The Air Commandos just didn’t get enough play during their time on the pegs. Joe’s mid-80s heyday of cartoon tie-ins had fizzled into the DIC series, and many of the sub-groups didn’t get a lot of coverage in the Marvel comic. It fell to the Impel trading card set to play up the figures in these teams, and you couldn’t get much better 90s exposure than being in a trading card set, aside from maybe the one-two punch of making it onto a pog.
Any pop culture phenom worth its salt gives rise to all manner of ancillary product. From toys to bedsheets and board games, there's no end to the ways in which a property can capitalize on success. Sometimes cross promotion of tchotchkes merges with the fads of the day to produce…
It's rare that I feature a figure from my collection who's incomplete. Sad to say, since I started the blog, my disposable income has diminished, and there are some figures and vehicles I probably won't be able to complete. Such is the case with Cloudburst, one of the fantastically colored…
You know what I love most about Desert Scorpion? Is it the amazing weapon complement? The unique uniform design? The cool, Snake Eyes-Esque mask? I appreciate all those great elements, but my favorite part of the figure is Unexplained Giant Scorpion. The accessory list printed next to the card bubble…
I recall that Air Commando gliders appeared very briefly in the Marvel Comics series, but they only mentioned Skymate and Cloudburst.
”Hasbro’s Air Commandos Gliders/Action figure sets, did not last long on the market , and I ‘m not sure if they were very popular.”