Forgotten Figures

I've looked at two of the many flavors of the Black Major V2 Snake Eyes figures already.  There isn't much to say about a mold tha...

Red Laser Army was a great combination of ambitious and obscure.  They were willing to take big swings on large sets of figures.  And, many ...

I do not like the Snake armor.  I hated it as a kid and it has been completely and utterly irrelevant to me for over 40 years.  But, one of ...

We can argue whether the default Cobra color is blue, red or even purple.  (Seriously, there's more purple Cobras than other colors.)  B...

When Starduster variants first showed up in 2017, I picked up a couple of them.  They made for great figures.  But, as more repaints appeare...

In the case of this figure, I couldn't do an around the web feature.  The reason is that there's nothing out there.  So, instead, I...

The Power Commandos have become one of the more recognized series of G.I. Joe knock-off toys.  This is, entirely, a function of them becomin...

The Italian Jet Man figure was one of those things that was long rumoured, but never really confirmed for a long time.  In the past decade o...

There are hundreds of paint jobs available on the 1983 Cobra Trooper mold.  Some are great.  Some are terrible.  And, most, are just there....

In regards to the comments on the Fail Safe profile. For the past few months I have been very down on Joe.  There are a variety of reasons f...

Last year, we looked at the S.I.T. figures from Remco .  That series was full of awesome designs that would have made great additions to a J...

G.I. Joe was a hugely successful formula for selling toys.  Between the military/fantasy theme and the size and articulation of the toys the...