KansasBrawler is ever faithful to his weekly Field Reports. He’s a reviewing machine! Check out his views on the Agent Mouse figure AKA Joseph Mazzello AKA Tim Murphy. You know, I still laugh at the scene in Jurassic Park when little Tim gets blasted off the electric fence. Is that wrong? Too bad they couldn’t work a reference to that
Read moreWhen I started collecting GI Joes again in the early 90s, there were some toys from my youth that I had somehow forgotten about. The Sears exclusive Dreadnok vehicles were one memory that had mysteriously vanished from my mind. I know that I must have seen them in the Christmas catalog that year, as I pored over each store’s version
Read moreWhat happened here? Low Light hit the hair dye. One of the strangest changes of the reimagined figures over the years, fans still wonder why Low Light went from a clean shaven blonde to a grizzled raven haired soldier. Somebody just wasn’t too concerned with toy continuity. Not surprising, since a market of vocal and nit picky adult collectors didn’t
Read moreDial-Tone was among the repaints for the Sonic Fighters sub team. His presence makes sense, as his specialty fits in with the team’s concept. Even his backpack isn’t too bad, although it is huge like all the others. That’s to be expected considering the technology of the time. Thankfully, it’s removable. The colors are quite good this time around, with
Read moreMany of my fondest memories of GI Joe revolve around trips to the toy departments back in the 80s. Just that term itself seems kind of odd now, doesn’t it? Can you really call those parts of your local WalMart or Target a toy department? The nondescript nanosections of toy product today just don’t measure up to the marvelously marketed
Read moreRepaints and variants. Who likes ’em? I do, most of the time. Well, I should explain a little. I generally like two kinds of repaints: weird, and arctic. I like weird repaints just because I’m fascinated by odd combinations of colors, especially when the toy stops trying for any sort of realism and just looks like, well, a toy. For
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It’s your Joe Moment of Zen.
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It’s the final figure in KansasBrawler’s coverage of the first series of recent Dollar General figures. Check out Dollar General Duke here.
Read moreFlag Points episode 42 is up, and in the Knock It Off segment, I cover the Magnificent Team. Check out the Knock It Off page here for a visual aid while you listen to the segment. Do some of these guys look familiar?
Read moreI was super excited for the news of a limited revival of GI Joe at Toys R Us in 1997. I had seen preview pictures in the usual toy media outlets of the day (Tomart’s, Lee’s and Previews), and couldn’t wait to get my hands on some newly redecoed versions of classic GI Joe molds. Later, I was more than
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