G.I.Joe 

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

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…

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Customs 

CAL-EL Customs and Why Our Carded King Is Important to Our Community

By Destro Designs – Viper Den Studios About two weeks ago, I opened the Twitter app to find myself and three other members of the community immortalized in 3¾-inch form. I was fucking blown away. The character’s head looked crazily like me, complete with sunglasses. It also had a freaking Destro head! And the weaponry honestly looked like it had been chosen straight from my own personal arsenal. The more I looked at it, the more I thought, This is absolutely perfect. Flawless, even. After checking out the rest of…

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G.I.Joe 

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

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…

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G.I.Joe 

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

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,…

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G.I.Joe 

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

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

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The Breaking News Report 

Is the Future of Hasbro’s HasLabs in Jeopardy?

By: 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”…

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G.I.Joe 

All Things Gi Joe!

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…

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G.I.Joe 

Sub-Teams and Their Presence in G.I. Joe: Part I

By Destro Designs–Viper Den Studios Some people ain’t down with G.I. Joe sub-teams in the original 3¾-inch line or the G.I. Joe Classified Series for a couple of reasons. And some of those reasons I can roll with. First, they’re repaints, and some people ain’t about spending that money on something they already have. I’m cool with that. The economy is circling the drain, and buying food for your family is infinitely more important than toys. Maintaining or even upgrading your family’s quality of life is also more important than…

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