Now we’re getting into the catalog years that I surreptitiously followed as a burgeoning adult collector. First off, I’ll admit it–I bought 1989 Batman toys. Okay, maybe just Batman and Bob the Goon, but can you blame a kid collector turned teen comic geek? Getting into comics after dumping the toys of my youth actually led me right back into
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It’s coloring time again, kids. Get out those brown crayons, and don’t worry if you make a mess, because as the Joes will tell you–that Skidmark is okay.
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First off, a bit of thanks is in order for this post. Regular commenter and super Joe-bud Scot AKA Cyko9 sent me this little surprise a few days ago. While I picked up quite a few of the blind bag packs, I never pulled the trigger on the multi-pack carded version. It’s certainly a unique type of packaging. The five
Read moreBy KansasBrawler The year 2005 was a pretty big year for KansasBrawler as a Joe collector. I was making decent money from a college job and that meant I’d started getting a little more into the online Joe collecting world as I was running down product that wasn’t showing up at my local Wal-Mart. That year was also the first
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We’re going off the rails tonight, but it’s still tangentially Joe related–in my eyes, at least. I’m fascinated by the myriad me-too military toy lines that arose in the early 80s after GI Joe’s relaunch broke into the big time. Sure, Hasbro cribbed the o-ring and rivet format from Mego/Takara (and Hasbro itself by proxy if you want to get
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I just can’t get off the Christmas Catalog kick. There’s so much cool stuff to pore over. Now I remember why I spent so many hours staring at this stuff as a kid. Tonight we forego the usual toys to check out the miscellaneous items that were released early in the 80s line’s launch. From toothbrushes to ride-ons, there’s something
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This page has not only some ’86 and ’87 Joe favorites like the Tomahawk and Mobile Command Center, but it’s also got a rarity of non-Joe product. I don’t recall coming across too much Lanard material in the 80s catalogs I’ve seen. This one shows a couple of vehicles from the Gung Ho branded line. The amazing thing about these
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