Decepticreep
1982: Modern Joes
I define "Modern" here as being Joes that are not made up of any body parts from Vintage Era (1982-1994) figures.
MIA: 1) Grunt (Again!! That's right, kids, my collection is Grunt-less. But as a child I had normal Grunt and the Tan Grunt too). There was a 25th style version of him, but he came in an overpriced TRU Exclusive 3-pack with 2 other figures I had no interest in owning. Also the figure was not all that great, so there was no way I was going to buy that 3-pack just to get him.
2) Short Fuse: He came in a Target exlclusive battle pack which was really, really expensive because it came with several vehicles. Would've loved to have owned it, but I can't justify spending that much money on this hobby all in one shot like that.Daddy has bills to pay!
3) Zap: He was in an internet exclusive multipack with lots of other awesome figures that filled in some of the gaps in the 25th Anniversarry line after it ended. Unfortunately, even though this pack wasn't really that pricey, it came out at a time when I was pretty strapped for cash. I did eventually end up getting some of the figures in that pack on the secondary market, but just never got around to getting Zap.
KIA: 1) Breaker: He was killed in the classic Marvel GI Joe # 109, in which many a Joe bit the dust. A filecard for him from 1997 tries to claim that he was not killed, but merely badly wounded, but nobody pays any attention to that silly filecard, every comic book story that that tries to maintain continuity with the Marvel series keeps him dead.
2) Flash (my first Joe- oh no!!) Died in GI Joe vol 2 #25 whilst blowing up some stuff on Cobra Island.
I really like most of these figures, although a few of them suffer from range of motion issues in their elbows and hips, which would be corrected with later figures made in the 25th style, but at the point that I aquired these figures,these design kinks had not all been worked out yet. I particularly enjoy the fact that Breaker comes with bubblegum, and looks like himself.
1982: Modern Joes
I define "Modern" here as being Joes that are not made up of any body parts from Vintage Era (1982-1994) figures.
MIA: 1) Grunt (Again!! That's right, kids, my collection is Grunt-less. But as a child I had normal Grunt and the Tan Grunt too). There was a 25th style version of him, but he came in an overpriced TRU Exclusive 3-pack with 2 other figures I had no interest in owning. Also the figure was not all that great, so there was no way I was going to buy that 3-pack just to get him.
2) Short Fuse: He came in a Target exlclusive battle pack which was really, really expensive because it came with several vehicles. Would've loved to have owned it, but I can't justify spending that much money on this hobby all in one shot like that.Daddy has bills to pay!
3) Zap: He was in an internet exclusive multipack with lots of other awesome figures that filled in some of the gaps in the 25th Anniversarry line after it ended. Unfortunately, even though this pack wasn't really that pricey, it came out at a time when I was pretty strapped for cash. I did eventually end up getting some of the figures in that pack on the secondary market, but just never got around to getting Zap.
KIA: 1) Breaker: He was killed in the classic Marvel GI Joe # 109, in which many a Joe bit the dust. A filecard for him from 1997 tries to claim that he was not killed, but merely badly wounded, but nobody pays any attention to that silly filecard, every comic book story that that tries to maintain continuity with the Marvel series keeps him dead.
2) Flash (my first Joe- oh no!!) Died in GI Joe vol 2 #25 whilst blowing up some stuff on Cobra Island.
I really like most of these figures, although a few of them suffer from range of motion issues in their elbows and hips, which would be corrected with later figures made in the 25th style, but at the point that I aquired these figures,these design kinks had not all been worked out yet. I particularly enjoy the fact that Breaker comes with bubblegum, and looks like himself.