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I was curious to know if someone else it's buy other toylines to have weapons, vehicles or even figures for your Joe collection.

I've some Chap Mei itens from DinoQuest, WildQuest and Soldier Force, more of them are vehicles, fences and birdcages. The weapons are to oversized, but computers, antennas and backacs are perfect to upgrade some Joes/Cobras .

PTE it's great on his vehicles and sio acessories, but I've just 3 marine/rangers in jungle camo and 6 deltas on desert camo. They have very cool acessories: machineguns, rifles, backpacks with straps and some playsets like watchtower, a Command Base, Bunker Bed Sets (I'm really waiting for this one!) and I remember that I put my eyes on a SKYcrane in 1/18 that was promised by PTE.

I also add some national toy companies acessories and some Lanard CORPS figs. Lanard have 2 outposts, I can remember the name, but it can be found at smalljoes.com, they are must have.


So, what are you using with your joe'verse?

Well, I use a lot of weapons and accessories from BBI and PTE (as well as the great guys at Marauder Inc). PTE is definitely my favorite thanks to the nicer scale of the weapons (the BBI guns are a bit larger than they should be), as well as the inclusion of gas cans, oil drums, ammo boxes, barbwire posts, tank traps, etc. with all their products. You always get a good bang for your buck with PTE.
I use a LOT of vehicles from Chap Mei, PTE and Corps, mostly to replace Joe vehicles that either don't interest me or that I can't afford:
PTE Little Bird
PTE Buggy (replacing the AWE Striker)
Chap Mei Chinook (replacing the Tomahawk)
Chap Mei large tank (replaces the MOBAT/Mauler and is used as the Joes' main tank)
Corps small one-man gyrocopter (fills out the FANG force)
Corps patrol boat
Corps mini-jet
And, while I don't have it yet, I plan to use a Corps large copter instead of the Dragonfly, mainly because of its smaller size that makes it easier to store, as well as the fact that it's more solid than a Dragonfly.
I've stayed clear of BBI vehicles, because of the insane prices they go for, and I hear they aren't very durable.

That's about it, I think.

Most of the vehicles I have are Joe. I do have a Huey made by 21st Century Toys and some BBi weapons (which break if you breath on them wrong)I have seen the PTE stuff but by the time I decide to get one it's gone. I have no idea who Chap Mei is and I don't remeber seeing any of their stuff. As for Corps I'm just not interested in them.

Chap Mei is the name of a toy company based in Hong Kong that specializes in making a wide variety of 3 3/4" toys, from dinosaurs to pirates to soldiers...
There's a website dedicated to cataloguing all their products, you can visit it at www.chapmeitoys.com

I use Stargates Dune Buggy as part of my Desert Patrol Force
since it is based on the GIJoe AWE Striker

Mortal Kombat & Street Fighter figures are also integrated into my Joe-verse

In regards to weapons, some Elite Force weapons, some Corps weapons
some Power Team Elite vehicles & playsets ~ but none of their figures

I use a few BBI weapons but only bought 1 pack of 'em. (give or take 3 figures whose weapons became Joe property) I don't care for the BBI stuff.

I AM all about the Marauder Inc weapons. Decent prices and $1.45 shipped worldwide, it's NOT a bad deal. You guys have seen his stuff used in my dio. I have 4 sets of the NCMs (the Pulse Rifles from Aliens; I need 1 more set), 1 set of MP5s (which the Joes use as their primary) and then a couple assorted weapons from him. The Sig550 is LowLight's weapon.

I mentioned to GIJock yesterday that I was considering using SW CLone Troopers. Don't ask how cuz that would be revealing. They wouldn't be your average run-of-the-mill heavy armored warriors running around. I see them having different uses.

I've seen these. Duh !! I've seen the Pirate ones at the drug store. Thought they were pretty cool. I've only seen the arctic figures at Big Lots, but I never knew about the other sets.

Marauder Inc., Chap Mei, Lanard, BBI, Power Team Elite, thems alls in my forces o’ Joe and Cobra alike. All of the pics that I’ve posted here have had at least one Marauder Inc. weapon in them.

I'm replying on a general basis here but Sonneilon raises the crossverse question which I'd like some opinion on. First I gather equipment and accessories everywhere. Marauder Inc. will be seeing my business very soon for some of their more exotic equipment. I've picked up some Chap Mei stuff from odd sources, GI Joe and Lanard (Corps) equipment from SmallJoes.com. I did try a direct buy from Hasbro but was not impressed with the customer service/shipping costs of my order.

On the crossverse use of non-GI Joe or GI Joe-esque figures - such as StarWars or the like. If we can incorporate them in a plausible storyline what are some opinions on this?

Bayer

As long as they're reasonably realistic and properly scaled, I'll use anything that expands the range of vehicles and weapons available to my Joeverse. When it comes to figures, though, I only use the real thing.