Tag Archives: G.I. Joe Collector’s Club

The G.I.Joe Collectors Club isn’t short on controversy,  in fact it almost seems like they thrive on it.  The 2012 exclusive Convention set is now getting a second production run.  In case you had forgotten,  this rare pricey set features the Oktober Guard which of course is the Russian version of G.I.Joe who became very popular among G.I.Joe fans of the cartoons and comics of the 1980’s.  The G.I.Joe club announced today through email to it’s members the good news.  You can read the announcement below. Attention Comrades! The official G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club is proud to announce a special limited edition second-run of the “sold out” and extremely popular 2012 Operation: Bear Trap! convention set. This exclusive Oktober Guard vs. Iron Grenadiers set includes fifteen modern era 3 3/4-inch action figures with weapons and accessories. You will get the classic Oktober ... Read More »

Why on earth such a generic character has been on my “25th wish list” since the G.I. Joe 25th Anniversary line launched back in 2007, I’ll never know. Footloose is dated, he’s a third-tier character at best, and he’s almost as generic as Grunt is (and I hate Grunt). It likely has to do with his character in the Sunbow cartoon. Often teamed up with the likewise goofball team of Bazooka, Alpine and Quick Kick, the probably-a-pothead-although-he-was-never-explicitly-defined-as-a-pothead Footloose bumbled his way through battles with his bazooka and the munchies. He had a giant pillar crash on him in the episode closing credits. Not the most reliable soldier. So why did I want him in my modern collection so badly? No idea, to be honest. But I just did. And since he’s a fairly generic figure made from easily-reused/reusable parts (pretty ... Read More »