So is this another instance of Hasbro losing the trademark to a previously used toy character name? Mirage has been the moniker of both an Autobot and a GI Joe. Now it’s also the name of a Lanard CORPS! agent. I wasn’t initially impressed by the revised construction of these figures. Like their 80s predecessors, they aped what was going
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May the Fourth be with you! I know there are other, more direct ways to sneak in some Star Wars references on this day. Sure, I could have talked about the Cobra Mountain/Geonosis Arena shared molds, or the POTF2 figures who shared similar rifle molds with 90s Joes. I could even have discussed the Endor Bunker that donated itself to
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The AWE Striker gets quite a bit of flak these days from collectors due to its repeated appearances over the years. It’s been a part of the small Joe lines since the 80s, then showing up in the early 2000s relaunch, into the 25th anniversary and on through the recent movie lines. The thing even showed up in the Stargate
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Mutt and Junkyard were favorites of mine back in 1984. With a host of great accessories, a cool uniform and an animal companion, the figure got a lot of play in my Joe adventures. I was surprised to see, upon returning to GI Joe collecting in the early 90s, that Mutt had another release. I was also surprised to catch
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By KansasBrawler I’ve always had a weird relationship with Red Dog. He’s honestly my least favorite Renegade. While Mercer and Taurus had characterizations that interested me, an ex-football star with anger issues just never really spoke to me. Mercer and Taurus always had distinctive personalities when my brother and I were playing with them, but Red Dog was just kind
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Wow, now this is how you can sell a toy! From the pages of the Action Force comic comes this Super Trooper promo. The Action Force comics in general were quite big and bold in terms of their size as well as graphics. I’m really digging the art style here. It’s very different from what was the norm for the
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Maybe you’ve noticed (or hopefully you haven’t) that I’ve been featuring fewer actual figures on the site of late. The reasons are twofold: First, I’ve lately been fascinated with GI Joe paperwork, ads and package artwork so much that I feel like sharing it more often. I can’t help myself! It’s cool, right? Second, I’ve been more pressed for time
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With the GI Joe relaunch in 2002, the o-ring style originated in the 80s made a limited comeback. In just the first two years, the classic Viper mold (well, most of it–more on that in a minute) had been revisited five times in the mass market, and once (okay, twice if you count the fuschia fiasco) as a Collectors’ Club
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The Intruders as a concept have been a mystery to me. I’d heard them called, according to commercials “Strong Men From Another World” and described by collectors as alien cavemen with advanced technology. Since I hadn’t seen packaging for the figures, I had no idea how (or if) the toy line had explained the methods by which these weird, diminutive
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The Night Creepers sure got a lot of exposure after their initial appearance in the Real American Hero line. The basic trooper figures were followed by a leader character, which itself received a redeco just one year later. Ninja Force featured a redesign for the final years of the original small Joe run. An arctic variant of the trooper showed
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