When I came back to GI Joe collecting in the 90s, my collecting philosophy was very much one of picking and choosing. I was back into the brand, but wasn’t picking up each and every release. I saved that effort for the Toy Biz Marvel lines, at least for a while. Oops. Anyway, as I perused the Joe selection through
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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 Jason Royalty Jason is back with another great photo feature of Joes in the wild. This one brings back memories of backyard adventures.
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This package art called out to me on the same day that I first saw carded Joe figures in a store. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to buy him that day. I did score Flash, however. It wasn’t long before I was able to go back and get him. It’s such a compelling painting, and the pose is very unique among
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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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Here began Hasbro’s infatuation with Heavy Duty, which continued until the GI Joe: Retaliation film pulled Roadblock back to the forefront of the brand as the team’s heavy machine gunner. Some fans at the time surmised that Hasbro was having some sort of rights issue with the name a la Hawk and others, but Roadblock appeared (alongside a later version
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I’ve been jonesing for a bit of Sunbow production art for several years. I never thought I’d be able to pick up any until recently, as the cels generally go for more cash than I’m willing to throw down. The closest I’ve come until recently was buying a few DIC cels. Hey, it’s still GI Joe. However, a friend tipped
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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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Outback is to me one of the most compelling figures of 1987, the year in which I stopped collecting GI Joes. Other interests began to grab my attention, and toys fell be the wayside. That’s not to say that I wasn’t impressed with my last childhood hurrah for the toy line. Outback is a figure whose packaging art is just
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