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Today Ken from ToyKennections gives us a look at 10 incredible G.I. Joe artifacts! Check out the video below and share your thoughts with us in the comments. As always be sure to subscribe to ToyKennections channel on YouTube for all of Ken’s latest videos!
Read MoreBefore Eternia, before Castle Grayskull, and before the phrase “I have the power” became part of every 1980s kid’s vocabulary, Filmation took viewers to the strange and dangerous planet of Sagar. On September 12, 1981, Blackstar arrived on CBS with “Search for the Starsword,” a wild science-fantasy adventure that feels like a missing link between Thundarr the Barbarian, Star Wars, and the later explosion of toy-driven action cartoons. The premise gets right to the good stuff. John Blackstar is an astronaut from Earth who has been swept through a black…
Read MoreBy Destro Designs – Viper Den Studios As we close in on the weekend, we take another step toward having Adam, the creator of this glorious site, step into Viper Den Studios and get down with his G.I. Journey while talking about the road that led to creating The Lair. Whenever somebody comes on the show for the first time, I like to have the show center around their G.I. Journey—all the things that shaped them as collectors and everything that went down throughout the years while growing up. Whether…
Read MoreStory by @GIJoeRepairShop Jerry Seinfeld famously said about Halloween costumes: “Cardboard box, self-made top, mask included. Remember the rubber band on the back of that mask? That was a quality item there, wasn’t it? That was good about 10 seconds before it snapped out of that cheap little staple they put it in there with. You go to your first house: ‘Trick or…’ Snap! ‘It broke. I don’t believe it!’ … So I’m going out trick-or-treating but the mask’s rubber band keeps breaking and keeps getting shorter. I’m fixing it, it’s…
Read MoreOn this weeks episode of G.I. Joe Half The Battle, We review the Sunbow G.I. Joe Cartoon Episode, “The Traitor Pt.1!” Check out this week’s video below and join in the conversation. And as always be sure and subscribe to my YouTube channel for all my latest videos!
Read MoreStory By @G_I_DAVE Alright G.I. Joe friends, huddle up. G.I.DAVE here. Season 2 Episode 19, “My Favorite Things.” I sat down for another Sunbow pass expecting a Serpentor episode. What I got was a scavenger hunt with a face-swap filter. This one DEFINITELY got silly as all hell quick, so were gunna take a different approach here and try to kill it the same way it cut me! Serpentor is supposed to be the end product of history’s hardest military minds stacked in one body. Sun Tzu, Alexander, Caesar, Khan,…
Read MoreBy the fall of 1989, Jean-Claude Van Damme was no longer simply another martial artist trying to break into Hollywood. Bloodsport had made audiences notice him, but Kickboxer helped turn the “Muscles from Brussels” into a full-fledged action star. What makes the movie even more fascinating today is how much of Van Damme’s own personality, athletic background and creative influence ended up on the screen. Kickboxer was produced by Kings Road Entertainment, with Mark DiSalle producing and sharing directing credit with David Worth. Van Damme was far more involved than…
Read MoreBy Destro Designs – Viper Den Studios G.I. Joe Mad Marauders is a pretty cool concept. Take the Sarge and give him a crew of great soldiers to bring it to Cobra. What’s not to like? It’s definitely very cool, and despite being a little outside my normal color palette, I can still get down with the flavor. When I was young, Mad Marauders wasn’t nearly as cool to me as the Classified versions of these figures are today. With that said, I feel like the vehicles they had back…
Read MoreFew songs in pop history have inspired as much speculation as Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Its story of a woman insisting that a superstar fathered her child sounded so specific that listeners naturally wondered whether Billie Jean really existed. Decades later, one woman became publicly associated with that nightmare in an extraordinary series of lawsuits, trespassing cases and paternity claims. Her name was Lavon Powlis, also reported as Lavon A. Muhammad and later Gabriella Jamilla Jackson; she repeatedly called herself “Billie Jean Jackson.” One important fact must come first: there…
Read MoreIn this edition of Serpentor’s Lair Artist Spotlight, we sit down with Ismail, the artist behind Wildstrokes, whose character-driven illustrations combine expressive linework, atmosphere, emotion, and visual storytelling. Whether he is developing an original character, interpreting a familiar favorite through fan art, or transforming a client’s concept into a commissioned illustration, Ismail approaches his work with an emphasis on personality and story. His goal is not simply to create an attractive image, but to make each character feel as though they inhabit a larger world beyond the boundaries of the…
Read MoreThis Week: A FULL review of SKELETRON RED SHADOWS 6″ CYBERIA! Be sure and like share and subscribe if you enjoy my videos and follow me on X @Yorktownjoe!
Read MoreCobra in the fast food business?! Roadblock’s family restaurant gets caught in the middle of one of Cobra’s craziest, most needlessly elaborate schemes yet, and it’s up to G.I. Joe to figure out why before the whole world is cooked! Who is YOUR pick for MVP?What was YOUR favorite DYD moment?Who was YOUR pick for Foul-Up? New here? G.I. Retro is a weekly rewatch of the classic Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon, one episode at a time. Subscribe and fall in.Yo Joe!CONNECT:🐦 Twitter: @GIRetroShow📧 Email: James@giretro.com
Read MoreBy: R.A. Rayne Now that HasLab backers are receiving their G.I. Joe Classified Series Snow C.A.T.s and only two more funded projects remain in production, what is the future of the crowdfunding campaigns? The last HasLab campaign was the TRON: Heroes of the Grid 3.75-Inch Collector Set, which ran from October 9 to November 24, 2025. The set included five 3.75-inch figures (Flynn, TRON, Yori, Sark, and Program), two Lightcycles with jetwalls, and a USB-powered, LED-lit Grid display base. At its $259 price point, the project failed. With petroleum “oil”…
Read MoreThat Saturday, Fox Kids premiered Batman: The Animated Series, beginning with “The Cat and the Claw: Part I.” Thirty-four years later, the series remains one of the most celebrated interpretations of Batman ever produced—not simply a great superhero cartoon, but a landmark in American animation. Developed by Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the series took inspiration from the darkness of the Batman comics and the cinematic atmosphere surrounding Tim Burton’s Batman films, but quickly established an identity entirely its own. Its Gotham City seemed…
Read MoreOn this weekends episode of Half The Battle, We take a look at the Skeletor figure from the 2026 MOTU toy line ! Check out this week’s video below and join in the conversation. And as always be sure and subscribe to my YouTube channel for all my latest videos!
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