The Power of Packaging: Crimson Strike

Kicking off another 2015 exclusive, it’s the San Diego Comic Con Hasbrotoyshop Crimson Strike set. For the first time, I was able to pick up one of the large sets via Hasbro’s own online store. Amazing, huh? I guess either the demand wasn’t what it was in years past, or simply more product was  produced. Whatever the case, it’s nice

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Techno-Viper (2014 Kre-O)

The Techno-Viper was for me the last gasp of Cobra Troops in my years of buying Joes as a kid. I liked the unique specialty, the colors and the accessories. What’s not to like about a Cobra who came with a giant wrench? It’s as cool from a combat engineer perspective as Tollbooth’s massive sledge. As much as I wanted

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The Enemy Prototypes

Here’s another shot of early versions of some first series 80s figures, courtesy of the 1982 Hasbro catalog (thanks again, Flag Points Dave). This time, it’s The Enemy AKA Cobra Officer and Trooper. These guys look to be kitbashed from Mego o-ring figures, from Buck Rogers, the Black Hole, Dukes of Hazzard or CHiPs. Whatever their origins, they’re a couple

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Bullet Man (1975)

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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