By KansasBrawler Any time Destro shows up in the Joe line, I get happy. I’ve mentioned my love of Destro quite a few times here, so you should have a pretty good idea of what I think of Destro being part of the M.A.R.S. Invades con set. This version of Destro is far more battle ready than ones we’ve seen
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By KansasBrawler As a Joe collector, I’ve always loved everything about the Iron Grenadiers. I remember using my vintage Iron Grenadier figure a lot as a very dangerous bodyguard. I’ve also previously mentioned my slight obsession with the vintage Night Viper figure since I never found him when I was a kid. When I first saw reviews of the M.A.R.S.
Read moreBy KansasBrawler The year 2005 was a pretty big year for KansasBrawler as a Joe collector. I was making decent money from a college job and that meant I’d started getting a little more into the online Joe collecting world as I was running down product that wasn’t showing up at my local Wal-Mart. That year was also the first
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By KansasBrawler If there was one problem I had with the Resolute miniseries, it was how they handled Storm Shadow. Much like Destro, I’ve always seen Storm Shadow as an honorable villain. While the fight scene he had with Snake Eyes was pretty awesome, the overall character came across as an angry brat to me rather than someone with a
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By KansasBrawler Ah, Rise of Cobra…it’s hard for me to remember something as contentious when it came to Joe fandom as the movie costumes. There were a lot of people that were really upset that the Joes got the X-Men treatment in their first movie. Gone were the unique looks for each character and in their place, all the Joes
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By KansasBrawler The Kre-O Joe motorpool is nothing short of impressive. It successfully pulls from all eras of Joe history and chooses drivers that make sense. That couldn’t always be said about the modern Joe motorpool. In this Field Report, I’m pairing up two vehicles from different eras of the Joe brand and different Kre-O sets because they work together
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By KansasBrawler Oh, Kenny Loggins…“Footloose” is such a great song. It just puts a dumbass grin on my face the moment I hear the opening chords. It may be a cheesy wedding dance staple, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun. Sorry, my bad…I’m not supposed to be talking about the song “Footloose.” I’m supposed to be talking about the
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By KansasBrawler I never knew about the Cobra WOLF growing up, but the first time I saw it, I was really impressed. I found Justin Bell’s diostories on the Internet when I was in high school but I never read them until I was in college. I grew up with a relatively slow dial-up connection and the phone line at
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By Jason Royalty
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We’re going into the Halloween season full throttle here at JAD, and for the next two weeks we’ll be throwing our spotlight on the spookiest and scariest of subjects. The first two nights will feature Jason Royalty’s Backyard Battles in a celebration of fall and Halloween. Enjoy!
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