From a post asking the "what if..." question had the 25th Anniversary (hence "modern" line) never happened (and Sigma Six remained...), after thinking about it, I think the Mission Scale line might have been something I would have gotten into.
I had a few Sigma items a few years ago, as you can see I have since streamlined everything into my fairly personally focused little collection. I've gone most of the last year with little hands on GIJoe stuff at all, hardly anything hobby/ fun related, and as that absence of stuff continues I find myself thinking more about the vehicle part of line. It's a funny sounding statement, as you may well see I've got almost no vehicles supporting my made up little figure team. But, I dunno..., I'm much more interested in the vehicles still.
But this "what if" post got me thinking, and I had to take a look back at the YoJoe.com archives and see what there was, and I'm finding the stuff I really glanced over at the time is really kind of fun looking to me now.
What's appealing to me now as I look back is the interactivity between all the vehicles and sets. I think Sigma Six Central is a great resource to learn more about what was available. And here , I'm really taking in the 2.5" Mission Scale part of the line.
There's a nice little line that looks like it really builds around the Dragonhawk, and as you can see from the package pictures on that site, it can carry a lot of the other vehicles, even the mechs, and the winged fury. It looks like there's a lot of play value when everything comes together. The HISS tank looks fun, too, a transport and bunker all in one.
The figures are nowhere near articulated as a "modern" figure, but I'm thinking that could be okay for me. Most of the figures I have stay in one position anyway, but these little mission scale figures sort of remind me of the Kenner M.A.S.K. figures. Are they the same size? Consider Matt Trakker showing up, was there a possible related line being floated? I kind of always wanted my M.A.S.K. and GIJoe toys to be able to work together back in the day.
What would it take to collect this entire small part of a retail time gone by now? Are there any collection pictures with all of these loose and together out there online?
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