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9:00 AM on 06.06.2013

Hasbro's 2013 SDCC exclusives revealed!

USA Today has spoiled Hasbro's SDCC 2013 offerings. In addition to the previously announced Boba Fett with Han Solo in Carbonite pack  (US$50), Hasbro will be selling a DJ Pon-3 (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; US$5...

Scarecroodle

5:00 PM on 05.30.2013

Soko Cat adds another preview for G.I. Joe Custom Show

With the G.I. Joe Custom Show a day away, here's one more preview of what you'll see if you attend. As a late addition to the lineup, New Jersey artist, SoKo Cat, has released previews of her customs she will have at the eve...

Vanessa Cubillo

9:00 AM on 05.29.2013

Carson Catlin's G.I. Joe customs for SubUrban Vinyl

Vanessa recently wrote about the upcoming G.I. Joe Custom Show running over at SubUrban Vinyl in New Jersey, which starts up this Friday, May 31st with Tenacious Toys. She included a few pictures of pieces that'll be shown at...

Kristina Pino

10:00 AM on 05.22.2013

Hot Toys Roadblock just misses the mark

When Hot Toys announced that they were making a 1/6 scale figure of The Rock Dwayne Johnson as his G.I. Joe appearance as Roadblock, I was excited. Excitement can quickly turn to apathy and that's kind of the case here. Hot T...

Andres Cerrato

9:30 PM on 05.21.2013

Save the date: G.I. Joe Custom show at SubUrban Vinyl

Attention, New Jersey! SubUrban Vinyl and Tenacious Toys will be having a G.I. Joe custom show on May 31. Partnered with The Loyal Subjects and Hasbro, this custom toy show will have over 30 artists bringing with them over 1...

Vanessa Cubillo

8:00 PM on 03.19.2013

Hasbro digs up 20 years of Jurassic Park toys

Can you believe it's been 20 years since the Jurassic Park movie first hit theaters? The cutting edge stuff they were doing in that movie can be done on a home computer today. Still a fun movie regardless. Of course, just lik...

Jeremy Emerje Crocker

9:00 AM on 03.15.2013

Nath's custom Centurions Jake Rockwell is 'Xtreme'

Back in the late '70s and '80s there was an industry wide shift in figure scale as companies moved away from large 'dolls' and smaller action figures dominated. Even so, there were some ambitious figures that just had to be b...

Jeremy Emerje Crocker

5:00 PM on 02.26.2013

Troops of Doom celebrates fifth anniversary

Troops of Doom, a web comic featuring G.I. Joe and Star War figures battling for Lego technology, recently celebrated its fifth birthday. The comic was launched in 2008 and now, five years later, has had 523 comic strips (or ...

Scarecroodle

8:00 PM on 02.12.2013

Toy Fair 2013: Hasbro Kre-O

Hasbro's Kre-O Battleship line may have sunk and the Transformers had a rough start, but continues to back their homegrown building block line. This year the focus seems to be on saturation as they push four lines simult...

Jeremy Emerje Crocker

8:30 PM on 02.10.2013

Toy Fair 2013: Hasbro - G.I. Joe

Hasbro's G.I. Joe showcase seemed to focus mostly on its movie offerings, both in its 3.75-inch core format and the larger kid-friendly toys. However, there seemed to be a lot of non-movie figures on display including some ki...

Scarecroodle

9:30 PM on 01.02.2013

Hot Toys Snake Eyes is now available to pre-order

It seems that a lot of us here like G.I. Joe and Hot Toys. The first Hot Toys release from G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Snake Eyes, looks to have captured our attention quite well. What Hot Toys is hoping is that it has done enough...

Andres Cerrato

8:00 AM on 01.02.2013

Those Hot Toys G.I.Joe we wanted? They're making them!

Immediately at the announcement of Hot Toys Snake Eyes, my attention went straight to what else can be made. Don't get me wrong, the 1/6 Snake Eyes is nothing short of amazing, but there's other people I want along the way. I...

Andres Cerrato