The Real American Hero Collection series was a welcome sight on toy shelves. It represented Joe’s return to regular retail after a couple of Toys R Us (sniff) exclusives. Sorry about that, but the thought of TRU going the way of other toy stores is a truly sad thought. I know in the grand scheme of things it’s only a
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I’ve long thought I could tie GI Joe and Visionaries together in a way that goes beyond the figures’ construction style. Now I don’t have to try to make up some sort of half-baked No-Prize explanation connecting the world of Prysmos to the larger Sunbow Cartoonic Universe. That’s my original term, by the way–feel free to use it. Hasbro is
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Female figures don’t sell. That’s the inside story action figure collectors have heard for years which supposedly accounted for the boys’ toys industry’s lack of ladies among the males in the toy aisles. Of course, things are somewhat different now, with prominent female characters marketed within brands like Star Wars, Marvel, DC and others. Kudos by the way to DC
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This version of the Lamprey inherits its specialty from the previous release of the mold, the Sonic Fighters Lampreys. Whereas the original was a specialized elite hydrofoil pilot form the Eels corps, the later Lamprey are assault troopers. I guess they’ve gone back in a way to their Eels origins. I found the Python Patrol set’s color scheme to be
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As a kid, the MP figures were some of my favorites. Both Mutt & Junkyard and Law & Order saw lots of use in my Joe team. The animal companion concept was a unique feature of the 80s line, and the dogs in particular were great. Junkyard and Order were quite formidable fighters in my Joeverse. While 1987 had more
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Of all the 1986 figures, I think Low-Light is my favorite. Funny enough, I didn’t pick him up as a kid. Make no mistake, I really wanted to get him. I just never found him in a store. Granted, I could also say the same about 1985 Snake Eyes, but I made it a point to obtain him via other
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When GI Joe transitioned to the Adventure Team, Hasbro maintained the basic figures’ breakdown into what previously represented the four main armed services. The army, navy, air force and Marines were reconfigured into a less overtly militaristic organization. In what surely must have been a cost-cutting move, the four main figures retained their original uniforms. The Land Adventurer then would
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By Past Nastification Based on the real world Saab Draken, the Cobra Liquidator is also close in design to the Cobra jet flown by Major Bludd in the opening scene of Sunbow’s The MASS Device. It was probably a coincidence that Hasbro chose to source the Draken as a Cobra Jet, as Sunbow had nothing to do with the GI
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By KansasBrawler I don’t quite know why, but as a kid I was somewhat fascinated with Tiger Force Lifeline. My guess is that it’s because my brother had the original 1986 version and I liked him but didn’t want a figure identical to my big brother’s, and the Tiger Force version would have allowed me have my own version of
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By KansasBrawler I may have already reviewed this figure twice in a different paint scheme, but Slaughter’s Marauders Low-Light is still a great figure. Even more importantly, Marauders Low-Light also has a special nostalgic place in my collection because he was the only Marauder in the box set that was actually part of my collection growing up. My brother had
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