I kept a significant portion of my childhood Joe's I'm planning on taking a "class of 1982/83 reunion group photo" and see what I come up with. My figures have survived pretty well, but vehicles were a little more used. Figures seem to have survived my many moves far better. I was lucky mom saved them and did not throw them away or "garage sale" them away...

I still have my 1982 VAMP and Straight-Arm Clutch. That guy is seriously floppy loose (I picked up a 1983 swivel arm Clutch for nostalgia reasons.)

I have two sons, 5 and 2. My 5 year old created some new "customs" from my parts bin (an old pencil box). I refer to his soldiers as the BCB (Broken Crotch Brigade) . He did come up with one amazingly good figure (that is, good for a five year old with ancient spare parts.) Anyway, I have to remind myself not to steer him through my childhood, but to let him have his own. My 2 year old refers to any toy with human qualities as "G-Joe's". So I guess I have already biased them towards my hobby...