Tag Archives: 2004

2004 COBRA Infantry Forces

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Attica Gazette

In the last decade or so, the reflections upon the repaint era, are generally negative. It makes sense, because, that was an era, where the fanbase was pretty aware of everything going down, had a generally solid knack for identifying … Continue reading →

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2004 Comic Pack COBRA Officer

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Attica Gazette

G.I. Joe since it’s resurrection in 1997 has always had to keep the collector’s wants in mind, even in the early part of the 2000s when it was predominantly marketed towards the youth. In some ways that could have been … Continue reading →

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2004 Firefly (TRU Urban 6 Pack)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Attica Gazette

Firefly repaints were one of the constants of the 1997-2006 retail run of G.I. Joe figures, it was one of the few molds that stayed in rotation during the repaint era, at least as a whole. Due to this, the … Continue reading →

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2004 Black Dragon Ninja

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Attica Gazette

Collecting G.I. Joe during the repaint era was an interesting experience. It started out with a lot of hope and excitement, but more often than not, things would never meet expectations, and by the early portions of 2003, there was … Continue reading →

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2004 Anti-Venom Mutt

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Attica Gazette

The Toys R Us 6-packs were the buoy that kept a lot of O-Ring collectors attentive to the retail G.I. Joe line in the new sculpt era. It allowed them some form of excitement and feeling that Hasbro would at … Continue reading →

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2004 Comic Pack #2 Snake Eyes

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Attica Gazette

While things have changed somewhat in the last 4-5 years, the vast majority of my online G.I. Joe output has been done using the 1982-1984 swivel head body type. I was at one point very dogmatic about how it was … Continue reading →

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Great Moments In G.I. Joe History

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Attica Gazette
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2004 Dreadnok Ripper

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Attica Gazette

Dreadnoks are an interesting phenomenon, as they’re both very popular and detested at the same time. One thing that really showed this, was the 2004 Convention set, where the main force in the set were the Dreadnoks. I don’t remember … Continue reading →

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Anti Venom Duke (Light Blue)

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Attica Gazette

Over at Forgotten Figures, it’s rarities month, and Mike’s been posting a lot of very interesting items, one of which was the prototype Anti Venom Stretcher. The light blue Anti-Venom set was one of those things that was a common … Continue reading →

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2004 Urban Division Scrap Iron

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Attica Gazette

Scrap Iron was one of the early COBRA Operatives, that didn’t get revisited at any point for 20 years, so because of that in the early 2000s people began clamouring for the character.  When Hasbro did a mold swap with … Continue reading →

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