By KansasBrawler Store exclusives are sometimes the bane of my existence. First of all, it’s kind of annoying when you can only get a figure at one certain store. It’s even more annoying when the store is not in your town, and it’s even more annoying when there’s only one of those stores within reasonable driving distance. That being said,
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Crazylegs would seem to be a weird code name for airborne assault, but I was used to the name in some respect, as my Dad was prone to mention Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch when I was young. Why did he? I have no idea. But that’s my crazylegs story. Crazylegs to me is one of those figures who just always seem
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I struggled to find something truly creepy and Joe-related over these past couple weeks. GI Joe has a few crazy creatures within its history, no doubt. But they’re mostly standard fare monsters, and not inherently creepy. No, for the final day, I had to find something that would freak you out immediately, and then stick with you for a while.
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Say what you will about the direction the Joe line took in the 90s, the box art continued to impress. The only element I’ve not cared for is the large white outline around the subjects. The Monster Blaster box art does its job well in terms of giving us a portrait of the vehicle, its cross-sell figures, and features. The
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One of my final childhood GI Joe purchases, Fast Draw was nevertheless a favorite figure. I guess I liked the out and out crazy angle of a human missile platform dressed as an oven mitt. The toy’s weapons were intricate, and there’s something fascinating about Joes with cool helmets. The card art really sells the action that you can imagine
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Only three out of the eight figures in the Stars and Stripes set were worth a darn to me. The rest were either ill-advised repaints or Hall of Fame stinkers (looking at you, Breaker). Stalker, Snake Eyes and Scarlett were acceptable remakes. Weird semi translucent plastic skin tone notwithstanding, I like the changed paint scheme here. Scarlett is more colorful
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I know I’m unusual in this, but I’ve got a thing for the 1993 series. I won’t say it began when I was buying the figures off the pegs back in the day, but it certainly started to take hold when I re-visited my collection as part of this blog. The year’s Battle Corps offerings are a combination of brightly-colored
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By KansasBrawler As much as I personally prefer Lady Jaye, Scarlett is, and probably always will be, the first lady of the G.I. Joe brand. It’s such a shame her figures have always had one or two problems that kept them from being really good. The original was nicely detailed, but the head sculpt wasn’t that great. Her second version,
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Is there anything that can’t be made cooler with a animal mouth motif painted on the front of it? Not that the Devilfish needed any help in the coolness department. For a small vehicle, it sure rose to the top of my list quickly in ’86 and saw tons of use both in the living room and pool. I suppose
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I had the usual type of post ready on deck for today, but Will and I hung out in the JAD HQ today and came back with some of the Infantry Division figures. He started putting them in some pretty impressive poses; including getting them to stand firing from one knee. It’s amazing to see the dexterity versus past experiences
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