Forgotten Figures

This week, we're doing a tag team profile with the Attica Gazette.  Someone mentioned the 1993 Alley Viper somewhere and RTG came up wit...

Joe collectors have been enjoying factory custom created figures since 2009 or so.  Cobra Troopers , Snake Eyes , Cobra Mortals , BATs , St...

 The 1997 Alley Viper is my favorite repaint of the character.  The classic Cobra blue combined with the black equipment and gold and white ...

If you were a G.I. Joe collector in 2002 , you know how army building crazy the community was.  Starting in 2001 , Joe collectors were simpl...

At the time of his release, the 1997 Alley Viper was generally reviled.  Most collectors didn't care for him since vintage army builders...

I've saved the oddest item of all for last.  In the late 2000's/early 2010's, carded bootleg examples of 1992 and 1993 G.I. Joe ...

A lot of alternate and unproduced figures came out of Asia in the early 2000's.  For a time, it seemed every single figure Hasbro took t...

I never found the 1994 Alley Viper at retail.  By the time I was combing the scraps of the Joe line in 1995 and 1996, Cobra army builders we...

In 2003 , Wal Mart approached Hasbro for an exclusive run of G.I. Joe Figures.  Originally, the 6 figure series was going to be based on Sk...

To say that the Alley Viper was overdone in the repaint era would be an understatement. In 7 years, the figure was released in 5 unique col...

The Alley Viper has long been a collector favorite mold.  Despite his orange color, collectors have taken to the specialty, mold and access...

It's hard to believe, but, in 1997 , collectors hated this version of the Alley Viper.  Outright loathed it.  Many people resorted to se...

I've long had a soft spot for Brazilian figures. They simply offer so much to a collection. Due to the overall exotic allure of the figu...