Attendees of this year’s final JoeCon had a chance to pick up a USB drive chock full of Joe-related pics, video and other information courtesy of Joe Declassified. While perusing the content, I couldn’t help but get excited over this DIC animation promo. Not only because I’m an unabashed fan of the DIC ‘toon, but also because the promo was
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It’s been a while since we took a non-sequitur turn here at JAD. Here’s your JAD Moment of Zen…
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By Past Nastification We’ve looked at potential vehicles and action figures in Sunbow’s The MASS Device miniseries. Now let’s finish the series by looking at potential playsets. Cobra Castle: If you’re old enough to remember the wonderful Marx Toys Navarone playset, just scale it up in your mind. The Terror Drome is a great playset. However, it was designed to
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By Past Nastification Finishing up the figures that could have been generated from the iconic first GI Joe animated mini-series. There are some great ones in this group. Stay tuned for playsets coming soon! Cobra Space Trooper: Lazy Sunbow gave Star Wars’ Stormtroopers new helmets and slightly different colors and hoped no one would notice. I noticed, but I’d be
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By Past Nastification We’re back with more figures that could have been based on Sunbow’s MASS Device mini-series. Let’s get right to it! Arena Wranger: Speaking of suits from the last entry, this P90X enthusiast didn’t wear a jacket or a shirt, but check out those casual slacks- what else would one wear with a black leather hood? Cold Weather
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By Past Nastification This week I continue looking at Sunbow’s MASS Device mini-series as a source for toys. Last week I talked about the vehicles Hasbro could make, now I’ll talk about potential action figures. If you’ve seen the customs I’ve made based on many of these characters, my apologies in advance for repeating my thoughts. The MASS Device series
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By Past Nastification Last year I wrote about the DiC cartoon run, where the animated GI Joe continuity went to die. Almost a decade earlier, though, the Joes’ animated life began under the creative direction of Sunbow. Hasbro eventually got around to giving collectors a drizzle of some of the Sunbow world. The MASS Device, Red Cobra Divers, Radiation-exposed Snake-Eyes,
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Continuing from yesterday’s post about the SHARC box art, we present a comparison of the proto-SHARC from the MASS Device mini-series and the more on-model version seen in later episodes of the animated series. I find the early model to be an interesting variation of the more recognizable craft. It was also set up as a two-seater. Convenient!
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Inspired by the amazing newspaper toy ads that Phillip over at battlegrip.com regularly unearths, I thought I would do a little digging to locate a TV listing circa my favorite cartoon era. Getting more specific, I wondered if I could find a listing for the debut episode of GI Joe: A Real American Hero AKA the MASS Device mini-series. What
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By Past Nastification The Sunbow GI Joe cartoon feels as if it were aimed at 9 or 10 year olds, but watching it decades later it still holds up, at least in terms of spirit. Having outgrown the toy line, I never had any exposure to the DiC successor when it premiered in 1989. After re-watching all of the Sunbow
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