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GI Joe Has Gone to the Dogs! Part 2

There are amazing stories of how dogs have saved their handler’s lives in the field.  In Vietnam, the dogs were so helpful to our servicemen and harmful the enemy forces that they issues a bounty on any American dog killed.  Dogs in combat smell or hear dangers that humans cannot. Many times, the dogs stopped […]

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GI Joe Has Gone to the Dogs! Part 1

We know how America’s Movable Fighting Man was a huge success when he was first deployed in 1964.  However, his effectiveness on the toy shelf started to decline a few years later; mostly due to the unpopularity of the Vietnam War. In an effort to keep GI Joe on duty, Hasbro released a less military […]

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We Interrupt this Blog…

New York Toy Fair comes around each year at this time.  For a span of twelve years, I would have to work eighteen hours on – then sleep six hours before beginning again. This would last for almost a month to keep up with all the demands from clients for Toy Fair models.  This year, […]

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Navigating the Spider-Verse of Spiderman Toys

Ever since Spiderman became a success in the early 1960s, various toy companies made sure Spiderman was available on shelf for us to buy and play with.  The earliest large Spiderman I can remember is the 6-inch solid molded version by Marx.  They had released a set of six Marvel Superheroes in their popular 6-inch […]

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We Choose to Go to the Moon!

I was extremely young at the time, but I remember all the adults sitting around the living room watching the first astronauts land on the moon.  At that time, I did not understand it.  Later, in color, I remember seeing the splash down of a few capsules in the ocean.  One I specifically remember as […]

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The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian – A Dream Project Part 2

One of the unexpected aspects of toy design is that sometimes people will give you a project and forget to give you the reference.  This what happened on this project.  When I sent in the models, I received a call saying, “Hey these don’t match the reference.” “What reference?” I asked. “The reference from Disney […]

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The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian – A dream project Part 1

People often say to me, “Wow being a toy designer must be fun all the time.”  It is a ton of fun, but not all the time; mostly due to heavy deadlines. However, some projects are just magical to work on. Working on GI Joe for five years was a dream come true.  Creating the […]

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Sinbad – Great, Great, Great, Great, Grandfather of the Adventure Team

Adventure Team Sinbad – Legend of the Seven Seas represents a rare confluence of needs between Hasbro and DreamWorks.  DreamWorks had a new boy-targeted animated film they were creating. Also at the time, Hasbro was courting DreamWorks to produce a GI Joe movie – which later was made through Paramount Pictures. DreamWorks often worked well […]

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Who Are those Usual Suspects? Part 2

And now, the reveal of all the final suspects shown in the pictures… SUSPECT #3 The third figure is a new one released by Mattel with the launch of the Wonder Woman film.  It is one if the best sculpted figures ever. I purchased her as I am still building a full ensemble of DC […]

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Who Are those Usual Suspects?

In case there are some who may think I was only a designer concerned with new figures, please note the line up images.  These are some of the rarest figures that I have collected over the years.  It is more accurate to say, since I started playing with “Joes” that I never stopped collecting them.  […]

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