Monthly Archives: February 2018

1993 Scarlett, Ninja Force

Objectively speaking, the Ninja Force sub-line was one of ARAH’s lowest points, if not, perhaps it’s lowest. GI Joe was following trends, they sacrificed the figure construction for gimmicks, and in general the toys were very silly. But, I like … Continue reading

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1997 Short-Fuze

The 1997 Stars and Stripes Forever set is a little bit infamous. At the time of it’s release it wasn’t too popular, the figures were poor quality, and mold choices were… strange, to say the least. For those reasons among … Continue reading

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Neo Viper V6, Spy Troops 2003

The “New-Sculpt” era of Joes has a funny relationship with the general GI Joe collecting community. To my understanding, the new designs were met with a lot of hype at the time, and hailed as the superior design for GI … Continue reading

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Letal Customs Iron Grenadiers

In late 2017, another individual producing factory GI Joe customs (bootlegs) showed up going by the handle of Letal Customs. The first set of figures is the 1988 Iron Grenadier in four color schemes. Like The Black Major’s customs, these … Continue reading

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