Kansas City’s Planet Comicon wrapped up today, and GI Joe costuming club The Finest was in attendance again. Their setup and variation of costumes was the most impressive yet, featuring Sgt. Slaughter, the Marauders, Renegades, a Dreadnok, and a life-size Watchtower. Check out the video and pics for all the details. Great work, and kudos to The Finest on a
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I remember this ad for the GI Joe video game running in Marvel comics, with a Joe version on a facing page featuring Hawk. The game doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the epic battle between the two factions, though it is unique in allowing you to play against one another. Cobra Commander looks a bit more fierce
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By KansasBrawler Everything the GIJCC did during 2016 pointed to the fact that they were sure they weren’t going to be in business next year. People had been asking for a Sky Patrol con set for years and the membership figure, Pythona, was a similarly constantly-requested figure. If they weren’t going to be back, they did a great job of
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With all the Joe fan projects out there in the forms of books, podcasts, blogs and such, I thought it would be nice to point out a unique offering. Catt Call Pop Culture Pins & Plush, an Etsy store, has produced a limited edition Cobra Enemy pin in the style of the classic package art logo. It’s perfect for your
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I have fond memories of bygone days of VHS randomness at Mom & Pop video stores and Blockbuster, when you could find both the latest releases as well as archaic giant clamshell boxes. Seems like GI Joe was everpresent, particularly the early Sunbow releases. The DIC show wasn’t as plentiful, and it was only in the 2000s that I spotted
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By Past Nastification With this figure, Hasbro winked at us and said it was “Skyduster”, but we all know it’s Starduster and will be referred that way in this review. The re-naming is just Hasbro’s way of getting out the figures while avoiding any legal headaches, so it doesn’t irk me. Fair enough. Aside from the clever use of the
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By KansasBrawler Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of exposure to Major Bludd. I vaguely remember him from the cartoon and KansasBrother had the Sonic Fighters version, but he really didn’t capture my attention until I started reading the original Marvel run in tradepaper reprints when I was in high school. That was my first real exposure to Major
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I’ve said this before: I’m a big fan of the 1994 assortments of GI Joe. To me, there’s a little something to appeal to different tastes within its offerings. If you enjoyed the vibrant color schemes, action-featured accessories and sci-fi leanings, there’s plenty to be excited about. If you were more interested in the series’ early 80s origins of near-future
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I can’t believe I’ve been so remiss to not yet share the card art for Snow Job. He’s one of my (many) faves from 1983, and one of the reasons why I got hooked on Joes that year. I don’t think I need to do much more gabbing at this point; I’ll just let the images speak for themselves. Although
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In the 90s, Lanard Toys (makers of the GI Joe inspired series The CORPS!) produced an assortment of figures based around a futuristic athletic theme. To say it was high concept is an understatement. The best I can describe it is as Mad Max meets Rollerball. And I mean the original versions of both films, but especially Rollerball. James Caan
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