I’ve been a Croc Master fan since 1987, the year that some say the line went off the rails with Cobra’s preponderance of weird new characters. I’m not so hard on the year’s releases, and I find the colorful variety of villains a plus, along the lines of the great comic book rogues galleries from Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash.
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Now this is something interesting. There have been red repaints and black repaints of Cobra Commander over the years, but none quite like this one. The closest I can recall is a black and red version from the early 2000s. No, this one stands out to me as pretty unique, thanks to some interesting placement of colors and a set
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Some collectors may bemoan yet another repainting of the updated Skystriker that was produced a few years back. I can understand if some folks feel like we’ve seen it a lot since then. However, the versions we’ve gotten haven’t been mass retail releases. I for one haven’t picked up any of them, until now. When I saw the Hasbro press
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Am I a bad GI Joe fan for saying that I’ve been tired of the old HISS tank? Don’t get me wrong; I love its classic stylings, and it always brings up good memories of Christmas 1983. However, it’s been released so many times, I’ve been wanting to see something different done with it. Hearing that another re-paint was in
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Kicking off another 2015 exclusive, it’s the San Diego Comic Con Hasbrotoyshop Crimson Strike set. For the first time, I was able to pick up one of the large sets via Hasbro’s own online store. Amazing, huh? I guess either the demand wasn’t what it was in years past, or simply more product was produced. Whatever the case, it’s nice
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Now this is what the Power of Packaging feature is all about. The San Diego Comic Con exclusive GI Joe Kre-O set came as a surprise this year, considering that the Hasbro building block system seems to be on hiatus, at least in the US. The subject matter (Sgt. Slaughter) was also unexpected, considering what you often hear about the
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When I first heard about the San Diego Comic Con exclusive edition of the Toys R Us Desert Duel set, I was excited to see an extra Joe team member included, but wasn’t so enthused about getting another Cobra Air Trooper. The original version of this figure left me unimpressed back in 2011, and I didn’t think much would change
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The original Chuckles figure remains one of my favorite Joes, even though he’s a bit out of place among his teammates, considering he’s a guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Then again, there are fellas like Bazooka and Outback who don’t exactly follow standard military dress when it comes to shirt choices. Included in both the regular Toys R Us release
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Gaze into the hypno-shield… You will think Crystal Ball is the coolest GI Joe figure ever made… Repeat after me: Crystal Ball is a better toy than ’85 Snake Eyes…Crystal Ball is a better toy than ’85 Snake Eyes…
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By KansasBrawler I’ll freely admit, I was a bit disappointed by the Retaliation Wave 1 Cobra Trooper. The design was cool, but I preferred the more realistic look the Cobra Troopers had in the trailer. Thankfully, Hasbro eventually delivered a movie-styled Cobra Trooper in the form of the Cobra Combat Ninja (CCN). Though it couldn’t be called a Cobra Trooper
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