Thinking over the years, vehicles have come and gone through my collection. I feel good about at least being able to check out what I did have, I had a decent amount of vehicles. I think in-person being able to toss figures into a vehicle is so much more revealing about the finer points and details, the play-ability, if you will, than just looking at pictures.
What I have never had though, I thought I would toss up a list just to see what that list looks like.
Vehicles I have never had, in any shape or condition. If a vehicle was very incomplete or even heavily used that I had, I still consider that I had it for this list. It's like an '85 Awe Striker I did have, it was missing everything, basically wheels on the frame with the body; no roll cage, engine, engine cover, gun, etc.
Anyway, what I have never had:
1982: Missle Command HQ
MOBAT
JUMP
1983: Falcon Glider
Viper Glider
Skystriker
Wolverine
Polar Battle Bear (the '83 version)
PAC/RATs
SNAKE armor
1984: Chameleon
CLAW
Cobra Rattler
Water Moccasin
Slugger
VAMP mk 2
MANTA
1985: Armadillo
Bridgelayer
Mauler
Silver Mirage
USS Flagg
CAT
SMS
Cobra Bunker
Snow Cat
Ferret
1986: Cobra Terror Drome
Firebat
LCV
Dreadnok Ground assault
Dreadnok Air assault
Surveillance Port
Outpost defender
1987: Buzz boar
Coastal Defender
Cobra Jet pack
Crossfire
Defiant
Persuader
ALL Battleforce 2000 vehicles
1988: Battle Barge
BUGG
IMP
Skystorm
Swampmasher
Warthog
Tiger Fly
Tiger rat
ALL Night force vehicles, except Night Shade
1989: Condor
Devastator
Cobra hovercraft
Mudfighter
Tri-blaster
Radar Rat
Raider
Razorback
ALL Night Force Vehicles
ALL Python Patrol vehicles
Slaughters Marauders Armadillo
Tiger fish
Tiger Sting
1990: Avalanche
Dictator
General
Hammerhead
'90 Dominator
ALL Sky Patrol vehicles
1991: Battle Wagon
Brawler
All the battle copters and air commando gliders
1992: Barracuda
Earthquake
Storm eagle
Liquidator
Toxo-lab
All Air Commando and battle copters
1993: Ghoststriker
Monster Blaster
ALL ninja force vehicles
Armor bot
Dragon fortress
Beast blaster
1994: power fighters
1997: Silver mirage
1998: MOBAT
2000: MOBAT
HISS III
MAN O WAR
2001: Wave Crusher
2002: HISS IV
Cobra Rattler
Sand Razor
Crimson Strike HISS
2003 and on gets to where it would be easier to point out what I did get.
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12.31.2012
12.23.2012
The kre-o joe to come...
Lego is pretty big at the HQ, not so much because of me, but because of the junior joes here. Which brings me to be fairly excited about the KRE-O sets that look to be coming out in just a couple months. A few Transformers sets were introduced here at the HQ already, but they didn't get too far in their builds before being scattered and mixed among the spread of Legos* in the junior joes quarters (thanks in part to clandestine operations with other little joes....).
Either way, I thought the mini-figures for the Transformers were kind of cool. We have a few Star Wars Lego mini-figures here, too, and while I like classic Lego mini-figures quite well, the new mini-action-figures really bring some avenues for personalities to be injected into the realm of the brick world. Well, for me, anyway. Compare to the Lego sets I had back in the day when every figure was a smiley happy nameless guy. The all blue with blue race helmet guy was THE guy, and the all black with white helmet guy was like THE sort of villain. In between the hospital, the police station, and the gas station sets, there weren't too many more strictly Lego adventures in comparison to GIJOE, M.A.S.K., He-Man, or other character/ figures line that I had back in the day. The biggest Lego conflicts back in the day were when the Transformers were attacking the Lego people. (Yes, GIJOE WAS there!)
But now it looks like I get consumer-ability to infuse GIJOE right into Lego scale, and while I don't like to mix toy lines or scales much, this won't be too much of a stretch for me, and will be much fun for the junior joes.
From what I've seen covered on many sites, like GeneralsJoes.com, it looks like a lot of fun stuff. Familiar characters with familiar looking gear and even vehicles and base building kits that have such familiar designs to them. Just looking at this picture of what is the TTBP, and other 82-83-84 toys just looks fun! (and if the TTBP gets destroyed, we can rebuild!)
At this scale I wouldn't feel too bad about over-accumulating, either. The vehicles and bases and other inter-figure-play expansiveness just seems like something I would enjoy, and the scale isn't going to swamp whatever space the HQ occupies like a 1/18th scale could. But most of all, it's these things that are familiar to me, but fun for the junior joes, and best of all: I won't have to worry about a 30-year-old figure or toy getting worn-out, or worse.
*Selling off the major portions over time of my GIJOE collection has greatly helped covering the cost of these!
Either way, I thought the mini-figures for the Transformers were kind of cool. We have a few Star Wars Lego mini-figures here, too, and while I like classic Lego mini-figures quite well, the new mini-action-figures really bring some avenues for personalities to be injected into the realm of the brick world. Well, for me, anyway. Compare to the Lego sets I had back in the day when every figure was a smiley happy nameless guy. The all blue with blue race helmet guy was THE guy, and the all black with white helmet guy was like THE sort of villain. In between the hospital, the police station, and the gas station sets, there weren't too many more strictly Lego adventures in comparison to GIJOE, M.A.S.K., He-Man, or other character/ figures line that I had back in the day. The biggest Lego conflicts back in the day were when the Transformers were attacking the Lego people. (Yes, GIJOE WAS there!)
But now it looks like I get consumer-ability to infuse GIJOE right into Lego scale, and while I don't like to mix toy lines or scales much, this won't be too much of a stretch for me, and will be much fun for the junior joes.
From what I've seen covered on many sites, like GeneralsJoes.com, it looks like a lot of fun stuff. Familiar characters with familiar looking gear and even vehicles and base building kits that have such familiar designs to them. Just looking at this picture of what is the TTBP, and other 82-83-84 toys just looks fun! (and if the TTBP gets destroyed, we can rebuild!)
At this scale I wouldn't feel too bad about over-accumulating, either. The vehicles and bases and other inter-figure-play expansiveness just seems like something I would enjoy, and the scale isn't going to swamp whatever space the HQ occupies like a 1/18th scale could. But most of all, it's these things that are familiar to me, but fun for the junior joes, and best of all: I won't have to worry about a 30-year-old figure or toy getting worn-out, or worse.
*Selling off the major portions over time of my GIJOE collection has greatly helped covering the cost of these!
12.03.2012
The old fang, new-old rockets
This will work for me just fine, though, as my old '83 FANG (my very first GIJOE vehicle ever) has been long absent all of its removable parts (and the figures seat back peg... and one horizontal rear fin). For the condition of my old FANG, these work well, my FANG being more of a sentimental piece than anything else. The worn and stressed rockets actually look they belong to my old 'copter!
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