The 2000s series 12 inch figures continue to fascinate me. I was mainly collecting the 3 & 3/4 inch releases at the time of their rekease, but I did keep a watchful eye on the bigger guys. I was turned off initially by the lack of full cloth uniforms. Since revisiting them in the early days of this blog, I’ve
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By YT I’m not a fan of the GI Joe live action movie Storm Shadow costume. I just don’t care for the aesthetic and don’t even get me started on Ninjas wearing tennis shoes. That being said when Hot Toys announced their Retaliation figure line I was thrilled. For those who may not know, Hot Toys is an Asian company
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By KansasBrawler The Rise of Cobra line was a weird line for me, especially when it came to the vehicles. Things I thought would be really awesome (like the Cobra Gunship) kind of disappointed me, but things that I passed on multiple times wound up really impressing me after I weakened and picked them up on clearance. I don’t know
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By YT Sideshow caused quite a stir when they previewed their Major Bludd at the 2012 SDCC. I still can recall those stunning pictures of him standing in the case clutching his bloody Joe dog tags. I have to confess the poetry spouting Major was never one of my favorites as a kid, probably due to his characterization in the
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By YT I had admired the Sideshow line from afar for a while before I picked up my first figure, the Cobra Sniper on clearance. Once I had that figure in hand it was all over for me. The quality and details were amazing! When I saw they were doing a Viper, I was in. This figure did not disappoint,
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By KansasBrawler It may sometimes take a little while, but I have to commend Hasbro for its ability to get popular canceled figures released. This year we’re finally getting the much-demanded Concept Case Gung-Ho and during the Retaliation line, Data-Viper was rescued from the great parts bin in the sky and saw a retail release and I couldn’t have been
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Over the course of the Kre-O GI Joe run, there have been quite a few different variations of the classic “blueshirt” Cobra Trooper. Some were straight copies of the ’82-83 baddies, while others were new adaptations of the familiar helmeted henchmen. At a first glance of photos online, I thought that the figure was based on the 25th Anniversary Cobra
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With the GI Joe relaunch in 2002, the o-ring style originated in the 80s made a limited comeback. In just the first two years, the classic Viper mold (well, most of it–more on that in a minute) had been revisited five times in the mass market, and once (okay, twice if you count the fuschia fiasco) as a Collectors’ Club
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The Night Creepers sure got a lot of exposure after their initial appearance in the Real American Hero line. The basic trooper figures were followed by a leader character, which itself received a redeco just one year later. Ninja Force featured a redesign for the final years of the original small Joe run. An arctic variant of the trooper showed
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Is there a more iconic Cobra vehicle than the HISS? This early villainous ride hasn’t been ecplised as far as I’m concerned. While there have been multiple re-imaginings of it, and other subsequent vehicles have become more elaborate, the original still rules in my eyes as the de facto Cobra ground combat platform. Geewunner’s Fast Attack Tank resembles the true
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