The U.S.S. Flagg (G.I Joe, 1985) - The biggest action figure playset ever made.

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Remytron83@reddit

I had the jet. Got a green army man aircraft carrier. I made it work. lol

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taleofbenji@reddit

I'm still waiting for that NES, you stingy red suited bastard!

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It wouldn’t fit down the chimney, pal. I already confirmed it. 4 decades and nearly seven figures of therapy later and I’m okay that they got me Omega Supreme instead of the Flagg. They didn’t know. It’s not their fault.

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Josephthebear@reddit

Hands down one of the greatest toys of all time

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Manck0@reddit

"Where's the admiral?!?" "Not here!"

Haha well then where is the admiral?

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Flimsy_Oven_7569@reddit

Checking the eff in! Joint Christmas present for me and my brother.

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Cubelock@reddit (OP)

Look at the size of it lmao.

Do either one of you still have it today?

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Flimsy_Oven_7569@reddit

It took up the whole living room. It lived in the basement for a while and then disassembled for the attic. Pretty sure it got donated in the late 90s.

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MightyCaseyStruckOut@reddit

Damn, a fully complete one now in very good condition can go for $2000+.

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bloodectomy@reddit

It's unfortunate that GI Joe toys were so cheaply made. Most of my vehicles broke with normal play (and I was nice to my toys) within a few months.

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DistractedByCookies@reddit

I can't believe somebody actually OWNED this. How jealous were your friends?

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Mail_Order_Lutefisk@reddit

My buddy Nick had one. Showing up at his house with my water moccasin boat and Sgt Slaughter’s tank was what it would probably feel like if I showed up at a gangbang hosted by an NFL team.

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bridge1999@reddit

The kid next door had this and almost every thing GI Joe

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Flimsy_Oven_7569@reddit

Everyone definitely hung out at our house more often. 😂

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shawnofnc@reddit

Oh you rich rich.

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red286@reddit

These were originally $110 ($330 today). Not crazy expensive if you consider the size of it. Though the size of it is pretty crazy itself. You practically need a room dedicated to the damned thing. Definitely not getting shoved into a toy box.

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sfxer001@reddit

Man, my buddy had that thing.

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MsFlibbertigibbet@reddit

I had one growing up because my mom came across it at a thrift store. It was GLORIOUS.

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Mail_Order_Lutefisk@reddit

I’d love to hear what the kid did to lose that.

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Harlockarcadia@reddit

My parents bought my brother the Jet and I thought that was cool, being born in 85 this was legendary to us and we dreamed of having it, I remember having some big ZBots arena, but nothing as big as that cool aircraft carrier: https://ebay.us/m/hqdlWo

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manofredearth@reddit

I had the Shuttle Complex and that shit rocked

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GriffinIsABerzerker@reddit

My Dad showed me this…told me I could get it for Christmas but then showed me all the other vehicles and figures I could get in place…I went for the other stuff. That was a FANTASTIC Christmas of Joes, Thundercats, and LJN WWF. I was 4, I remember it vividly…1985. I ended up picking up Keel Haul a year later at a flea market…and that’s all I wanted from it.

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solemn_penguin@reddit

I used to spend hours staring at pictures of it in the Sears catalog. It was over $100 in 1986 which makes it around $300 today.

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PlayfulAmphibian3475@reddit

I was the poor kid on the block. But my dad managed to make this wish happen for me. Christmas morning, fully assembled in the basement.

I wasn't allowed to have friends in the house because, well, it was a dump. But I remember bringing out the megaphone that came with this to prove I had one. The neighborhood kids didn't buy it..

So I am that kid who had the USS Flagg and you no one ever saw it.

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ConsciousSituation39@reddit

Ugh… wanted this so bad… never got it… well, yet!

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Combatical@reddit

I've only seen pieces of this at old thrift stores.

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WittyWitWitt@reddit

Which pieces?

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mrrunner1981@reddit

Pretty awesome. However, I really really really wanted, and maybe still do, Castle gray skull!

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whyneedaname77@reddit

I can't imagine how big it would be for the Classified series of figures and how much it would cost.

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OkBaconBurger@reddit

You would need to build an extension on your house just to have room for that thing.

It would be easier to just join the Navy and get stationed on an aircraft carrier.

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username32768@reddit

YVAN EHT NIOJ

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realcommovet@reddit

https://i.redd.it/5o3stbse8n1g1.gif

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iknowiknowwhereiam@reddit

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username32768@reddit

Dang! I was looking for that GIF but it didn't appear in my search :(

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Allaplgy@reddit

The hippie fantasy again?

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OkBaconBurger@reddit

Thanks to GI Joe, the Simpsons, and strategically placed commercials I did just that!!!!

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Plasibeau@reddit

I mean...that was the point of the propaganda, lol.

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Impressive-System-52@reddit

I remember walking into a toys-r-us and seeing this on the bottom shelf as soon as you walk in, the box was bigger than I was!

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Herky_T_Hawk@reddit

Only seen two of these in my life. A kid I knew had one, “rich” family. And over one at a used toy store half a decade old or so ago.

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Sdog1981@reddit

I got one at a garage sale almost 10 years after it came out. It was freaking cool, but it did not have all the parts.

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THATS_ENOUGH_REDDlT@reddit

Rich kid stuff

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itsallbeendone2or3x@reddit

Yep. I had a rich friend. We were not. As big as this thing was, it didn’t even make a dent in the size of his bedroom. It was amazing.

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No-Salt4637@reddit

Yeah, I knew one of those kids, too. His bedroom had a second floor.

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ElectricPenguin6712@reddit

I never met anyone who had this. Only those like me that wished they did.

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SoloMotorcycleRider@reddit

I was poor white trash. So were my friends. How much is something like that worth nowadays?

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michaelincognito@reddit

I never got this, and I never got the T-Rex Dino Rider — two of my biggest childhood regrets.

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Hahaha2681@reddit

Same have to watch the other kids play with T-Rex Dino writer and it was only a dream to play with the ship

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Snts6678@reddit

I had the T-Rex! It was awesome.

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Icantevenhavemyname@reddit

Google and Reddit tell me it was $100-$120 at the time.

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Snts6678@reddit

Which is a significant amount of money.

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macrocosm93@reddit

About 300 - 360 in today's money.

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Jaleou@reddit

My 3 cousins got this as a joint Christmas present from our grandparents one year. Another year they got the Defiant Space Shuttle. Years later I saw the aircraft carrier as a table for the youngest to build his Lego sets on.

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