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Review: Total Action Force: Volume Three

September 23, 2026September 23, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffAction Force book review, Action Force collector book, Action Force figures, Action Force history, Action Force prototypes, Action Force Series 1, Action Force Series 2, Action Force Series 3, Action Force vehicles, Baron Ironblood, Brian Hickey Action Force, Palitoy Action Force, Palitoy toys, Total Action Force Volume 3, Total Action Force Volume Three, Total Toy Books, unproduced Action Force concepts, unreleased Action Force figures, vintage Action Force0 comment

Story by @GIJoeRepairShop Brian Hickey is back! Total Action Force: Volume 3 is a brand new 196-page book published by Total Toy Books. This volume focuses on unproduced concepts, prototypes, and the process of producing the first few years of original Action Force characters and associated figures and vehicles. This successful Kickstarter project is the final volume of the Total Action Force trilogy of books. In the front papers, this volume includes the names of contributors and Kickstarter backers (including this author!). You may recognize several GI Joe community usernames…

“The Traitor Pt. 2” REVIEW ON HALF THE BATTLE!

September 22, 2026September 22, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

On this weeks episode of G.I. Joe Half The Battle, We review the Sunbow G.I. Joe Cartoon Episode, “The Traitor Pt. 2!” 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!

The Joe That Sunbow Forgot! | G.I. Joe: Cobra Stops the World | G.I. Retro with Destro Designs

September 22, 2026September 22, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

Cobra shuts down the world’s fuel supply, and it’s up to the Joes to stop them! Including a G.I. Joe hero that Sunbow created only to unceremoniously forget him?! I am joined this week by Destro Designs to break it all down.Be sure to follow him and all his exploits! YouTube AND Twitter: @destrodesigns 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…

Put Down That Bag of Bricks

September 17, 2026September 17, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figure community, collector mental health, Destro Designs, Destro G.I. Joe, Destro Is My Spirit Animal, friendship and mental health, G.I. Joe collectors, Mark Fogarty, men talking about mental health, mental health awareness, nostalgia community, online collector community, toy collecting community, Toy Collector Community, Viper Den Studios1 Comment

By Destro Designs – Viper Den Studios My brother Mark Fogarty dropped a video today chronicling the story of how his channel became Destro Is My Spirit Animal. It’s a very personal, revealing story, and I give him a ton of props for having the courage to share it. And here’s why. In this incredible community we have on Twitter, one of the things that makes us so cohesive—and makes this such a great place to be—is that openness is rewarded with positivity and encouragement. It’s a huge thing in…

ALL 2001 G.I. Joe Figures Ranked On HALF THE BATTLE!

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

On this weeks episode of G.I. Joe Half The Battle, We rank all the G.I. Joe Figures from 2001! 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!

Sub-Teams Part 3: Python Patrol

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffCobra Commander, Cobra Island, Destro Designs, G.I. Joe Classified Series, G.I. Joe Python Patrol, G.I. Joe sub-teams, Night Force, Python Patrol, Python Patrol Viper, Viper Den Studios1 Comment

By Destro Designs and Viper Den Studios G.I. Joe Python Patrol is probably the sub-team that nails the concept in such a fantastic way. Cobra is already such a crazy-awesome name for the bad guys, and it has one of the coolest symbols in all the land. So, in order to have a sub-team worthy of Cobra, I feel like staying within the snake family is the best way to go. A python is deadly as hell and has a rather unique pattern—even among a species filled with unique patterns.…

The Terminator Belongs in the G.I. Joe Classified Universe — and Marvel’s G.I. Joe #153 Already Showed Us How

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffBattle Android Troopers, Cobra B.A.T., Cobra Terminator, G.I. Joe Classified Series, G.I. Joe comic book crossover, G.I. Joe Marvel Comics 153, G.I. Joe Terminator action figure, Hasbro G.I. Joe Classified, Marvel G.I. Joe comics, Scarlett G.I. Joe, Skynet Cobra, Terminator B.A.T.s, Terminator Classified Series, Terminator G.I. Joe crossover, The Terminator G.I. Joe Classified0 comment

The G.I. Joe Classified Series has reached the point where almost anything feels possible. Hasbro has taken characters that once existed as colorful 3¾-inch figures and transformed them into highly detailed 6-inch collectibles packed with weapons, alternate parts, and modern military styling. If Classified ever decides to explore a true crossover, there may be no franchise better suited for Cobra than The Terminator. And strangely enough, G.I. Joe already gave us a blueprint for how it could work. Look back at Marvel Comics’ G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #153,…

Are We Doing Ewoks Again?! | G.I. Joe: Satellite Down | G.I. Retro

September 13, 2026September 13, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

A G.I. Joe spy satellite crashes in an unexplored region, and both G.I. Joe and Cobra race to recover it. But they are not alone. A primitive missing link tribe called the Primords gets there first, and they have some very strong feelings about their new “god”. It leaves me asking: are we doing Ewoks again? Plus maybe the greatest entry in the Spirit and Storm Shadow rivalry as they engage in another battle of physicality, wits and words! Orto! Orto! Who is YOUR pick for MVP?What was YOUR favorite…

UNBELIEVABLE Finds! Top 10 Vintage GI Joe ARTIFACTS We Found

September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

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!

Hanging With My Brothers and Getting That G.I. Journey

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s nostalgia, action figure collecting, Destro Designs, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe collecting, G.I. Joe collectors, G.I. Joe community, G.I. Joe nostalgia, Serpentors Lair, Viper Den Studios0 comment

By 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…

G.I.Joe Half The Battle

“The Traitor Pt.1” REVIEW ON HALF THE BATTLE!

September 10, 2026September 10, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Half The Battle, Hasbro0 comment

On 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!

G.I. Dave’s Cartoon Realism: Silly or Gritty? “My Favorite Things”

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro1 Comment

Story 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,…

Sub-Teams Part 2: Mad Marauders

September 7, 2026September 7, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffBarbecue Mad Marauders, Destro Designs Viper Den Studios, Footloose Mad Marauders, G.I. Joe Classified figures, G.I. Joe Classified Series, G.I. Joe collectors, G.I. Joe Mad Marauders, G.I. Joe Night Force, G.I. Joe Python Patrol, G.I. Joe sub-teams, Hasbro G.I. Joe, Low-Light Mad Marauders, Mad Marauders Armadillo, Mad Marauders Classified Series, Mad Marauders Equalizer, Mutt and Junkyard Mad Marauders, Sgt. Slaughter Mad Marauders, Sgt. Slaughter Warthog, Spirit Mad Marauders, Vintage G.I. Joe0 comment

By 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…

Cobra, This Is a Wendy’s | G.I. Joe: Red Rocket’s Glare | G.I. Retro

September 6, 2026September 6, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

Cobra 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

All Things Gi Joe!

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, G.I.Joe, Hasbro0 comment

By Destro Designs – Viper Den Studios A couple of months ago, my daughters brought home this 2-inch Duke figure they got from a dollar store, and I loved it. A couple of weeks later, they got me Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander. All three are totally awesome. And I absolutely love having them MOC, along with another set to open. Obviously, I love them because they were gifts from my daughters, but they were also just super-thoughtful gifts. And I started to realize that I have developed an eye…