Comments on: Show and Tell > Iron Klaw (G.I. Joe Extreme) http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html www.poeghostal.com Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fairplaythings http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16197 fairplaythings Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:19 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16197 "Like most Super Hero toys before Marvel Legends, the standard articulation was a swivel at the neck, swivels at the shoulders, and swivels at the hips." It's line like this that make me regret Todd's Toys and all they Spawned more and more. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, of course we had decent articulation in our figures. Superpowers for example featured functionality, plus articulations at the shoulders, neck, legs and knees. And the older Mego figures were crazy with their articulation. And then the Spawn toys of the early 1990s brought in the toy-as-statue craze which took years to get around. How cool would GIJoe: Extreme (to say nothing of other lines like Total Justice) have been with articulation. So yay for new articulation. But let's not consider it a new thing. It was just forgotten for awhile. “Like most Super Hero toys before Marvel Legends, the standard articulation was a swivel at the neck, swivels at the shoulders, and swivels at the hips.”

It’s line like this that make me regret Todd’s Toys and all they Spawned more and more.

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, of course we had decent articulation in our figures. Superpowers for example featured functionality, plus articulations at the shoulders, neck, legs and knees. And the older Mego figures were crazy with their articulation.

And then the Spawn toys of the early 1990s brought in the toy-as-statue craze which took years to get around. How cool would GIJoe: Extreme (to say nothing of other lines like Total Justice) have been with articulation.

So yay for new articulation. But let’s not consider it a new thing. It was just forgotten for awhile.

]]> By: dayraven http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16138 dayraven Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:53:56 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16138 can come on, who can look at iron klaw and not be reminded of the gargoyle's xanathos fig w/ gargoyle armor? and for 90's toys... we got toxic avenger, spiral zone and C.O.P.S. in the same decade... 'nuff said. can come on, who can look at iron klaw and not be reminded of the gargoyle’s xanathos fig w/ gargoyle armor?

and for 90’s toys… we got toxic avenger, spiral zone and C.O.P.S. in the same decade… ’nuff said.

]]> By: Ben http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16127 Ben Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:36 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16127 @Newton Gimmick I know a lot of people tend to write of the 1990s, but there were a number of lines that really stand the test of time. TMNT got crazy, but they did some very creative and clever stuff all the way through the 1990s. The early Power Rangers stuff is great. Exo Squad rocks. Mighty Max is awesome. Sure, the POTF2 figures and Toy Biz Marvel stuff doesn't hold up too well, but there were some glimmers of hope in the 90s. @Newton Gimmick

I know a lot of people tend to write of the 1990s, but there were a number of lines that really stand the test of time. TMNT got crazy, but they did some very creative and clever stuff all the way through the 1990s. The early Power Rangers stuff is great. Exo Squad rocks. Mighty Max is awesome. Sure, the POTF2 figures and Toy Biz Marvel stuff doesn’t hold up too well, but there were some glimmers of hope in the 90s.

]]> By: Newton Gimmick http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16113 Newton Gimmick Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:03:49 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16113 I had a bunch of GI Joe Extreme figures, although not this one. As toys they pretty much suck, but whatever. It was a bad era for toys all around. I had a bunch of GI Joe Extreme figures, although not this one. As toys they pretty much suck, but whatever. It was a bad era for toys all around.

]]> By: izdawiz http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16112 izdawiz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:05:25 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16112 he's awesome! he’s awesome!

]]> By: Santo http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16109 Santo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:06:18 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16109 ha!..i remember that figure , i used him as a superman bad guy for the 90's man of steel line. superman , superboy and steel could only fight luthor and conduit so many times before they needed a new threat i also remember the really cool ninja in that tv series and me wanting a figure of him..don't think they even made one , but i have not given this line any thought til now...thanks ha!..i remember that figure , i used him as a superman bad guy for the 90’s man of steel line. superman , superboy and steel could only fight luthor and conduit so many times before they needed a new threat

i also remember the really cool ninja in that tv series and me wanting a figure of him..don’t think they even made one , but i have not given this line any thought til now…thanks

]]> By: George http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16105 George Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:18:30 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16105 Iron Klaw is standing on the Wayne Manor Playset, from the Batman returns movie. You can see a bright green yarn holding the house together, one of my friends gave it to me recently. Thanks Ben. By the way Mr. Poe I was trying to be creative with the <strong>HIStory</strong> I guess you didn't catch it. oh well. Iron Klaw is standing on the Wayne Manor Playset, from the Batman returns movie. You can see a bright green yarn holding the house together, one of my friends gave it to me recently.

Thanks Ben.

By the way Mr. Poe I was trying to be creative with the HIStory I guess you didn’t catch it. oh well.

]]> By: Ben http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16103 Ben Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:51:57 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16103 I really feel sorry for kids who do not have the "bargain bin" option when it comes to their toys. I lived and breathed those 3/$5 and 3/$10 bins, and with the prices of action figures nowadays, kids need bins like that to keep their interest. It seems like weird places (Five Below, Marshall's, TJ Maxx) seem to be the only places where you can get closeout action figures like that anymore. I know that there's a lot of animosity among collectors towards G.I.Joe Extreme, basically because it completely ignored EVERYTHING about ARAH and any previous incarnation of the line. I do think that Iron Klaw is a great looking villain and that, if the line hadn't had the "G.I.Joe" part in its title, there might be a greater appreciation for this. I'm glad you appreciated this figure! I really feel sorry for kids who do not have the “bargain bin” option when it comes to their toys. I lived and breathed those 3/$5 and 3/$10 bins, and with the prices of action figures nowadays, kids need bins like that to keep their interest. It seems like weird places (Five Below, Marshall’s, TJ Maxx) seem to be the only places where you can get closeout action figures like that anymore.

I know that there’s a lot of animosity among collectors towards G.I.Joe Extreme, basically because it completely ignored EVERYTHING about ARAH and any previous incarnation of the line. I do think that Iron Klaw is a great looking villain and that, if the line hadn’t had the “G.I.Joe” part in its title, there might be a greater appreciation for this. I’m glad you appreciated this figure!

]]> By: PrfktTear http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16098 PrfktTear Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:43:52 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16098 Great write-up! I never got into GI Joe Extreme. This guy looks pretty awesome though. Sometimes toys (like anything) can have a lot more meaning when you've got to earn them. When I was a little'un, I found a G1 Ultra Magnus at a Sears Surplus discount store, it was only $14.00. My mother bought it, but I had to earn it by doing chores, taking out the garbage, etc. Whats that in the backgroun in the last picture? Great write-up! I never got into GI Joe Extreme. This guy looks pretty awesome though. Sometimes toys (like anything) can have a lot more meaning when you’ve got to earn them. When I was a little’un, I found a G1 Ultra Magnus at a Sears Surplus discount store, it was only $14.00. My mother bought it, but I had to earn it by doing chores, taking out the garbage, etc.

Whats that in the backgroun in the last picture?

]]> By: George http://www.poeghostal.com/2009/11/show-and-tell-iron-klaw-g-i-joe-extreme.html#comment-16095 George Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:16:43 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=8318#comment-16095 Wow Awesome, Thanks Poe. :) Wow Awesome, Thanks Poe. :)

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