By YT As I stated in my Hot Toys Storm Shadow review, when Hot Toys announced their Retaliation figure line, I was thrilled. For those who may not know, Hot Toys is an Asian company that is known for their outstanding 12″ figures based on pop culture and movie proprieties. Their realistic sculpt, cut & sew and paint apps are
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What do you do when you’re trying to breathe new life and interest into a product? Anything you can, of course. For Hasbro’s GI Joe brand over the years, that’s meant venturing into hitherto unknown areas of science fiction, fantasy, and even super heroics. It only stands to reason that a product whose existence has been fairly omnipresent over the
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By YT Storm Shadow was the fourth figure Sideshow released in their GI Joe line. Like a lot of us, Storm Shadow was a favorite of mine as a kid. Overall he is a very faithful reproduction of the ARAH original. Although they did give him long sleeves, I believe to cover the very unattractive arms of their Prometheus body.
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By YT The Sideshow Arashikage Temple will go down as the largest 1/6 GI Joe figure environment they produced. It is gigantic! The shipping box is similar to a USS Flag box in size. I would rate it as the second most “Joe Centric” item behind the excellent Cobra throne. A lot of their other environments were much more generic.
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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 YT Lt Falcon was always a favorite of mine as a kid, even after his rather annoying appearance in the GI Joe animated movie. I guess I gravitated towards the more realistic aspects even back then. I also had a beret obsession, but that is a whole other story. The Sideshow Falcon was a great figure. They reused a
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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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In 1993, the Street Fighter II video game characters made their way into the 3 & 3/4 inch o-ring format (and were officially part of the GI Joe line thanks to a tiny logo on the packaging). The fighting figures also appeared in the revamped twelve inch Hall of Fame format. While the idea of these characters inhabiting the world
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