Presenting another new feature for Joe A Day. With more than a little nod to The Daily Show (okay, I ripped off the name) it’s the GI Joe Moment of Zen. Each Saturday, I’ll be presenting a snippet from the rich history of GI Joe media (cartoons, commercials, movies, comics) for you to ponder. Now here’s Ninja Force Storm Shadow
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I now have Fridays off thanks to the prolific KansasBrawler. He’s going to be providing weekly Field Reports on Fridays. What will I do with all that extra time? Maybe I can start another daily blog. Anyway, check out KB’s first regular entry, the Dollar General Snake Eyes, right here.
Read moreWhat would you think about a GI Joe blog’s post if it had nothing to do with GI Joe? Well, I’ve had a few that technically aren’t GI Joe, but close. You know, the CORPS! and other tangentially related toys. Today’s post has nothing to do with toys, and that’s actually a relief for me to write about. Having done
Read moreKansasBrawler is delving into the modern era with a new vehicle Field Report featuring the Crimson HISS and its driver, the Crimson Horseman. Check it out here.
Read moreWill we ever get another mail-in figure in the modern era? Sure, the Rescue Doc mail-in offer was a nice little nod to the 80s, but I miss the figures made exclusively as mail-in offers. Hasbro in the 1990s went crazy with the number of mail-ins, though many were crazily hued. Without a large number of kids buying GI Joe,
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I recently picked up this figure, one of the last I needed to complete my new sculpt collection. By the way, is there a true consensus among GI Joe collectors on what to call all the various post-Real American Hero era lines? We collectors like to categorize and label these things, don’t we? I suppose it helps to give them
Read moreTomax and Xamot were so fascinating to me in 1985 that I took the first opportunity I could to get to a store and buy the set. It was the same day that I had seen the commercial for their debut comic (during an episode of MASK, no less) and one of my buddies called to ask if I wanted
Read moreI’m celebrating two years of the blog this weekend, and first up is an epic post featuring readers and friends and their two “must save” GI Joe items. Check it out here, and be on the lookout for the epic 2nd anniversary podcast special–coming soon!
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Oh my gosh, how time flies! It’s coming up on two years for this crazy endeavor of mine. I’m continually amazed and gratified by the comments that the readers make each day, and to help celebrate two years of Joe A Day, I’d like to create an epic post featuring you, the readers. If you’d like to participate, just send
Read moreQuestion: are certain members of Python Patrol meant to be individuals? I know that Cooperhead is, but some of the other figures’ file cards change the terms from previous releases like “these” to “he’s”, and also frequently “this guy” which leads me to believe some may not be troopers, but rather single operatives. Then again, I could be reading too
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