Tag: toy collecting

Today I want to get into one of the original G.I.Joe characters and one of my all time favorites, Stalker. This is an awesome character who comes with an extended backstory linked to Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. Stalker was a unique character and the only one to sport camo in the original line up. I had the swivel arm version as a kid that I got second handed so it wasn’t till around 1985 that I got my first Stalker. I did get the 1989 version 2 of him…

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Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m talking one more tank. The G.I.Joe Cobra H.I.S.S. II. This is one I had as a child and it was one really cool tank. It was a little bit bigger which allowed this to be a tank and a personnel carrier for Cobra. This tank holds 2 in the cockpit, one in the top cannon, and 4+ figures can go in the rear. This was a cool design. Rather then the cockpit opening from the top it opens from the bottom. The cannon is really…

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Welcome to the outpost. I’m going to roll back the clock to 1982 today. Steeler and the 1982 G.I.Joe Mobat are both awesome. Steeler has a very unique helmet attachment and the motorized Mobat was pure gold back in 1982 and still holds up today 38 years later. A relatively simple design brought a lot of happiness and joy to millions who were fortunate enough to have one of these as a kid. The Mobat was used extensively in the cartoon and the comics. If you needed a punch to battle Cobra, Steeler and…

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Today I’m going to get into the 2017 G.I.Joe Battle Force 2000 figures. I did not buy any of these but I wanted them really bad. Back in the day the Battle Force 2000 figures were all awesome. As a whole the modern set looked pretty cool. For the price though I thought that every figure should have had a removable helmet and an awesome original head sculpt. From what I can see they kind of chintzed out on this set and I thought they could have been a lot better. I…

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Last week I did an article on G.I. Joe Flamethrowers and I forgot one. Blast Off. Well I have a very good explanation why I left him off. I forgot or maybe I never thought he was a flamethrower. With a name like Blast Off I always thought he was Countdown’s Partner. 3-2-1 Blast Off. I always thought he was an Astronaut. He looks like that is what he should have been. He does have a really cool look to him and I love the Helmet. I think the spring loaded projectile is…

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Rolling right along, the end of the month of May is quickly closing in on us. Today I’m going to get into the 1985 G.I.Joe Awe Striker. This is such a great vehicle and has been used for countless repaints. I had the original as a kid and I had many great hours of play with it. I ended up trading mine to my best friend for a 1982 Vamp. I don’t regret it because both were just awesome. I guess I had some nostalgia for the first Christmas that I…

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Welcome to the Outpost. Another day another dollar. It looks like some people are getting back to work this week, and hopefully things will be back to normal soon. Today I’m going to talk about the G.I.Joe Dollar General 2012 and 2013 figures. The figures were not released with tons of weapons and gear but they were great figures. The best part about them was they were cheap. Like $6.00 cheap in my area. And these were also great for grabbing to do customizing and army build. These were a good seller…

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Welcome to the Outpost. Today I’m diving into one of the greatest Cobra characters, Scrap Iron. What a great design he was. So great that most of the upgrades were just the original design with different color schemes. The original figure is classic Cobra blue with red highlight. He also has one of the coolest missile launchers for any G.I.Joe or Cobra. He was a staple in the cartoon, even though I don’t remember any episodes that revolved around him, he was always ready to fight for his team. I didn’t have this one as…

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Happy Victory Day to all my Canadian G.I.Joe fans. So today I am honoring the Montreal native Backstop. Backstop is the Persuader driver. A pretty cool vehicle. Backstop was a bad ass kid. He was bored from hockey in Canada for the amount of injuries he inflicted on other players in school. His parents moved to the US where he boxed and wrestled and same thing happened he was bored from high school sports. He finally joined the Army and eventually became a Joe. Backstop has a really cool look to him. He has some…

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