By KansasBrawler I’ll freely admit, I was a bit disappointed by the Retaliation Wave 1 Cobra Trooper. The design was cool, but I preferred the more realistic look the Cobra Troopers had in the trailer. Thankfully, Hasbro eventually delivered a movie-styled Cobra Trooper in the form of the Cobra Combat Ninja (CCN). Though it couldn’t be called a Cobra Trooper
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I was totally jazzed about getting the convention exclusive set back in 2003. I had attended the JoeCon in Kansas City in 2001, which still featured a 12 inch focus, with its exclusive set. I had missed out on getting the 2002 Crimson Strike Team (which I later picked up and then sold–ouch!) but I couldn’t wait to get my
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Here’s another shot of early versions of some first series 80s figures, courtesy of the 1982 Hasbro catalog (thanks again, Flag Points Dave). This time, it’s The Enemy AKA Cobra Officer and Trooper. These guys look to be kitbashed from Mego o-ring figures, from Buck Rogers, the Black Hole, Dukes of Hazzard or CHiPs. Whatever their origins, they’re a couple
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By KansasBrawler I’ve professed my love of Destro a couple of times already on this site. His character is complex and he’s one of the few characters who has gotten consistently good figures. When the 25th Anniversary line gave us Iron Grenadiers Destro, I was elated. I was glad to get the classic Destro from the first Cobra set, but
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I’ve been fascinated for a while with the yearly Toy Fair catalogs that were common in the days before the internet. Paging through them is akin to a trip back in time, and at times even more enjoyable than looking through old Wish Book and Christmas catalogs. The industry catalogs definitely boast much higher resolution photos than what was available
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It’s been a while, but we’ve finally finished our look at the Kre-O Terrordrome released last year. Will and I put together the base and top this time, and we took a look at the special features. We can’t wait to stage a massive battle around this cool Cobra set. Thanks again to the ever capable Will for his thoughts
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By Jason Royalty Joe fan Jason returns with another impressive series of dio shots. This time he’s incorporated practical effects. I’m digging the smoke. Great stuff, Jason!
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By YT Storm Shadow was the fourth figure Sideshow released in their GI Joe line. Like a lot of us, Storm Shadow was a favorite of mine as a kid. Overall he is a very faithful reproduction of the ARAH original. Although they did give him long sleeves, I believe to cover the very unattractive arms of their Prometheus body.
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The Collectors’ Club offered up several environmental themed figure sets in 2006-2007. That first year was a sort of odd in-between for the GI Joe figures based on the Real American Hero era, with the end of the online DTC experiment, the continuation of Sigma 6 at retail, and just before the explosion of the 25th Anniversary nostalgia bomb. These
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By Jason Royalty and Michael Sherrow
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