Tag: ARAH

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m checking out another G.I.Joe driver and Mechanic. Cross-Country came on scene in 1986. I got a Havoc for Christmas that year and I still have some parts I use for battle damage because my dog chewed up some of the parts. I do have a couple complete ones now though. Any hoot, Cross-Country the country boy from Greensboro, NC (not to be confused with Greenbow, AL) was instantly one of my favorite characters. What a unique looking figure from head to toe. I always thought his head was slightly larger…

Read More

Welcome to the Outpost. This week I’m taking a look at the 2003 G.I.Joe vehicles. G.I Joe was heading toward a major relaunch of Joe and Cobra vehicles. Once again this was a year with some vintage repaints as well as some new designs. There were a great number of figures released and G.I.Joe was very much back and operating in full gear. There were 2 convention exclusive vehicles a Blue Hiss Tank and a repainted mini Sub from the 1990 Hammerhead. Both look pretty cool and much like the 2002 lineup I do not own…

Read More

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m doing a flashback to 1985. This is argumentatively the heyday of G.I.Joe, although I was in my Joe prime in 1985 I think there were many other awesome years. Anyhow, I’m going to get into a unique Joe with a unique specialty, Airtight. Airtight was a staple in the cartoon and he was a likable character. His original figure was one I did not have as a kid but one I wished for. This was a cool design and his pack and accessories were awesome. Surprisingly there are…

Read More

Welcome to the Outpost. I hope everyone is doing well and making normalcy out of crazy times. This is why I try and enjoy my G.I. Joe world. It takes me away to simpler times, battles my brothers and friends and trying to set up scenes like they did in the commercials. The early stuff 1982-1985 was very limited on what I had. My front yard was all sand, like beach sand. So my friend and I would set up a full sheet of plywood on sawhorses and shovel sand on top…

Read More

Welcome to the Outpost. There is a lot of buzz going around about a new vintage line of G.I. Joe coming. This I’m half excited for right now. I would love to see the original straight arm line up released, but if not those then maybe some of the hard to find or hard to find figures that are not discolored. The original Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow come to mind right off the bat. These would be awesome releases as Stormy is often very yellowed and the original line up are getting brittle…

Read More

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m diving into a modern character that could have been an original 1982 G.I.Joe character. ‘Shooter‘ was one figure I let slip away from me, and I still do not have one of her but someday I think it would be nice to own. This is a pretty unique character especially because the mysteries character appeared in a lineup of Joes in the original comic, but the character was never created for the photo until years later. Originally Snake Eyes was created as a generic solid color figure to…

Read More

Welcome to the Outpost. Today’s discussion is building the G.I.Joe M.A.S.S. Device. This was one of the best ideas Hasbro came up with. It wasn’t cheap getting all the parts for this but the end result was awesome. The parts were released in the DVD packs and not only did we get the DVDs but some great awesome figures and the end result the M.A.S.S. Device. There DVD packs had empty containers so there were also a few figures released with colored containers with the various elements in it. Over all…

Read More