By KansasBrawler The 25th Anniversary line really impressed me at the time. While some of the figures look horribly dated compared to what came later, I’m still rather impressed at how faithfully Hasbro was able to recreate some of the classic figures in this new style. One of the figures I found really impressive was Snow Job. I didn’t really
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By Hit & Run G.I. Joe: The Movie was first released in 1987, while intended to hit theaters in 1986, production errors held the movie up and due to poor tickets sales of Transformers: The Movie and My Little Pony: The Movie, the film was sent direct to video and first appeared as a TV movie special. Channel 11 WPIX
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By KansasBrawler It’s hard to believe that only four short years ago, the Joe brand had such ridiculously strong retail support. I’m not saying that to sound bitter, but it’s a little disappointing how weak the 50th Anniversary line roll out was compared to what the line was during the shift from Rise of Cobra into Pursuit of Cobra. Rise
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By YT I’m not a fan of the GI Joe live action movie Storm Shadow costume. I just don’t care for the aesthetic and don’t even get me started on Ninjas wearing tennis shoes. That being said when Hot Toys announced their Retaliation figure line I was thrilled. For those who may not know, Hot Toys is an Asian company
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By DetectiveFork Most G.I. Joe collectors have their own ultimate wish list, a glaring collection of missing holes in their collections that they pray Hasbro will one day see fit to fill. Back in 2011, the No. 1 missing person on my want list was G.I. Joe’s supermodel tank driver, Cover Girl. She never made much of an impression on
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By YT What shapes who we are and what we will become? Too deep a question to solve on a toy blog but maybe this tray holds some of the answers? Hasbro was a master of licensing in the 80s, their licenses festooned things from shampoo bottles to tents and everything in between. Sometimes the quality of art helped these
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By Skymate For my review, I decided to do something I’ve been working on for a while; my ARAH-themed Imperial Guard army. I’ve decided to use Squad 91 as it includes my namesake. Squad 91 is led by an officer (Red Star) and has two special weapon choices (Sci-Fi v2 with a plasma rifle) and Low Light v2 (with an
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By YT Lt Falcon was always a favorite of mine as a kid, even after his rather annoying appearance in the GI Joe animated movie. I guess I gravitated towards the more realistic aspects even back then. I also had a beret obsession, but that is a whole other story. The Sideshow Falcon was a great figure. They reused a
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By KansasBrawler The Rise of Cobra line was a weird line for me, especially when it came to the vehicles. Things I thought would be really awesome (like the Cobra Gunship) kind of disappointed me, but things that I passed on multiple times wound up really impressing me after I weakened and picked them up on clearance. I don’t know
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By YT Sideshow caused quite a stir when they previewed their Major Bludd at the 2012 SDCC. I still can recall those stunning pictures of him standing in the case clutching his bloody Joe dog tags. I have to confess the poetry spouting Major was never one of my favorites as a kid, probably due to his characterization in the
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