Coloring Time: What’s Wrong, Snake Eyes?
Time to bust out your favorite Crayons and go to town on some early 80s GI Joe coloring pages. I hope Breaker realizes his teammate can’t talk–though he is a very effective pointer.
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Scarlett (25th Anniversary)
By KansasBrawler As much as I personally prefer Lady Jaye, Scarlett is, and probably always will be, the first lady of the G.I. Joe brand. It’s such a shame her figures have always had one or two problems that kept them from being really good. The original was nicely detailed, but the head sculpt wasn’t that great. Her second version,
Read moreJoe Moment of Zen: Nose Pinching
It’s been a while since we visited the non-sequitur world of Joe Moment of Zen. Enjoy.
Read moreThe Power of Packaging: Winter Rescue
Sometimes toy packages belie their contents. Being a Star Wars and 80s GI Joe kid, I didn’t get exposed to many action figure series that were in window boxes. As a result, opening a box and finding a toy that didn’t live up to its box art was a surprising experience. It was kind of like opening a Cracker Jacks
Read moreTiger Fish (1989)
Is there anything that can’t be made cooler with a animal mouth motif painted on the front of it? Not that the Devilfish needed any help in the coolness department. For a small vehicle, it sure rose to the top of my list quickly in ’86 and saw tons of use both in the living room and pool. I suppose
Read moreVideo Review: Karate Chopper Box
We’re back again (it’s been too long) with a quick-hitting review of the Karate Chopper box. Yeah, we couldn’t find the actual toy, so this is what you get. I don’t have a whole lot to say about it, so Will saves the day, as usual.
Read moreTiger Force Duke (25th Anniversary)
By KansasBrawler Sometimes, figures you don’t expect to show up in your collection do. The 25th Anniversary Tiger Force Duke is the clearest example of that phenomenon in my collection. I passed on him a lot of times. The 25th Anniversary Duke mold had a lot of problems and Tiger Force Duke really didn’t do much to fix those. However,
Read moreCaptivating Cover: The Spy Eye
Here’s another excellent book cover from the Marvel storybook series. The Spy Eye gives us some familiar Joes, but also a character and a vehicle that wasn’t part of the toy line. Who is that on the right side of the page? And dig the VTOL carrier they came out of! I enjoy these early efforts, and you see the
Read moreThe Power of (Knock-Off) Packaging: Special Force
Special Force comes to us from Sungold, a company perhaps best known for the Galaxy Warriors series, a Masters of the Universe knock-off line that is now beloved for collectors of me-too cheapness. These days there’s a cottage industry of custom bootleg art toy offerings that take their cues from what were once the odd castoffs of the past. We live in
Read moreLoucoPorBonecos’ Battle of the Red Claw
I’ve been expanding my horizons lately when it comes to international GI Joe and related releases. As I’ve learned more about the twelve inch domestic figures, the exclusive overseas product like Action Man and others have proven to be even more interesting. From the UK to Europe to central and South America, Hasbro licensed both its large and small-scaled GI
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