Forgotten Figures

I look at my collection in distinct stages.  The first, of course, is my childhood.  This covered 1982 through 1987 .  The second phase is ...

 Sgt. Slaughter himself posted this photo today.  It shows the long rumored Sgt. Slaughter and Leatherneck Triple T that is also a Transform...

I found this Leatherneck at a local Big Lots for $2 in the fall of 1995.  When I went back a week or two later, all the figures were gone.  ...

The Mission to Brazil set is a mixed bag.  Dialtone and Mainframe feature some weird colors.  Claymore is OK, but still looks like a cartoon...

1986 introduced even more new characters who featured redundant specialties of the earlier Joe team.  Leatherneck was the new marine, meant ...

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 ...

I was setting up a photo shoot for my Sgt. Slaughter profile.  I got a bunch of '86 figures out and showcased some Vipers , too.  Sever...

When 2001 started, it was an amazing time to be a Joe fan.  The first wave of the A Real American Hero collection was both widely available ...

I have often chronicled my Mission to Brazil figures.  In fact, with the addition of this Leatherneck figure, I have now profiled all five f...

I've long felt that the later years of the original Joe line held a few quiet gems. Many of them are poorly colored, yet of high quality...

Some Joe collectors consider Leatherneck a cheap imitation of Gung-Ho. Like many '86 figures, he just seemed too eerily similar to an ea...