $140 – $190.
With a minor in French Renaissance Poetry. I dunno, but he was my favorite. His hand was pretty shiny, and that tattoo was pretty bad ass. I liked how Big Jim went from rugged outdoorsman to gun toting crime fighter. Jack Kirby. HAiL to the KiNG, babee! My first thought when I saw these in the 1970s.
In general, Big Jim was going to be a man’s type of man who excelled at everything he did. At the same time Mattel was creating Big Jim, Mego was creating a military adventure line of their own called Action Jackson in an 8 inch size.
Originally inspired by G.I. Joe, the Big Jim line was smaller in size (closer to 10 inches in height compared to Joe's 12) and each figure included a push button in the back that made the character execute a karate chop action.
Mattel changed the Big Jim All-Star line, to a new group called the Wolf P.A.C.K (Professional Agent Crime Killers) in 1975. The new PACK team consisted of Big Jim the Leader, the Whip, Warpath, Dr. Steel and Torpedo Fist, while the lone villain was Zorak.
Jun 18, 2015 · As a child growing in the 1970s, I was never as much into Hasbro’s G.I. Joe as some of my friends were. Instead, I absolutely loved Mattel’s toy line, Big Jim.
