Tag Archives: Toys R Us

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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1997 Grunt

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Attica Gazette

The 1997 G.I Joe line is one with a fair number of references that went unrecognized by the fanbase. When you look at certain figures released that year, you can see some questionable choices for colour schemes, but sometimes they … 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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1997 Stalker

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Attica Gazette

What separated G.I. Joe from other high profile toy lines, is to lazily crib from A-Man, “With GI JOE, the concept was fluid, there’s more than one hero leader, tough guy, female, etc.”. So you wind up with a toyline … 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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2005 Backblast (Winter Ops)

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Attica Gazette

Hasbro relaunched G.I. Joe in 2002, with an all new construction style, wherein the O-Ring was removed. The fanbase was quite upset with this revelation, and took to the internet to voice their displeasure. To Hasbro’s credit, they listened and … Continue reading →

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1988 Night Force Tunnel Rat

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Attica Gazette

Late January and early February were a pretty bogus time personally. A bunch of people I knew all decided to shuffle the mortal coil in strange manners. Since I was also burning off the last of my vacation time from … Continue reading →

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2005 Firefly (TRU Crimson 6 Pack)

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Attica Gazette

Despite G.I. Joe being a fairly vast line, there’s not too many figures where you can legitimately criticize it’s right to existence. The 2005 Toys R Us Exclusive Crimson Guard Force 6 pack Firefly is one that’s existence is definitely … Continue reading →

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1986 Special Mission Brazil Dial Tone

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Attica Gazette

The last time I looked at Dial Tone, I mentioned that I’d never even seen the Special Mission Brazil version in person. For some reason, mentioning that made me go and search out the figure. Since it’s Dial Tone, it’s … Continue reading →

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