I'm one of them dio guys so I have to make due with what's available, y'know? Drives me bonkers sometimes because there isn't a toy company out there that makes what what I need. I think SW figures can be worked into a storyline but it's not like Anakin is Anakin in my JoeVerse. NOT that he is, but just saying. It's hard for a lot of us to see something that a toy is not. Anakin showing up in 'verse, it'd be REALLY hard for any viewer to not think that's Anakin. I could call him Carl and everyone would be like, "dude, whatever, that's Anakin you dork." But I bet if you used Mon Motha or some of the other lesser known characters, it'd work.

I'm gonna start working on a dio for someone on the JBL and his prologue has news reporters. Swapping physical bodies would be too much of a headache as would be photoshopping the stuff. Be much easier if some toy company had a few generic reporters. (lol) As if THOSE would sell, right? Anyway, if I were really into SW, then I'd probably be able to shove in a few figures that people won't recognize right away. But as it stands, I have Dooku, Mace and ObiWan who might just get used as reporters. ;)

And let's just say, when Chapter3 of Transformation (titled "Hell Is From Here To Eternity") is posted, you'll see that I use a couple of other toylines to make things work. The key is, will people accept them as what I want in the story or as things from another toyline?




*ah geez, I got off-topic. There are a couple of other toylines I'm using and have also considered trying to plug in Microman. ;)

When it comes to re-arming my Joes & Cobras
basically, if it looks good to me, its staying no matter what line its from :)

I never thought of incorporating Corps weapons into my collection
but the mini-MP5s were just too sweet to pass up
THEN i discovered that the bigger rifles looked awesome with new sculpts
especially when i needed to re-arm my Cobra CLAWs...
cuz trying to buy the HKG-36 rifles in bulk are kinda pricey :mad:

I liked Lanard when their figures were o-ringed, the new one are too big. I liked the MP-5s I got with the one new figure I tried. Most of their vehicles are tired and outdated, at least the ones readily available. I wouldn't mind the army ambulence, which I used to own, but sold for some dumb reason.

BBI weapons are okay, though I only have the target ones. I passed up some of BBI realistic vehicles on clearance because they are TOO realistic to really be used with GI JOE.

PTE has good vehicles and okay figures. Get them for the vehicles and still have some poseable, useful figures.

Chap Mei, can't get past the useless figures with over sized guns, so I haven't bought any of their stuff in some time. the figures have more personality than PTE, but 5 points of articulation and preposing doesn't cut it.

21st century, again, too realistic and I hate angled cut- joints on action figure arms.

I'm the same way. In my previous post, I was only referring to the vehicles and weapons of those toy lines.

This is a great topic!!! I have Lanard, BBI, and Power Team. The Lanard guns that came with the non o ring figures are realy over sized but are still cool. BBI I have a few of their figures and their gear is neat but you have to be careful that it doesn't break. They had some weapon packs which I got but I don't know if there is any more of them out in stores but if you see one it wouldn't hurt to snag one. BBi's figs are made differently than the Joes and it takes a little getting used to. Lanard has some cool vehicles and if you are on a tight budget Lanard can work. Power Team figs have great posibility and I know you can maybe get 3 figs in a pack. Alot of people use these guys as mercenaries, bad guys, hostages or even on the Joes Team. I think if you have a use for them as a named charecter, custom foder etc.. then their value increases to the person who uses them. If you want to use SW figs by all means. They got some great detail and cool gear though there posibility as figs are not as great as the Joes. When I was younger I used some SW figs with my Joes and it worked out fine. I think what it all boils down to is what you want do with your Joes, what kind of budget (if you have one), and your imagination. There might be other factors that play out for other people but these are just the ones off the top of my head. The most important thing to remember is to have fun and enjoy yourself. Now you know...

About oversized weapons: The G.I. Joe collection didn't have any oversized weapons? Look at Barrel Roll Sniper rifle from DTC. Lanard from no o-ring aren't that big when side by side Barrel Roll rifle.

pretty much any other line in scale and with decent articualtion. I really like BBI figs also

Oh yeah, GIJoe had more than its fair share of giant weapons.
The SAW-Viper's rifle, the Rock-Viper's sniper rifle, v1 Shockwave's MAC-10 and handgun, the 90s Gung-Ho's machine gun, Tunnel Rat's M-60, the new MP5K that the last VvV Duke and the DTC Range-Vipers had, Spearhead's rifle, 91 Dusty's submachine gun... the list goes on and on.
Barrel Roll's sniper rifle from DTC, it's based on this design: http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn46-e.htm and from what I've seen of it, it looks to be in close scale with the real deal.

That's a friggin anti-tank sniper rifle! You know, you can blow a Cobra's head off with that. Literally. But anyway I prefer Barett M82 :P

Back to topic - I use some Corps figures (o-ring ones), REMCO Outpost (can be seen in Devil's Ground dio) and RARELY some not-joe weapons.
Basically - I use only Joes and original stuff. Mostly because in Poland there is no other similar stuff.
And - I don't use new Joes. Despite Blackout, Flint and Viper - I have only "the old good Joes from my childhood"

I had that Remco outpost tower and some others, plus the figures, some of which were cool, some okay...but their tumbs broke too easily.

I used to mix just about everything I could, which meant, yeah, it became a fantasy world where monsters and aliens co-existed with GI JOE and such.