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THE GOAL LINE IS IN SIGHT!!! G.I. Joe Classified “Big Lob“” Review by @Yorktownjoe! Check it out in the player below, and be sure and follow him on Instagram and YouTube for his latest videos and photography!
Read MoreBefore he was the coolly logical Mr. Spock, Leonard Nimoy was a working-class kid from Boston with big ambitions and no guaranteed path to stardom. Born in 1931 to immigrant parents, Nimoy grew up in a modest neighborhood and learned early that success would require grit, discipline, and patience. His parents had come from what is now Ukraine, and that immigrant family background shaped his outlook. He understood hard work long before he understood fame. Nimoy got interested in acting as a child and began performing in local theater productions…
Read MoreToday Ken from ToyKennections discusses the importance of toy histories! As always be sure to subscribe to ToyKennections channel on YouTube for all of Ken’s latest videos!
Read MoreOn this weekend’s Half The Battle shorty, I rank all of the Transformers G1 1985 Mini-Bots! 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 Destro Designs / Viper Den Studios “Ain’t no such things as half-way crooks” is one of the many killer lines from The Infamous queens bridge rap-duo Mobb Deep. A Soundtrack to stick up kids everywhere, and one my favorites. But this sentiment rings true when I think about how people of all ages feel about Gi Joe. Whether youre in my age ranges of 40-50, which is the sweet spot for getting the main years of the toy line in real time as well as the prime time…
Read MoreIf ever there were a villain who looked like he crawled straight out of a leaking oil drum, it’s Cesspool. Introduced in the early 1990s during G.I. Joe’s eco-themed era, Cesspool wasn’t just another masked bad guy — he was environmental disaster personified, wrapped in a business suit and armed with corporate greed. Released in 1991 as part of Hasbro’s Eco-Warriors sub-line, Cesspool represented a different kind of threat. The Cold War was winding down, and pop culture villains were shifting from shadowy foreign agents to corporate polluters and environmental…
Read MoreWhen we think of Masters of the Universe — He-Man, Skeletor, Castle Grayskull, and Battle Cat — most fans immediately imagine bold characters and dynamic poses. But long before cartoons or comics brought Eternia to life, it was the artistry on the packaging itself that captured imaginations on toy aisles worldwide. At the heart of that visual magic was a singular illustrator: Rudy Obrero.From Humble Beginnings to High-Drama Fantasy Rudy Obrero wasn’t born into the toy art world, nor did he dream of He-Man as a child. He was born…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of G.I. Joe Half The Battle, It’s All 1993 GI Joe Street Fighter figures Ranked ! 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 Destro Designs / Viper Den Studios The Holy Trinity:Card Art – File Card -FigureThe ultimate criteria when choosing a figure in the toy aisle. There are countless reasons I think Gi Joe is the undisputed best Toy Line. But one thing is the way I was able to become so insanely immersed like a drug addict, when standing in the toy aisle with a figure in my hand Every figure had, right next to it, an absolute work of art reaching out and pulling you into the figure,…
Read MoreBo Gritz was one of those rare figures who seemed larger than life even before Hollywood ever noticed him. News reports say he died on February 27 at his home in Sandy Valley, Nevada, at age 87. His wife Judy wrote that he “peacefully passed,” and recent local reporting said she had also been sharing his cancer struggles and his wish to come home to Sandy Valley, the place where he had lived for decades and wanted to be buried. That detail matters, because it shows the human side of…
Read MoreBrand New evil G.I. Joe Classified “Night Viper“” Review by @Yorktownjoe! Check it out in the player below, and be sure and follow him on Instagram and YouTube for his latest videos and photography!
Read MoreBefore she was spinning into a red, white, and blue blur on television screens across America, Lynda Carter was a former beauty queen with a powerhouse voice and a lot of determination. But landing the role of Wonder Woman in the 1970s wasn’t a fairy-tale coronation — it was a battle worthy of an Amazon. In the early 1970s, Hollywood was buzzing with superhero potential. DC Comics’ iconic Amazon princess had already made a cultural splash in comics, and television producers were eager to bring her to life. An initial…
Read MoreEarlier this week, Hot Toys revealed their Battle-Damaged Batman from The Dark Knight Returns—and now the spotlight shifts to the Last Son of Krypton. The company has officially unveiled their Superman 1/6 Scale Figure, inspired by the legendary DC Comics storyline. This highly detailed release includes two interchangeable portraits, multiple swap-out hands, a wired fabric cape, a gun, a Kryptonite arrow, and a themed display base. The standard portrait even features heat-vision style reflective lenses, giving Supes that intense, battle-ready stare straight out of the comic panels. Pre-orders are now…
Read MoreOn this weekend’s Half The Battle shorty, I rank all of the Transformers G1 1984 Mini-Bots! 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 MoreParamount looks ready to take another shot at G.I. Joe, but this time the studio’s approach is a little unusual. According to multiple reports, two separate G.I. Joe movie scripts are now in early development, with Max Landis and Danny McBride each working on different takes for the franchise. Some reports say the studio may eventually try to combine elements from both versions into one film, which is either a bold creative swing or the most G.I. Joe thing imaginable. That news puts the long-running live-action future of G.I. Joe…
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