By KansasBrawler Since 1989, Destro has always been my favorite Cobra character. While I’ve never considered myself a completist, my love of Destro means that I have lot of different versions of Destro in my collection. When Destro was shown as a part of the Resolute set, I was very pleased. I liked the design they used in the show
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For such a well-known Joe team member, Spirit hasn’t had a ton of remakes over the years. He’s been represented in all the various formats since the 1980s, yet he’s not had numerous appearances in the range of someone like Stalker. It’s not a bad thing, and he’s made it through each era with a distinct new design. The latest
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By Jason Royalty Here’s another great photo set from Jason. This time, his theme is memorable duos from various aspects of Joe lore. We’re presenting these under the heading of Backyard Battles, in keeping with Jason’s accounts on Twitter and Instagram. Give him a follow in both places.
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I’ve been a fan of the Alley Viper concept since I first learned of it upon returning to GI Joe collecting in 1991. The oddity of the design drew me in. Here was an urban operative outfitted in orange and blue, wearing a face shield that looks like it blocks all vision. Weird, yet intriguing. I picked up several examples
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By KansasBrawler Ultimate Roadblock was a tough figure for me. I really liked the Battle Kata Roadblock from Wave 2 and I wasn’t really clamoring for a screen-accurate Roadblock. BK Roadblock was close enough for me. Ultimate Roadblock also initially didn’t look like he was getting the Battle Kata equipment and was just going to be toting around machine guns.
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Normally, I can find something positive to say about pretty much anything I cover here, but I’m having a hard time with AVAC. The parts choice is just too heavily based on 25th anniversary to ignite my interest, and the individual details too recognizable as their original components. I suppose you could call it a Crimson Flashtan. That’s about all
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Kicking off another 2015 exclusive, it’s the San Diego Comic Con Hasbrotoyshop Crimson Strike set. For the first time, I was able to pick up one of the large sets via Hasbro’s own online store. Amazing, huh? I guess either the demand wasn’t what it was in years past, or simply more product was produced. Whatever the case, it’s nice
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By Jason Royalty Jason is back yet again with another gloriously vintage photo shoot. It’s time to get in the water with Cobra’s aquatic forces. Amazing stuff, as always.
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By KansasBrawler This is another one of those Kre-O pairings that doesn’t quite make sense, but they’re who’s left so I guess they go together. If I want to force a theme on Alpine and Night Viper, I guess I could point to the fact that I wanted both these figures as a kid but never found them on the
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How many times do we need to see Bazooka, considering he’s always seemingly based on a 1980s figure design? Actually, I take that back, as he did get a re-design for the Battle Corps series and during the new sculpt era. Yeah, both of those are pretty cool figures. Which makes me wonder, where the heck is our modern interpretation
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