By KansasBrawler I’ve always had a weird affinity for the Skyhawk. It’s a neat Joe vehicle and I’ve always thought it was a little more iconic in the cartoon that even the Skystriker. While that may have just been a function of me having a Skyhawk as a kid and noticing it more than the Skystriker because that came out
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We’re on a roll with the new That’s How I Found It (THIFI for short) video feature, showcasing items just as I’ve found them. This time, I’m looking at the Chinese release of Duke, from that strange discount store find of the 90s. I’ve had this figure since I bought it back then, but hadn’t located it in a while.
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The 50th Anniversary GI Joe offerings were, taken as a whole, a mixed bag for me. Along with cool previously unreleased figures such as Flint and the Ice Viper and vehicles like the VAMP Mark II and Cobra WOLF, there were some almost straight-up re-releases. Disappointing? Yes, particularly when these figured took up slots that could have been occupied by
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See what I did there? Anyway, today’s thoughts about Father’s Day take me back to the first carded GI Joe figure that I got back in the 80s. My Dad and I made many trips to Montgomery Ward back when I was a little guy, mainly to buy paint for the house or tires for the car. Fortunately for a
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By YT Like most 1/6 scale fans, I was stoked when news of a Hot Toys Joe Colton broke. A licensed Bruce Willis had never been produced in the scale before. This figure did not disappoint when it came to the outstanding sculpt resemblance and paint quality of Hot Toys. The cut and sew and accessories also live up to
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By KansasBrawler Sometimes an action figure really just captures your imagination. I don’t know why, but I’ve always really loved jetpacks, and the crazier-looking the better. At Joe Con in 2009, the Hasbro team found a way to make me buy another movie Ripcord figure—by making him into the Desert Battle jetpack trooper. While I wasn’t wild about Marlon Wayans’s
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Shipwreck went from traditional sailor to combat diver in the Battle Corps era, and Hasbro was happy to keep him in that role for his next few iterations. I can’t help but remember the mold being used to create the character Stinky Diver in Action League Now. The Real American Hero Collection paired him up with Sidetrack, and was available
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*With apologies to Metallica. It’s Flag Day in the USA, and I can never resist an opportunity to tie a holiday in with both a post and a lame pun. Here are two modern interpretations of the famous GI Joe aircraft carrier that unfortunatley won’t see the light of day. First up is the Flagg that was shown during the
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By KansasBrawler Felix “Mercenary” Stratton has always been, hands down, my favorite Renegade. As a kid, I was really captivated by the idea of a guy who defected from Cobra and fought for the Joes instead. That was a unique angle and I liked it from the moment Sergeant Slaughter first introduced use to Mercer during G.I. Joe: The Movie.
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Wow, that’s a pretty horrific sounding name for a kids’ toy, eh? Then again, this was GI Joe Extreme. No namby pamby names like HISS or VAMP here–it’s the 90s, man!!! We’ve got extreme nomenclature!!! The Bone Splitter comes to us with a couple of fun play features. Ultra SLAM firepower is the most obvious, with its big foam missile.
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