Best of Backyard Battles – Part 2
By Jason Royalty
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Retaliation Ultimate Firefly
By KansasBrawler I really liked Firefly in Retaliation but I’m still having a hard time figuring out what to make of the Ultimate Firefly figure. I think Hasbro made some better choices for this figure than they did for the first Retaliation-inspired Firefly, but there are still some things that the first Retaliation Firefly did right that I really wish
Read moreBest of Backyard Battles: Part 1
By Jason Royalty
Read moreStalker (2004)
By Past Nastification Released as “Sgt. Stalker”, this figure is a single pack repaint of the 2002 new sculpt Stalker. The colors are slightly darker and the gear is different, making this a modest improvement over the mold’s first time out. The sculpting here is solid, especially for a NS figure. Stalker has a properly sized head with a stern,
Read moreTonka Play People Rapid Deployment Force HR-14
By Past Nastification This is the HR-14, the Rapid Deployment Force version of the Tonka Hand Commander Turbo Prop. Like the RDF figures, it’s a simple repaint of an already existing Tonka Play People vehicle to make a military version, sold to ride the GI Joe wave. Or, at least that’s what I believe it to be. I talked about
Read moreNight Watch Assault Trooper
By 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 massive groups of all the Cobra specialties being addressed by Cobra Commander before his big scheme takes off. Rob’s army-building post from a
Read moreVAMP & Steel Brigade Delta
By KansasBrawler Bear with me, ladies and gentlemen, because another vehicle set is about to get the KansasBrawler review treatment, so this could take a bit. Growing up, the big vehicles were always pretty secondary to me, but I loved the smaller sets. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the hell out of the Thunderclap I got for Christmas (probably
Read moreResolute Scarlett
By KansasBrawler I know Hasbro always takes a lot of grief from fans (myself included) for so vehemently sticking behind their “girl figures don’t sell” line when we question their decisions to make sought-after female characters like Zarana and Jinx convention exclusives. Unfortunately, for me, Resolute Scarlett does kind of prove their point. I really wanted to like this figure.
Read moreKeychain Action Pilot
By Past Nastification 1994 was the 30th Anniversary of GI Joe. It was thirtieth year for the overall brand, not our beloved GI Joe: A Real American Hero line. However, GI Joe: ARAH was still around, on its last legs. Hasbro tried to bring the ARAH collectors in on the fun by taking some of the early 12” lineup and
Read moreNight Creeper (FSS 4.0)
By KansasBrawler This figure is kind of a tough nut for me to crack. I don’t normally fall in line with parts of the Joe fandom that think X figure is unnecessary and has taken the spot of someone better, but I really don’t know what to make of the Ice Ninja Night Creeper the GIJCC did in FSS 4.
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