Going through boxes that came in the mail all last year. Picked up this Mexican Vagabundo… it’s kind of cool that they sold Footloose as Grunt down there who was his actual replacement in the figure line. I really like the Auriken boxes. Anyone else have love for Mexican Joes?

Dunno why I like the STUN so much. It’s so ridiculously awesome.

Going to spend a few hours today moving, opening boxes & trying to organize on this Family Day holiday.

CLASSIFIED DAWN MORENO REVEALED BY LARRY HAMA!! Pre-Order tomorrow at 11am MST… Any Dawn Moreno fans out there?

I have no idea where or when I picked up this Wolverine with Canadian box (no tow rope) but I always love to see the Canadian boxes, they bring back memories that other ones just can’t. This one is neat because its name & description is exactly the same in both English & French.

Here’s some Cobra love. Canadian Cobra Soldier MOC, Canadian Cobra Commander MOC, Canadian Cobra Officer MOC over their US MOC Counterparts. This is an old pic before the fires and evacuation a few years back when I used to be able to display things.

Here’s a Canadian Gung-Ho MOC in his Marine Dress Blues. This is also a Consumers Distributing card, 1987. One of my brothers had him when we were kids & he was always present at the ‘Joes “funerals.” Anyone get use out of this V2 release of Gung-Ho?

Man I am so sick. Gross sick. Can’t do anything else so going to post some random things. Here’s a BattleForce 2000 Maverick US MOC from 1987. I was a big fan of BF2000 back when it came out & had Maverick when I was a kid. I still have my childhood figure & file card.

This is a sculpt of the pre-pro Terror Drome Rampart used when Hasbro was designing the playset. They flipped it and duplicated it for the other half-it ended up being changed to a different snake design in the finished product but it is still cool to have a piece of the original design in hand!

A comparison shot of Red Laser. Palitoy on the left. Black Major Customs on the right. #GIJoe #YoJoe #ARAH #80s #80sToys #ActionFigures #Collectibles #GIJoeCollector #GIJoePhotography #JoeNation #ToyPhotography #VintageToys #ActionForce

New Snow Cat driver reporting for duty! #GIJoe #YoJoe #ARAH #80s #80sToys #ActionFigures #Collectibles #GIJoeCollector #GIJoePhotography #JoeNation #ToyPhotography #VintageToys

Stop by and read about 2000 words on the 2003 Snake Eyes figure: forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2026/01/2003... Might put you to sleep. #GIJoe

Added this minty AFA 80+ 1985 Quick Kick (or in French, Savate- which refers to a specific type of French kickboxing with shoes which is weird because Quick Kick has none!) 34 back, Canadian peach card and not super easy to come across. Yo Joe!

More of my old ‘Joe cave. Can you make anything out?

Some old ‘Joe room pics before I had to move everything thanks to wildfires. I used to love pouring a whiskey & just hanging out in here, going through things.

Totally impressed with the quality of replies & the genuine people here on BlueSky. I’m really enjoying posting here & am going to try to do so more often. Thank you :)

Here’s something you don’t see every day, and pretty much never. This is a Rubiplas (Venezuela) Skystriker- about as rare as the Rubiplas vehicles go. The plastic is far whiter than the US / Canadian release and I’m super happy to have it in my collection.

With all of the crazy stuff going on in the world right now I’ve found that I almost feel guilty with “taking solace” in my ‘Joe collection lately. Maybe I can make some people feel that little feeling that we used to get when we opened a new toy or comic… Here’s my Trimpe original art pinup.

A look at Muralha from around the web: forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2026/01/mura... This Brazilian Flint is close to the Hasbro figure. But, his deeper greens are fantastic. #GIJoe

From 2022: Cutter goes from the parts bin into the collection, with an unbroken waist, a new o-ring, and a new back screw! #GIJoe #YoJoe #ARAH #80s #80sToys #ActionFigures #Collectibles #GIJoeCollector #GIJoePhotography #JoeNation #ToyPhotography #VintageToys

Picked up four sealed Dogfight figures because everyone needs sealed Dogfight figures. Uncut sets like this used to be way easier to come across, they aren’t as common nowadays. #GiJoe

A fun rebuild from 2023: The Swamp Skier! I replaced the upper body, the frame, the faring, and the front ski assembly. The old parts all smelled terribly of mold. #GIJoe #YoJoe #ARAH #80s #80sToys #ActionFigures #Collectibles #GIJoeCollector #GIJoePhotography #JoeNation #VintageToys

Neary & Davis. ‘Nuff said.

Another local find over Christmas. Complete vehicles in box and a bunch of absolutely pristine Canadian cards with bubbles attached. Someone sliced them open super carefully, pretty cool and can’t wait to go through them!

Down to needing just 14 of the 1982-94 GI Joe and Cobra figures when this guy arrived in the mail today.

It took me about two years to rebuild the #GIJoe Headquarters. #YoJoe #ARAH #80s #80sToys #ActionFigures #Collectibles #GIJoeCollector #GIJoePhotography #JoeNation #ToyPhotography #VintageToys

Christmas gift from my kids, explosion 20 back Short Fuze MOC! US card.

When your wife surprises you with a couple of sealed Canadian Joes and you get the five DIC cartoon Cels you grabbed just in time for Christmas- more pics to follow! Merry Christmas everyone!

1991 Cloudburst Wax Sculpt pieces from the collection.

Chuckles is one of my favourite characters & when I was in ZA these Australian based figures were just coming out. This is an Australian 1986 cardback- note the lack of “A Real American Hero” under the GIJoe logo on the front & back & the Hasbro address as being the US one. I wish I had this MOC!

Canadian file card holder that came with the Sears exclusive Missile Command Center- the all cardboard Cobra “base.” These don’t come up often and are a neat glimpse into the time this was released- notably the 11 figures featured on the holder do not include Cobra Commander who came with the set.

This is a special pickup for me, when I was small my brothers and I all had a pair of these. When I saw the Canadian version pop up on EBay, I knew I had to grab it. I love stuff like this that immediately brings me right back to 1985 in a split second. Did anyone else have these? Yo Joe!

Few new additions to the collection

Rattlers arrived! (Not home so this stock collection photo will have to do!)

UK Palitoy / Nordic MOC Storm Shadow. Not something seen very often (in my experience.) NFS.

Still my favourite #ShareaCoke moment.

It was around my seventh birthday that I went with my Dad to haul water to our acreage in the spring and if we had time and I was lucky I could grab a comic from the confectionery in town. This was a weekly occurrence for our family, and being the oldest it was my job to go & help.

Today's new profile looks at the 2007 Convention Zap: forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2025/05/2007... This isn't a figure that should work. But, the parts make for a fun update to an underserved character. #GIJoe

On the road today. See some random signs that there is an antique fair on, so I stop in and find this Canadian MOBAT in immaculate shape- battery cover, unbroken hitch and gun tip too! For $10 haha. Couldn’t pass that up. Bonus points for you if you know what those blue little tags are- not Joe.

Also because of a new Classified release coming of this guy- I thought I’d show an interesting version of Monkeywrench who is on a Canadian card & who came from this very catalogue from Comsumers Distributing.. a long defunct store where you’d walk in, point out what you wanted from the catalogue-

A look back at the 1993 Interrogator: forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2019/04/1993... This once common mail away has found new popularity and stupidly high pricing in recent years. #GIJoe

With the release of a new Classified Cobra Commander in his battle armour I thought I’d share a MOC-this one is a US Battle Armor with an Explosion Back “coming soon” cardback. This version of CC was my favourite as a kid-I loved how he was a “Fred” Siegie in the Comics. Your thoughts on this fig?

An interesting pick up is this 1992 Static Line MOC from Europe. In 1992 two figures that were originally released in “teams” the year before were released on regular sized single cards in Europe with no mention of their previous sub team- in Static Lines case, Sky Patrol.

1988 US Tiger Cat box / sealed bags marked “For Promotional Use Only-Not For Resale.” Probably was a toy sample used by a toy rep, a cool little bit of Hasbro history.

Canadian Missile Command Headquarters. A very hard box to come across.

1989 European release Action Force Warthog with Sgt. Slammer- who I’m assuming must be Sgt. Slaughter’s second cousin or something… this is one of my favourite examples of box art, I love the “action.”

We all know this battle tank as the Mauler- but in Canada it was also known as the “Battle tank with crew” (C.C.É.) Le Tigre. (Tiger.) This one came from Tops ‘n Toys- a retail store in Calgary that was owned by a family friend from Northern Alberta. Any other Mauler / Tiger fans out there?

Late night bump for the 1992 Stormshadow profile: forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2025/03/1992... This is a solid design that suffers from poor construction choices. #GIJoe

Did you know that the Canadian release of the U.S.S. Flagg back in 1985 was the only time that a box cover painting was manually changed in production to paint over the US flag with a Canadian flag? It makes the box of the Canadian Porte-Avion U.S.S. Flagg absolutely unique!

Found a major haul out in the wild, doesn’t happen often and even less when they’re close to you! Also picked up a complete Flagg & box and Missile Command Center.. among tons of complete figures and at least 40 other boxes & vehicles. Just like old times.