Air Raid (2009)
Ode to Air Raid Though your moniker may be Franklin Talltree, You don’t look much like Airborne to me, Was your name the result of laziness or pure chance? Whatever the case, Nice pants.
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Crimson Guard (2003)
It’s easy for us children of the 80’s and 90’s to focus on our favorite era, and forget that Joe at one time wore real pants. Well, real cloth pants. I would be remiss as a Joe fan if I didn’t recognize a figure with fabulous cloth pants. Coming at the time of the new sculpt Spy Troops line, the
Read moreSsgt. Rock ‘N Roll (2008)
So you want to put together a comic pack and include a couple of Joes that are featured prominently in the issue? How about including one Joe who played a fairly big part in the story, and one who showed up in a Mess Hall scene? That’s what happened to Rock ‘N Roll. Deep Six, who was also included in
Read moreGung Ho (1983)
Gung Ho was one of the first GI Joe figures I obtained, not from buying in a store, but from a trade with a school friend. I had made many such trades over the first few years of my childhood Joe collecting, and I’m pretty sure I had to trade more than one Star Wars figure for him. In our
Read moreSkydiver (Funskool)
Ah, Funskool. Someone at the company must have known what joy they would give to GI Joe collectors. After all, they put the word fun right in the name! I certainly find their figures to be fun, especially when pack-ins were added, like Grunt’s first aid case/stamper, Law’s Cracker Jackish decoder, or Windmill’s…uh…windmill. Most of the Funskool Joes were straight
Read moreAlpine (2004)
Last year, I spent a week celebrating some figures who sported some of the most interesting trousers in Joe history. I think it’s about time to break out the concept again, and so here we are. The Discovery Channel has Shark Week, and now Joe A Day has Nice Pants Week. Hopefully it will become a tradition, with parties and
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