Star Brigade! GI Joe and space travel have a long history, and even though the 90s flirtation with the final frontier was more based in sci-fi than fact, I appreciate the branching out of Joe into new themes. Unfortunately the end of the era came much too quickly, and the team was back solidly on Earth for its 2002 reboot. But we’ll always have 1993 in toys and comics. Say what you will about the excesses of comic art back then, but at the very least things were bold and action packed. If that’s your thing, this short foray into space is worth checking out.
In space, no one can hear you repurpose old parts. When I first started delving into the Adventures 2010 series, it seemed to have a real world oriented, yet futuristic and coloful tone. It was a bit more fanciful than the Real American Hero series, being set at what was…
I find the second series of Star Brigade figures to be much more interesting than their prececessors. Not only were some new parts mixed in among the reused elements, but the generic card art was jettisoned in favor of character specific packaging, in keeping with the rest of Real American…
As the years go by, I find myself drawn more and more toward the odd and unusual in my toy collecting. Maybe it's because I've gotten my fill of vintage Joe, and want to explore other similar lines. The most similar line I can think of is Lanard's CORPS!, the…
As goofy as these issues were, Hama’s worst was still better than Devil’s Due’s best.
Maybe it’s just that GI JOE ARAH doesn’t quite work outisde of 80’s/early 90’s.