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GI Joe

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25 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Favorite ’80s Cartoons

Mickey Yarber

If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again!  From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired in the 80’s there is an abundance of things about CONTINUE READING…

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Highlights From the 1984 Montgomery Ward Catalog

Mickey Yarber

Nothing reminds me of Christmases gone by more than browsing through old catalogs. As a kid, I could sit for hours looking through the many pages of possible gifts, circling the things I wanted in CONTINUE READING…

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Transformers Collaborative Wish List

Brian Cave

With Hasbro finally giving us a full-fledged GI Joe/Transformers crossover with their Megatron/HISS Tank and Baroness set, it feels like a great time to be a fan of both toylines.  We’ve got some toys that CONTINUE READING…

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No Love for G.I. Joe’s BattleForce 2000?

YoJoeJustin

BattleForce 2000 is an all-time favorite as an adult collector, yet as I’ve been around the G.I. Joe community, I’ve found that there’s not much love for BattleForce 2000. 1987 was generally the beginning of CONTINUE READING…

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Yo Joe June: Hasbro Pulse G.I. Joe Announcements

YoJoeJustin

Yesterday, Hasbro Pulse began the month-long celebratory salute to G.I. Joe entitled Yo Joe June! The overall exciting news was, for the entire month of June, all new Classified series and Cobra Island Joe’s will CONTINUE READING…

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A Look Through the 1992 G.I. Joe Terror on the Tundra Catalog

YoJoeJustin

The 90s saw the original run of the 3-3/4 in G.I. Joe A Real American Hero line continuing to surge into the era of the sub-team. Battle Corps, Ninja Force, Sonic Fighters, and more were CONTINUE READING…

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Check Out Those Ads! – Alf #8

Pitfall Gary

There’s been a lot of Alf material on The Retro Network lately. On a recent episode of Wax Pack Flashback Jason opened a set of Alf trading cards and over on RD’s Retro Detention Alf CONTINUE READING…

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Wax Pack Flashback: G.I. Joe Cards (1991)

Mickey Yarber

In the first episode of our new YouTube series, Wax Pack Flashback, Mickey opens a pack of Impel GI Joe A Real American Hero trading cards from 1991 on YouTube. Jason responds with his own CONTINUE READING…

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The Retro Comic Book Pull List for September 2019

Kevin Decent

Most of us retro collectors already have enough at home or in storage to enjoy. Or at least that’s what our partners say. However, I am here to tell you you’re wrong. There are brand CONTINUE READING…

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GI Joe Operation Dragonfire 30th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

  Elsewhere on The Retro Network is a post with my glowing review for the 35th anniversary of the GI Joe miniseries “The Revenge of Cobra”. A mere five years later and the GI Joe CONTINUE READING…

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Mickey’s 5 Favorite Episodes of G.I. Joe

Mickey Yarber

This is the 2nd part of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. We’ve got Mickey’s list today, and you can check out CONTINUE READING…

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Jason’s 5 Favorite G.I. Joe Episodes

Jason Gross

This is part one of a two-part cross-over post from Jason & Mickey listing their 5 favorite episodes of the classic G.I. Joe Cartoon. Here’s Jason’s Top5 list, and you can see Mickey’s picks here. CONTINUE READING…

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GI Joe “The Revenge of Cobra” Review For It’s 35th Anniversary

Kevin Decent

  “The Revenge of Cobra” was the second mini series spotlighting the new GI Joe toy line (along with this cartoon and the Marvel Comics series). Airing over five weekdays, from September 10-14, 1984 these CONTINUE READING…

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