don't worry about it :D you can post as long and as short as you want :) thats one of the things thats great about posting ;)

I like it cause its a way to stay a kid and a way to live in your own little world where the bad guys have advanced robot soldiers and clones and advanced weapons and lasers and high-tech lab equipment and....ect...ect... you get the idea :D it has always been fun to collect, play and build stuff with G.I. Joes. I have collected gi joes since I was a little kid and have off and on ever since.

see lehsreh we all post long little indepth stories about ourselves, its our way of letting each other know more about who we are.

Nick

AHAHAHAHAHHAHA... You call that long? It may look long when you type it out but after it's posted, it's dinky! DINKY!

My mother used to say collecting joes or building with legos calms some officeworkers and keeps them away from getting an Uzi and shooting all their co-workers. So she doesn't get mad at me for still collecting.

Shooting an uzi at co-workers! :eek: :eek: :eek:

First off I'm new here. Longtime viewer. I don't yet have a digital camera of my own, and I'm not as creative as y'all are, so I'm not sure when I'll start posting pics of my own.
Now, getting to why I like this stuff. I grew up with it in the 80's. It's the whole nostalgia trip thing for me. Collecting this stuff reminds me of a simpler time when I didn't have to work the daily grind and pay bills. My collection pales in comparison to what I've seen here, and what I had as a kid, but it's growing nicely.
So that's why I like it, simply for the fact that it helps keep me young.

Just an exaderation. It could be a 9mm pistol or something.


Welcome GoCards! I can't wait to see your collection.

yeah welcome GoCards! good to see someone new on the sites :D

Graham! I demand the resurection of Big Ben! :D

Welcome to the site go cards! Nice to see the Joedios community growing! :)

Agreed. Good to know there's more of us out there! :)

Back On Topic
 

Now that everyone has welcomed the newb perhaps we could get back on topic to discussing why we like GIJOE?
For me.. it has nothing to do with the comics or cartoons.. it's literally the Swivel Arm Battle Grip.. I was 5 and had lego.. I was 6 and had star wars.. I was 7 and got G.I.Joe my parents knew that in 1987 I'd cross a border that held no boundaries.. :D The fun thing now is.. I remember being 8 or 9.. and spent countless hours of the summer in the garden setting up figures and bases.. and setting my figures in poses.. I'd think to myself.. woah if only i had a way of filming it all.. and if only I could biuld my own sets... Guess what!!! :eek: Today I realise that dream.. you could say for me growing up as meant nothing.. just that all the materials & resources I wanted as a child.. example.. dremel.. wood.. paints etc.. I couldnt get.. now I can.. and since I got a digital camera each waking day I spend on new ideas and plots.. and I have a folder to work on these projects.. . to me the figures I got into in 1987 ....my first we're... flint, dialtone, crazy legs, airtight, frostbite, dr.mindbender and ripper.. all swivel arm figures.. and I really could never see beyond that.. as I said the boundary or border was crossed and today the collecting continues.. I love GIJOE cause its a cool toy primarily because of the articulation alone. The majority of characters are based on the filecards written by Larry H, I've seen some of the toons.. and tbh I see them as just entertainment and nothing more. :D