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General Liederkranz

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Military Dictator of Wolkekuckuckland. Collecting (since 1989) and photographing (since 2020) ARAH G.I. Joes. https://www.instagram.com/gen_liederkranz/ https://twitter.com/GLiederkranz

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · Feb 24

A thread of my previous GI Joe dio-stories. First, Sierra Gordo:

General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · Nov 11

Sierra Gordo, mid-1987: A team of US-backed counterrevolutionaries gets a last-minute briefing from their G.I. Joe advisor before leaving on a raid against Cobra. (This is part 1 of 50 in my #SierraGordoDioStory, from late 2020. It's set between GI Joe comic issues 64 and 69.)

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1h

I got this one loose, so not sure. But I think it’s been there as long as I’ve owned it (20 years or so)

General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 2h

GI Joe picture of the day: Rednok is captured at last!

Featuring Funskool Pepsodent Law, Funskool Psyche-Out, and Rednok (Lady Jaye Toys 2024).

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 17h

I just saw 3 elite law profs on this site discussing their different theories for how to defend the service members. It would be “unfair” to prosecute because there’s an OLC memo. We’re cooked.

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Relena Warcraft | 🐤Cookin'🍳 @relenawarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Flying Scorpion's Rattler comes in for a landing.

#gijoe #toyphotography

A Cobra Rattler (Powerglide colors) prepares to land while a Ramp Rat directs it down.

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1d

I remember being blown away by this set, with so many new pieces: the skirt, the big doors, the pig-snout helmet, the breastplate, the GHOST, the crossbows, the palm tree turned into a deciduous tree...

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1d

Lego picture of the day: King's Mountain Fortress (1990).

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1d

GI Joe picture of the day: COIL Troopers (Convention 2006).

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1d

hahahaha amazing new form of corruption.

General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1d

also WAY too many Snake Eyes and CCs.

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving!

General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 2d

GI Joe picture of the day: "Citizens of Millville! Your defenders have surrendered! You must now submit to COBRA!"

Featuring Major Bludd, Vipers, and Alley-Viper (all 1994) and Corps! figures.

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Forgotten Figures @forgottenfigures.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight's Rarities Rewind looks at the 1995 Sea Wolf:

forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2018/06/rari...

This unproduced repaint of the classic Hovercraft is one of the great losses that was caused by Joe's cancellation in 1994.

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Rarities - 1995 Sea Wolf (Unproduced Whale)

Forgotten G.I. Joe Figure profiles. Featuring G.I. Joe figures from around the world.

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Forgotten Figures @forgottenfigures.bsky.social · 3d

A look at the Chinese Exclusive Duke:

forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2012/10/duke...

There's not a huge difference between this figure and the U.S. release. But, it's a fun variant that used to be really cheap and common.

#GIJoe

Duke - Chinese Exclusive

Forgotten G.I. Joe Figure profiles. Featuring G.I. Joe figures from around the world.

forgotten--figures.blogspot.com

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 2d

GI Joe picture of the day: Cobra Officer (1998) for #CobraSunday.

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the dragon fortress @thedragonfortress.bsky.social · 3d

Snork Eyes (2025)

Toy photo. It’s Snake Eyes (Super7 Sunbow cartoon version) flying a Cobra Flight Pod in front of the Statue of Liberty. There is also a plume of smoke. Pretty cool shit if I do say so myself

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 3d

The US has been a republic for so long, they just take for granted that their positions will always be powerful and prestigious. Just like the voters, they are living off inherited stability and don't believe that anything could *really* ever fundamentally change.

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 3d

Thune and Johnson are still selling themselves extraordinarily cheap by historical standards. It's not like they're getting the Venezuelan oil fields, or the port of Halifax, or half of Greenland, for their abasement. Just a few million from Fox contributor gigs, podcasts and board of director pay.

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 4d

GI Joe picture of the day: Night Force Stardust (Black Major 2019 or so) vs. Cobra Infantry (2004).

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 4d

yep, I had mine for over a decade and finally opened it mostly for the Roadblock machine gun.

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Forgotten Figures @forgottenfigures.bsky.social · 4d

Funskool Red Dog:

forgotten--figures.blogspot.com/2019/07/funs...

Another figure you don't see much of these days.

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Funskool Red Dog - Around the Web

Forgotten G.I. Joe Figure profiles. Featuring G.I. Joe figures from around the world.

forgotten--figures.blogspot.com

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 4d

Political psych can show that but it can't determine whether in a given context the disease or the vaccine will be seen as more disgusting.

And I'd guess the vaccine is seen as more threatening to social hierarchy, by saving "inferiors" from their natural fate, so therefore more disgusting.

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Riot O’Vermin @misanthropicgit.bsky.social · 4d

Low-Light has the feeling like something is following him…
#GIJoe #Predator

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TM Opera cOdy @codyanskaya.bsky.social · 5d

Did a repaint of this rock ‘n’ roll head and a slightly darker blonde and made him blue eyed, had this kitbash body I made from some spares. Since the original 82 Joes use 3 heads over 10 different characters, this radical change is a completely brand new character

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TM Opera cOdy @codyanskaya.bsky.social · 5d

Ripcord is done!

Except I should sand his armholes some more, and he needs another coat of green for his undershirt. And I forgot the pistol in his holster 😭

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General Liederkranz @generalliederkranz.bsky.social · 6d

GI Joe picture of the day: Storm Shadow (Retro 2022).

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