By KansasBrawler The Original 13 Joes have always had something of a mythical standing in the Joe collecting community. It’s not really a surprise since they were the ones that started it all. However, it’s always kind of baffled me that with as much as people criticized the 25th Anniversary Joe line for parts reuse that the Original 13 are
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The 1980s GI Joe line continued the tradition of compelling package art that began all the way back in 1964. The gritty, realistic paintings of Joe’s original incarnation sold a world of adventure via a cardboard coffin box. The Adventure Team era took things to a bold new level in selling a toy based on box art (what 70s kid
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The Toys R Us exclusive Night Force multipack was an odd duck, particularly in comparison to its 80s predecessor. Re-imagined as a squad clad in darkly patterned uniforms, it was a much more cohesive looking group than the original. It was nice however to see the set appear as an exclusive at the same retailer where it originated. Remember when
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By Hit & Run Dynamite was a magazine for children published by Scholastic from 1974 until 1992. The magazine became the most successful publication for Scholastic. The first issue, Dynamite #1, was dated March 1974 and the final issue, Dynamite#165, was dated March 1992. The magazine really seemed to catch its stride during the 80’s with the plethora of cartoons, toys and comics. For me,
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There’s a Monopoly for everything. From the usual suspects of pop culture, to world famous cities (and not-so famous like my hometown of Kansas City) and even historical figures (an evening of Alan Turing Monopoly, anyone?) the famous board game has been licensed to death. Thankfully, that also means GI Joe got a turn. This special edition Monopoly game was
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Not according to View-Master. Who knew?
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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 Jason Royalty and Michael Sherrow
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The 2000s series 12 inch figures continue to fascinate me. I was mainly collecting the 3 & 3/4 inch releases at the time of their rekease, but I did keep a watchful eye on the bigger guys. I was turned off initially by the lack of full cloth uniforms. Since revisiting them in the early days of this blog, I’ve
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I just can’t seem to get enough of the Steel Brigade. This ad from an Action Force magazine is even more bold than the various US pamphlets that touted the figure. It even pictures the toy itself. Very nice. The concept of ordering an action figure that you (sort of) created still piques my interest. This is definitely something Hasbro
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