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05-04-2011, 03:23 PM | #1 |
Cobra Soldier
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For me the last great year for Joe products was 1991 a line I remember waiting for months to see them on the shelves. The Sonic figure line had them on the card back and this began months of sweating for the regular set that took seemingly forever to get.
To me there were a few disappointments but that's the last series I remember getting excited about. Even now I am backtracking on a few I hadn't been interested back then such as the Desert Scorpion that didnt make sense to me at the time but is now crucial. '92 was marginal, '93 had a few last holdouts such as the black hoodie Cobra Commander but by the time of Headman I tuned out and enjoyed my vintage stuff until the mid 2000's rebirth and interest in the line. |
05-04-2011, 03:27 PM | #2 |
Mortal Enemy
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Marginal?!?!?
Toxo Zombie and the Toxo Lab alone made 92 exceptional!
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05-04-2011, 03:40 PM | #3 |
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05-04-2011, 03:49 PM | #4 |
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93 was crucial! Batlle Corps Muskrat is damn near essential
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05-04-2011, 03:49 PM | #5 |
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You waited "for months" to see the '91 series on the shelves? I've always wondered how "collectors" (or what I have always presumed, today's collectors, yesterdays kids-to-become-collectors) performed their "craft" five, 10, 15, 20 years ago. Were there collectors like today? I mean, back in '91, I really can't imagine people having knowledge of the "upcoming waves." That kind of info is only distributed on the internet on collector forums and sites like this one these days. I guess, "back in the day", were the fold-out catalogs the advertisements for the upcoming years' products?
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05-04-2011, 03:54 PM | #6 |
disgruntled goat
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The best thing about '91 (IMO) was Big Ben.
'90 was a much better year- Ambush, Freefall, Pathfinder, Rampart, Sub Zero & everybody's favorite....Topside |
05-04-2011, 03:58 PM | #7 |
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1991 had really good figures, and terrible vehicles. The introduction of paper stickers, tons of neon, a few really flimsy things, and no big vehicle to get excited about. I remember thinking that it was the beginning of the end, and I even wrote letters to Hasbro complaining about all those issues.
Like I say though, figure wise it was a pretty solid year, and I even liked the missile launchers because they were way stronger then any other toy line's. I remember that I was able to hold Red Star's launcher at ground level and the missile would hit the ceiling when fired. |
05-04-2011, 03:59 PM | #8 |
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I dig the ninja force stuff. Card art and all. Well, except the more limited articulation of scarlett and snake eyes.
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05-04-2011, 04:07 PM | #9 |
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I wasn't collecting in 1991. I was into music and girls. I think that's the year I got my license. So GI Joe was one of the last things I would've thought about. However, TBH, IMO, nothing produced in the 90's even compares with the first 5 or so years of Joes. I look at the stuff now on yojoe.com and am so thankful that neither I nor my parents wasted any dollar amount on that stuff! But I respect that others liked it then and still like it now. It all just looks over-the-top and garish to me.
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05-04-2011, 04:14 PM | #10 |
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It was not so much as a collector in todays terms. The first 1991 products I saw were the Sonic Fighters and on the back they had an entirely new group of characters on the back that seemed amazingly exotic. So that was the only preview we had, there was no internet so it was all based on running around town to every store until they popped up.
Red Star and Big Ben were early favorites. When the line came out The BAT, Snake Eyes, CG Immortal, Tracker, and a few others were what I remember getting excited about. I got most of the Eco Warriors, yet never saw the Septic Tank which is my newest excitement to find, after some Scorpions and a Paralyzer for them to ride around in. Quote:
You waited "for months" to see the '91 series on the shelves? I've always wondered how "collectors" (or what I have always presumed, today's collectors, yesterdays kids-to-become-collectors) performed their "craft" five, 10, 15, 20 years ago. Were there collectors like today? I mean, back in '91, I really can't imagine people having knowledge of the "upcoming waves." That kind of info is only distributed on the internet on collector forums and sites like this one these days. I guess, "back in the day", were the fold-out catalogs the advertisements for the upcoming years' products?
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