By Past Nastification Two decades ago, Hasbro pushed out its second wave of new GI Joe figures. A few years before the advent of the New Sculpt figures, Hasbro did the best it could with old molds and new paint. The figures were largely hit and miss. Some were solid (Stars ‘n Stripes Stalker), some were acceptable (The Baroness) and
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By KansasBrawler Every now and then, Hasbro releases a set that winds up being highly controversial. During the shift from Rise of Cobra over to Pursuit of Cobra, we got one of those sets. Hasbro released a pair of army builder packs (one Joe, one Cobra) as Toys ‘R’ Us exclusives. The Joe set had familiar names like Footloose, Law
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By Past Nastification This toy is why I love antique malls and road trips. The randomness of finding things that I probably never would have otherwise stumbled across, even on eBay. But there it was, sitting on the floor of an antique mall, calling to me. Making me wish I would build a customized city or town just to showcase
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By KansasBrawler There are not a lot of figures in my collection that actually make me sad inside. Sometimes, there may be a bad figure, but I can usually find at least one redeeming quality. Unfortunately, 25th Anniversary Lt. Falcon isn’t one of those figures. That’s a big shame because I liked KansasBrother’s 1987 Falcon—so much, in fact, that I
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By Flag Points Don Don returns with another nice set of dio shots, this time featuring the most photogenic GI Joe backdrop of all–the USS Flagg.
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By KansasBrawler Sometimes, it’s hard to improve on a classic, but other times, a character’s original design isn’t the best. Hawk (then a colonel) was first released in 1982 alongside the rest of his team as the operator of the Mobile Missile System. However, due to a combination of being a vehicle driver and sharing a lot of his look
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By Past Nastification Let’s get the name issue out of the way. Technically, the GI Joe Collectors’ Club named this figure “GI Joe Doc” when they released it in 2007. Tacking on “GI Joe” was probably some legal maneuvering, so I’m simply ignoring it. And this isn’t a retcon or re-imagining of the original Doc- it’s his niece taking his
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By KansasBrawler Usually, it doesn’t bum me out when I can’t afford to buy in on a con set. However, back when the GIJCC did the Nocturnal Fire con set, I was legitimately interested in the set, but I just couldn’t afford it. I was okay with not getting the Night Force Joes, especially since the GIJCC has redone the
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By KansasBrawler Hands down, I think I was looking forward to Crimson Guard Immortal the most out of this third Figure Subscription Service. I never had the Crimson Guard growing up, but KansasBrother had him and it saw a lot of use in our adventures as a dangerous Cobra operative. Heck, as an adult, I nearly bought the overpriced KB
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By Past Nastification 1987 was a great year for GI Joe. It arguably gave us the last wave of strong characters (or it could be that this was the last year I was solidly into toys). Among these characters was Psyche-Out, the team’s deceptive warfare specialist. That figure was classic, but its lime green quilted short sleeve shirt, could have
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