I think thats an excellent idea.

I dont know if I should say the name of the site (bleep it out if I can't) but JoeCustoms.com does this group project where members have to make a custom figure, vehicle or diorama based on a theme that everyone votes for, then they showcase everyone's work.

So picking out a theme or a figure to photograph is an excellent idea to get people to do an engaging activity, and Id definitely be up for that :)

Hey, that could be pretty fun if we can get enough people to participate! Count me in.

I think it'd be cool to do it, say, every two or three weeks... JC's group projects last three freaking months! Seems a little excessive to me.

Well, I continue to lurk somewhat, but don't come here often because there aren't usually many posts. Today when I came over there were 56! That's good!

I think this site/board has the potential to be a "go to" place for dio's, too, and there are a lot of things here being offered. I think group projects are a fine idea...whatever people can do to get a more "community" jive.

Justin

I was thinking a little more about the picture idea about a specific Joe. Everyone might not have a Duke or Snake Eyes but if there was a wider scope say for example take a picture of any Cobra Viper, Ninja, Joe Vehicle etc... to keep it simple and to have as many people post what they have. Again just an idea to think about.

Heres another idea I came up with. Say for example somebody could take a few pics and begin a story. Then someone else takes some more pics to continue the story. There really doesn't need to be any words added to the pic if you don't want to. It would be interesting to have some Joes start out in the back yard and end up at the beach or whatever and just see what people come up with. It would be loose and nothing really serious. It could be a fun thing to try.

I think it was Tone Guns who once suggested a 'THEME' series. That could be fun. But I go with anything you guys want. Course, if you guys say, "Let's do a Surefire, Mirage, Ice Cream Soldier & Big Ben" theme, I won't be entering. lol

I use to do just that, but what would happen is people would go here and do one of two things, not be able to figure out how to join and begin posting (Which goes back to what some people say about not knowing this stuff even exists) and the other group would post but no one else would respond and so it became a mute point.

Things have gotten better here since then. But when you think about the amount of times you see sites hitting the headlines at places like Joe Battlelines, this site is hardly ever mentioned. Maybe a push for Joe battlelines to add some of these updates to their news column?

I understand exactly what you're saying. I had a conversation with a friend recently, (a joe fan as well) and I was probably a little drunk and I just spouted it out, "Why don't you ever comment on any of my Dio's, I'd like to know what you think?" He was like "I thought you knew I love your Dios"?????

I don't think a lot of people understand how much it means. I'd also argue a point someone made here about people not giving this art credit because there are so many Joe Fans out there that love this stuff. If this site was THE place for Joe Dioramas, I'm sure there would be a huge increase.

A lot of people comment to me through e-mail. I could start directing those e-mails here. Telling people to stop by Joe Dios and check it out. I have no qualms about everyone sharing exposure. I'm just worried they'll fall into the "I don't understand forums and what they're about crowd" but I'm sure we could pick up some people.

Hey guys! About the group project thing..I'm surely in, no matter what..thing is, and I know a lot of you will agree, that the JC group project idea is superb..too bad most of the entries aren't.. (don't get me wrong people like teknokyo and some others really kick ass!!!)As a whole I believe that the quality of work, be it dios, photos of JOES or customs is far superior to the other sites..and I believe it has to do with all the great pix posted so far..I do agree that this site's circulation can be really bloated at times, but heck, it is the best place to go and check out Joe fan pix and stuff..I'm up for anything that could boost joedios.com!