Wild Bill has a character design that is a natural for interpretation into brick form. His cowboy hat and revolvers are common parts, and the painted face and uniform are easily depicted in simplified style. That’s why this knockoff version is one of the best of the set recently released. Wild Bill is wearing the blue and orange uniform made
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Happy Halloween! I hope you and yours are having a fun (and safe) evening of Trick or Treating, or Whatever and Whatevering. Mrs. JAD and I will be out with the JAD Kids, gathering lots of sugary treats. Of course, we’ll all brush our teeth extra carefully tonight after consuming copious amounts of sucrose and fructose. After all, you don’t
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Mummies and GI Joe go way back–all the way to the 70s. As a kid just barely aware of the large scale Joes that predated my childhood Real American Heros, I was somehow aware of the original search for the mummy set. Maybe it was the Peter Pan book and record. As an adult collector, I think that set perfectly
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Continuing our coverage of the recent release of an assortment of GI Joe themed minifigures based on a certain popular brick-based format, we’ve got a version of the team’s original MP and K-9 unit. Mutt and Junkyard have been favorites of mine since 1984, and it’s great to see them interpreted in this form, even if they’re not an official
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By KansasBrawler I’ve never been a terribly big fan of Dusty. It’s not that I don’t like the character, it’s just I’ve never found his figures to be terribly interesting. It kind of surprises me that I have so many modern versions of Dusty. The Pursuit of Cobra version is great and I find myself strangely drawn to the 50th
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By Flag Points Don Our old Flag Points Podcast buddy Don has returned to the scene with a dio series. The first part finds the Joe team going up against Cobra in the jungle. There’s more to come in the future. With Dave contributing last week, and now Don getting into the act, it’s looking like the band’s getting back
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By Past Nastification The modern era has given us new versions of Blowtorch. The first, from 2009, is a modern interpretation of the classic 1984 design. It’s packed with detail and sculpting. Plus extra gear that would indicate Blowtorch has some cross-training as a firefighter, which makes sense. Like many modern era figures, the added articulation doesn’t mean that the
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By Past Nastification Continuing from the 80s original, Blowtorch got a second figure almost 20 years later. I was delighted to see the new color set was a light brown uniform with gold armor and black accouterments. The gold is a little much, but I can live with it. This is a new sculpt era figure with some sculpting issues.
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By Past Nastification Based on his specialty, Blowtorch could have been one of the most fear-inducing characters of the GI Joe team. If you’ve ever seen any footage of their use in WWII, you know that flamethrowers are effective-but-vile business. Blowtorch has several versions over the last 30 years. But there are enough differences between some of them to provide
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Minifigure knock-offs have been a source of interest for me since I discovered them a couple years ago. They’re definitely a source of contention within the Lego collector community, as the makers are basically using a patented mold with little to no changes. The exterior shapes of the parts are close to identical when compared with their legit counterparts, but
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