Tag Archives: Vehicles

1987 Pom-Pom Gun

1987 Pom-Pom Gun Happy April Fools nerds, and in the tradition of this blog I highlight something goofy, but in earnest. So here’s the Pom-Pom Gun, part of the Motorized Action Packs. Somewhere between a vehicle and an accessory, each … Continue reading

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2004 Venom Striker ATV

2004 Venom Striker ATV If you’d believe it, at one point in my life I felt really bummed out that I didn’t pay more attention to the Spy Troops and Valor vs Venom figures. When I started in on 25th … Continue reading

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1986 LCV Recon Sled

1986 LCV Recon Sled Back in the day before eBay was saturated with flippers desperate for small change, you could get good deals on figure lots. Sometimes this made for some acquisitions one would normally not go out of their … Continue reading

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2009 Rockslide (Past and Present)

2009 Rockslide (Past and Present) Well guys, I made it almost a whole year of posting on the blog without missing a week (that I can remember). That was until this week though, when I got some kind of fairly … Continue reading

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1992 Eco Striker

1992 Eco Striker 1991 was probably the worst year of Joe vehicles ever made, though 1992 wasn’t far off, mainly for continuing a lot of the gimmicks that didn’t really work out from the year before. That includes paper gliders … Continue reading

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1982 Rapid Fire Motorcycle (RAM)

1982 RAM The RAM is a very simple toy, but probably the best motorbike released in ARAH. It scales well, it has weapons, and enough detail to make it interesting. It’s also very iconic (hate that word, so overused) for … Continue reading

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1987 Cobra Maggot

1987 Cobra Maggot Although it gets somewhat away from any sort of real-world vehicle, a popular gimmick of the late 80‘s was vehicles that split into smaller items and battle stations. Within the sci-fantasy world of GI Joe, it works … Continue reading

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1989 Tiger Sting

1989 Tiger Sting Tiger Force vehicles! The Tiger Force vehicle colors are cool and iconic, I love them. I think at one point this used to be a cool alternative opinion that made you different from the crowd, but now … Continue reading

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1989 Lynx

1989 Lynx The late-80‘s repaint lines followed some simple patterns, especially when it came to the vehicles. An old toy that had been out of production for a year or two was slapped in new colors and put back out … Continue reading

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2009 Serpent Armor

2009 Serpent Armor GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, was a botched toy line in more than a few ways. It did however give Hasbro the opportunity to make some lovably odd toys, like the Serpent Armor. The original SNAKE … Continue reading

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