In searching for the artwork for the previous post, I came across one more piece that I thought I should share. This is a Snake Eyes sketch done at a convention in the mid-80’s by none other than regular (at the time) GIJoe artist extraordinaire, Rod Whigham. His pencil work from the majority of issues…
Month: February 2017
Incredible Change-Bots
In 2007, author/artist Jeffrey Brown created a pseduo-parody of the Transformers called The Incredible Change-Bots. His brand of humor and playful poking fun at all the tropes that filled the cartoons and comics of our youth make for a fascinating and entertaining read. Every G1 Transformers fan owes it to themselves to read this funny, charming…
Gone, But Not Forgotten: Part 1 – 1982
As a child of the 80’s, I recall toy stores with entire isles dedicated to singular lines like GIJoe or Transformers being common. Clearly just-in-time inventory systems were not widespread, and larger toy stores like Toys-R-Us and Children’s Palace often stocked like they were hoarders, preparing for a toypocalyse. It made finding new toys easier,…
G.I. Joe – Mega Bloks: VAMP & Stinger
After customizing over 80 tiny GIJoe and Cobra figures from Call of Duty, Halo, and other Mega Bloks licenses, I decided they needed some wheels. Kre-O’s GIJoe brick vehicles redefined the word “disappointment”, so that was a no-go. The Call of Duty construction line has a wide variety of genuinely impressive military vehicles, many of…
Transformers Backgrounds
Displaying all of your hard earned plastic acquisitions is a rewarding part of being a toy collector. And few toys make a better display than Masterpiece Transformers (and their third-party brethren). Near-perfect representations of the characters we watched on TV and played with in the living room floor many moons ago, MP TFs are complex,…
Adventures of Stan: Car Salesperson #002
In our second installment, Stan is still trying to unload an autobot to anyone with some cash… …
Revoltech Transformers – Mirage
As I explained in an earlier post, I wanted to make additional characters in a line of highly articulated, non-Transforming figures that died well before it’s time. Autobot Mirage, everyone’s favorite blue F1 car, was my second figure. Collecting is half the Battle!
G.I. Joe – Mega Bloks: Cobra – The Enemy
Continuing the spotlight on custom Mega Bloks GI Joe figures, today I’m posting the adversaries of the Joe team, the ruthless terrorist organization: Cobra. This group had it’s good and bad points while making them. The designs were simpler, and making repeats of the nameless/faceless troopers require less thought. However, it got a little monotonous…
G.I. Joe – Mega Bloks: The Joe Team
A few years ago when Hasbro announced that they were going to get into the brick business (presumably to get a share of that sweet Lego revenue), we all rejoiced that we might get some really cool small-scale Joe figures. Instead, we got “Kre-O”, a blatant ripoff of cute little Lego minifigures and grossly under-scaled…
Mixel Madness – Stop Action
My son Alex spent considerable time making a stop-motion animation “movie” summer before last. Actually, he wanted to go to stop-motion camp (yes, it exists), and I explained that we could do that better at home (you know, because the idea of melding photography and expensive software I don’t know how to use was just…