GI Joe’s reliance on new editions of the big names like Duke and Snake Eyes can get a little tiresome. While Duke can be given any number of outfits, Snakes is more limited to black and well, black. At times, his limited wardrobe changes from media are mined for subject matter. This one hails from issue 2 of the Marvel comic. It’s one of my favorites for the character, and seeing it on single card with new art is great. I’ve often wondered who was responsible for the package paintings for the 25th line. Anyone know?
By KansasBrawler It’s taken me a while, but I now finally get to talk about something unusual from the 25th Anniversary line: a Duke figure that I didn’t regret getting. Yes, Resolute Duke was a 25th Anniversary line figure, but the Resolute sub-branding means I tend to place him with…
By KansasBrawler The 25th Anniversary comic packs did some pretty great things with a limited parts library. Considering how small Hasbro’s plans for the 25th Anniversary line originally were, they fleshed out the line with some quickly assembled comic packs. Unfortunately, not all those figures were winners and Breaker is…
Funskool often gets laughs based on its later offerings of domestic GI Joe figures, but earlier along in their history they were less crazy, and even made some interesting color variants. Snake Eyes came in two flavors, black with silver highlights, and blue. The card art is inspired by the…
This is the figure I wished the 2004 comic pack figure had been. It was a solid take on the comic #2 look for SE. This is the one anniversary figure that I almost bought, just because it was interesting and different.
This is the figure I wished the 2004 comic pack figure had been. It was a solid take on the comic #2 look for SE. This is the one anniversary figure that I almost bought, just because it was interesting and different.