Destro’s Iron Grenadier keeps it all together

Destrio's elite Iron Grenadier is armed (and legged) and ready to go.
Destrio’s elite Iron Grenadier is armed (and legged) and ready to go.

This guy didn’t let the years break him down.

This is one of two of these guys I actually still have. They’ve kept in pretty good shape, but I think this may have a lot to do with the fact that I didn’t really play with them very much. Not that I didn’t like them or anything, just that I got them around the end of my collecting years, so it just didn’t get the same wear-and-tear as previous figures.

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‘G.I. Joe: Strike’ is a fun bit of Snake Eyes action on your phone

'G.I. Joe: Strike' is an action game with a lot of kick.
‘G.I. Joe: Strike’ is an action game with a lot of kick.

*UPDATE* This game is apparently no longer available. That’s too bad.

I was just browsing through the app store on my Android phone when I decided to search ‘g.i. joe’.

I was a little surprised when I came across the one and only G.I. Joe game in the app store. G.I. Joe: Strike, from Backflip Studios, is a thumb-tapping action game. You take on a barrage of red-garbed ninja as they attack you from the left and right in this 2D scroller.

You need to stay on your toes, as they come at you randomly. There are regular ninjas, and bigger ones where you have to kick them several times, or right and left.

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