*OFFICIAL* Getting to know each other~Now with Words and Pictures!!!

[chaosdjinn]

36, married with 2 great kids. Live in New Joisey. Have been into GI Joe since early '83. In addition to being into GI Joe, I also play a collectible card game called Magic: The Gathering. I know, I know...I'm a really big geek...

I'm currently in school pursuing my PhD in psychology and work full time.

Peace,
Matt

[Fantom]

My name is John, I'm 32, I live in Oregon and have been into GIJoe since they premiered in 1982. I work in the IT field, just received my Bachelors in IT this past February. I am not married but have met my significant other about 11 months ago. She is from Slavakia (not mail order) and is a wonderful supportive woman. No kids as of yet.

I am a collector at heart. Always have been. I collect Marvel Legends, Star Wars, Transformers, Comics, books and am slowly starting up with Side Show collectables. My other hobbies consist of ATV riding, Motor cycle riding, hiking, camping (geeze, this is starting to sound like a personal), movies, traveling and home remodeling.

I joined the Army right out of high school and received my honorable discharge in 2000 (nick of time). My father got me interested in military paraphanalia. He collected all sorts of military goods from Britains Limited soldiers to WWII weapons.

This is the first on-line community I have ever been a part of. I had browsed the site for sometime before deciding to hop on board and am glad that I did. It is cool to interact with people around the world like this. Love the site and really enjoy all of your opinions and comments.

[ender098]

In an effort to get to know each other, I’ll start the introductions by telling you about myself. I’m Ender098 aka Frank. Well, I TRY to be FRANK (that one never gets old). I have been collecting GI Joes since I was 14 back in 1982. I have a wife and two kids, and I’m an active Duty Marine. My hobbies are Martial Arts, Military History, Action movies and everything about Joe and Dio Stories!

I found this site a few years ago and lurked for a while, and one day my wife looked at my collection and asked what I was gonna do with them. As she put it “You’re never gonna “play” with them! I happened to be on JoeDios website and thought….HEY! I have a Camera and some Joes…..I could totally do THIS!

So far I have created 5 Dio Stories;

FALLOUT (never finished it, and it will be available soon in PDF Format!)

The Rise Of the Shadow Guard An introduction to the state of Cobra in my JoeVerse!

Your Loving Son, Chris A Companion piece to LordRaven (aka Shane’s) Dio Story “Your Loving Son, Jim”

Riddick, Run! The Start of my Venom II/ Riddick Storyline

Enemy of My Enemy Parts I and II - A continuation of the Riddick/Venom II series


I also written reviews and how-to’s in order to help out beginning Dio Story creators! There is plenty to do here and if you learn something or have something to contribute, please do. No one is perfect, and the learning by making mistakes is as fun as succeeding with this hobby! I Totally love it. You don’t have to have a HUGE collection. Most photos or Dios focus on 3 or fewer characters!

If you need help, guidance, wanna chat with me or even critique my work….feel free. I’m always looking to help or get new fresh input!

We have a lot of members who are VERY talented and fun to just chat with and pick their brains! Let us know about yourself and..

Welcome to JoeDios!


Oh..here I am in the SeaWrold T-Shirt!



http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/ender098/Oasis.jpg

[Jay]

God, introductions again?

Okay, fine.

Hi, name's Jay. Not my real name but the one you may refer to me as.

I live in Montreal, up in that big hunk'o land called Canada, eh?

[Blowtorch]

I'm Blowtorch (wanna guess where my screen name came from) aka Allen.
I just recently moved to Ohio from New York. I'm a Joe, Star Wars and Marvel comic fan. I just finished my first Star Wars story (http://www.freewebs.com/blowtorch1984/starwarsbountyhunter.htm) around the beginning of the month. I'm trying to fix up my Joe room after that I plan on finishing a dio story my son and I were working on in NY along with my Joe story (that ran into some story problems) I've only done tutorial (nothing compared to Ender098)

Welcome and Enjoy the site.

[Mobius_1]

Hi, I'm Mobius_1, resident fighter nerd and teen collector.
although i don't have nearly as many figures and am limited to my backyard for shots ('cept the two that i snuck in at a local park. and the ones i took at scout camp) i do my best.

and also, HOORAY!!!! I'm not the only one suffering from Aspergers Syndrome! :D

Although i am unemployed, expect to hear of me in a few years when i bring back the Tomcat! :cool:

I am also a Life Scout pursuing Eagle.


Here's a pic of me in the Baltimore Ravens' Locker room. I'm the one in the center

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r93/fighterjetsensei/cool023.jpg

[lehsreh]

[COLOR=Red]great idea, long overdue. mmm, my name is hershel christopher ray layne. im 27 y/o ive been collecting joes as long as i can remember, not the first wave with the stiff arms, but i did get a few of the second. i was so young that i broke them. i love to draw, write poems and short stories, a few of my poems have been published, but its no big deal because it was poetry.com. i love to watch my collection of 80's cartoons, swim and work out. i have a brown belt in kung fu, a blue in karate, and ive been training in MMA for over a year. i have a amateur mma record of 8-1. i am currently working on 5 different dios, but because i have a fight coming up there put on hold, i really shouldnt because i think im gonna lose anyway:( i took a few years of college majoring in psychology before taking up mma. i have a great g/f (doesnt everyone think so when they write that though,lol) who loves my dorky joe stuff. here a few things not really important but i think we should add.
fave food: pizza
fave: drink: orange juice
fave color: black, it goes with everything
fave movie: star wars, old trilogy
fave show: G.I. Joe, duh
fave joe: quick kick
fave cobra: twins or zandar[/COLOR]

[Urban Saboteur]

Just a quick suggestion if I may? :o Can this be stickied? Should I be mailing this to a moderator to get it stickied?
Otherwise it will get sent to the bottom like that other Intro thread. :)

It would be much preferable if the thread stayed open and visable on the first page. ;)

Onwards with my own Intro.

My name is Rich, I'm from Manchester, United Kingdom (debated) and I am a huge GIJOE Fan. I am 27 and enjoy creativity at it's wildest. I have several projects going at the moment varying from shop management on EbaY to Animation and film creation on YT and dio pictures here on JOE DIOS.

I am currently unemployed and was diagnosed with Crohns back in 1998. I hope to be working again soon having wrestled back some stability in my life.
My previous Aliases and known aliases online on various forums are as follows:
SuperiorRaw, Rawgenius2005, Frag-Viper01, Nemesis Enforcer Fan, GeniusNo:1, Addicted2theNet
My current one will be around for a while. I began collecting GIJOE in 1987 on my seventh birthday and my first figures were flint, dial tone, airtight, crazy legs, frostbite, ripper and dr.mindbender. :o
Finally.. Welcome to JOE DIOS. Be Creative but most of all Have Fun!! :D :cool:
Rich.

[Flatline]

Whats Up.
Im Flatline; Ive Been Around About A Month Now . I Live In Sunny Southern California. I Have 3 Kids Who I Adore, And A Loving Wife Who Encourages My G.i. Joe Habit :d Im An Avid Comic Book Collector Of Any Thing With Grteat Art Work, Thats Cause I Love To Draw. I Work For Shur-lok. Who Manufacture Aircraft Fasteners. So Get To See Alot Of Military Aircraft. Cool. Huh. Besides Being Addicted To Takingphotos Now. I Play Beer League Softball On Fridays. Dont Mess With Any Other Forums But This One And I Hope To Make Some New Friends Here.
Fav Joe Snake Eyes
Fav Cobra Zrtan
Fav Food Meatloaf
Fav Music Classic Rock
Fav Band Zepplin
Fav Song When The Levee Breaks
Fav Movie Dogma
Fav Shows Venture Bros. Robot Chicken
Thats About It Laters. :)

[ew3smiley1996]

Hello my name is Bill but all of my online screen names are the same EW3Smiley1996 (it was my rate/rank/nickname/year of release from the navy) I am 33 with a great wife that i have been with for almost 9yrs and married to for almost 7yrs with 3 great kids(that sometimes drive me nuts, but whose kids don't). I am from New Jersey and am a SGT in the NJ Army National Guard, I was on activation from '03-'06but i was doing base gate guard work stateside.
I visit this site at least 3 or more times a day, but i haven't posted any pics even though i love looking at all of the pics on here. i got into g.i.joe back in '82 and my first joe was ShortFuzewhen i stopped collecting after 86-87 i think me and my brother had about 75 figures between us. and of course we played with them until they broke(banging my head about it now) now i have none and can't afford to get any even with the 75% off sale. And the guys here are great and will give you all the help you need to do what you want.....
well i look forward to looking at and reading all of your work.
fav food-baked ham with pineapple
fav drink- instant lemon iced tea
fav color- red
fav Joe- Short Fuze(Field Artillery myself) lol and i look like the comic version of him!
fav Cobra- eels v1

[Self-Modifier]

Here we go again!

My name is Matt, I'm 28 years old, I live in California, and I work for Wells Fargo Bank.

I'd been familiar with the RAH Joes since they first came out, but I didn't get into them for real until I was in the 7th grade. I also love Marvel Comics, the Transformers, Star Trek, and Star Wars. My current favorite TV shows include 24, Lost, Prison Break, Family Guy, and American Dad. My favorite TV show of all time is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, followed closely by Batman: The Animated Series.

I don't post a lot of comments here, but I look at pretty much every picture and read pretty much every dio. I may be best known around these parts for my small contribution to the Joe dio-community, "G.I. Joe and the Transformers"-- a dio-story unique in that it features the Joes and Hasbro's other big brand-- as well as a lot of Photoshop work!

My favorite Joe is Duke, and my favorite Cobra is a toss-up between Slice and the Baroness. I'm eagerly awaiting the 25th anniversary Joes, which have me more excited than any Joe products that have come out in many years. On this site that puts me in the minority, though on other Joe forums, that seems not to be the case.

Other miscellaneous trivia: My favorite fictional character ever is Sherlock Holmes, followed closely by Optimus Prime. Favorite foods include burgers, pizza, and pasta. I have no favorite drink, unless you count water, and my favorite color is blue.

[gung ho]

hello my names Levi but you can call me gungho for now

i live in white county Georgia i just turned 17 on the 11th

my Gi Joe collecting had picked up over the last few week getting some python patrol figures here pretty soon but my hobbys are

guitar, Gi Joe collecting, music, video games, and just being myself

(lol...i feel like i'm signing up for some online dating service)

[The Faceless Master]

My names Don, formerly userID: donsbabyboo

Fave Joe ~ strange, I don't have any
Fave Cobra ~ dare I say? Comic Pack Firefly :D
Fave Food ~ Anything Japanese
Fave Music ~ Classical especially Chopin
Fave Band ~ The Beatles
Fave Song ~ Darkness Fell by Wolfgang
Fave Movie ~ Braveheart & The Usual Suspects
Fave Show ~ The Shield
Fave Color ~ Maroon, Burgandy, or Merlot

My collection is comprised mainly of customs, altho I have been considering
selling them all off if I can cuz they are just collecting dust. I've been SOOO
busy lately, I don't even have anytime to take pix anymore :o

[Dersham]

Hey everyone, I'm Dersham the semi lurker/semi contributor. I'm 22, my real name is Tao, yes like the philosophy/religion, I'm using lots of slashes today. I live in Canada, opposite side to Jay though, on the West Coast on an island called Vancouver Island. Currently I'm a student of anthropology and am close to graduating.

I've been collecting joes since I was a wee lad, the first joe I ever saw when I was like 5, I knew right then I would be collecting them, and lo and behold here I am several years later and still collecting. I've recently started customizing, my blue unit was on here a while back though I've bumped my unit up to 8 now.

I've posted some diostories of a... special quality, I'm lazy and don't put as much work into it as a lot of you guys, but honestly, doesn't someone need to be bad at this? I'm huge into wargaming, not so much with the little figures these days as I've been wargaming with Joes, though the game is RPG as well as strategy and utilizes squad sized tactics. I've been working on the rules for a few years now and think they work well to some degree, but refinements are always being made on my part. I'm a huge fan of Venture Bros too, that show is awesomely hilarious.

Hmm that's all I've got, but that's enough I guess.

[bigtattoo]

[QUOTE=Dersham]Hey everyone, I'm Dersham the semi lurker/semi contributor. I'm 22, my real name is Tao, yes like the philosophy/religion, I'm using lots of slashes today. I live in Canada, opposite side to Jay though, on the West Coast on an island called Vancouver Island. Currently I'm a student of anthropology and am close to graduating.

.[/QUOTE]
Some interesting stories here.
Dersham- do you pronounce your name Tao or Dao?
I was pleased to hear you're studying anthropology. Its a real interest/hobby of mine- particularly paleoanthropology- and the history of tattoos.

I briefly introduced myself before, but no harm going over it again.
Im Chris, 32, rapidly going on 12.
Been collecting Joes since they were Action Force over here.
(Im Scottish- as Im sure Ill mention time and again)
I started when I was around 7 or 8 with Baron Ironblood and a few Red Shadows.
When the better articulated stuff came along, I far preferred that, so started on that.
Lost interest when all the neon stuff came out- and was far more interested in getting drunk anyways at that time.
Got back into Joes a few years ago, when I finally got a computer and discovered YoJoe- where Im also known as Bigtattoo.
irl- well, Im a trained psychiatric nurse, but actually have had to give it up, due to a variety of health reasons.
I have bad asthma- not helped by the fact I smoke like a laboratory beagle.
And other stuff Id rather not go into, so Im afraid Im also another one who's unemployed at present.
Im a big fan of tattoos- no surprises there- and have almost 30% coverage, with my arms mostly done- my left's sleeved (which means covered totally), and the rest everywhere else from head to foot.
Im sporadically into weight-training, and have been on and off for approx. 20 years (more off than on in the last few- as my waistline will testify)
Im also a voracious reader- particularl Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Crime drama.
Fav Food- Pizza
Fav drink- Coffee.
Fav colour- black.
Fav. Joe- Lowlight
Fav. Cobra- hmmm, Id have to go with Firefly- as Destro isnt really Cobra anymore.
Thats about it.

[Talon]

Hi, this is Talon, from the other Joe sites, and it seems like I walked in after a barroom brawl broke out. First of all, no, I'm not the lurker you guys have been battling recently. I've read the post and it's pretty pathetic. Reminds me of Jedisarlacc from JoeSightings and Joebattlelines, another illustrious member of the "Banned from Joe Sites" Club.
Anyway, my main Joe past time is collecting and customizing. At present I have some 817 customs complete with another 43 in the hopper. I'm hoping to be able to start posting some of these darned things in a few weeks, both her and at my own site, which currently under construction. Have been viewing the dios for quite some time and "borrowing" (read:knocking off) those ideas that I like. Hoping to be able to do some dios in the coming months too
Personally, excited about the 25th Anni, looking forward to the upcoming con (even if I won't be there) and getting married in October. Will post as necessary/when I feel like it. I'll be honest but respectful, and hope for the same.

and for the record, I have a Comic Pack Firefly :D

[Outrider]

Okay, for those who missed it first time round, here we go again. My name is Craig, and I have been hanging around this site for a couple of years now. I only really post one-shots, mainly because I'm too darn lazy to sit down and write a proper diostory (maybe one day.... ;) ). I have posted a couple of threads in the how to section, and I'm always happy to share my limited knowledge of GI Joe-dom, especially about customising and painting vehicles.
In the "real" world, I'm very happily married to the beautiful Deanne, and we've been together twenty years this year. We live all the way down here in Australia, which is pretty much a Joe wasteland. All the stuff I get has to be shipped here from the US, so it can get pretty costly, but that will never stop me from buying the stuff I want. Luckily my wife supports my addiction! To support my "habit", I work as a senior Lab Technician in the plastics industry. Not very exciting, but it pays the bills! In my spare time not spent on Joes, I'm pretty serious about keeping fit and enjoy listening to music. My other collecting bugs include 1/64 scale Nascar diecast cars, trading cards, and US Civil War relics and photos.
I love the friendly community on this site, and I have met some great people from all over the world thanks to Joedios. Alright, that's enough blabbering from me, there's just one more thing to say.....YoJoeDios!!!

[bravo]

Hay, hay,hay. I'm Anthony,a.k.a bravo, I'm from Bridgeport Connecticut ,im 29,
Ive been a Joe fan since 83, i love to do customs,im big on cartooning, love to draw, love my music, kiss,rod stewart,AFI, there's a lot in music, , my friends and i were working on a comic sometime ago, but every one left :mad: , but i love joes.love taking pics,love being on this site, i love the people here,
i have a blast going to the Connecticut gi joe shows, i also have lots of friends there, its just a big old fun trip for me.. :D :D

[maxtype]

Hi everybody! My name is Dave but I go by Maxtype online-the name of Ace of Aces Max Jenius' custom Valkyrie fighter from the anime Super Dimensional Fortress Macross...so now you know I'm a huge anime fan! ;)

I've collected Joes since Straight Arm,but my parents sold most of my collection in 1990...oh well,I think I love Joe more because of it.My health kept me out of the service( wanted to fly jets! :D ) but I have abiding respect for all the members of our Armed Forces.

Favorite Joe:Lady Jaye
Favorite Cobra:The Baroness
Favorite Food:Tater Tots!
Favorite Drink:Margaritas! :D
Favorite TV Show:Original Star Trek
Favorite Singer:Miley Cyrus
Favorite Musician:Violinist Hilary Hahn

I also build military,air,and anime/sci-fi models,draw,and hope to learn to paint fine art.
I'm working up a plan with a friend on the Joe Battlelines Forum to custom some 1/6th GI Joe women out of Cy-Girls/Perfect Body dolls.

Well,that's me! Talk to ya'll later!

[snakeeater]

Hi, my name's Jason, and I turned 33 about a month ago. I work as a lab technician.

I started collecting Joe around 88, but had been into it since I saw the original miniseries. I stopped collecting when I "grew up" but got into again a few years ago. I also enjoy music, reading and watching and collecting movies,

Favorite Joe: Falcon
Favorite movies: Aliens and The Terminator
Favorite authors: Stephen King (finished Dark Tower this year and loved it) and Fantasy writer Michael Moorcock
Favorite shows: 24, Heroes, Lost, The Office
Favorite music: Metal

[ToneGunsRevisited]

My complete name is Luís Galileu Gall Tonelli and I love my name. It's a legacy from my father. We are descendants from italians, as you can see by my last name. My dad choosed the name because of Galileu Galilei and Jesus Christ (born at galileia, so he is a galileu). My nick name was a gift from a ex-girlfriend, she said I could call a rock band that I was trying to setup ToneGuns (Tone from Tonelli and Guns from Guns N'Roses) and here I am with my nick.
I'm a G.I. Joe addicted since my childhood, but I was just able to buy 2 of them in my childhood since they were high prices. Today I can say that I've a very good collection due to have some cash separated from my pay and get help from friends from Joedios. I do a lot of mini G.I. Joe diostories and have a diostory "stored". I've also a Star Wars diostorie running that I'll go back at it soon.
I work as a High School teacher of Physics, 30 hours a week and just love what I do. I'm studing a lot to begin next year my Master Deegree so I'll be able to go for teaching in an university. It's a way to get a higher payment here :).
A rock fan, that's really what I am since 7 years old! From Lynyrd Skynyrd to Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

[Jay]

Well, since I finally found a way for my name to sound totally bad@$$...

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[bravo]

[QUOTE=Jay]Well, since I finally found a way for my name to sound totally bad@$$...

http://cyborg.namedecoder.com/webimages/governor3k3-JULIEN.png

Thank you Cyborg Name Decoder! (http://cyborg.namedecoder.com/)[/QUOTE]
yo jay this is kool. tina and i are having a blast.

[Urban Saboteur]

Ok I tried out that cyborg thingey.. I wanted to be a nice guy but its just not happening :o
Mine was:
R.I.C.H.A.R.D.: Robotic Intelligent Construct Hardwired for Assassination and Rational Destruction. :eek:
Thanks for the link to that Jay! :D

[G.I.*Jock]

Ooh my turn!

Well, I'm Dave, I'm 22. I stay near Edinburgh in Scotland. I study Computer Networking and Distributed Systems at University and I work part time.

I love all sorts of music, Love photography, motorsport, playing soccer/football and Cars - Particularly cars made by GM - Really into Star Trek as well. However the two big loves I have in my life are GI Joe/Action Force and Newcastle United.... Is that three? :D

I have been collecting since 1989, Dodger was my first figure, Iron Grenadier was my first bad guy and the RPV was my first vehicle!

I stopped collecting around 1996 only to start again years later in 2003. I hadn't realised the Joes were re-released in 97 until around 2000. When I turned 18 my parents bought me JVC Flint and Baroness and the HISS tank. That's what started me collecting again. I did how ever have an interest in photographing the collection I already built up. The dios on Generalsjoes and Timscorner being the inspiration for this! I think it will be fair to say a lot of dioists - a word I made to describe me and others like me, no idea if its a real word or not :D - will have the General and Timelf to thank for their Joe snapping too... Or maybe not... I never even considered army building as a kid! :o :eek:

Anyway, that's pretty much me... Boring... :p

The Dave :D

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=G.I.*Jock]Particularly cars made by GM[/QUOTE]

A man of excellent taste! ;) :)

[Jay]

[QUOTE=Outrider]A man of excellent taste! ;) :)[/QUOTE]
You're joking, right?

[General Scarlett]

Nothing to add.....

[Dzirhan]

I'm Dzirhan, I'm 35 and working a journalist and consultant in the defence sector, and live in Malaysia.
I started collecting in 85 and then when on hiatus in 88 before restarting in 97. Currently am a bit on semi-hiatus not by choice but rather due to work hence my limited postings of dios and participation in forums.
Basically collect almost any 1/18 or 3 3/4 modern military to enhance and reequip my joes and now somewhat happy with the toys availability here since I can get PTE, most BBI and Chap Mei readily but wish could get the joes here in stores.

[G.I.*Jock]

[QUOTE=Jay]You're joking, right?[/QUOTE]

Errr... No, he's not. :cool:

Bring on the GTS-R! Hail HSV! :D

D :D

[General Jones]

Howdy Y'all. My name is David Jones (Yarrrrr) :cool: I live in southern Utah and my joe collecting is pretty much the same as snakeeater. I stopped collecting in about 1990 and didn't start again until 2001 with the RAH collection. then I left home for a couple of years and then I came back to go to college where I met my wife who had already graduated and now I am on the wife scholarship. :D I got back into collecting when my mom got me a v1 stormshadow with a full cardback for Christmas and I've been going ever since. Lately I have been trying to get into collecting G1 transformers as well and fixing up my old figures like devastator. Interesting story, I was helping my mom go through a closet with some old boxes and I foung the complete Voltron Lion foce mint in the package, all five lions, so needless to say I achieved another childhood goal. My major in college is Information Systems with an Emphasis in Network Administration. I should graduate next year unless the department chair tries to pooch me. I love playing american football as well as the real football.

Favorite Joe: Good question
Favorite Cobra: V1 Viper
Favorite Food: My wifes Spagetti & home made meatballs
Favorite Drink: Jones Cream Soda
Favorite TV Show: The Office
Favorite Movie: I am anticipating that is will be the new Transformers movie, but I'll let you know after I see is tonight.
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Music: Classic Rock

Rock On!!


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[lightingtina]

Hey Joes, I am Tina a.k.a Lightingtina i am bravo's sister and I am a huge joe fan.im 26 I am from Connecticut but live in Illinois my favorite joes are tunnelrat,knockdown from battle force 2000 and gun-ho,and Nemesis Enforcer,lady jayand covergirl. i like doing costums. I am currently working on my self-costum.I also did a lot of stage designs for my brother dio that he has not yet finish .and i also attend the joe convention with my brother in Connecticut.Plus i am starting my son off right in the joe world.He already has a joe collection of his own :D

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=lightingtina]Plus i am starting my son off right in the joe world.He already has a joe collection of his own :D[/QUOTE]

That's what I like to hear! Cool! ;)

[Jay]

[QUOTE=G.I.*Jock]Errr... No, he's not. :cool:

Bring on the GTS-R! Hail HSV! :D

D :D[/QUOTE]
Uhm. Dude? The Viper GTS-R is made by Dodge... which is owned by Chrysler, not GM.

As for HSV... no idea what that is.

[G.I.*Jock]

[QUOTE=Jay]Uhm. Dude? The Viper GTS-R is made by Dodge... which is owned by Chrysler, not GM.

As for HSV... no idea what that is.[/QUOTE]

Lol Yup the Dodge is made by Daimler/Chrysler... But those guys have nothing to do with this beast... Good job too, as they'd only ruin it... :eek:

I'm not surprised your confused Jay... They aren't for sale in America/Canada... At least not yet... But I think they will be soon enough... Kinda strange That GM are sourcing cars from Europe and Oz now. The Saturn Astra and Pontiac GTO being examples. It should be noted that the most recent GTO was an HSV rebadged as a Pontiac. It had a few cosmetic changes here and there from the version that was sold in the UK and Outrider's part of the world. But nothing drastic.

Anyway... As for the GTS-R? The Viper has nothing on this limited edition HSV. Although the cars name is not officially known, it's thought to be "GTS-R" or possibly "GTS-R 427" ;)

Basically it's a super saloon with the 7.0 litre engine and gearbox from the current 'Vette. :cool:

The bad news is we have to wait until October for it. It may well never make it to your part of the world or the UK! That's a bugger...

If your interested... www.hsv.com.au You won't see any Dodge's there ;)

However, last time I checked, there was no word on the website. Not yet anyway... They are building this thing to celebrate HSV's 20th Anniversary.

Whether it's to you tastes Jay, I don't know mate... But as a concept, It's very respectable, especially since it will be a lot cheaper than an M5. :p

Note to Craig: Buy one! I know "I just want one" ;)

Dave :D

[Jay]

Um, yeah. Except that anywhere else in the world, the GTS-R refers to this:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1268896.html

[G.I.*Jock]

[QUOTE=Jay]Um, yeah. Except that anywhere else in the world, the GTS-R refers to this:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/motorsports/1268896.html[/QUOTE]

Yeah I know the heap you're talking about, went like stink in GT3 though. ;)

HSV has had a GTS-R model off and on for at least 11 years... Maybe longer.

Whats in a name anyway? At least the HSV will be... less ugly than the viper? :)

D :D

[Urban Saboteur]

Are we done squabbling over micro machine cars now guys? :o
Perhaps we can get back to some introductions from current members.. Has recoil84 posted in yet? I don't think he has... lets here some more introductions!! :)
And please if you have a picture of your ugly mug...

POST IT!! I'm going to post mine later when I get back from MRI. ;)
Rich

[General Jones]

I was right. Transformers is now my new favorite movie. It was awesome!!!

[gung ho]

*light bulb turns on overhead* i just struck an idea for a new topic

[lightingtina]

[QUOTE=gung ho]*light bulb turns on overhead* i just struck an idea for a new topic[/QUOTE]
and that is what?

[bartus]

Hi!

I'm Bartus. I'm from Peru, but currently living in Chile. I'm 32 yrs old, married with 2 kids (4 yrs and 1.5 yrs).

My first Joes came in 1986, Scrap Iron and Ripcord. As a kid I never got any vehicle, only about 20 Joes. When I grew I sold my joes and kept 4 or 5 in a box.

Many years later... in 1999... I rediscovered my interest in them, and started collecting (1st task: get the ones I had as a kid), and from them I kept increasing my collection, and started with similar 1/18 lines as well.

One of the first things that came with me when I moved to Chile were all my figures, but unfortunately my vehicles and playsets remained in Peru... and now, each time I go there I return with a couple of boxes of vehicles... one day they will be all together again...

I was amazed when I discovered the customizing and dios part of the hobby... but I didn't had the time to do it... now I have, and I will start posting some pics soon :)

(I need to improve my photograph shooting and photoshop editing skills, and learning from your posts will be an important part of it) :)

All the best!

Bartus!

[Urban Saboteur]

Welcome to the forums Bartus!

I haven't managed photoshop so well either. Almost all of my photos are au naturale. :o It saves time in the photo editing section later ;)

I hope you have a nice stay here!
Rich

[lightingtina]

Bartus, i didn't know that they had Jose were you are. wow, is there a lot different from the American version.

[bartus]

Well, yes, there were "Joses" (lol) down here. At that time(when I was a kid), all the ones I got were north american versions, but years later when I got back into joes, I found vehicle boxes in spanish, apparently made in Venezuela... in fact I have (sadly still in Peru) an X-30 box in spanish.

Unfortunately, right now, nobody imports joes, so I have to get mine from the US, which makes them more expensive (for example, my "HTS 75% sale" buy was for 70 USD, and besides that I have to pay extra 175 USD for freight and customs)... good thing is that they will be delivering them tomorrow.

Bartus.

[bartus]

Hi Rich!

Thanks for the welcome!

I totally agree with you that in some cases "au naturale" photos are better... I look forward to find a garden or forest where I can shoot some pics... if not I will have to stick to urban scenarios (or desert, which I think are easier to edit) :)

Bartus.

[Urban Saboteur]

Hey there Bartus.
Your english is fantastic! :eek:

I speak with some people on MSN from other countries too, and yes. Au Naturale is way better, I guess I'm for photo editing and effects, its just so pleasing to get a shot outdoors that you don't need to do much messing around with.

Being from the UK we also have that import problem on Joes. Nobody (official) ships to the united kingdom either so usually we get a US Friend to help us out :cool:

Do you have a digital camera yet?
Rich

[bartus]

Thanks Rich :)

It's because I constantly deal with english speaking persons (due to my work).

"Being from the UK we also have that import problem on Joes. Nobody (official) ships to the united kingdom either so usually we get a US Friend to help us out "

Ahh... the old days when joes were all over the world... :( ... hope this new line goes well, enough to encourage some big chains to include some joes in their buying list... for example, last year Peru got Sigma 6 in Wong/Metro (kind of Wal-Mart), but no Dragonhawk... so there's a possibility...

Yes, I have digital camera, my old but reliable Minolta Dimage Xt 3.2 MP. I haven't decided yet to replace it. Which reminds me I need a new battery for it...

Bartus.

[Flatline]

Hey, Batus Whats Up? Flatline Throwing You A Shot To Welcome YOU TO The Forum The Photo Youve Posted Is Really Good Cant Wait To See More. :)

[bravo]

hay Bartus.
I'm bravo, nice to meet you, i saw your pic, wow, what kind of launcher did you use in that shot?

[Captain Max]

Hi Everyone! Reintroducing myself-Maxtype is now Captain Max! :p My name is Dave,but I always go by 'Max' online,my favorite character from the anime Super Dimensional Fortress Macross,ace-of-aces Valkyrie Pilot Max Jenius! :D

I'm a long time GI Joe ARAH fan,all the way back to "Straight-Arm" Joe.My parents sold most of my collection in 1990,but I think that makes me love Joe all the more.

My health kept me out of the Service( wanted to join Marines or Navy and fly!) but I have nothing but admiration for our soldiers,sailors,airmen/women,and Marines.

I love anime,sci-fi,aircraft,and military models-and I might have the largest collection of 1/72 scale Macross Valkyrie Fighter models in the US! :p

Favorite Joe:Lady Jaye
Fave Cobra :The Baroness
Fave TV Show:Star Trek TOS
Fave Food:Tater Tots!
Fave Drink:Margaritas! :D
Favorite Singer:Miley Cyrus
Favorite Musician:Violinist Hilary Hahn

This is a new beginning for me,trying to make some positive changes in my life...so that's why the name change.Talk to y'all soon!

[Urban Saboteur]

Greetings Cap'n Max!!

Nice new change dude! :D I like the new avatar.. it's good your making positive steps in your life. Well done to you!!
Rich

[Captain Max]

Thank you kindly! :p

[Recoil84]

What? Introductions? Oh, right, er, I guess it's time I introduced myself (now that this thread has been here for weeks).

My name is Ryan; I'm 22 and live in Austin, TX where I'm working for an environmental engineering firm. I have one semester left in civil engineering at the University of Texas here and I'm not sure what or where I'll be after that. I have a wonderful wife, Katherine, whom I married just over a month ago.

I've been into Joe since I can remember; I believe my first figure was Recoil, given to me by my parents as a reward for doing something good (don't remember what). That began a long obsession with the toys that lasted until adolescence. My main memories of G.I. Joe are from 1988-90, so I have a huge soft spot for that entire era.

Of course, eventually, I decided I was too "grown up" for them, so I tried to eschew anything that resembled "playing" with my Joes, but still couldn't bring myself to part with them. Sooner or later I grew up a little and realized I could have a lot of fun collecting as an adult hobby. My dad and I started to follow G.I. Joe developments and even went to the 1997 Convention in San Antonio (we lived in Houston).

After that, we were pretty much hooked. I've been an avid collector ever since, with a few occasional hiatuses brought about by being busy with school or just moving into other things. In the past two years or so I've really jumped back into collecting with both feet and don't plan on stopping anytime soon. I started taking photos of my Joes before finding this site, then lurked here for at least a year and was so inspired by the awesome stuff here that I started putting a lot of effort and (attempted) creativity into photographing my collection.

I'm slowly building a section of my website for my collection (see link below); and I try to feature a lot of my best photos and customs there. I love the community on this site and am thrilled to have some people to share this awesome hobby with.

Yo Joe!

[Captain Max]

Congratulations,newlywed! :D

[UltraPrime]

I'm Steve, from Bristol, England. I'm single father, with two boys aged 7 and 4. I was first introduced to Action Force in about 1980, and followed the line through the Red Shadow era, the Cobra era, all the way till about '88, when it was no longer 'cool' to buy toys. I do regret this now!

I briefly got back into collecting about 5 years ago, but didn't last long due to poor availability in UK. I stopped, and focussed on Transformers. But now with the 25th anniversary, and experience ordering overseas, I'm back with a vengeance!

I currently don't have anything, but I have the 25th stuff on preorder, and should have it soon. From there I will expand! I prefer the vintage RAH molds over the newer JvC stuff, so will probably concentrate on that.

[bartus]

[QUOTE=bravo]hay Bartus.
I'm bravo, nice to meet you, i saw your pic, wow, what kind of launcher did you use in that shot?[/QUOTE]

Hi Bravo!

It's the same model of the gray launcher that comes with Salvo (v2), but I can't remember which joe came with the green one :(

Bartus.

[bravo]

[QUOTE=bartus]Hi Bravo!

It's the same model of the gray launcher that comes with Salvo (v2), but I can't remember which joe came with the green one :(

Bartus.[/QUOTE]
Checkpoint from Steel Brigade Security. i have that but never open it.

[LordRaven]

Well, most of ya know me, I'm Shane, AKA LordRaven. Right now in Nova Scotia about to move to Manitoba to be with Jen (JadenSaphire) who's so into my Joe stuff it ain't funny.
I've been a Joe fan since I was a kid, my dad is military so that helped fuel my love. I've been on the site a lil over a year now methinks, and have made some AWESOME friends here and had a good laugh with ya'll.
My favorite movies are Star Wars, Aliens, Army Of Darkness, The Thing, Clerks, and anything with guns and war and to do with Vietnam.
I love comics, music, movies, video games, just a lil bit of everything.
I've got a dio perpetually on the development phase called "The Last Chance Squad" and the one I worked on with Frank (Ender098) called "Your Loving Son, Jim", which I think turned out pretty good. I know the gang here are great at helping new people out with thier photos, look at my old stuff and newer stuff....leaps and bounds. Have fun here people, that's the deal!

Shane

[subzero_2k5]

Hi, I'm new here.
My name is John, you can call me john boy, sub zero, or what ever else.
I love joes and been customizing for 1 year now.
my favorite movie is Mortal Kombat.
My favorite food is Pizza and coke.

[Flatline]

Welcome John Boy :d Ive Got A Month In Or So Now Its A Blast Cant Wait To See Those Customs

[lightingtina]

:D HI there nice to meet you Subzero and welcome aboard i also like mortal kombat as well my favorite is scorpion and I was a two time champion in the game using my favorite character Scorpion the tournament was held at the westfield shopping mall in Trumbull,CT in 05 :)

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=subzero_2k5]......My favorite food is Pizza and coke.[/QUOTE]


NOW I know what I'm having for dinner!!! :p


Welcome to Dioland............enjoy yourself and don't feed the animals.......... :D

Can't wait to see what you've done and are yet to do!!! :cool:

[Urban Saboteur]

Welcome to the forums at JD all!

Hello Steve! Good to see you made it here!!

Theres some really good dio stories and pictures that are cool to look at :cool:

Talk to you soon maybe on MSN> :D
Rich

[Lord Serpentor]

Hey ya!

I just found this thread and somehow I think it's the perfect place to introduce myself :).

My name is Markus, I'm 28 years and I'm a GI Joe and Transformers collector almost from the start. I was a little bit too young to be there from the start but from around '86 I was into it. Most of the earlier figures where sold for a longer span so I could catch up anyway. Don't know if I'm the only one or did anyone else also realise that earlier figures were sold for around 4 years, even as newer waves were introduced but the later figures were mostly sold only for one year before they were already discontinued. Anyone know why?

After reading all the introductions I can say I'm proud to be the first one from continental Europe. I'm from Vienna, Austria. The fine and beautiful capital of music. Everybody should visit this city at least once in a lifetime. I suggest you do it on your next vacation.

I'm working in the computer department of a large wholesaler here in Austria.

Favorite Joe: A draw between Flint and Falcon (Well after thinking about it for a few minutes I'm leaning more towards Flint, I like his perfect combination of bad ass attitude and commanding skills)
Favorite Cobra: Serpentor (the Cobra Emperor himself, who else :) )
Favorite Food: Wiener Schnitzel!! (Viennese cutlet) (Don't know how to explain it, basically it's fried veal. It tastes great. You can't describe it. If you're interested have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_schnitzel
From what I heard it's international and you can get one almost anywhere in the world.
Favorite Drink: Beer!! (It's perfect to the Schnitzel)
Favorite Game: Mortal Kombat (Yeahh!)
Favorite Music: Techno, House, Hip-Hop
Hobbies (besides GI Joe): My girlfriend ( ;) ), my car (complete with an immense sound system, spoiler, cool headlights) the car sometimes rival with my girlfriend about the number one position ;), hanging around with my friends in various clubs and discos at weekends, girls

Personally speaking I'm an easy going and funny guy. I think you have to be serious the whole day at work, so why be it in your leisure time too?

I'm also a great stand-up comedian, here are two of my momentarily favourites:

Two toothpicks are climbing up a hill. Suddenly they're being overtaken by a hedgehog. Said one toothpick to the other: See, I knew there is a bus going up there. :)

Three boys are playing in the garden, said the first one: My mum is so great she can take a whole roll in her mouth. Said the 2nd: Hah, that's nothing my mum can take half a sandwich in her mouth. Said the last one: Hah, my mum is even better than that. Last night I heard that my father said to my mother: Switch off the TV and take *him* into your mouth. :D
(If this is too offending for anyone I apologise and will, of course, delete it immediately, but I find this joke absolutely hilarious and I think we're mature enough).

So, that's it.
Greetings from Vienna.

[Urban Saboteur]

Tell some more Jokes Mark.. This I command!! haha

Welcome to JoeDios. Btw not to throw you off so much but if your interested in GIJOE outside the USA and appreciate the GIJOES from the continent you should check out this place:
GIJOEUK (http://www.gijoeuk.com/forums/)

And that applies to any of you dudes that like the euro releases and Action Force International Heroes Line. :cool:

I hope you enjoy yourself at JD
Rich

[giTom]

Okay I'm done posting pictures for the evening. Time to introduce myself. I've been a long time GI Joe collector (since childhood with the original Joes) and truly enjoyed the "vintage" RAH line. I tried to get into the new 3 3/4" troops but interest faded with the various size inconsistencies. The second "new" version of Scarlett looked like the 1st "new" version's little sister! We'll see if I get back into them with the 25th Anniversary figures.

As far as new dios, most everything is packed up for an eventual move, but I still have a huge bank of pictures to go through.

I've been thinking about favorite characters but it's tricky to narrow them down to at least top fives. I'll work on it.

Fave Joe: Falcon (great attention to detail)
Fave Cobra: Night Vulture (odd colors, but incredible detail)
Fave Joe Jet: Phantom x-19 (slick!)
Fave Cobra Jet: Python Conquest (awesome paint app)
Fave Joe Helo: Tomahawk (just cool)
Fave Cobra Helo: Mamba (awesome rotor blade set up)
Fave Joe Armor: Rolling Thunder (smash 'em up!)
Fave Cobra Armor: HISS (version 1, classic!)
Fave Joe watercraft: Killer Whale (awesome)
Fave Cobra watercraft: Moray Hydrofoil
Overall fave: Defiant Shuttle Complex :eek:

Fave Movies: Akira, V for Vendetta, Aliens (just a start...)

I'm really digging JoeDios! I'm here to stay, folks!

**Based on the posted ages so far in this thread, I'm the geezer!
I'll be 45 this year!**

giTom

[snakeeater]

Welcome giTom. I just got through looking through your initial batch of photos, and that was some really good stuff. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

[Blowtorch]

[QUOTE=giTom]Okay I'm done posting pictures for the evening. Time to introduce myself. I've been a long time GI Joe collector (since childhood with the original Joes) and truly enjoyed the "vintage" RAH line. I tried to get into the new 3 3/4" troops but interest faded with the various size inconsistencies. The second "new" version of Scarlett looked like the 1st "new" version's little sister! We'll see if I get back into them with the 25th Anniversary figures.

As far as new dios, most everything is packed up for an eventual move, but I still have a huge bank of pictures to go through.

I've been thinking about favorite characters but it's tricky to narrow them down to at least top fives. I'll work on it.

Fave Joe Jet: Phantom x-19 (slick!)
Fave Cobra Jet: Python Conquest (awesome paint app)
Fave Joe Helo: Tomahawk (just cool)
Fave Cobra Helo: Mamba (awesome rotor blade set up)
Fave Joe Armor: Rolling Thunder (smash 'em up!)
Fave Cobra Armor: HISS (version 1, classic!)
Overall fave: Defiant Shuttle Complex :eek:

I'm really digging JoeDios! I'm here to stay, folks!

giTom[/QUOTE]


Welcome GI Tom looks like your mostly a 12 inch Joe collector. After my recent move I came across some 1/6th scale "Joes" stuff mostly 21st Century Toys aside from figures & weapons there are a few humvees and little birds. So if you're interested let me know because they just taking up space right now.

[Urban Saboteur]

Hi Tom!
Welcome to Joe Dios! I thoroughly encourage you to stay and post as much as you'd like. :D
I would like you to familiarise yourself kindly to some guidance notes by our moderator:
Reminders (http://www.joedios.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1188)

This isn't to bust you on the first day. I hope I speak personally for the community well in saying we just prefer that all of us at Joe Dios have segments of posting of around 4-6 photo's in one upload session.
I don't want you to think I or any of us here are unappreciative of effort or your enthusiasm.. as that's not what we want. I'd encourage you to consider narrowing down the upload into short bursts rather than one long 15+ and above shots.

You might wonder why this should matter, I just think if someone has posted one or two before you (especially on TR day) those pictures will undoubtedly get missed by some people. :cool:

One final comment before I finish the post. Your a new first time contributor and poster to the site, so this is merely an oversight on your behalf I can appreciate you probably werent aware. Also these are more courtesy guidance rules than actual strict (dont do this or we'll ban your A$$ rules).

Above all if your unsure about anything please do ask. ;)
Rich

[giTom]

[QUOTE=Urban Saboteur]Hi Tom!
Welcome to Joe Dios! I thoroughly encourage you to stay and post as much as you'd like. :D
I would like you to familiarise yourself kindly to some guidance notes by our moderator:
Reminders (http://www.joedios.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1188)

This isn't to bust you on the first day. I hope I speak personally for the community well in saying we just prefer that all of us at Joe Dios have segments of posting of around 4-6 photo's in one upload session.
I don't want you to think I or any of us here are unappreciative of effort or your enthusiasm.. as that's not what we want. I'd encourage you to consider narrowing down the upload into short bursts rather than one long 15+ and above shots.

You might wonder why this should matter, I just think if someone has posted one or two before you (especially on TR day) those pictures will undoubtedly get missed by some people. :cool:

One final comment before I finish the post. Your a new first time contributor and poster to the site, so this is merely an oversight on your behalf I can appreciate you probably werent aware. Also these are more courtesy guidance rules than actual strict (dont do this or we'll ban your A$$ rules).

Above all if your unsure about anything please do ask. ;)
Rich[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I did go a little nutso on the posts. I'll definitely slow down and limit my posts in the future. Thanks!

[gung ho]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]


and don't feed the animals.......... :D

[/QUOTE]


hey!!! i'm hungry lol yeahh you know i'm an animal baby ;)

[lightingtina]

hi tom and welcome. i hope you like this site as much as we do, we have lots of fun here,the pics are just the fun of it all.the forum is the best part of it all, i hope you enjoy this site as much as we do.. :D

[Scarrviper]

Well, since I posted some pics today I figured I should say hi.
After checking out everyones work here I thought I'd join the fun :D !

I am an old school / old sculpt Joe collector who still plays with his figures, I mean POSE!! :D .

Anyway, alot of my figures are customs although not all of them.

Expect to see more from me this week!

Thanks! ;)

[Captain Max]

Welcome,all you new members! :D

[Urban Saboteur]

Welcome Scarrviper :D

Now come on.. we don't play with our figures.. we call it "Inspecting" it sounds professional and like we all know what we're doing.. :p
(this way if anyone asks.. we sound like we know what we're talking about and everyone else believes you) :)

Welcome aboard the rollercoaster that is Joe Dios!

[General Scarlett]

Glad to have some 'fresh blood' on the boards...........Welcome!!!

Enjoy and jump right in!! :cool:

[lehsreh]

[COLOR=Red]glad to have some new members. so far looks like we got some good ones too. love the new pics the last 2 days.[/COLOR]

[nando]

scarr viper i play too lol..... welcome

[Lowlight13]

captian max made baroness Freakin HOT!! sorry, had to comment on that signature.
Hiya! I'm a joe collector and customizer.
My favorite stuff is...

food- Ice cream
Drink- Pepsi cola
team- Cobra all the way
Joe- Low Light
Cobra- Storm Shadow
Band- Motley Crue.

i know I'm a kid on this web site and I promise not to be a bother or dork.
so, look for some pics and comment me!!!!

[Captain Max]

Welcome,Lowlight13 :D

[sithviper]

I made my intro here. (http://www.joedios.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1353) I posted that before I saw this thead :eek: Anyway Hello again



Fav Joe: Currently Starduster
Fav Cobra: Currently my Comic Pack Firefly
Fav Food: Lasagna
Fav Music: Just about anything
Fav Band: Metallica
Fav Song: Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
Fav Movie: SW Saga
Fav Shows: GI Joe, Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Robot Chicken, Heroes, Law & Order: CI, and a few others that aren't coming to mind :rolleyes:

[sgcaper]

I'm sgcaper a.k.a. Maestro a.k.a. Sean. I'm a vet of the US Army (11C Airborne). Originally from the "Valley" of Western Massachusetts, I now live in Brooklyn NY where I teach 6th grade Science.

I've been a Joe fan for as long as I can remember. I've been a fan of this site of a long time and finally posted today (August 5, 2007) for the first time. Always looking to meet fellow Joe fans to trade ideas, figs, parts. Working on several customs that I hope to post soon. Have several dios in the works but being a teacher leaves little time for hobbies.

[General Scarlett]

Welcome to Dioland!!!

Hope that you can find time to not only post up pics, but also jump into the forum conversations!!!


I think you'll really enjoy yourself here!!!! :cool:

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=sgcaper]I'm sgcaper a.k.a. Maestro a.k.a. Sean. I'm a vet of the US Army (11C Airborne). Originally from the "Valley" of Western Massachusetts, I now live in Brooklyn NY where I teach 6th grade Science.

I've been a Joe fan for as long as I can remember. I've been a fan of this site of a long time and finally posted today (August 5, 2007) for the first time. Always looking to meet fellow Joe fans to trade ideas, figs, parts. Working on several customs that I hope to post soon. Have several dios in the works but being a teacher leaves little time for hobbies.[/QUOTE]
I'm a teacher too. I work at High School, physic. The secret to get time is make the students work ;).

[Pit Viper v2]

Hey I am not new to the site actually. I had been active on here as simply "Pit Viper". I can still log in to that account but anytime I try to do anything it tells me my account is restricted. I can't upload any pictures, post in the forum, rate pictures. or even use the search feature. I can't do anything accept apparently send PMs. I don't know why my account would be restricted like this. I clicked on a "Contact Us" link on 3 different occassions in the last 2 weeks explaining my situation but recieved no reply or change to my account's access. Yesterday I sent a PM to both Sonneilon and Hammerfel once again explaining this but still no change. It's possible that the PMs were just not getting through. I really love this site and am getting started working on a diostory.

I would really like it if the access to the "Pit Viper" account would be altered so that I can use it once again instead of having to use this new one. I only created this accont because I was at my wit's end trying to get a reply from somebody. Hope this can be achieved.

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=Pit Viper v2]Hey I am not new to the site actually. I had been active on here as simply "Pit Viper". I can still log in to that account but anytime I try to do anything it tells me my account is restricted. I can't upload any pictures, post in the forum, rate pictures. or even use the search feature. I can't do anything accept apparently send PMs. I don't know why my account would be restricted like this. I clicked on a "Contact Us" link on 3 different occassions in the last 2 weeks explaining my situation but recieved no reply or change to my account's access. Yesterday I sent a PM to both Sonneilon and Hammerfel once again explaining this but still no change. It's possible that the PMs were just not getting through. I really love this site and am getting started working on a diostory.

I would really like it if the access to the "Pit Viper" account would be altered so that I can use it once again instead of having to use this new one. I only created this accont because I was at my wit's end trying to get a reply from somebody. Hope this can be achieved.[/QUOTE]


Alright Pit Viper, you should be all set to go now. We have had some changes to the site (not enough for some members tastes), in order to try and weed out spam-also, since you haven't posted in a while, I think (don't quote me), that you might have cycled into the 'limbo' status........

But I've changed you back to 'member' status. Let me know if it's working and I'll suspend 'Pit Viper v2'

Thanks for your patience and understanding, and welcome back!!! :cool:

[SIZE=4][COLOR=Red]GS[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Pit Viper v2]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]Alright Pit Viper, you should be all set to go now. We have had some changes to the site (not enough for some members tastes), in order to try and weed out spam-also, since you haven't posted in a while, I think (don't quote me), that you might have cycled into the 'limbo' status........

But I've changed you back to 'member' status. Let me know if it's working and I'll suspend 'Pit Viper v2'

Thanks for your patience and understanding, and welcome back!!! :cool:

[SIZE=4][COLOR=Red]GS[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Cool thanks. Looking forward to posting some new pics soon.

EDIT: Looks like it's still not working.

[Prince Adam]

Hi all! I'm Prince Adam! Don't let the name fool ya' I'm a huge Joe nut. I'm 23 so I grew up on the vintage toys for sure! My first was Airtight, but my favorites are defintely Snake Eye v2 and the Crimson Guard and of course Storm Shadow! I got back into collecting the vintage joes some years back. Got quite a bit and left the game. But I'm hooked with the 25th line. Found some at a Sears and instantly starting collecting again!

I found Joe dios through a link on yoJoe, where I post under the same ID. I love this place! Can't wait to show some more pics! Joes are defintely the best toys to dio with!!!! :D

[yorktownjoe]

Welcome to Joedios! You figured out the forum portion faster than I did. I posted and commented on pictures only for a few months before I even found the forum was there.

Welcome and glad to have you here!

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=Prince Adam]Hi all! I'm Prince Adam! Don't let the name fool ya' I'm a huge Joe nut. I'm 23 so I grew up on the vintage toys for sure! My first was Airtight, but my favorites are defintely Snake Eye v2 and the Crimson Guard and of course Storm Shadow! I got back into collecting the vintage joes some years back. Got quite a bit and left the game. But I'm hooked with the 25th line. Found some at a Sears and instantly starting collecting again!

I found Joe dios through a link on yoJoe, where I post under the same ID. I love this place! Can't wait to show some more pics! Joes are defintely the best toys to dio with!!!! :D[/QUOTE]
As YTJ said, be welcome!

[Flatline]

Welcome Sir Prince The Shots Youve Posted Look Good So Far Cant Wait To See What You Have For Us In The Future.

[Prince Adam]

Thanks guys!

I love taking pictures of Joes, and am sooooooooooo glad this place exists!!! :D

[bravo]

[QUOTE=Prince Adam]Thanks guys!

I love taking pictures of Joes, and am sooooooooooo glad this place exists!!! :D[/QUOTE]
hay cant waite to see your pics

[Pit Viper v2]

OK, now for a proper introduction. I was first introduced to G.I. Joe in 1987. My first Joes were Falcon and Sneak Peak. Falcon remains my favorite. I played with G.I. Joe well into junior high school until the line was canceled in '94. I sold off most my collection in 1998 at a garage sale. Then in 2001 I bought the Major Bludd/Rock-Viper (He's Range-Viper to me!) pack and I've been a collector ever since. I first started posting on the Devil's Due forums as mAd HaTtEr2k. My brother and I both thought it was strange that Hasbro never made a figure named "Pit-Viper" so I started using it as my online name in the Joe Community. Later Hasbro of course produced a figure with that name. I like to think they stole the idea from me. :p

I got bored/annoyed with the Devil's Due forum and could no longer afford to purchase the comic book so I started frequenting the Toys News International forums where I continue to post regularly. Recently I started to read the YoJoe message boards more regularly and have returned to JoeDios.Com. I used to post here as simply "Pit Viper" but for some reason it won't let me do anything when I log into that account so from now on here I am "Pit Viper V2".

I recently moved into a HUGEGANTIC 19th Century apartment so I have all kinds of room to dedicate to my collection. I already have a Joe Room (glorified closet) but plan on turing a room in the back into a place where I can display a permanent diorama.

[TheCheznit8]

hey all,
well I've been lurking around Joe Dios and posting once in a while off and on for about a year or so. I always wanted to take some good pics of my Joes, but never got a digital camera to do it with.

My sis lent me hers a week ago, and I've taken quite a few pics so far. Its really a lot of fun.

The first set of pics was a small dio I did about a Bat attack on a small GIJoe post. The second set I finished a few days ago was in that Joe hangar. I think I have enough pictures of the bat attack to make a small Dio-story with it. The second set has alot more pictures to it, so Im gonna have to figure out how to make a comic out of it.

I've been messing around with GIMP (the poor man's Photoshop) and it took me about a full day to do one of the pics I posted on the site. You pros are probably laughing at that I know, but im learning as I go, and slowly figuring out how to use stuff like Comic Book Creator to make some really cool stuff.

glad to be here, and thanks for having me!!

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=TheCheznit8]I've been messing around with GIMP (the poor man's Photoshop) and it took me about a full day to do one of the pics I posted on the site. You pros are probably laughing at that I know, but im learning as I go, and slowly figuring out how to use stuff like Comic Book Creator to make some really cool stuff.

glad to be here, and thanks for having me!![/QUOTE]


Far from laughing, I think that's cool. I don't have Photoshop either, only PhotoDeluxe, but it's amazing what you can do with these "El Cheapo" photo editing software packages if you try. That's how I learnt my craft too, just by experimenting and seeing what each command did. Keep playing around with GIMP, you might surprise yourself with what you can do with a little imagination! ;)

[wildbill73]

hi gang just joined here and the site looked awesome..member over at cobraisland.com also

[Flatline]

Its Been A While Since Ive Checked This Thread Whats Up To All The New Members. Lets See What You Got. ;)

[punishment-101]

hey guys, My name is John I turned 20 in November, and I am a student at NC State University, I've lived in NC my whole life and I've been heavily collecting Joes for the past 6 or so years. My collection isn't large but I probably have around 250-300 figures and I am currently building a Cobra Army. My favorite characters are Beachhead, SE, and Cover Girl and I have plenty of other ones that I like. I'm also going to be transferring to Wake Forrest Technical to get a degree in Simulation and Game Design, maybe I can get a GI Joe game in the works :D I've been into customizing for a few months and I also collect the DDP comic series. Pics of my collection and various figures to come.
I also love the Punisher if you can't tell by my screen name, I like anime and video gaming as well. Thats all I can think of right now.

I've been looking at the pics on this site and I can only hope I can take great pics like these at some point :D

[Misfits]

I joined awhile ago I just didn't have time to do an intro. I've been collecting Joes for awile now can't remember how far back. My favorite band is....well you can figure that part out. My favorite Joe would have to be Mutt.


Oh and Agent Viper sorry dude but I don't have any loose Joes to pass off.

[Ion]

Oh well, another "intro" thread that I was sure I posted :)

But anyway my bio needs updating, so here's up-to-date "what would you want to know about Ion"
I'm 21 so far, and come from Cracow, Poland (by the way Cracow says hello to Wien :)). Quite a long distance from the Joe homeland as you can see
I'm a full time (and I mean FULL now) student of Journalism (3rd year of 5) AND English Philology (1st year of 5 ;)) at the university. Two different to be exact :)

My Joe collecting began aroun '89 or '90 - don't remember exactly, I was around 3 or 4 yrs old back then. First figure was TF Tripwire which I still own, as well as all of my childhood Joes. Up to 1996 - year when they become unavailable in Poland - I managed to collect around 40 figures and 10 vechicles. And then came a long break.

Around 1999 I finally got a LAN connection and wandering through the depths of the internet - I discovered that G.I.Joe collecting is still alive and I sank into it again - at last having opportunity to get all those childhood dreams sets, that I saw in catalogues

Figuring out that making dios is the best thing you can do with your Joes - I'm here (for some time as you can see), and I'm glad that there's such a great place an community :)

Besides Joes - I'm a plastic model maker, huge military fan, skier, biker, rock climber, metalhead and I surely omitted a lot :)

[Da Talent]

What's up guys. My name is Cory-Allen Castle, I'm 24 and a senior at the University of Kentucky. I grew up an airforce brat and lived on a different base usually shorter than every 6 months(my dad was in intelligence and we were based out of Fort Meade, Maryland, NSA.). The one constant that I had was that no matter wear I ended up as long as I had the coolest joes with me, I knew I'd be fine. Later in life, my dad retired, i went to the same college as him and walked on and played some football and attempted to "grow up" (their is no such thing and if their is there is no reason to so). Now once again, joes are once against forced thankfully back in my life. I just got back from a recent deployment with the airforce myself and I love my joes more than ever. I hate that fact that they lost popularity in the 90's and lost the spotlight. I have tubs full of all my classic joes in the basement but I have latched onto a personal mission to make a modern force of joes that represent our current armed forces into today's day and age. I enjoy the new scuplts and accessories: the newer joes like RAH and the 25th line, and I love to integrate the new style into the old. I just found this site last night and I had no idea this world existed. I was just making my own personal army of detailed troops and creating my own fun scenes that I regretfully made my girlfriend pretend she was intrested in (hehe!). But I think its really enjoyable to share your vision and meet people with the same niche of intrest. I don't have to throw my joes in the closet anymore when my former wildcat football teammates come over; I think dios are extremely fun and a joy to share, thanks for having me.

CA

[Flatline]

Welcome Ff From All Youve Posted So Far It Seems Like We'll Enjoy Your Company And Work. Hope You Enjoy Ours.

[General Scarlett]

Glad you stopped in and decided to stay.........welcome to the boards.....

Welcome to all the 'noobs' we've had lately....It's wonderful having so much budding talent joining 'the family'.......... :cool:

[Urban Saboteur]

[QUOTE=fireflyed]What's up guys. My name is Cory-Allen Castle, I'm 24 and a senior at the University of Kentucky. I grew up an airforce brat and lived on a different base usually shorter than every 6 months(my dad was in intelligence and we were based out of Fort Meade, Maryland, NSA.). The one constant that I had was that no matter wear I ended up as long as I had the coolest joes with me, I knew I'd be fine. Later in life, my dad retired, i went to the same college as him and walked on and played some football and attempted to "grow up" (their is no such thing and if their is there is no reason to so). Now once again, joes are once against forced thankfully back in my life. I just got back from a recent deployment with the airforce myself and I love my joes more than ever. I hate that fact that they lost popularity in the 90's and lost the spotlight. I have tubs full of all my classic joes in the basement but I have latched onto a personal mission to make a modern force of joes that represent our current armed forces into today's day and age. I enjoy the new scuplts and accessories: the newer joes like RAH and the 25th line, and I love to integrate the new style into the old. I just found this site last night and I had no idea this world existed. I was just making my own personal army of detailed troops and creating my own fun scenes that I regretfully made my girlfriend pretend she was intrested in (hehe!). But I think its really enjoyable to share your vision and meet people with the same niche of intrest. I don't have to throw my joes in the closet anymore when my former wildcat football teammates come over; I think dios are extremely fun and a joy to share, thanks for having me.

CA[/QUOTE]

Hello Cory!
It's great of you to post your intro. Nice selection for an avatar too! ;)
Did you collect any of the 2000-2001 ARAH Figures?
I thought for the most part the colours and sculpts were excellent in choice. :D

It's refreshing to hear someone put an effort into their introduction and welcome themselves propper. I look forward to seeing some of your joe stuff. :cool:

Welcome to Joe Dios
Rich

[Urban Saboteur]

I never introduced myself.. :p

I'm Richard. 27 From Manchester, United Kingdom.

I've recently decided to sell off a large proportion of my joe stuff, I'm persuing other goals in life atm. Although i wont be totally out of joe stuff. I'm limiting myself down to favourites and ARAH Styled stuff. :cool:

I've taken quite nicely to the ML & DC Super Heroes Stuff and I have my own cool forum online that's interlinked with my ebay store which shares the same name :D

I like taking pictures of Toys either in a collection sense or in dios. Recreating adventures using miniture figures is fantastic.
Rich

[gogorobo]

hello my names Joe and i'm 27 years old, i live in Lorain Ohio with my wife and my joe collection , i got into G.I.Joe around 1985 and have been hooked ever since, i work the warehouse at Circuit City, not a great job but it pays the bills :rolleyes: my wife is very supportive of my hobby and gets just as excited as i do when i tell her about a joe that i found at the local dirt mall, joedios is a site i found and really enjoyed what was going on here and decided to join i really enjoy this site and am really happy to be a member here :D

[Agent Viper]

Well since everyone knows who I am, i better not try to avoid this bulletin.

Ok, My names Matthew Cameron Austin Morelock. I'm a native of Wise Virginia.
I have loved G.I.Joes for awhile now.
I also love comics and STARWARS.
I'm turning 13 December 6th.
Well thats enogh about me,

see ya,
Matt Morelock

[Urban Saboteur]

[QUOTE=Agent Viper]Well since everyone knows who I am, i better not try to avoid this bulletin.

Ok, My names Matthew Cameron Austin Morelock. I'm a native of Wise Virginia.
I have loved G.I.Joes for awhile now.
I also love comics and STARWARS.
I'm turning 13 December 6th.
Well thats enough about me,

see ya,
Matt Morelock[/QUOTE]

Good to see a positive post by you around here. :cool: I just left you + markers on your reputation score. I didn't realise you were a SW Fan. :D
This site has a great dose of collectors of multiple toy lines. :cool:

[Flatline]

FLATLINE HERE :D
MARCOS ALVAREZ JR. PROUD FATHER OF 3 AT AGE 30. MARCOS THE 3RD NATHAN 6 AND MY BABY GIRL ARIANA. I KNOW I STARTED YOUNG. I HAVE BEEN WITH MY WIFE NOW FOR 9 YEARS. IM AS DEDICATED TO MY JOES AS TO HER. THATS MEANS I REALLY LOVE MY TOYS. AS A KID I GREW UP MIDDLE CLASS I WOULD SAY, IN ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA.

I PLAYED AND COLLECTED TOYS FOR A MAJORITY OF MY YOUTH. SADLY THOUGH I THOUGHT I HAD TO GROW UP @ 13 AND STOPED COLLECTING AND GAVE MY JOES TO MY NEPHEWS (BIG MISTAKE CAUSE NOW THEY ARE ALL GONE :o ). WHEN I HAD MY SON IN 99 I REALIZED I HAD AN EXCUSE TO START AGAIN :D

MOST OF MY JOES ARE FROM RAH, WHERE I STARTED COOLECTING AGAIN. THIS SITE CAME TO ME ME BY ACCIDENT MESSING WITH MY NEPHEWS COMPUTER AND WHEN I GOT MY OWN I JOINED FIRST THING ;) . I HAVE FOUND ALMOST EVEYONE HERE IS TALENTED, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND VERY COOL. I HAVE LEARNED ALOT AND TRY TO EMULATE SOME OF THE CALIBER OF SHOTS ON JOE DIOS. I HAVE ALONG WAY TO GO THOUGH.

[lehsreh]

[QUOTE=Urban Saboteur]Good to see a positive post by you around here. :cool: I just left you + markers on your reputation score. I didn't realise you were a SW Fan. :D
This site has a great dose of collectors of multiple toy lines. :cool:[/QUOTE]
[COLOR=Red]

i agree. this is a good step in the right direction.[/COLOR]

[ender098]

[QUOTE=Agent Viper]Well since everyone knows who I am, i better not try to avoid this bulletin.

Ok, My names Matthew Cameron Austin Morelock. I'm a native of Wise Virginia.
I have loved G.I.Joes for awhile now.
I also love comics and STARWARS.
I'm turning 13 December 6th.
Well thats enogh about me,

see ya,
Matt Morelock[/QUOTE]


See, I told ya! A little truth and honesty goes a LONG way towards earning respect and getting the veterans around here to help you out! Can't wait to see what you can do with a cam!

[Cap]

I go by the name Cap, which is short for Capolan, the fictional realm of Nick Bantock's great work, who is also the author of the Griffin and Sabine series.

My name is Eric, which I seem to share with quite a few fellow diorama artisans.
Been married now to another wonderful artisan, for 9 years. Prior to that I was married for 17. I have three kids, 27, 27(not twins, adopted), and 26. As you have guessed, I top the age chart at 47.

I've been doing diorama now for over two decades and counting. I'm a disabled fantasy artisan with a penchant for historical and fantasy portraiture. Been in art schools since grade school, but never worked in the field. Like many, been saddled with IT or computers to make sure the kids and family never went without.

My favorite dioramas to do were always the fantasy miniatures, which allowed me to create worlds from scratch. Whether of my own writing, or the realms of established fantasy(Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Lord of the Rings), if I can envision it, I can bring it to three dimensional reality.

I came to Joes through my son, who wanted some sets that were hard to find back in NYC. So I used the talents to make him everything from arctic realms, to covert headquarters.

Having made friends and acquaintences through the Joe hobby, this led to a very fulfilling but hardly lucrative hobby of building sets and terrain for my fellow Joe customizers. It probably all started when I had debuted the Hadley's Hope LV426 ALIENS diorama in which I recreated the township, operations, and environs of the movie for a entire round of my customs based on the movie characters. One thing led to another, and then I was making warehouses, operations rooms, labs, city streets, bridges, all manner of sets for Justin(General Hawk), Camper(dan), and Spin Doctor, all of whom have really great ongoing diostories. Soon thereafter, it was full on years after years of making everything from strip clubs, to entire Arabian and American cities, with full lighting and even shops with full items, such as Wowboy's Springfield City. Doing these were a labor of love, because you don't make much money with it because as I told many of my customers, were I to even charge for time, talent, and paint at minimum wage, no one could afford me. Also, doing this sometimes can often make you appear like a Foley Artist, where the actors and actresses get full credit, but the sound people are never mentioned or remember. Thankfully, a great many of the longer customers are pointing all eyes in this direction when people have stated
"Where on Earth did you get THAT???" Others like Wowboy, and Jedsoon, have always shared where they get their diorama. His Large Army Joe film won an award at an international film convention, and he sent me a news clipping from his local township, with a picture from the movie with my dio in it. That was very much a surprise.

Just recently I did a great back office and hallway for the JCW wrestling gents, and right now, for my good buddy and fellow Sword of Shannara reader, I am making backgrounds of the environs from the books, such as the castle interiors shown before.

Since I have been doing architectural projections for hobby for over 20 years, I brought that aspect to the hobby, years ago, where you apply specialized papers to commercial foamboard via adhesives, thus creating some very realistic looking sets. Since then, it has been growing in leaps and bounds. Sadly, one of my fellow friends in the Joe community was making a prediction that set building may be replaced in future years with digital bacgrounds, like those one can make in programs such as Vue, and Bryce. I hope not, because the hands on love of doing sets and terrain is passion, which I have loved sharing with many here and elsewhere for a long time.


Until then, I am just honored and happy to be amongst other set builders and fellow artisans.

[LordRaven]

Well, I read my old post on here, figured I should update for all you new folks.

I'm Shane, I'm 26 from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. I just moved here with Jenn as I lived in Nova Scotia for almost 20 years. It's been a big change, but it's been worth it. Right now I am the assistant manager of a toy store here, and we're expanding so it's exciting to be part of the team, but it's ALOT of work.
I've been a Joe fan as long as I can remember. I've always had them around, as my dad is military so I grew up with those ideals in mind.
I'm a big video game fan, I'm not too bad at poker and pool. I like music, movies and just relaxin.
That's me.

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=Cap]As you have guessed, I top the age chart at 47.[/QUOTE]

Welcome aboard Cap. At least I can say I'm not the oldest around here anymore! ;) :D

[viper08]

Hello all, My name is Mike.

I live in San Antonio, Texas. I have always been a huge fan of GiJoe, about a year ago I stumbled into the TriState forum. I saw a picture of Viloentfix's massive army builders and Dio's, and I was hooked.

If I remember my first major score on ebay was 12 Motor Vipers. "Sorry if I outbid somoen on that here!" :rolleyes:

I think I am up to 60 now. I also have 112 TRU Vipers. My goal is 100 Motor Vipers, and I want to build a custom Terror Drome from Scratch.

My goal is to have it built by 2009. I want to take it to the Convention for display. "It's nice to have goals!" LOL! :p

I am also working on 2 dios right now.

Oh yeah, plus I work a full time job, full time student, married w/2 kids, and I work approximately 8 hours as an intern at Lackland Air Force Base office of History and research.

I truely do not get enough sleep! LOL! :)

I welcome any feedback on my pictures I supply here.

Thanks again!

[Da Talent]

Nice to meet you mike, welcome aboard!

[Scarrviper]

Here goes nothing.

I'm Kurt, and I'm one of the young'uns here at being 16 (But I have an old soul :cool: ) . My first action figures were the POTF2 Star Wars figures back in 1995/1996. I still collect Star Wars figures, as they have improved greatly over the years, I just wish I could find the new waves as they come out. I also was a huge Beast Wars fan. I now regret selling most of them :( . I got into joe stuff in 2002. I soon had a small collection. Then I discovered the superior vintage figures through the internet. My Joeverse at first took shape towards the Diostories people had on the net at the time, mostly General Hawk's. This was the only joe "media" I had to work with. Now I've read some of the marvel series and understand it all more.

As for me, I'm currently a student, I have all A's right now. I have a few friends, but none of them know about my hobby. I spend my free time here, taking pictures for the site, customizing figures, and of course playing with my figures. :D

[tunnelrat88]

Saw this a while ago, but I just got around to posting on it. Good idea Ender. My name is Jon Pflug and I'm from Queens, New York. I'm 19 years old and am currently attending college at St. John's University. I'm undecided at school, but I'm probably going to declare myself a criminal justice major soon in the hopes that I may one day be an F.B.I. agent or a lawyer. (Maybe both)
I could best describe myself as an outgoing person who can be a bit crazy at times (Case in point, I am currently auctioning the right to cut my hair in any style the winner wants). I'm a former baseball and hockey player for my high school and travel teams until injuries caught up with me (I tore a labrum in my right shoulder while playing hockey and now I can't throw anymore or play contact hockey due to it still not being 100% repaired). I can still golf and play intramural sports at school since neither affects my shoulder much, so I'm still active with those things.
I've been collecting Joes my entire life, taking breaks to either collect other things (I got caught up with almost any other action figures or collectible card game from recent memory) in the interim. I can't remember a time in my life where I haven't been a collector of one thing or another. I always seem to be drawn back to G.I. Joe. They were my favorites as a kid when I used to play with the other kids on my block when I was little. When it relaunched in 2002, I began a new era in my collecting since most of my figures were in poor shape or lost and began a more intact collection that has been steady from that time. I had been on a few other message boards before I stumbled upon this one (Joecustoms, TNI, and Tri-State) and became engrossed in the premise. I really enjoy setting up photos and hope to one day put together a dio-story when I get a better grasp of photoshop. Even though I am dorming at school now, I try to get a few photos to take every time I return home to keep myself active on the site. I'm glad I found a place to showcase my work and has such a great community of posters. My time on the site has been great and I plan on continuing being an active member of the site.

- Jon "Tunnelrat88" Pflug

[General Scarlett]

Wow Kurt........thanks for such a great look into 'who' you really are........very, very :cool:

[ender098]

Just a little update on me....I no longer teach Computer networking at 29 Palms, I'm now living at Camp Pendleton (about a mile from the Ocean!) and I'm a Data Chief for A Combat Logistics Regiment!

[Flint]

Well I guess it's time for me to introduce myself. Hi I'm Dash... I MEAN... Dan!!!-LOL :D But you can call me Flint!!! :D I've been into G.I.Joe before they where even 3 3/4. I'm 35 & Married to one Beautiful Lady (you might say she's my Lady J) & we just had a baby recently. I'm into Sci-fi (especially Star Trek) & Toy collecting.
I've been Friends with General Scarlett since I was 4 yrs old & we've been into the Real American Heroes for the past 25 years, making up our own Joeverse every step of the way and we are still doing it today thanks to Joedios!!!:D
I have been having a Great time on the site & my only complaint is I wish I had more time to spent on it, but I try to get on as much as I can.

Scarlett & I are currently working on a story for the dios & getting all our info. together for our Joeverse post it's taking longer then we thought to get it all together, cause we have 25 years of stories to get out there!!! :D

Thanks for letting me enjoy this site & I hope you all enjoy my work, I have definately enjoyed all of yours!!! :D

YO JOE!!!

[General Scarlett]

Well it's about damned time you 'introduced' yourself buddy!!!! And don't you worry, they all know about my godson........don't forget, I posted up the very first pictures ever taken of him!!!! :D

Who? Me? Proud? DAMN SKIPPY!!!!!! ;) :cool:

[Mecha-Viper]

Suppose i should say Hi

So hi my name is Erik, I'm sort of new to a lot of Joe collecting and custom things i mean I've never had more then 10 joes at any one time and when i hit 16 two years ago i sorta gave them all away telling my self "Their toys and you should stop playing with toys". boy am i slapping my self for that now. any way i'm a major Cobra fan and i have my first major project in the works as a Cobra Sub-carrier on scale with the 3.75 joes. Need to get a hold of some Viper to crew it and a rattler to scale the launch deck but yea. also I'm an aspiring writer and took the time to write up a short story about little "Neo-Cobra" group.

*waves and crawls into a lurker corner until something catches his eye*

[Acantilado]

Hello everybody. It's been a while since I registered JoeDios and actively started to participate in the boards. Now, after a timeout, I'm back with some pictures to show, and with the batteries at full charge :)

[sithviper]

Welcome back :D

[Urban Saboteur]

Welcome back my friend, good to see you contributing again :)

[Flint]

Awesome!!! :) Welcome aboard!!! :D

[vader9900]

My name is David, I am 39 (am I the old fart here?), married with 4 daughters. My 2 youngest collect GI Joe & Star Wars figures just like their daddy. I collect pre-1990 Joes & Vintage Star Wars figures. I have been making & selling Dioramas for years, some of my work can be seen here. (http://darthcobra.com) I stumbled on this site a while back & have been lurking around checking out all the cool shots. I have photographed my dioramas, but nothing like I have seen here. I finally got the nerve to try it out & posted some pictures, thanks for all the kind words so far. This is a awesome site & look forward to being a part of it!

[giTom]

[QUOTE=vader9900]My name is David, I am 39 (am I the old fart here?), married with 4 daughters. My 2 youngest collect GI Joe & Star Wars figures just like their daddy. I collect pre-1990 Joes & Vintage Star Wars figures. I have been making & selling Dioramas for years, some of my work can be seen here. (http://darthcobra.com) I stumbled on this site a while back & have been lurking around checking out all the cool shots. I have photographed my dioramas, but nothing like I have seen here. I finally got the nerve to try it out & posted some pictures, thanks for all the kind words so far. This is a awesome site & look forward to being a part of it![/QUOTE]

Fear not, David, there's plenty of old farts out here! I just turned 45 :eek: about a week ago!

giTom

[vader9900]

[QUOTE=giTom]Fear not, David, there's plenty of old farts out here! I just turned 45 :eek: about a week ago!

giTom[/QUOTE]



Cool, most people want a Vette in their mid-life crisis, I want another USS Flagg!

[LordEd1976]

My name is Eduardo and I'm reporting for duty. I'm an actor/writer from Florida. I've been a longtime member of the JBL forums. I had some pics of my collection over at my MySpace page. Finally decided to post them over here so more people can check them out.

Its great to be here and I hope I can find the time to post more stuff. My head is full of ideas.

[silencer]

Hi! I'm still alive! Apologies for just dropping off the face of the earth, what happened was that I suddenly started working 9 to 5 (went into a kind of shock :)) but I'm hoping to make time soon to post some pictures again. I've still been checking in to look at pics, but really haven't had time to do more than that. Many times I've wanted to comment on the awesome work that can always be seen here. Hello to all my old friends here and hi too to everyone I haven't met yet. I was a bit disappointed with the articulation on many of the new joes, but I'm determined to do some cool pics with them, and believe it or not, I actually got the cobra troops to hold their dragonovs properly!

Enough from me, just wanted to say hi, and that I've missed being here with you all.

[Outrider]

Hey, welcome back Silencer, it's always cool to see familiar old faces return! :)

[General Scarlett]

That's why we always leave the light on.......... ;) :cool:

[nando]

WELL and who is the youngest member ( im only 26 ) :confused:

[Da Talent]

Well I hope this isn't a contest, because there is def. not a winner :D
but I'm 24

[DaveCW2]

Hey all,

I'm Dave, and I take pictures. I'm on the tfw2005.com boards, and hisstank.com forums as Autobot Dave.

I put most of my backgrounds in with Photoshop, but have been itchin' to try and put things in more realistic settings. I'd like to even do a dio-story one day, just to see if I could pull off a good one. That'll have to wait though, as time seems to be at a premium lately.

My favorite character has long been Flint (first G.I. Joe, too). I love the 25th version, though I'm one of those ungrateful putzes that'd love him to have the rolled-up sleeves and gloves. I want the gloves as an homage, but as a bonus, they'd also get rid of those all-to-obvious forearm cuts.

I suppose that's about as controversial as I get when it comes to G.I. Joe :)

I like the more "real" aspects of G.I. Joe, so I pick up the occasional BBI vehicle, which I'm sure'll make it into some of my pics. I'm also lookin' into picking up some Marauder stuff.

General Scarlett pointed me this way, so it's all her fault if my stuff makes your eyes bleed :D

Have fun, everyone!!!

[gogorobo]

well let me be the first to welcome you DaveCW2 and i'm looking forward to seeing your pics( i've never bled from the eyes before..hahaha) :D

[General Scarlett]

Hey Dave!!! Glad you took me up on the offer!!!

I can't wait to see your contributions to JoeDios!!

Another member who does A LOT of :cool: photoshopping is 'Outrider'........it's going to be fun to see another 'master' ..........BRING IT!!!! ;) :cool: :D

[DaveCW2]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]Another member who does A LOT of :cool: photoshopping is 'Outrider'........it's going to be fun to see another 'master' ..........BRING IT!!!! ;) :cool: :D[/QUOTE]

No pressure though, right ;)

Thanks for the welcome, gogorobo.

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=DaveCW2]No pressure though, right ;)

Thanks for the welcome, gogorobo.[/QUOTE]


Hehehehehe............I was thinking more that YOU would be pressure for him.... ;) :cool:

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]Hehehehehe............I was thinking more that YOU would be pressure for him.... ;) :cool:[/QUOTE]

I never see it as a contest, only a chance to improve through inspiration! ;)
Welcome aboard, Dave! :)

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=Outrider]I never see it as a contest, only a chance to improve through inspiration! ;)
Welcome aboard, Dave! :)[/QUOTE]

Uh huh........ ;) :p

[DaveCW2]

[QUOTE=Outrider]I never see it as a contest, only a chance to improve through inspiration! ;)
Welcome aboard, Dave! :)[/QUOTE]

Thanks :D

I could be wrong, but I think she's trying to turn us into mortal enemies ;)

[General Scarlett]

Oh for the love of........ :rolleyes:


Nevermind........I'll go back and play in my own corner now.......... ;)

[Rachel]

Hi! my name is Rachel, I'm 22 and I live with my boyfriend Cory also know as "fireflyed" on here. I am a "lurker". I have never posted but check this all the time throughout the day, obviously cory turned me on to it. I have never posted a pic, mostly because he won't let me touch his stuff :D but I love this site and looking at all the great pics you all do. Cory was sick of me looking over his shoulder and having him write my comments so he made me ..errr I mean helped me get a name on here so I can join this lovely community. Just wanted to say hello before I start posting on my own. Keep up the great work! tah tah! :)

[General Scarlett]

Welcome aboard Rachel!!

Glad to have you here 'on your own'! Easy trick, just set his stuff up and snap those pics when he's not around!! ;)

Can't wait to see what you can bring to the group!!! :cool:

[Captain Max]

Hi Rachel! Welcome to JD! :)

Any fan of Jem is a friend of mine! :p

Start commenting,posting your opinions,and steel your boyfriends Joes and take pix! :)

[Da Talent]

Hey whose side are you guys on :p

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=fireflyed]Hey whose side are you guys on :p[/QUOTE]


Her's .......Definately ;) :p

[Agent Viper]

[QUOTE=fireflyed]Hey whose side are you guys on :p[/QUOTE]


I'm on your side chief.
dude I must think your the king of kings! :D

[Rachel]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]Her's .......Definately ;) :p[/QUOTE]


HEHEHE, You guys are great! But he beat me home from work again! I'll just have to wait for the right moment, maybe we will run out of milk later and I'll send him to the store ;)

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=Rachel]HEHEHE, You guys are great! But he beat me home from work again! I'll just have to wait for the right moment, maybe we will run out of milk later and I'll send him to the store ;)[/QUOTE]


NOW your talkin'!!!!! :cool:

[Da Talent]

hmmf!! we shall see, but your gonna need a new excuse ;)

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=fireflyed]hmmf!! we shall see, but your gonna need a new excuse ;)[/QUOTE]


Typical man..........you do know that this is a 'diversion'........ :p ;)

[LordEd1976]

fireflyd, take my advice, for one guy to another. There's no way you're going to win this one. Just give up nice and easy. Trust me. I have more sisters than brothers. I speak from experience. Just back away now before you get in too deep to swim to the surfaces.

Ladies, I want it on record that I'm not going against you. Everything starts to fly, I want you both to remember that. I'm just trying to be nice and prevent fighting amongst us Joe fans.

Everybody cool? yeah? ok then.

[Da Talent]

Yea I missed that last part... I was out getting milk :p

[Flatline]

see How Tricky They Can Be .welcome Aboard To Ya Rachel
Good Luck Buddy :d Lol

[Rachel]

Thank ya Flatline! but I have to say, I do have a bit of a bone to pick with ya! Because of what Cory describes as your graciousness, I get the pleasure of watching "Dark Angel" 5 times a week in bed before we go to sleep. Don't get me wrong its a lovely show, but sheez ;) hehehe, just joshin' ya big guy :)

[punishment-101]

Yeah no way your going to win I'm afraid Fireflyed its almost a written law that we guys have to lose :D I have the same problem with my girlfriend although I do get to win once in awhile :cool:

O and to the guys who were trying to figure out who the youngest member of the site I just turned 20 but I think there was someone else who is younger.

[Flatline]

[QUOTE=Rachel]Thank ya Flatline! but I have to say, I do have a bit of a bone to pick with ya! Because of what Cory describes as your graciousness, I get the pleasure of watching "Dark Angel" 5 times a week in bed before we go to sleep. Don't get me wrong its a lovely show, but sheez ;) hehehe, just joshin' ya big guy :)[/QUOTE]

:o WELL LEAVE ME OUT OF THAT ONE.... I LOST THAT BATTLE TO MY WIFE A LONG TIME AGO. I GET TO WATCH AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODLE AND GOSSIP GIRL IN BED :mad: .... WAIT THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. :p LOL

[stevez0r]

Hello I'm Steve from New York City and I love action figures!

My main interest are Transformers, G.I. Joe and Star Wars Action Figures. I also love playing Video Games (Currently Playing Assassin's Creed PS3).

[General Scarlett]

Welcome Steve!!! Glad to have you here! Can't wait to see what you can bring to the community.......

[Da Talent]

[QUOTE=Flatline]:o WELL LEAVE ME OUT OF THAT ONE.... I LOST THAT BATTLE TO MY WIFE A LONG TIME AGO. I GET TO WATCH AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODLE AND GOSSIP GIRL IN BED :mad: .... WAIT THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. :p LOL[/QUOTE]

jeezzz the amount of gossip girl I have to watch on a weekly basis!!! gooo!!!

Welcome j.d. steve, beat assassians creed right after thanksgiving, one of the best ps3 games so far :cool:

[Agent Viper]

[QUOTE=Rachel]Hi! my name is Rachel, I'm 22 and I live with my boyfriend Cory also know as "fireflyed" on here. I am a "lurker". I have never posted but check this all the time throughout the day, obviously cory turned me on to it. I have never posted a pic, mostly because he won't let me touch his stuff :D but I love this site and looking at all the great pics you all do. Cory was sick of me looking over his shoulder and having him write my comments so he made me ..errr I mean helped me get a name on here so I can join this lovely community. Just wanted to say hello before I start posting on my own. Keep up the great work! tah tah! :)[/QUOTE]


Welcome Rach.

I'm a buddy of fireflyed, so I'm on his team.

[Rachel]

no worries :)

[kingofpain26]

well. Hello. I am King of Pain 26,.. known as ,.. well,.. King of Pain 26 everywhere!

people in the joe universe know me as that crazy guy dressed as stalker who keeps asking aboout Big Lob at the last Convention,...

been a lurker for awhile but the Soundtrack thread convinced me to join, and Scarlett's been egging me to speak up and join the fun,.. so Here I am!

[Agent Courtney Krieger]

My name is Krisanna, vader9900 is my daddy. I am 10 years young (daddy is helping me here, so I have permission). I love GI Joe & Star Wars figures and I have a very nice collection. I like looking at the pictures here on JoeDios with him. I want to start taking some pictures of my own, he says he will help me. :) Everyone on here seems so nice, please comment my pictures when you see them. :D

[vader9900]

[QUOTE=Agent Courtney Krieger]My name is Krisanna, vader9900 is my daddy. I am 10 years young (daddy is helping me here, so I have permission). I love GI Joe & Star Wars figures and I have a very nice collection. I like looking at the pictures here on JoeDios with him. I want to start taking some pictures of my own, he says he will help me. :) Everyone on here seems so nice, please comment my pictures when you see them. :D[/QUOTE]
:cool: Hi baby!

[Sephron13]

What the deuce?! I know I've done this here before, but I can't find it, so here I am again! :D

Name: Skot Alderman aka "Sephron13" on pretty much every Joe board
DOB: 05/13/81
Place: Geneva, OH
Occupation: 3rd Shift Supervisor for a teleradiology company in Cleveland, OH
Hobbies: GIJoe, Transformers, video games, comics, drawing, writing, movies

I've been into GIJoe since I was 6. For my birthday that year, I received Roadblock (v2), Falcon, Monkeywrench, Viper, and the Road Toad. I was hooked and became a junkie! Back then, I had just about everything that came out. I wish I would've kept them in better condition, but I was a kid and I played with them constantly (outdoors, in the shower, at the beach, etc). After they faded away, I stayed with my toy geekiness, getting into X-Men figures and the new Star Wars line. Beast Wars repiqued my interest in TFs again and soon, the GIJoe vs. Cobra line would begin and it was love all over again. Completed my JvC, ST, VvV, DTC collections and picked up a bunch of ARAH stuff on ebay (that I once had!). Now, I'm celebrating with the 25th and I've already amassed a sizable Cobra army and am all caught up thus far!

I'm starting work (or restarting work) on a dio entitled "The Thirteen Agenda". I had posted 3 parts of it over a year ago or so, and I'm starting from scratch, using some of the 25th figures, as well as reworking a lot of the plot. I'll be posting preview pics and whatnot soon!

[Rambo]

code name:
RAMBO

Filename: Carlos Eduardo Jimenez B-Day: January 24 (yes, it is close)
Primary Speciality: Worker, ISO 9000 field at www.poligran.edu.co
Second Speciality: GI Joe fan. Soccer. [COLOR=SlateGray]Ladies[/COLOR].
Third Speciality: I haven't thought about it. Action movies.
Favorite characters: BigBoa and Outback.
Place of Birth: Bogota, Colombia, South America. Age: 3x. Grade: Professional.
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I've been "messing" with the GI Joes since 1986, when a friend of my Mom brougth from the US a Zandar and a BAT figures to me. Immediatly I drop off my He-Man and Secret Wars figures to the second place. He also gave me a Robby Junior RC Robot (I will put some pic of it soon).

Zandar became my Rambo / Rocky character, of which I am fan, until BigBoa took his place. I love helicopters; I do have the Tomahawk, a BBI Blackhawk and Little Bird. Rigth now I don't have them with me, so pics will have to wait.

GI goals? The Terrordrome. Wetsuit, Storm Shadow v1 and so others.
I am not a fan of the 25A joes. I just like their accesories.
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Thanks all for the positive and warm comments on my pictures. :cool:

[BigJeff]

Rambo sux! You Rambo lovers oughtta get your own site!

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=BigJeff]Rambo sux! You Rambo lovers oughtta get your own site![/QUOTE]


Welcome to JoeDios.........

If you are friends with member 'Rambo', then I'm sure he won't take offense. However, if your trying to 'throw your weight around', I'll ask you nicely to stop.



If your here to share your photos and appreciation of G.I. Joe and related toylines, then we all welcome you happily........if not, then this might not be the best place for you.


Thanks for your co-operation and understanding........

[COLOR=Red]GS[/COLOR]

[Rambo]

Hello!

First of all, thank you General Scarlett for the defense. Second of all I don't know user Bigjeff.

Bigjeff: Since I am a 3.75 Joe fan, I think I belong here, and the Joedios community have accepted me. And.. if I found a great place dedicated to the Rambo character such like this one, take for sure that I will join.

Have a good day.

[vader9900]

Rambo, you bring something positive to Joedios, you don't need to defend yourself. I love Rambo movies, 9 days till the next one, I will be there! i would love to have a 3.75" Rambo figure, he should have been in the Joe line up for 1985, that would have been awesome! RAMBO ROX! :cool:

[LordEd1976]

Can't we all just get along?

[ender098]

Hey, I brought Riddick along for the Ride, and he's a further stretch in the Joeverse than Rambo! LOL!

[Rambo]

Hola!

Thank you for making me feeling part of this family. I appreciate your kindness. :)

Yes.... a GI Joe version of Rambo or Rocky would have been better than the ones released by other toylines... and proof of that are my GI Joe customs (mine because I own 'em).

Gracias vader9900.

Yo Joe!

[LordEd1976]

[QUOTE=rambo]Hola!

Thank you for making me feeling part of this family. I appreciate your kindness. :)

Yes.... a GI Joe version of Rambo or Rocky would have been better than the ones released by other toylines... and proof of that are my GI Joe customs (mine because I own 'em).

Gracias vader9900.

Yo Joe![/QUOTE]

Rocky came real close to being on the team. he even made it into the second issue of Marvel's Order of Battle. Alas, something didn't click and poor Mr Balboa ended not being able to yell "Yo Joe!"

[vader9900]

Hey Rambo, what figure is that you use for your avatar? I want one of those bad! :)

[Gatilho]

Hi there!

I've been around here for awhile so some of you already know me.

My real name is Adriano and I'm a G.I. Joe fan since childhood

I don't remember when I started with pictures, but I'm taking more and more after I "discovered" JoeDios.

I have a small collection of Matchbox cars too

I live in Brazil, married and have a little daughter!!!!!!

And ... well .... I'm not good talking about myself!!!!!!!!! :p

And feel free to add me in your contacts lists:

MSN: adriano_suporte@hotmail.com
ICQ: 8853181

[C-GDSM 2487]

HI all :D

my name is ROB i live in the uk

been a member for a while but never posted much
i am married with 2 childern a son and daughter
i been collecting joes for nearly 4 years now
like to say hi to

bigtatto <chris> who help me to post some pictures cheers mate>> :)
urban saboteur <rich>
look forward to talking to you all soon

robuk :eek:

[Outrider]

Welcome aboard, Rob! :)

[Urban Saboteur]

Hello Adriano!! Hello Rob!!
Welcome to dioland. :D
Welcome to Joedios.. :D

Believe me I'd get the beer and balloons out to welcome you guys however sarge has swigged all the beer and the balloons have been popped by Green Goblins glider.. :o

Hope you enjoy your stay here!
Rich

[silentdusty]

Welcome to the group. I look forward to seeing your stuff around the boards.

[C-GDSM 2487]

HI ALL
just to say thankyou for the warm welcome.. :)

[fifthconspiracy]

Hello my joe fetish connoisseurs!

My name is Paul, 33, have a 8 year old son and a 7 year old daughter and an amazing wife. We're in Surrey, BC, Canada.

Started collecting the 25th anny line about a month ago. Local niche store has wave 1 - 4 fully stocked, plus wave 1 of the comic packs.... so we've been hording up. Thank god for the small independant toy stores - cause in Canada you can't get any joes at major stores, they simply do not carry them.

I grew up with GI Joe right from the get-go in 82 and stopped in 86. Had pretty much everything - would buy it all with my paper route money ;-) But sadly I no longer have any of it... so I bought my son a Tomahawk and Hiss tank off yojoe forum members so he's set for awhile.

My son and I are huge into Lego - you can see some of our award winning creations (won awards at shows etc) at our website http://qualzone.com/lego5 if you feel like taking a gander. Close-frame photography has been a little hobby of mine for the past few years, and that site shows some of my capabilities.

My son and I are building our own diorama - so we'll post some pics of the creation process - and we can't wait to show some action shots.

I've enjoyed some of the great pictures on this site... amazing framing, lighting and action angles - so I thought I'd join and say hi.

Cheers! ~ Paul.

[silentdusty]

Welcome Paul,

It's always nice to see another fellow Canadian on the boards. Welcome to the group!

[EasySimpleStuff]

Okay, now that everyone is doing this introduction thing I decided to shed the light and contribute as well...cos' why the heck not... :D and its always fun to be the newbie/noob of the site :eek:

My name is Tommi aka EasySimpleStuff, and I'm from Finland (yes, its way up north, and freezing in here)

I'm 27 and recently (thank God!) started working as an consultant, since being a security guard with a BBA in International Business and Marketing just didnt ring right...

I first bumped into Joes since 85-86, cant really remember which one was it, but I had bunch of joes then. And like some of you, "stopped" collecting and playing with them when it was not cool anymore (and Hasbro started using neon colors). Also girls, beer and other typical young man stuff started to get into the way of my Joe collecting. :p

Luckily I got (really) back into this hobby a year ago, after seeing Violenfix's and General Joes dios on the internet. Now dont get me wrong, I had been taking care of my joes over the years, fixing/cleaning etc. but never really did more than that.... now I'm again back to collecting.

I' ve been "lurking" in different sites related to Joes, but never really posted anything (as I'm too lazy for that) but decided to make myself noted here, just for you guys to know I'm around...

My hobbies include, besides Joes, Wado-Ryu Karate (almost 15 years), movies, beer (man, I like beer!), women, PS2 (I'm saving for PS3) partying / having fun etc. and occasionally giving self-defence classes (does it count as a hobby if you're getting paid :confused: )...but maybe not in that particular order. Oh, and stakes...I like stakes :D Maybe too much, as I'll probably die of a heart failure or sumthing when I'm 50.

So all in all I look forward of everyones conrtibution, (as there are some awesome stuff here) and maybe I'll even get my lazy behind up and do something myself too...as I'm currently working and playing with and idea of a Cobra safehouse or Dreadnok hideout (dont know which direction to go yet) done into an old doll house frame...

Ensi kertaan
(till next time)

[Outrider]

Welcome aboard Tommi, I'm pretty sure you are our first Finnish member!

[lehsreh]

[COLOR=Red]WOW, getting some people from all over. welcome, welcome, all are welcome. [/COLOR]

[Da Talent]

Welcome to the group, premiere Scandinavia member!!!
and in the intrest of pure enlightenment, a "stake" is a stick in the ground, and a "steak" is pure beefy goodness in which I also love! Welcome to the community
cory

[EasySimpleStuff]

Ah, thanx for clearing that up...I felt there was something wrong in there...just couldnt quite figure it out...but yes, I naturally meant the "pure beefy goodness" .

hmmm...I 'm suddenly getting hungry... :rolleyes:

and its good to be here...

Yay for Europe! :D

[Sonneilon]

Yo 5th, I'm down in Bellingham!

[haradrel]

Well guess its my turn, I've been on the site for about a month now :eek:

I go by the online name Haradrel, real name Tommy. From Norway and started collecting "Action Force" as it was called here when I was a kid (which would be in the late 80's early 90's). Sold most of them off when I was growing up. But started collecting the comic books from devils due when they appeared, slowly I got interested in the Joe universe again and just recently (like right after Christmas) I saw the 25th line for the first time and decided it was time to go get some new Action Figures!

I've trained martial arts continually since I was 4, but have had a break now for 2 years, I airsoft and collect loads of weird and unique items.

I also have the same birthday as General Scarlett :eek: (yes that was quite random).
If anybody is wondering about anything else just give me a PM, I don't bite unless you ask me too :p

[silentdusty]

Welcome to the group dude, I look forward to seeing your stuff! :)

[EasySimpleStuff]

Exellent, more Europeans...and northern parts particular:D

[haradrel]

Yes, the invasion has begun! mohahaha*coff coff*

Anyhoo, so far its been a fantastic place :-D

[EasySimpleStuff]

LOL...Man your signature just cracks me up!!...hehehee...special olympics...

[orionlukteel]

Ok, not sure how many good pics I'll be able to post from here on out (I had to go and put one up I probably won't be able to top), but wanted to quick intro, at least.
Don and Rich I already know :D, the rest of you I know only from following a link from another board and seeing your great diostories and pics here. It took a while to get up the nerve to post a pic after seeing everyone else's. :p

For those of you I haven't dealt with, I'm Pat, Patrick, or as most other board members end up calling me, "Orion". Long story short, Orion Lukteel was a comic book character I helped flesh out for a small independent comic book company back when comics were IT. 3 million variant covers later, the market's a lot smaller. But the development sketches and character stories are still rattling around, jonesin' to be in a webcomic. :cool:

I've been collecting since '84, and have a full garage to show for it. Also have MANY, many vehicle shells, so if any of you need a shell for a dio, ask, I probably have one. (Night Boomers, Dreadnok Assaults, etc aren't available, apologies) ;)

Looking forward to seeing more of your work and posting more!

[lehsreh]

[COLOR=Red]welcome aboard.[/COLOR]

[sithviper]

Welcome to the site orionlukteel :D

[Da Talent]

good deal, thanks for say hey, welcome to the group.

cory

[Hawkeye]

Hello all,
As I am just starting to get into dios, I figured I should hop on board here and see what's going on!
Figured it would be a good place to get help if I needed it!

[C-GDSM 2487]

HI hawkeye :D

and welcome i look forward seeing your dios.

[GoCards]

Hawkeye, didn't you used to be on Commando Customs? I've seen your work and it is awesome.

[Flatline]

welcome Sir Everyone Here Is Helpfull So You Should Have No Problems On Getting Some Tips ;)

[WildBill]

HI I'm WildBill,
Fifth put me onto this site. I've been collecting Joe's since 1982-83 era here in Canada.
I'm slowly trying my hand at dio making and hope to have a story to share in the near future.
RJ

[General Scarlett]

Welcome to all the new members!!! We're glad to have you here and interested in dio's and such........jump right in, ask questions and don't worry about the others.......they've all had their shots!! ;) :cool:

Seriously, it's wonderful to see so many new Joe fans getting into this most intriguing, imaginative and intricate aspect of the world of G.I. Joe and beyond!!!

[Hawkeye]

[QUOTE=GoCards]Hawkeye, didn't you used to be on Commando Customs? I've seen your work and it is awesome.[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I was on there for a long time, before it shut down, thanks glad you dig my stuff!

Say, is there a place to post WIP pics?

[General Scarlett]

[QUOTE=Hawkeye]Yeah, I was on there for a long time, before it shut down, thanks glad you dig my stuff!

Say, is there a place to post WIP pics?[/QUOTE]

As of right now, no.

But the site is in a bit of 'WIP' period right now.......meaning that I'm working on some stuff........ ;) :D

[WildBill]

[QUOTE=Hawkeye]Yeah, I was on there for a long time, before it shut down, thanks glad you dig my stuff!

Say, is there a place to post WIP pics?[/QUOTE]

Hey Hawkeye,
How's it going man! I hung that F-18 in my son's room, it looks awesome.
Let me know if you want to part with the pilot...
RJ

[Apacolypto]

Hello fellow Joes!!!

I have been watching your site for some time but thought today a good day to sign up!

I am into 3 3/4" Joes and have been longer than I will admit :o

So now I will poke around and get to know all you better-thanks! :)

[snakeshadow]

Hello all! I had signed up awhile ago but hadn't really had time to post here.
Believe me I had been occasionally popping in to view all of the great pics and stories. I really enjoy the ongoing Joe/Transformer story great stuff!
About me; currently in Okinawa Japan serving the worlds finest military, havent owned a joe figure in quite some time but have never lost my love for the Joe universe. I do own all of the comic books, most of them (except for the new DD series) are comfortably locked away in the states.
I hope noone minds me just coming here viewing the awesome job that you all do. I have alot of great ideas for dio's but I am just a big fan with no toys :(


Keep up the great work, this site has been on of the highlights of my deployments!

[General Scarlett]

Welcome to the newest members!!! Whether you post pics or not, that's cool.........the whole reason for JoeDios is for people to hang out and have fun!!! And your thoughts are always appreciated........so don't be afraid to jump right in!!!!

Peace
:cool:

[silentdusty]

Welcome to the group! :)

[jmsberetta]

my name is james strickland I visited the site about hondred times I like the site.
I have a account at yojoe and gijoe price guide are the two forums you can find me at.

[bvance74]

Hello members. New guy here, I've been lurking on this site for awhile now and figured I might as well join. I have enjoyed so much about this site, and I'm sure i will continue to do so. My name is Bob Vance, and I'm also a member at Hisstank.com by the same name.

[Flatline]

WELCOME TO THE SITE GLAD YOUR OUT OF THE SHADOWS. HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SITE. PEACE OUT :p

[KamikazeGrrl]

Hi you all! :) Nikki here.


I've been into GI Joe since I was little.I had to have the same toys as my Big Brother!

I found you all following a fellow femme-fan's link-thanks General Scarlett! :)

I hope to put some pictures up really soon!

[Rambo]

All of you are welcome as I was welcomed some time ago. This is a very cool photoshoped place. I am sure you will enjoy. :)

[Apacolypto]

[QUOTE=KamikazeGrrl]Hi you all! :) Nikki here.


I've been into GI Joe since I was little.I had to have the same toys as my Big Brother!

I found you all following a fellow femme-fan's link-thanks General Scarlett! :)

I hope to put some pictures up really soon![/QUOTE]

Hey Nikki.....I'm a 'newbie' too!! You look familiar to me......whereabouts in LA do you hang out?

:)

[KamikazeGrrl]

Hi!

Well,it depends,but I tend bar at Babe's and Randy's in Leimart Park.

[Apacolypto]

[QUOTE=KamikazeGrrl]Hi!

Well,it depends,but I tend bar at Babe's and Randy's in Leimart Park.[/QUOTE]

I know the place!! I take client's there from time to time!! Man the blues that are played there are 2nd only to the amazing food!!

Hey wait, I was there a little over a week ago.....were you the girl tending bar on night of the 1st?? I was with a chubby guy with a receding hairline....we were talking about toys from our past, and there was this cute bartender who got into the conversation about He-Man and Joes.......that couldn't have been you, could it?!!?!

:)

[KamikazeGrrl]

[QUOTE=Apacolypto]I know the place!! I take client's there from time to time!! Man the blues that are played there are 2nd only to the amazing food!!

Hey wait, I was there a little over a week ago.....were you the girl tending bar on night of the 1st?? I was with a chubby guy with a receding hairline....we were talking about toys from our past, and there was this cute bartender who got into the conversation about He-Man and Joes.......that couldn't have been you, could it?!!?!

:)[/QUOTE]

WOW!! :eek:

That was me............and we talked about how cool the GI Joe Movie will be!

That rocks! :D

[sithviper]

Welcome all to the Joedios :D

[Outrider]

It's so cool to see so many new faces about the place. Welcome to you all, and don't be shy when it comes to contributing. Show us your skills! :)

[Stormer]

[QUOTE=Outrider]It's so cool to see so many new faces about the place. Welcome to you all, and don't be shy when it comes to contributing. Show us your skills! :)[/QUOTE]
I second that -- seems that this spring is quite the time for new members!

I'll also add that everyone is also encouraged to post comments on other people's pics/dios, even ones from way back in the archives. I'm sure I'm not alone in liking it when I discover new comments on my earlier shots! Not that I have much in the way of CURRENT ones...!

[troopsofdoom]

I'm an FNG here and I'm looking for a good place to buy supplies and props for 1/18 Joes. I know about Marauder Inc. but that's it. If anybody can help me out it would be great. Thanks.

[ender098]

[QUOTE=troopsofdoom]I'm an FNG here and I'm looking for a good place to buy supplies and props for 1/18 Joes. I know about Marauder Inc. but that's it. If anybody can help me out it would be great. Thanks.[/QUOTE]


Marauder is Great....build-a-rama dot com is cool too. Smalljoes, Guru-planet, BigBadToyStore, all good reputable sites. IF you look at JBL, Mastercollector or yojoe.com they have seller site links by the hundreds!


BTW, love your comic Dios! Dengar doing Johnny Cash had me Rolling!! Welcome aboard!

[nando]

Its a good idea right , there s a lot of new members ,we want to know them better lets post some pics ... :cool:

[Da Talent]

well I guess you should start then :D ........

[nando]

thats me

[Sonneilon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/128_02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/Sonneilon/109.jpg

[lehsreh]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/GI_smurf/touse7-28-07.jpg

[LordRaven]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/LordRaven/DSCF1011.jpg

[Da Talent]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/fireflyed/coryandjager.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/fireflyed/DSC00085.jpg

Here's a couple of me and my fiancee Rachel, because I know she is too lazy to get on here and upload. Thats right! I'm calling you out girl!!!
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/fireflyed/meandmyboo.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/fireflyed/aw.jpg

[Rachel]

Thanks for saving me some time, suga :p

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=LordRaven]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v687/LordRaven/DSCF1011.jpg[/QUOTE]
That's totally the type of picture I was hoping to see from Shane!

Ok, down here goes mine picture.

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6536/gramado6ef4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Da Talent]

it feels like I know more of you better already, hope more of our die hard members will offer up

[silentdusty]

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/silentdusty/romulanale.jpg

[LordRaven]

Beware of Romulans bearing gifts.

[Urban Saboteur]

Pictures of me (http://www.flickr.com/photos/superiorraw/sets/72157601446270641/) :D

[Outrider]

Mr and Mrs Outrider, aka Craig and Deanne. :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2444511082_c12e3b332c_o.jpg

[sgcaper]

Here's one of me from last years SDCC.

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=sgcaper]Here's one of me from last years SDCC.[/QUOTE]

Man, you had a shot taken with Sergio Aragones? Now I'm jealous!! :)

[Bayer]

Warning...I hate having my picture taken more than Firefly...this is not the piercing stare of a psychopathic killer...yet....

I hate having my picture taken (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm165/Bayer_2008/Joe%201/Picture010.jpg)

[sgcaper]

[QUOTE=Outrider]Man, you had a shot taken with Sergio Aragones? Now I'm jealous!! :)[/QUOTE]

He is a master. I have a sketch book I bring to cons and every time I see Mr. Aragones adds to his page. It's awesome.