By KansasBrawler Wave Three of the Retaliation figures, while a juggernaut of a wave, unfortunately suffered from the fact that the other two waves of Retaliation figures didn’t sell that well in stores. I have literally never seen a Wave 3 Retaliation figure out in the wild. Heck, I barely saw anything from Wave 4 either. I’m glad I’ve finally
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By KansasBrawler Retaliation really fleshed out the concept of a G.I. Joe team. While I like the idea of a Joe team being nothing but named operatives, a military group can’t realistically work like that. I’m all for nameless, faceless Joe troopers. While they had those in Rise of Cobra as well, they didn’t fit in with their named counterparts.
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I’m more than a little surprised that Hasbro dipped into the post-1986 well with the last of their Kre-O line. Considering that the bulk of the minifigures represented the first few years of the 80s (the sweet spot for many Real American Hero era aficionados), those of us who wanted to see a little more variety welcomed characters like this.
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The GI Joe Kre-O line wouldn’t have been complete without the inclusion of Zartan’s crude crew of miscreants, the Dreadnoks. As early as Wave 2, we got Ripper, a nice interpretation of the 1980s figure, complete with his “jaws of life.” Torch continues the trend of the ‘Noks coming to the brick world, and I have to say that I’ve
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First off, a bit of thanks is in order for this post. Regular commenter and super Joe-bud Scot AKA Cyko9 sent me this little surprise a few days ago. While I picked up quite a few of the blind bag packs, I never pulled the trigger on the multi-pack carded version. It’s certainly a unique type of packaging. The five
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I imagine that Tripwire probably wasn’t too high on many fans’ 80s Joe want list for the Kre-O line. He’s not the most dynamic character judging by looks or specialty, but he got a ton of use in my play as a kid. Most of that probably comes from his debut Marvel comic appearance, an issue that I wore out
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By KansasBrawler The Kre-O Joe motorpool is nothing short of impressive. It successfully pulls from all eras of Joe history and chooses drivers that make sense. That couldn’t always be said about the modern Joe motorpool. In this Field Report, I’m pairing up two vehicles from different eras of the Joe brand and different Kre-O sets because they work together
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I’d you’ve been paying attention to Star Wars action figure collecting lately, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of folks are disappointed that the brand’s attention to articulation has diminished. As a vintage SW collector, the return to five point articulation doesn’t bother me much, as it’s what I grew up with both as a kid in the 80s and
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So…um, it’s basically the last Crimson Guard figure cast in black. Any questions?
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Well, it was worth the wait. Modern Joe collectors have been waiting (patiently?) for an upgraded Gung Ho for quite a few years. When the concept case version surfaced at JoeCon few years back, many were wondering just how and when Hasbro would get the figure to us. During last year’s 50th Anniversary Toys R Us line, we saw other
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