In the days before Cyber Monday, there was…um, Catalog Whatever Day. 80s and 90s kids probably remember the big three Christmas catalogs from Wards, Sears and JC Penney, but do you recall the lesser known holiday toy tomes? This one comes to us courtesy of Joe bud Flag Points Dave, and it’s a great flashback to the days when Joes
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I remember first seeing trace plates from ads for the Mighty Men and Monster Maker kit. The commercial (see it here) was burned in my brain. This GI Joe set, released in the 90s, and based on many of the DIC era figures, is along similar lines, although you build two parts of a scene rather than new characters. Now
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It’s the holiday season again here in the US, and that means toymaker Lanard is holding its annual sale at its warehouse just outside Kansas City, MO. JAD made the trip out for opening day, accompanied by Joe bud and fellow Toy Department podcast host Andrew AKA Twitziller. Andrew walked away with a huge haul that filled a large box.We
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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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On previous Thanksgiving Day posts, I’ve focused on various turkeys throughout GI Joe history. I guess being a big fan of MST3K during my 90s college years has really rubbed off on me. I thought I’d take a break from the funny this year and reflect on the things for which I’m thankful. In relation to the blog, I’m thankful
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Here’s what I wouldn’t mind seeing under my tree this year. 1987 was the last year I bought Joe toys as a kid, and I’m sorry I missed out on the vehicles from that year. I did track them down as an adult, but nothing beats memories of childhood play.
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From the 1991 Hasbro international catalog comes the Arctic Blast. I love the snowy background in this one. Very Wampa ice cave.
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Let’s keep the Toy Fair catalog streak rolling with a few ninjas.
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Because you wanted more, here’s another Toy Fair catalog page from the 90s. This time it’s the Drug Elimination Force, a sub-line that I think had some pretty cool figure offerings. Bulletproof and Mutt are faves of mine, and the Headhunters are incredibly nice. The light up weapons are super ginchy too!
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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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