Forgotten Figures

BattleForce 2000 was a late 1987 release.  The figures were among the final ones I acquired when I was a kid.  But, the actual products were...

Estrela released about 150 unique figures in Brazil.  Most of them were very similar to the Hasbro figures.  But, every figure had subtle di...

Back in 1987, I picked up 2 BattleForce 2000 figures: Blaster and Knockdown.  My brothers got Maverick and Dodger.  I always wanted to pick ...

In December of 1986 , I had lucked out and found several brand new 1987 G.I. Joe releases at the local Toys R Us store.  As 1987 wound down,...

Dee-Jay!  Really, Dee-Jay!?!  As figures and characters go, there aren't many who are treated with as much disdain as the final Battlefo...

As a kid, I made sure that every December I was a frequent visitor to the local toy stores. It started in 1984 when the Dreadnoks were earl...

Back around Christmas time of 1987 , I went to a Toys R Us. The previous year I had found several new 1987 series figures who had been relea...

By late 1987 , I was getting too old for Joes. I was in eighth grade and really couldn't be seen playing with them anymore. (Stupid peer...