By KansasBrawler Like I’ve said before, I’ve never been too interested in international Joe variants. There aren’t a lot of differences between the 1988 Iron Grenadier Destro released in North America and the one released in South America aside from the fact that the US version came with the Despoiler and the South American one was released carded. Sure, the
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By KansasBrawler Sometimes a figure in a con set really surprises you. With the Zombie Initiative set, I wasn’t expecting to be as impressed as I was with T’jbang. With the Peril In Paradise set, I wound up being surprised by how much I liked Recondo. In Project: Downfall, the figure that surprised me the most was Static Line. Static
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By KansasBrawler The only other member of Sky Patrol I was familiar with as a kid was Skydive. He was part of KansasBrother’s collection so he’d show up in joint adventures and I was pretty impressed with him. I still liked Airborne more, but Skydive was pretty cool. I was very happy when Skydive surprisingly got some attention during the
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By KansasBrawler Back in the day, I only had one Sky Patrol figure, and that was Airborne. I never knew about the original Airborne when I was a kid. I know there are some Joe fans that aren’t a fan of that codename showing up on someone who wasn’t Mr. Talltree, but my Airborne has always been Robert “Airborne” Six.
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By KansasBrawler I don’t have any childhood memories of Night Vulture. Truthfully, I don’t recall seeing any of the Air Commandos figures on the pegs when I was a kid. However, I definitely remember a scene out of a diostory that I can’t find online anymore (if anyone else remembers the sequence I’m about to describe, please let me know
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By KansasBrawler Growing up, I never really knew all that much about Sky Creeper. Having only heard the name and never seeing the figure it was associated with, I thought Night Vulture was Sky Creeper because Night Vulture looked kind of like a Night Creeper and I thought the SkyCreeper was a Night Creeper on a glider. As nearly as
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By KansasBrawler If there was one Sky Patrol member I was a little concerned about the GIJCC making, it was Altitude. The vintage altitude figure used Slipstream’s body as a base, and the modern Slipstream wasn’t all that great. Thankfully, the GIJCC decided to think a bit outside the box with him. The vintage elements are there, in a form,
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By KansasBrawler When the GIJCC first announced the Sky Patrol theme, I was excited. However, I didn’t really know what they could do with the Cobra side of things. Yes, there were the two international Sky Patrol Cobras, but beyond that, I wasn’t quite sure what way they’d go for army builders. I think Night Vulture was the first army
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By KansasBrawler I’ve mentioned before that I’m not super into foreign Joe figures. While I think they’re interesting variations on things we’ve seen in America, I generally don’t think they’re something I need to track down. However, there is one exception to that rule—the international Sky Patrol figures. I’ve always been strangely fascinated with those figures, especially since the international
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Wrapping up the SDCC version of the Danger at the Docks set, here’s the Cobra Night Raft. If you’re a vintage 80s Joe fan, you’ll remember this vehicle as famously featuring Firefly on its packaging. I don’t think there’s a more iconic pairing of figure and vehicle from the era. Here, the raft is matched up with the Cobra Eel.
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