Just a bit of a teaser tonight of what’s to come tomorrow. I broke out the newly arrived Eaglehawk today and threw it together to take a few pics. While doing so, I was quite impressed with its pilot and thought he deserved his own spotlight. Lift-Ticket is, as I said, included with the highly anticipated Eaglehawk helicopter. I’m glad
Read more1987’s vehicle offerings encompassed a vast range of purposes and designs, from the functionally sublime to the utterly ridiculous. The Strategic Long-Range Artillery Machine (SLAM) manages to incorporate a little of both. As a vehicle, and it is a vehicle, since it has an engine, and even a tow hook, the SLAM looks a bit like a tank turret was
Read moreThe first Snake Eyes figure I purchased was a straight arm original. I bought it at a TG&Y close to my house, and I was excited to see an original Snake Eyes at a store. This was sometime in 1983, and the figure had eluded me to that point. I was initially a little disappointed in it, as I really
Read moreWe’re officially into summer here in the US, and it’s been getting really hot around my neck of the woods lately, so why not break out a figure photo that I took in the dead of winter and write about it? It’s kind of like eating an ice cream cone after playing basketball in the driveway all day in 104
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Can you believe it’s been two years since I started this madness? To celebrate another year of the blog, and make even more work for myself, I brought together a group of readers and all around cool GI Joe friends to talk about (what else?) GI Joe. Thanks to everyone who participated: Carson from 3DJoes.com Legendary Tom Brooks Twitziller Mark
Read moreI’m celebrating two years of the blog this weekend, and first up is an epic post featuring readers and friends and their two “must save” GI Joe items. Check it out here, and be on the lookout for the epic 2nd anniversary podcast special–coming soon!
Read moreHeavy Duty as a character got a lot of flak (no pun intended) from some fans from the 2000s onwards. The absence of Roadblock for the first year of the relaunch and his seeming replacement with a new heavy weapons specialist didn’t seem to sit right with many collectors. It was never much of a big deal to me. If
Read moreIt’s been a long time getting here, two years in fact. Last year, my first anniversary post covered the 30th anniversary Airtight, a new version of the first figure I ever covered for the blog. This time, I’m looking at a figure that I’d intended to showcase since the beginning, but that had been pushed back time after time. I’m
Read moreIt’s amazing to consider just how many GI Joe figures that still resonate with collectors were part of the 1985 assortment. I’ve often wondered how much of our affection for the year’s toys can be attributed to the Sunbow animated series. When I see this first version of Dusty, I’m reminded of two things: the card art and the cartoon
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Jeremy has submitted another great Field Report. It’s all about a few interesting non-toy GI Joe items. I love this kind of stuff. Check it out here.
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