UPDATE: Mutt and Junkyard reunited… with a few accessories, too

Mutt and Junkyard
Mutt and Junkyard

Mutt and Junkyard are together again.

Back in 2014, I posted a short item featuring Mutt. It was just his torso and his legs.

Junkyard had gone missing. He’s a odd one, that Rottweiler. He’s floated around for years. I’d find him in random places, tucked away in a box or somewhere in a sock drawer. Never quite understood why or how that would happen.

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Barbecue is cooking with gas with his new axe

Barbecue is on fire.
Barbecue is on fire.

Some G.I. Joe figures are more challenging to reassemble than others. A few have small parts or accessories that are often the first things to vanish when you first get them.

Barbecue was one such figure. An early favorite of mine, I played with this particular character a lot. He was one of the early, more unique looking Joe figures I can remember owning. I loved him because of the axe. It was just cool.

I couldn’t tell you when his pieces vanished.

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Beach Head still needs to get himself together

Oh, Beachhead, what happened to you?
Oh, Beachhead, what happened to you?

It’s funny, this is one of those characters I didn’t care much for when I was younger. Couldn’t really tell you why exactly.

Now, I look at Beachhead as being a badass. The character is always depicted as being a little too by the books, but still, tough guy.

Unfortunately the years have claimed his waist, along with his submachine gun.

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