A scant few years ago, Marauder “Gun Runners” redefined the accessory world for 1:18th scale action figures.  Weapons, distribution of M & C diorama accessories, and reaching out to the fans for ideas are things that other companies just hadn’t grasped.  I would even argue that Marauder’s excellent weapon alternatives has pushed Hasbro harder to reinvent their own concepts for accesorization and has made the toy world better as a whole.

Now, a few years later, Marauder has done it again, this time with Battle Stands.  Hasbro obviously understands the appeal of these items, including them with nearly every single Anniversary figure and Rise of COBRA figure out there, but it took Marauder to do them right.  With an absolutely amazingly simple, yet effective design scheme, and some real world collector sensibility behind it, the IDS Battle Stands were born.

Read the review right here!

Displaying figures came to the forefront with the Anniversary line, as Hasbro started including display stands with every figure.  Yet, as with the vintage stands, they are static, rectangular, and just never seem to be the right size to fit every display.

Marauder to the rescue, as usual.  There was a special premier of these at JoeCon 2009 last weekend, and now they are up for sale at the site itself.  These awesome action figure stands feature a very unique interlocking design to basically build a platform of stands that is extremely versatile and infinitely useful.  Not only that, but each stand has a peg for the new Anniversary/Star Wars/Rise of COBRA peg holes, but also has a peg for the vintage style as well.  Great stuff.

Check out some images mirrored below, and pick up a set of 20 for $12.99 here!

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So it’s been a while since I’ve talked about Marauder “Gun Runners”, and I figure I’m way overdue.  I’ve been reading joy all over the internets about finding Rise of COBRA toys, but I’ve also been hearing some complaints about the accessories and the weapon choices.  Well, as usual, Marauder can come to the rescue.

It took me like 10 minutes to find guns that totally rock the Rise of COBRA figures, and I’ve showed a very small gallery of those below.  Weapons used in the images are:

• Combat Shotgun
• Commando Assault Rifle
• Recon Assault Rifle
• AK-74 Assault Rifle w/ Grenade Launcher

There are so many other cool weapons that I could have used as well, but these were among the first four I grabbed.  Do yourself a favor…if you pick up some RoC figures and don’t like the weapons, take 10 minutes and hit up Marauder…it’ll make your life better!

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Well, luckily I finished taking pictures of the latest offerings from Marauder “Gun Runners” before my wife’s camera crapped out!  And what a batch of offerings they are.  The latest run of Marauder, Inc. weapons and accessories have been reviewed.  Check them out:

- Marauder “Gun Runners” Series 5

Along with actual G.I. Joe product, I review other stuff that can go along with it as well, including Marauder, Inc’s amazing 1:18 scale weapon assortments.  I also cover Power Team Elite items and Super Hero Showdown.  This is one post to kind of get all those under one “roof”. Read the rest of this entry »