Ouch! I don’t care what famous leaders’ DNA soup you’re made from, that’s gotta hurt! What better day than this to take a look at Serpentor’s unceremonious end in Marvel issue 76’s Battle of Springfield. After all, he shared DNA with Julius Caesar. Every time I read the issue, it’s still effective. Arrow to the eye–THAKK!
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By KansasBrawler Bear with me, ladies and gentlemen, because another vehicle set is about to get the KansasBrawler review treatment, so this could take a bit. Growing up, the big vehicles were always pretty secondary to me, but I loved the smaller sets. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the hell out of the Thunderclap I got for Christmas (probably
Read moreIt’s a busy day here at JAD HQ, and we didn’t have time for a new article. Here’s a rerun for now. Oh, and it’s also a Nice Pants feature. Enjoy Enjoy! Ssgt. Rock ‘N Roll (2008)
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We’re back again with more patent drawings from the wonderful Google Patent archive. And what could be more exciting to examine than the inner workings of the spring loaded mechanisms that collectors love so much? Plus it’s time to set clocks forward for springtime in (most of) the US. Hooray for lame date-related tie-in posts! This item from Hasbro should
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By KansasBrawler I know Hasbro always takes a lot of grief from fans (myself included) for so vehemently sticking behind their “girl figures don’t sell” line when we question their decisions to make sought-after female characters like Zarana and Jinx convention exclusives. Unfortunately, for me, Resolute Scarlett does kind of prove their point. I really wanted to like this figure.
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I miss the days of Book and Record sets.I had my fair share of Peter Pan records as a toddler, including nursery rhymes and the like. I was a bit too young to have had any of the Adventure Team sets, though I did experience the wonders of the 1980s’ spate of movie tie-in records during my grade school years.
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Boys won’t play with female action figures. That’s a familiar refrain to toy collectors. It’s true, to a certain extent. However, in the 80s I think boys changed their minds when they saw the Baroness. Here was a female character who more than held her own against the male heroes and villains, both in the comic and cartoon. The card
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By Past Nastification 1994 was the 30th Anniversary of GI Joe. It was thirtieth year for the overall brand, not our beloved GI Joe: A Real American Hero line. However, GI Joe: ARAH was still around, on its last legs. Hasbro tried to bring the ARAH collectors in on the fun by taking some of the early 12” lineup and
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When GI Joe transitioned to the Adventure Team, Hasbro maintained the basic figures’ breakdown into what previously represented the four main armed services. The army, navy, air force and Marines were reconfigured into a less overtly militaristic organization. In what surely must have been a cost-cutting move, the four main figures retained their original uniforms. The Land Adventurer then would
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The internet never fails to bring up interesting historical tidbits about, well, everything. Basically the whole of human knowledge is at our fingertips. What does that mean for a fellow like me? It means I can search Google for toy patent drawings. Today I managed to dig up the MOBAT. These things can be a bit difficult to locate due
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