The original Sky Hawk is by no means a bad toy, in fact it was my go-to small size Joe vehicle after I got it back in the 80s. I think I was mostly enamored of it by its presence in the opening battle of the Revenge of Cobra mini-series. Next to the Star Wars Snowspeeder, it was one of
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By KansasBrawler I’ve professed my love of Destro a couple of times already on this site. His character is complex and he’s one of the few characters who has gotten consistently good figures. When the 25th Anniversary line gave us Iron Grenadiers Destro, I was elated. I was glad to get the classic Destro from the first Cobra set, but
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By KansasBrawler The vehicle sets from the early part of the 25th Anniversary line were a bit of a high wire act sometimes. The vehicles themselves were usually pretty awesome, however sometimes the choice of drivers was a little odd. When I think of an odd driver/vehicle combo, the first set I think of is the RAM and Breaker. It’s
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By KansasBrawler When it came to choosing figures to get the 25th Anniversary treatment, Wild Bill was really a no-brainer. He was always pretty popular because he came with the Dragonfly and Wild Bill got a lot of screen time in the cartoon and quite a bit of page time in the comic book. Unfortunately, Hasbro made poor Wild Bill
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By KansasBrawler The Original 13 Joes have always had something of a mythical standing in the Joe collecting community. It’s not really a surprise since they were the ones that started it all. However, it’s always kind of baffled me that with as much as people criticized the 25th Anniversary Joe line for parts reuse that the Original 13 are
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There’s a Monopoly for everything. From the usual suspects of pop culture, to world famous cities (and not-so famous like my hometown of Kansas City) and even historical figures (an evening of Alan Turing Monopoly, anyone?) the famous board game has been licensed to death. Thankfully, that also means GI Joe got a turn. This special edition Monopoly game was
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By KansasBrawler The 25th Anniversary line really impressed me at the time. While some of the figures look horribly dated compared to what came later, I’m still rather impressed at how faithfully Hasbro was able to recreate some of the classic figures in this new style. One of the figures I found really impressive was Snow Job. I didn’t really
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By KansasBrawler Sometimes it feels like Hasbro makes figure decisions just to spite me, or more accurately, my wallet. The 25th Anniversary Firefly figure was good, but then they released aneven better one in a comic pack with a different take on Storm Shadow just a few months later. Don’t get me wrong, I like the original Firefly, but had
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For a guy who originated as a cereal mail-in, Starduster sure got some play during the 25th Anniversary series. It stands to reason, as there is a ton of nostalgia that surrounds the original figure. One of the senior ranking officer sets featured the character, albeit with a modified code name. Clad in a brighter blue camouflage that mimicked the
Read moreBy KansasBrawler I’ve never been much of an army-builder. I’ve never really seen the point of assembling large quantities of identical looking figures. Intellectually, I understand the appeal…there have been some great shots in Joe dio-stories of Cobra Commander addressing a massive group of all the Cobra specialties before his big scheme takes off. Even Rob’s army-building post from a
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