Flashback Friday Figure Addendum #0092: Snake Eyes & Agent Scarlett

SNAKE EYES & AGENT SCARLETT G.I. JOE VS COBRA (HASBRO) Behold! It is Friday! The day at the end of the week where I do all the flashing back with the addendums and what have you! What a day! This week’s jump back into the past is jumping over into the G.I. Joe side of things, with a return look at Snake Eyes and Agent Scarlett! In 1965, Hasbro invented the action figure with the very first GI Joe. The figure offered a take on the traditional doll idea, but meant for boys. He was 12 inches tall, had a cloth outfit, and was a pretty straight forward military man, offered in a variation for each of the four branches of the US military. After the end of the Vietnam War, soldiers and war were seen in a more negative light, so Hasbro had to change things up. This led to the Adventure Team era, which prevailed for most of the 70s. At the end of the decade, they faced another issue. Thanks to Kenner’s smaller scale Star Wars line, the industry was moving to smaller, less accessorized figures.…