Tag: Hasbro

Welcome to the Outpost. Today we are discussing the 1986 G.I.Joe Tomahawk. I love helicopters. The Fang, the Dragonfly, and the Mamba are all favorites of mine, but the Tomahawk is the number 1 greatest G.I. Joe helicopter. I had one of these as a kid and I remember sleeping with it I loved it so much. I think it had its own pillow LOL. What an awesome design this is. From the canopy, to the twin rotor blades, right down to the tip of the back cargo door. I remember…

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m talking about Metal-Head’s bestie in the G.I.Joe Dic Cartoon series, Gnawgahyde. This is one figure I had as a kid and one of my favorite figures from this year. He is a Dreadnok, he has awesome accessories, and he has a wild boar. Every accessory was just awesome that came with Gnawgahyde. The rifle, his knife, machete, bow, quiver that is a backpack, and of course his removable hat. The only other version came in the 2011 Dreadnok battle back. At the time this was too expensive and…

Welcome to the Outpost. This week we are talking 1992 G.I.Joe vehicles. The 1991 was the weakest since the line started in 1982. Not to say the line was complete crap there were a lot of nice vehicles that year but I thought the 1992 lineup had better vehicles, but still not as good as the eighties. I was 16 in 92 so I was interested in cars, sports, and girls. G.I.Joe was outside on the back porch wondering what the hell happened. Once I got into collecting I naturally looked for what I…

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m going with another 1986 G.I.Joe character. Sci-Fi is another figure I received for Christmas in 1986. I loved the green and he came with an awesome pack and laser rifle. Sci-Fi has an upgraded figure in 1991, 93, 94, and a modern 2011 based on the original figure. Sci-Fi is one that I probably love each version more and more. Version 2 has a nice color scheme and my favorite feature a removable helmet. I wish they had remade the original with a removable helmet, but you can easily put…

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m going back to 1986. There were a ton of awesome G.I.Joe characters created this year. Low-Light is one I received for Christmas that year. He is a very unique Character and appeared frequently in the cartoon. Low-Light is in an episode that revealed his dark side and some of his fears that had haunted him for many years. I loved the creation of his back story and I could associate to that no character. His original figure is just pure gold. He just looks great from head to…

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m taking a look at the G.I.Joe character that inspired the Outpost name. Outback is one of those characters that is a huge fan favorite and correct me if I’m wrong but has never been in a cartoon. Looks like he may have some comic book time but this is a character that would be a great use in a show, or even the live action movie could have added an Outback character. Any hoot this is one figure I had as a kid. This is one of the…

Welcome to the Outpost. This week we are talking 1991 G.I.Joe vehicles. 1990 had a number of great vehicles and by 1991 The Chicago Bulls won their first of 6 championships with Michael Jordan, Scott Norwood of the Buffalo Bills went wide right to loose the first of 4 straight Super Bowls, and the undeniable decline of vehicles. There were still some cool vehicles but over all this was the weakest year since the line started in 1982. I did not have any of these as a kid and I do own…

Welcome to the Outpost. 1986 was a bit of a turning point for G.I. Joe. The previous 4 years had posted some awesome figures and vehicles and the success and popularity was mounding. This led to creative ideas and some pretty awesome characters and figures. The 1989 B.A.T. was a very cool idea. Cobra troopers, Vipers, and Crimson Guards really didn’t get hurt in the cartoon, but the Battle Android Troopers were characters that could be ripped apart and destroyed and it was just a machine with a human type bodies,…

Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m hitting up a character that I didn’t know much about until I started collecting G.I.Joe. 1992 introduced Overkill the B.A.T. leader. This is an interesting character. He started out a 3rd generation B.A.T. and ended up being more advanced than the rest of the BATs. He was kind of a goof in the cartoon, but he seemed like he should have been or perhaps would have been a bit more ruthless had he been thought up in the 80s. I often wonder if the Star Wars…