We at the final stretch of the 1991 catalog, and this page is all about Joe vehicles. The three new features rides are instantly recognizable as 1990s efforts. Not only does each one incorporate some form of brightly colored plastic, but each also features a firing weapon. I can remember looking at the early 80s packaging and taking note of
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By KansasBrawler Pursuit of Cobra was a great re-branding of the Joe line. Hasbro learned from the mistakes they made in both the 25th Anniversary and Rise of Cobra lines and was putting out great figures that fell into two categories: incredible nostalgic updates of classic figure or new characters and specialties. To up the ante even further, the second
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I realize that I promised another big Joe vehicle for this part of the catalog coverage, but I thought I’d change it up and go with the pages covering Cobra rides and other smaller price point (and flying!) items. First off, I have to admit that the backgrounds in this catalog are very well done. The Ice Sabre is moving
Read moreMore figures! And the first taste of vehicles! Are you excited? I am, because I’m not afraid to say that the Eco Warriors make me smile. Not in a funny way, but in a fun toy way. The kind of fun you can get when you squirt your toys with water. I took my Joes in the tub as a
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Okay, so the bland cover hawking DIC’s animated series and a page of 1991 role play items (one of which wasn’t even pictured) didn’t seem to inspire much confidence in where this catalog was heading. At least the figure pages will give us some shots of all the newest characters, right? Well, some of them. Only nine of the new
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It’s been a while since I’ve taken a few days to cover a GI Joe product catalog. While the previous versions I’ve looked at have come from the 80s, I wanted to focus on how the cross-sell material was presented later in the life of the Real American Hero line. 1991 didn’t look too bad, although we will begin to
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Who woulda thunk that VHS collecting would become a thing? I guess I’m a little skeptical about it, seeing that I grew up with them. The big box and clamshell packages were the butt of jokes when my friends and I would see them still lingering on the shelves of Blockbuster and the like back in the 90s. Who knew
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By KansasBrawler The Kre-O brand is really weird. When it was first announced I thought, “Oh, I’ll just dabble in it a little” but now, two years later, I own all but two of the sets (sorry, I thought the Dragonfly set and the dojo were pretty lame) and have a large collection of the minifigures. The last two waves
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Many of the 90s re-imaginings of older Joe characters don’t get a whole lot of love. Some folks aren’t fond of the bright colors, others don’t care for the gimmick-laden accessories, and still others hate both of the above. Being a toy optimist, I like to look for the positive in anything I pick up. In the case of Mutt’s
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I usually cover these sorts of things on the Power of Packaging feature, but this unadulterated Cobra Rage box art was too cool to pass up for a post. I’ll just let the painting do the talking, and let’s all shed a tear for the bygone days of bombastically beautiful box art and masterful marketing. Sniff.
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