GI JOE and CONAN

At 9:03 you see a Wheel of Pain constraption and slaves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGHOcSZpp8k&feature=related

Also Duke battles Conan in the arena of pain:

Cool!

GI JOE was once a Marvel propertly and the cartoon company was Marvel owned and they did the CONAN THE ADVENTURER cartoon as well. The company was Sunbow it was called. Thomas and Conway had some influence and input on that cartoon which was also inspired from the movie. WOuld like to read Thomas' script.

Doesn't he look familiar? lol

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080922193918/gijoe/images/archive/a/aa/20091214034139%21Road_Pig_1988.jpg

http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/88card/roadpig.jpg

Yeah, hahaha I had forgotten about Sven..I mean Roadpig(figure from the late 80's).

Actually Sven was in that Captain Power TV series, so he was very much around during that timeline of 1987-88.