By Past Nastification A few military themed toylines, such as Remco’s Sgt. Rock and Mego’s Eagle Force arrived just ahead of GI Joe A Real American Hero. Another toyline arriving in 1982 alongside or immediately after GI Joe was Porto Play’s Military One line. Working under the assumption that a toyline would take a year to go from first inspiration
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When I look at some of the new sculpt era figures in relation to where the small Joe figure style would go, I can see something of a progression. Now hear me out before you grab your torches and pitchforks. Although it wasn’t the first Joe line to feature it, the use of removable belts, holsters and other flexible gear
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By Jason Royalty
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Here at Shogun Daily, we like to peek into the behind the scenes of our favorite toy line from time to time. Like other popular properties from the 70s, the series generated licensed items beyond toys. Courtesy of auction house Hake’s, we get a look at some production samples for a Colorforms set. We get the big three, plus the
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By KansasBrawler I really liked Firefly in Retaliation but I’m still having a hard time figuring out what to make of the Ultimate Firefly figure. I think Hasbro made some better choices for this figure than they did for the first Retaliation-inspired Firefly, but there are still some things that the first Retaliation Firefly did right that I really wish
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The title of this entry is a little unwieldy, no? However I thought it important to convey as much information about the figure as possible in the heading, as there’s a lot to unpack. Lanard, makers of the perennial GI Joe me-too line The CORPS! are no stranger to knocking off whatever may come along in the toy aisle or
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I was just a little late to the game as a kid to have been exposed only to the first assortment of small Joes. It was well into 1983 when my interest in GI Joe bloomed. My first figure was a swivel arm Cobra Commander, and he was followed up by a straight-arm Flash. I couldn’t resist the laser rifle,
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The crash of the blog last week was a blessing in disguise. What was a pain in the rear to fix also turned out to be a call to action for me. You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been less inclined to include figure pics in my posts lately. Some of that is due to the stuff of life, but a
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By Jason Royalty
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This page comes from Marvel Books’ Capture of Cobra Commander. What can I say except every good world conqueror should have a snake pit installed in his evil lair. What kind of contractor do you call for that?
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