check out the Dios!!!
 

Hey guys altough they are Star Wars I think they are cool and hope you like em or please reccomend how they could be better, sorry I took awhile in answering but as you all know we have to make the money to be able to afford the toys :(

enjoy the pictures......

http://community.webshots.com/photo...062012851ZcMDlj

Gotta say it's cool to see all these new faces around. Welcome Guys! :)

WOW !!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

That is one heck of a collection.

here's me at E3:

:eek: Well I guess now we know why we haven't seen you in awhile. Those are some sweet babes.

You're at E3??? Duuuuuuuude...

So is the PS3 all that or what???

Hey fella, good to see you. We were afraid that you could be dead. :D

But I still don't see you. This 2 ladies just shine out from the picture!!!

you lucky little......little......little butthole

Wow.. Great collection my Friend.. Would you happen to have an Extra Scout Trooper lying around anywheres? Let me know. Thanks.

Hello/about ME !
 

Hey Guys/Gals
Ok I'm new here obviously. So About me I've been into Joe since it came out, I was 5 at the time, I'll be 29 shortly. My first GI Joe stuff was christmas stuff from my Uncle Bud (rip) I got Hawk with the Mobile Missle System, and a SNAKE armour, this was followed a few months later by my birthday gifts from him, Ace and the Skystriker, and Wild Bill and the Dragonfly, and CopperHead and the Water Moccassin. Thus began something that still has not ended :D
The first figure I bought with my own money (saved allowance etc) was Mainframe, I originally went for LJ but couldn't find one, so I thought Mainfraimes file card was cool so I got him, he was followed soon by Hawk, but I think I made 35 cents a week if i did my chores, (my family didn't have alot of money) so saving for stuff was a long process. I stayed collecting throughout the 80's and made some sweet trades in 6th grade that like trippled my collection ( I traded what few transformers I had for Joes) (and i never regretted it!!) In 88 I found out there was a comic book and started getting that and filling in the ones I had never know about. I stopped collecting the figs around the first ninja force, and I lost interest and couldn't even find the comic after the early 130's so about the time I went off to college my GI Joe collection and life remained dormant up in my parents attic.
Then somehow/somewhere i heard that they were bringing the comic back out !! Thanx Devils Due !! And it all just spiraled downhill from there !! I've got the Cartoons, alot of the Comics though i still have some large holes in what i am missing. The Find you Fate books (still missing 2) the Novels (still missing 2) and am working on collecting the Action Force comics. I pic up fifgures I don't have and am not a completest, I' d decided a cutoff year for what i would pic up as well as trading/selling off the majority of the vehicles from my childhood in order to focus on what i wanted. I got into reading Fan-Fic and have some poems and a story over at joedebriefed.com you can look me up by author I'm PoetFlint there as well, on I think all other boards I am PoetFlint except YOJoe where i am ranger_jer
I got into customizing about 2 years ago and liked it but is time consuming I basically use the winter months to do my customs, (which i did alot this last winter) I have yet to get pics and put them up, but when i do they will be on JoeCustoms.com I haven't built any dio-stories yet, and might not for some time, but i sure do enjoy reading them and seeing what people think up.
My favorite Joe characters top 12 each side no particular order:
1-Flint
2-LJ
3-Hawk
4-Roadblock
5-Spirit
6-CoverGirl
7-BeachHead
8-Wild Bill
9-Psyche-Out
10-Airborne
11-Falcon
12-Shipwreck

!-Cobra Commander
2-Baroness
3-Zandar
4-Zarana
5-Zartan
6-Monkeywrench
7-Major Bludd
8-Stormshadow
9-the Crimson Twins
10-Copperhead
11-Firefly
12-Torch

I also have picked up 2 fan created movies they are awesome, I love anything new to read or watch, I am looking for anyone interested in getting together or helping out with ideas/script/props/acting etc for a fan based movie just done for our own enjoyment !! Let me know any and all ideas, feel free to shot me an e-mail or whatever !!
wow that was long
YOOOO JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yo new folks!

The guys here thought it'd be fun to do a few projects. Take a look at the Theme Week stuff. Each week, those who want to participate take pictures of stuff that pertains to a particular theme. We started with Cobra Commander and done a few things. The most recent have been "comic scenes" and "comic covers". NOT that you can't do them on your own and post them on your own time, we just thought it would be a fun thing to do. A common goal for the week. Anyone can join in, suggest stuff. It's looking like 'cartoon scenes' will be theme in about 2 weeks. I always post the next week's theme on Thursdays, give a week to work on stuff and then post pics on Sat/Sun.

There's also the Target Range. You sign up for a specific day (it's Joe or Cobra) and choose which figure you want to post. The Target Range is the community's chance to rant and/or rave about a character and his/her figure. Sometimes they get picked on. Other times, the figure is loved! Either way, they are a target. Anyone can sign up so please do.

Just thought I should clue people in on the extra-curricular activities here. :D

An Introdution
 

Hello,
It's been a while since I posted but I'm always lurking. I hate to burst any bubbles but I turn 37 in July. You youngins might not remember them old days before the swivel arm battle grip and the Mobat was all that. I can remember the time when the figures were the only GI Joe items Hasbro released and Kenner arguably forced the Star Wars envelope with figures and vehicles that might or might not been in the movies just to stay even with the coolness that was GI Joe.
I've gotten to the point that between this forum and the Adventure Team site of Sean Huxter (12" figure dio site) I hardly go anywhere else. I've also got that pesky wife/family thing too so internet time comes less often.
As far as favorites:
Breaker - because he was the first one I ever got. These were the straight arm ones.
Rock & Roll - second one
Blizzard - A little more GQ look than the rest
Mercer - (both versions) Kinda the anti-hero
Battle Armor Cobra Commander - really don't know why
Firefly - just pure mean
Baroness - because she was hot

These are the ones I immediatley think of. There are so many others but hey you guys know what I'm talking about.

Bayer in Indianapolis

Welcome aboard Bayer, good to see someone else in the "more mature" age bracket besides me! :D

Here here. :D
Glad to see there are other who remember the good ole days of striaght arm figures.

Great to see I wasn't the only one who started collecting young and never really stopped. Welcome aboard, Bayer. I've actually seen more than one person interested in SA 1982 figures for nostalgia reasons.

And don't worry about your age, there are more than one of us in the 34 and older demographic. ;) Again, welcome and we hope you enjoy the photos, dioramas and eveything else here.

Back in '82, Flash was my fave figure. When the Swivel Arm came out, I just HAD to get him again, y'know? My old Straight ARms, by then, were in pretty bad shape. Unfortunately, other faves emerged since they were a touch more 'exotic' than that 1st series. But it was a mad dash to try and get the revamped figures that had the new articulation.

I know one thing tho. When GI Joe came out with all their cool articulation, it made me wonder just what on earth Star Wars was doing. Why didn't those figures have knees and elbow and proper shoulder joints??? And why were their detailing so poor???

Yeah, I know what you mean. The Star Wars people (was Kenner/now Hasbro) really didn't catch the train until 2003 when the latest figures started to show more articulation. The clone troopers now have some of the best articulation of any Star Wars figure in the line's history. Too bad it only took them 20 something years to see what the GI Joe line had from day one. Oh well.

Bayer

With that amount of Elders around with could star a G.I. Joe council, like in Star Wars, hehehehehe!!! :D

Do or Do Not! There is no try. Humor is with this young ToneGuns.

Please TG, you know we're more like the Jugglers. ;)




Sure as heck, we aren't the council since they all get knocked off. :p And we aren't the independent trade union duders since Darth Vader knocks all THEM off! Safer to be a Juggler since it's more fun to, uh, juggle stuff.

Renegade, Steel Brigade
 

Hi guys! My brother and I started up Joe collecting again a few years ago, and recently got into customizing again. Dios were the next step. It's good to be part of this Joe community, and thank you.

Yeah, but if we were, wouldn't we be trying to shut ourselves down?

You just haven't been knocked off yet. Just wait and see, muahhahahahaha!

Ok fine. How 'bout the shady guys from X-Files who were always working behind the scenes. No wait, they tended to get killed off too, didn't they? Man, look at what TG started! Can we all be Pokemon trainers then? :D

I hate pokemon. :mad: :eek:

How 'bout YuGiOh? Shoggoth? Cthulhu? System Lords? Congress? (Oops, we actually want to be productive, don't we?)

Now I know I'm getting old...I didn't understand a word of that, well, except for the Congress bit, anyway. :confused: Maybe we need a smiley with wrinkles and grey hair for us "Respected Elders" to use on each post. :p

Well, here I thought I was being trendy and contemporary. Shoggoth and Cthulhu are HP Lovecraft references. The YuGiOh reference is for the card game/cartoon that I've never really understood. System Lords are the bad guys from StarGate SG1.

TG woulda got me with System Lords too. I shoulda known that since I read the 3 Stargate books.

How 'bout we become the Lords of the Sith? lol

Thanks, man. I've got that straight now. :D

Sith Lords, Time Lords, Ten Lords A-leaping - Oh Lord! I don't know if this is a good idea Yogi.

Hello everyone, I'm another semi lurker as I've been with this sight for a couple of months but haven't really said a whole lot. I'm the crazy guy who's trying to convince people to try wargaming with Gi Joes but it doesn't appear to be catching on like the wild fire I hoped for :( must be the 40 page manual that explains the game. I'm 21 too, been a fan since I was like 8 or 9 I can't really remember, I like some of the things thats been happening lately the new comic books are okay, I like all the Declassified stuff thats been coming out from DDP its cool to get to know our characters better. I'm a writer/anthropologist/wargamer/scifi geek/gijoe fan and well I'm sure there's some other stuff that I can't think of at the moment. I like what everyone's been doing on this site, I can't wait to get back to my collection and start taking my own pictures to show off my collection. I probably have one thing that none of you have which holds my GI JOEs but you'll have to see what it is when I post the picture, eventually. Oh and I live in BC, Canada and my name's Tao.
Cheers Everyone

Yo Dersham, I'm just o'er the border in Bellingham! :D

new to this site
 

Hello everyone I'm 18 and new to this site just joined the other day. but I have been customizing since I was little, mainly the 12 inch g.i. joe, but I have been working on some new stuff for the sigma 6 line since most of them are 8 inches tall. I someday hope to post a bunch of my creations, I know they may not me as good as some but the are really fun to make! I live in the middle of nowhere so there is plenty of places to get a good photo. Its really cool to see how many fans there are of g.i. joe and I hope to get to know a lot of you.

Welcome my friend. Just DON'T take a sit. Put your hands on work. Bring us your photos, let us enjoy your work. Take a look on our group projects and sign in. If do you will need some help just give us a letter.

well come to mention it I am having a bit of trouble making the cobra logo out of material , so if you or anyone else can give me any ideas, that would be great. :)
Thanks

Yo! Joe

A quick bio
 

Hey there, I just found this thread. I've been posting here for less than a week, alot of you have commented on my photos and THANK YOU for all your input. I'm Shane, I'm 25 from Nova Scotia Canada. I said in the real names thread that I've been "down since day one" to quote John Cena. I'm a big Cobra fan, eventually I want to get the Arashikage clan tattoo, hehe. My favorite Cobra is Storm Shadow (even though he's broken of the brainwashing....for now...) and my favorite Joe is Shipwreck. Quite frankly, I hate Snake Eyes. I plan on doing a dio story when I get the free time. I work for a local dept store running the stockroom, it;s not glamorus but I get to yell at people which is always a bonus. My other hobbies include RPGs such as D&D, Video Games, Poker, Pool, Hockey, Comic books and music. If anyone is bored my MSN addy is in my profile, feel free to add me. Thanks again everyone.

"Me, Too..!" I've been coming here for a few months. I Actually had the nerve to post a few pics. I need a new Camera, but I can't afford one buying all the Joes and whatnot! LOL!

I got into collecting in 1982, bought the first GI Joe comic and traded Star Wars for GIJoe! I kept up with the complete collection until 1989. I was always interested in the Military, and in 1987, joined the US Army and became a Combat Engineer (Larry Hama!?!). I blew stuff up for 3 years and got out in 1990. I was recalled for Desert Storm in 1991, but never got deployed. Just went to Fort Leonardwood, trained and by then the war was over! Went to College when I got back, met my wife, graduated college, had a kid, (was more into Martial Arts in college than Joes) got out of college and tried to get back in the Army. When that didn't happen, I joined the USMC and have been in since 1995. I'm doing tactical data networking (former Army, now a computer Marine.....old....MAINFRAME, is that you??). In 2002, I met a guy at my last unit who collected GI Joes and I saw they had new figures out, so I got back into it. My collection went from 550 in 2002 to over 1,800. (i need a second Garage!) I'm in the seniors bracket, too I'm 38.....anyone older?? And if you think it's hard to do Dio stories in public, imagine doing it on a MArine Corps Base! Not Fun! LOL!

I don't offend easily and I have a bizarre sense of humor. I can take it, but I prefer to dish it out! LOL! Ask Outrider, I'll never quit ragging him for torching that bat! LOL!

The biggest problem with being Military is knowing too much about how the military works and getting too technical and not just enjoying the stories! (You should hear me yell when I watch Black Hawk Down!!)

Anybody got any questions about the Marine Corps, let me know!

Glad to be Aboard! Semper Fi!

I'm with you there, Ender. My Joes number about the same, and between them and the rest of the stuff my wife and I collect, we need a bigger house! Being 38 makes you second oldest, I think; I'm the "fossil" around here as far as I know.
As for the BAT burning, I love a good laugh too man, so bring it on!!! :D :D

Outrider, us fogeys gotta stick together! I see from the other forum that Australia is kinda dry for joes. You need anything, let me know and maybe I can help you out! (ie someone won't ship overseas or is overcharging you for it, send it to me and I'll forward it to you for cost only! Just lookin out for a fellow collector!)