Before the days of the Local Comic Shop, my purchases were irregular in terms of titles as well as individual issues. As a kid with limited funds, I was picking up whatever looked interesting on the cover. Being a Marvel Zombie, I was mostly into Spider-Man, the Avengers and X-Men. Of course, GI Joe made the cut as well, and
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What’s the matter with me? I’ve been writing this blog for over four years, and I haven’t covered the original Beachhead figure until now. We’ve looked at the mold in many of its repainted versions, from Funskool to Club exclusive and even a modern Toys R Us offering. My memories of this version center around my feelings for the 1986
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After a long, hard week it’s time to kick back and throw back a drink with Outback. This plastic tumbler came to me courtesy of Joe bud Page. I hadn’t heard of or seen this type of cup before Page showed me a group of them he’d picked up. Other members of the 1987 group of Joes were also part
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THIFI returns with an item that elicits back to school memories. I remember Mom and Dad taking me to get a new lunch box every year during grade school. My favorite was my original Star Wars box. I obtained this one many years later…
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Look out, it’s the LCV! I wonder if buyers at Toy Fair asked–what the hell is this!? Proof that the GI Joe design team could do whatever they wanted after a few years of huge success. I also never was able to sit a figure on it motorcycle style, as Bazooka is in the inset photo. Need to check if
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