Somewhere in an alternate dimension, there’s a Bizarro version of 3DJoes that catalogs and restores the artwork of lines like Devil Warriors. Wait–that’s happening right here, today. Whoa.
There’s a scummy sort of beauty to these knock-off packages. They certainly deserve to be seen in better condition than they’re often presented, if only for historical purposes. However, I doubt many of these cards looked too good to begin with.
Does this skull-headed fellow look familiar? Yep, it’s another swipe from a Joe product. Falcon’s been flipped and repainted.
Special Force comes to us from Sungold, a company perhaps best known for the Galaxy Warriors series, a Masters of the Universe knock-off line that is now beloved for collectors of me-too cheapness. These days there's a cottage industry of custom bootleg art toy offerings that take their cues from what were…
I've been on a kick lately of restoring packaging, particularly for 70s lines like Adventure Team and Big Jim. I've also been looking at knock-offs whose cards haven't stood the test of time too well. Here's the AT Jungle Survival set. I find these boxed outfit sets visually interesting even…
No, it's not the title of an 80s Turkish action film knock-off pastiche of The Karate Kid and Rambo (but it should be). It is a wonderful knock-off set of action figures inspired by both GI Joe and Rambo. Either way, what's not to like? It's Remco Joe! RemJoe! I…
Amazing because someone put some amount of actual effort into this…even as bad as it looks, it took some concept and execution. Post up a pic of the figure if you can por favor.
Ha-ha awesome! I love this stuff! What are, “playing assortes”? And is he holding a blunderbuss?
Wow… what did the actual figure look like?
So… Lt. Falcon=Skeletor? Falcon=Keldor? Then Duke=Randor, father of He-man? Ha! (And going by cartoon over comics, Scarlett=Queen Marlena)
I was about to say something about him, looking like he ought to be shouting ‘Curse you, He-man’
Scary guy!
Amazing because someone put some amount of actual effort into this…even as bad as it looks, it took some concept and execution. Post up a pic of the figure if you can por favor.
See the figure in package here: http://www.poeghostal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/skull_dude.jpg
Wow! Another case where the art is MUCH better than the toy.
Just no.