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Brian’s Toys Newsletter #480

by | Sep 5, 2008 | Sponsor News

Continue your Bounty Hunter Series collection with the new Kotobukiya IG-88 and Boba Fett, now available at Brian’s Toys.  Also new this week are the Cobra Commander (San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive) Blue and Black Suit AFA Graded and Pre-Orders for new Mighty Muggs and vehicles.  We’ve recently added more AFA Graded items including GI Joe figures and new video game console systems! For more great collectibles, head on over to www.brianstoys.com!

G.I. Joe by Sunbow – What stuck with you?

by | Sep 5, 2008 | G.I. Joe

Anyone who’s been following my posts and comments over the years knows that I’m a huge comic fan when it comes to G.I. Joe…  much moreso than the Sunbow cartoon.  I loved the more adult and realistic storylines told in the comic pages.  Larry Hama had a way that he wrote these characters that gave them all personality and made them all so unique, yet not silly or dumb.  The Sunbow cartoon did this stuff as well, but it seemed to go to such extremes sometimes (as with Bazooka or Spirit) that it almost made mockeries of the characters instead of making them real.

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Here goes the neighborhood…

by | Sep 3, 2008 | G.I. Joe, Life, Sports

“It was the third of September

That day I’ll always remember…”

– The Temptations, “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”

Of course, that’s where the similarities between this post and the classic Temptation song ends, but I had to work it in here somewhere.  I like doing that with song lyrics that mention a specific day.  (Really!  Wait until June 6, better known as “Convoy Day.”) (more…)