What’s my favorite element of Tiger Force, the GI Joe jungle sub-team? Is it the awesomely recolored jungle deco version of Flint? How about the super cool re-purposing of the Rattler and Water Moccasin as Joe vehicles? Maybe even the exotic and captivating overseas exclusives? Nope. It’s Tiger Force Roadblock’s helmet. No other figure accessory for the offshoot team is
Read moreUpdraft is the pilot of the Retaliator, one of the weirdest craft in the GI Joe arsenal. Advertised as a “Bomb Dropping Rescue Copter!”, the Retaliator was a helicopter with a working winch and a rotating tail with grabbing claw that pivoted out of the tail section. An odd-looking copter with impossibly short blades, it resembled a dragonfly more than
Read moreI’ve had an absolute bugger of a time tracking down this Storm Shadow. I’d heard lots of great things about it, and therefore was a bit concerned that it might not live up to expectations when I finally got it in my hands. In fact, it’s been sitting unopened for a week awaiting my review. Well, guess what? I shouldn’t
Read moreShout Factory’s GI Joe Series 2 Season 1 (AKA the DIC series) DVD set releases on January 10. Check out my review below. GI Joe Series 2 DVD review
Read moreFor a lot of adult Joe collectors, the environment specific characters often get some grief because of their perceived “limited” uses. Torpedo, Dusty, and Snow Job are useful in their specific roles, but outside of them are relegated to the sidelines. Torpedo looks a little ridiculous running through the jungle in a wet suit, and Dusty is out of place
Read moreHas it been that long since I covered a vehicle? I had almost forgotten that I was also covering them as part of this grand experiment in nerdery. At the same time, I noticed that this marks the 200th review. Wow. It’s all been such a blur, I almost missed it. The last year of the original RAH line released
Read moreThe 1993 Joe series was a monstrous year in terms of total figures, with over one hundred individual figures released among the regular line, drivers, mail-ins and the Street Fighter spin-off. The Battle Corps series in itself saw 36 figures, a great many of which were redesigns or repaints of existing characters. Joes and Cobras alike were refreshed that year,
Read moreStore exclusives can be frustrating to track down, especially when an exclusive character is one that a collector sees as a must-have. It doesn’t sting as much when an exclusive is simply a repaint of an existing mold that’s readily available, or in the case of Doc here, an environmentally specific figure. Doc was released as a Toys R Us
Read moreMy feelings about GI Joe Resolute cartoon can be best summed up by quoting the late, great comedian Mitch Hedberg’s observation about eating pancakes, “..all exciting at first, but by the end you’re sick of them.” When we first caught a glimpse of the cartoon’s footage, it looked promising. For me, Resolute as a whole ended up being less than
Read moreWhen I cover figures from the spring-loaded missile launcher era of GI Joe, I normally don’t include the launcher in my pictures. They often seem like a tacked-on accessory, not to mention nigh impossible for most figures to hold unsupported. However in Duke’s case, the missile launcher works, and dare I say it–I like it. Several of the ’94 Star
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