By KansasBrawler Greetings Joe Fans– Before I get into the nitty gritty of Day 3, just a slight programming note. Digital cameras are wonderful things, however the batteries conked out just after the GIJCC panel and the computer I’m on doesn’t have a card reader. Therefore, there won’t be pictures…today. KansasBrother and I will be leaving fairly early in the
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By KansasBrawler Once again, I saved my favorite figure from a con set for last. Considering how much I loved the original General Mayhem figure, it should be no surprise that I’m really sold on this one as well. I know some circles of the Joe collecting community don’t like it when the GIJCC creates its own characters and then
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By KansasBrawler Judging by my handle in the online Joe collecting community, I’m guessing my feelings about Big Brawler being used in the Peril in Paradise con set are going to be pretty obvious. I love seeing Big Brawler here, ready to brawl big for Tiger Force. I don’t know why I’ve always liked Big Brawler. I think it had
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Love him or hate him, there’s no escaping Sgt. Slaughter if you’re a small scale GI Joe collector. Granted, his appearances haven’t been as numerous since his 80s heyday. Heck, this figure is his sole appearance during the time referred to as the new sculpt era, and he showed up again in the modern style only as an elusive SDCC
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By KansasBrawler I’ve made it pretty clear through my Field Reports that I’m a Joe child of the 90s. I was just a little too young to have gotten in on what many older Joe fans consider the last great year, 1989. I had quite a few of those great figures and so did my older brother, but to me,
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By KansasBrawler For the longest time, the original Joe Con Iron Anvil was a big hole in my collection. I had just learned about the GIJCC in college and really wished I’d been able to get to Joe Con in Minneapolis that year, but it wasn’t to be. When I was finally able to go to my first Joe Con
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By KansasBrawler I was in high school when I first started getting into the online Joe collecting community. I don’t recall how I originally found YoJoe.com anymore, but it became a go-to site for me when I was killing time online back in the days of dial-up Internet service. It was a great resource for me when it came to
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The Jungle Viper from 2005 was released as part of the– “Hey Rob, you already covered a Jungle Viper a couple weeks ago.” Yes, I did. “So you’re running out of ideas for subjects, huh? Took you almost five years, but you’re finally out of gas and forgetting what you’ve already posted.” Easy there, Chester. I haven’t quite run out
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By KansasBrawler When Hasbro added Stalker to Tiger Force, I thought it was a great decision. I always used Flint as my de facto Tiger Force leader, but I always used Flint a lot as a Joe squad leader, so it didn’t feel right having him lead his own special squad, too. However, when I purchased the Tiger Force set
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By KansasBrawler I’ve always had kind of a strange relationship with Recondo. I didn’t know about the character as a kid, but once I met him in the comics when I was in high school, I was hooked. The only Recondo I had in high school was the SpyTroops version that, while a good figure, really looked nothing like him.
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