Forgotten Figures

The Slugger is one of the vehicles that really works well in photos.  It's small, but distinctive.  It has some fun details and can work...

In 1984, my younger brothers and I were all in on collecting G.I. Joe.  Star Wars had been all but purged from our house and Joe dominated o...

The 1998 Thunderwing is a fairly obscure release.  He was unpopular in his time and was even more unpopular when he was repackaged for relea...

At the 2003 G.I. Joe convention, Hasbro gave collectors a collective heart attack at their booth.  Aside from the early samples of the figu...

Thunder's a high quality figure from the line's early years.  He would have made a great repaint of a Cobra Driver in the 2000's...

In the first three years of the Joe line, there were a good number of figure releases.  Not too many as to be overwhelming.  But, enough tha...

Back in 1998 , Hasbro released a small assortment of figures that were the follow ups to the modestly successful 1997 15th Anniversary figu...