G.I. Joe Vehicle Showdown, Part 14 - 1991
In my eyes, 1991 was the beginning of G.I. Joe's "cartoon-era". With a brand new animated show out, the toyline began to lean into some of the trendy things going on at the time like environmental awareness and the War on Drugs. Hasbro was also prepared to go head-to-head with other successful entities like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Captain Planet . Let me add that I'm not saying this was BAD! It was just different. I didn't mind the colors necessarily. I didn't mind the repeat characters either. The only thing that bothered me with these changes, is that I felt it splintered everything! The Joes were one unified team before, but now everyone's got their own "group". You have Ninja Force, the Air Commandos, and so on. This shift to multiple sub-groups would continue till the end of the line. Again, this was a year I was not into action figures anymore. So I didn't h...
