European G.I. Joe Collector
For a while now, I have seen these Instagram and Facebook posts about a Hotwheels version of the G.I. Joe SkyStriker. I’d done a search a few times online, but wasn’t able to find one in Europe. Until today that is.
For a small toy, the details are quite nicely done.
Just a small update this time around. See you later, until then, YoJoe and Happy Collecting!
A few years back, I got my hands on a set of G.I. Joe Minimates figures. Apparently, they have made a second set of figures for the 2022 New York Comic Con. I recently came across this set when browsing the interwebs for Joe stuff. Naturally, I got myself a set.
As you can see on the picture above, this set is focused on the Ninja Force sub-team. The cover of the VHS tape inspired box, features Snake-Eyes front and center, flanked by Scarlett and Storm Shadow.
The back shows the fourth figure that is included, Dr. Biggles-Jones.
The inside box is made to look like a VHS cassette, a nice touch of nostalgia for the G.I. Joe fans that used to watch the cartoons on tape..
This nod of VHS renting is recalled on both the front of the inner box (2-night rental sticker) as well as on the back with a reminder to rewind the tape when you return it. Check out the song Rental Patient by fellow Joe fan Wordburglar if you want to submerge yourself into that nostalgia.
The figures themselves are a bit taller than a regular Lego mini figure. Storm Shadow gets his 1992 look with black & white. Scarlett and Snake-Eyes resemble their 1993 figures, all from the Ninja Force sub-team. They come with a lot of accessories and even an extra set of hair for Scarlett.
Dr. Sidney Biggles-Jones only got one semi-official action figure release in 2017, a whopping 24 years after her introduction in the Marvel comic books (issue 135 from 1993). The figure was part of the G.I. Joe Featuring Ninja Force and Transformers box set from the Official G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club. To be fair, this mini figure looks better than that 3.75” version if you ask me.
That’s it for now, see you again soon. Until then… Happy Collecting and YoJoe!
It has been a few months since I got my hands on a new G.I. Joe Classified Series figure. The wait is now over. The plastic crack addiction is starting again. Take my sobriety chip. My wallet will start hurting again. Starting off with no Joe, nor a Cobra in the true sense, but with a full fledged Dreadnok. Ladies and Gentlemen, here is Zandar.
Zandar is staying true to the original 1986 3.75” figure, as we’ve been seeing with a lot of these figures. He’s actually showing a little less bare skin this time around. The gold accents from the OG figure have been moved from the knees to the shoulder armor and the belt buckle. The blue has been toned down and the ginger hair has received a more muted color as well.
The figure also has the red face paint like the original, as well as the earring. The pinkish scarf is also a bit more toned down compared to the 3.75” inch figure, but it resembles the pink from Zarana’s jacket. On my figure, there are some white spots on the scarf, Quality control may have been a bit lacking.
When it comes to his gear, the figure is decked out with a scoped harpoon rifle, a large knife,pistol and a backpack. I have to say this is one of the better figure from the line. I never really cared much for the Dreadnoks to be fair, but this figure does look convincing as a crazy biker gang member.
The box is the latest iteration of Classified Series boxes. Smaller than the first run, but with a clear window rather than the fully cardboard ones we got. The art on this one isn’t bad, but not something that will stand out as spectacular. Maybe that was intentional, after all, Zandar is the kid who never got noticed.
That’s it for now. I do believe that more figures will be released/delivered soon(ish). Until then, Happy Collecting and YoJoe!
This morning, the mailman stopped by to drop off a package. Not too big, but very thick.
Collecting the first 50 issues of the G.I. Joe Marvel comic cook series, this massive book comes in at around 1160 pages of not only exciting stories, but also real pieces of art.
They state that Pop culture changed forever, and I fully agree with that. This series has had an impact on so many of us. It’s only fitting that it gets a prominent place in our collections. I couldn’t financially get in with the Kickstarter for the Hardcover books, but when I saw this pop up online, I tried to get my hands on one. My local comic book store couldn’t order them for some reason, luckily I was able to find one online.
I’ve put in a Classified scale Snake Eyes, so you can get a feel for the size of book. It really is a thick one. The paper itself is quite nice, almost like the original floppy comics. I just hope that the spine is strong enough not to tear over time.
That’s all for now. I have some reading to do 🙂 See you again soon, until then… Happy Collecting and YoJoe!
As a kid, I had a FisherPrice View Master with all kinds of discs. Mostly fairy tales or pictures from around the world. On one of my flea market trips, I came across these discs with a G.I. Joe story.
On the discs, the text is printed in Dutch, but on the actual 3D cells, the text there is in English. The discs tell the story of issue #1.5(?), where Scarlett, Snake-Eyes, Stalker and Rock ‘N Roll have to get out of Trucial Abysmia with a package.
I had seen these discs on eBay a few times before, but I never really had much interest in them until I saw them in hand on a local flea market. I had recently found my old View Master in one of the many boxes containing toys and memorabilia from when I was younger and it felt meant to be that I should come across these G.I. Joe discs.
I’ve had to put a backlight to the discs in order to get these images up. But they do look really nice. Each cell is about the size of my pinky’s nail, so not that big at all and still all these images are really sharp and looking good.
Kids these days have their phones and VR goggles, but back in the day, this really was some cool tech. You needed to aim the back of the View Master to a light source to see the images clearly, but you didn’t really need that much light to enjoy the pictures.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back soon, keep an eye out. Until then… Happy Collecting and YoJoe!
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