Air Raiders Fan Art — The Wind Talon

In a continuing series on fan art, replicant01 and I have been commissioning art for vehicles and figures from the canceled 1988 toys and also from sketches and other reference we come across. This time around is a vehicle designed by former Hasbro designer, David McDonald (see the interview here). For additional fan art, look here:Power……

Air Raiders figure sculpt

Years ago, Bill Merklein, a sculptor who is well-known for all the work he did on GI Joe, sold off all (or most) of the toy-related stuff he had worked on over the years. There were a lot of sketches of various GI Joe characters but buried in the mix were a couple other gems.……

A New Air Refinery? (Part Two)

So I got the Nano Metalfigs Batcave Collectors Enviroment! in the mail recently. Folks might remember an earlier post about it being a great substitute for the Air Refinery. It came a while ago, but I just didn’t have the time to assemble it and give it a good look until now. Well, it’s here……

Tecco Toys, Part 2

I got a chance to interview the creator of TeccoToys last year and I wanted to share his thoughts, as well raise awareness of his plans for future toys. These toys are done at Air Raiders scale and would work really well with the toys. Quite frankly, if the toys were ever reintroduced, I’d want……

Custom Air Raiders Vehicles, Part 2

Just a follow up on my last post (here), I sent a few questions to Oscar Torres (see his site here) about his project because I’m always curious about 3D printers and other ways to expand on Air Raiders. Airlandia: What was this project for? Did someone hire you or were you just tinkering with……

Custom Air Raiders Vehicles

  I’m a big believer in fans trying to do new and different stuff with the toys and art they love. Oscar Torres (see his site here) has some cool Air Raiders projects posted on his Instagram account. They consist of two assault vehicles, one land and one air, made using a 3D printer (I……