My turn now I see :)

As some of you already know, my name's Wojciech [no ease - try to pronounce it right by yourselves ;)], had my 21st birthday on the 6th of February (so, one of the youngest here...) and I live in Poland, in Cracow (or Kraków of you want polish spelling :) ). Yeah, second oldest city in my country, fortunately NOT a capital, great place for anything - from studying to making films. We've been celebrating the 750th annivarsary of our city's location this year, so you know why it's so climatic place to live :)

I'm now on the second year at International School of Journalism at Jagiellonian University (jeeez... that's typical - "International" is only on the english plates, on polish it just Journalism Institute... guess it's to make a better impression ;)).

I'm collecting Jos since I was 4 years old and got my TF Tripwire, which is with me 'till this day. Well, as other Joes I got as a child. To me - they are part of my life, the best toy ever (and I had a lot of them. It'a real shame that LEGO introduced Vikings and Exo-Force series recently, because I was soooo dreaming of such playsets in my childhood... that's why LEGO is my no 2 toy).
My collection is now approx. 130 figures and about 30 vechicles - yep, not a big one, but nowadays the only way to get new things is ebay, and shipping to PL is quite a lot...
I love making my diostories - it relaxes me and I still develop my photo skills and imagination.

Beside Joes I'm a modeller - mostly 1/72nd scale and recently I switched onto the 1/72nd figure painting and such. I also like fantasy, horror and all GOOD literature (currently going through the S.King's "Dark Tower" like a hot knife through butter) and I like to play on peoples' nerves by listening to Metal. Genre depends on my mood :)
Yes, with such interests it's rather hard to be with anyone :) But at least I know a few girls, who have the "he's a little crazy, but as long as not dangerous - it's okay" attitude :)

Ok, who's next?

The Dark Tower series is one of the best storylines I have ever read. Enjoy.

I'll carry on with the international replies...

My name's Andrew, I turned 27 a couple of months ago and I'm from just outside the city of Bath in South-West England. After tomorrow I'll be unemployed once again (temp job ending) and I'm hoping that I'll be able to find something in the editorial side of publishing (magazines) instead of another "because I need the money" job that involves 'phoning people all day.

I got a BA degree in American Studies because the course included a year at SUNY New Paltz and since I graduated in 2003 I've managed to do 2 Manhattan-based internships as well as visit friends a few times. I really, REALLY want to get back to the US to live but getting residency & work permits is incredibly difficult. I'm smart (picked out & tested with a 147 IQ when I was 8...) and highly adaptable, so if any of you guys know of ANY businesses that'd employ a foreigner like me please let me know...!

I got into GI Joe back in 1986 when it was still called Action Force in the UK. Palitoy stopped producing them and Hasbro did it themselves, with packaging in the same style as the US Joes and a marketing blitz of commercials, cartoon videos, comics... They appealed to me, then when I was given Zartan v1 I was hooked -- a highly-detailed, well-articulated action figure with accessories including a disguise, a personal vehicle and a colour-change feature that didn't involve water -- how could any 6-year-old boy not find that the coolest action figure ever? My love of the line never waned (I still have that Zartan...) and when it came back in '02 my collecting exploded.

Besides Joes I'm a HUGE comics fan, mainly Marvel Universe but I'd love to have the time & money to read everything. My Marvel Legends collection is the only other toy line I'm really dedicated to. I also like SF/Fantasy TV & movies, particularly Star Wars AND Star Trek, and am trying to read more books than just Terry Pratchett and Star Wars novels... I'm a fan of animation, mainly 80s-90s action-adventure stuff and comedy from Animaniacs to Family Guy -- another dream of mine is to do voice acting. I own quite a lot of Warhammer 40,000 miniatures but I've not had anyone to game with for about 8-9 years.

I love to travel when I can afford to, and there's a bunch of things I'm trying to develop with varying levels of commitment including writing, juggling, playing the bass guitar I bought 5 years ago, cooking, personal fitness and general self-motivation!

Wow... it's comforting to see that not all Europeans look down on the US. ;)

It's also wild that the average age here seems to be in the mid-20's! I'm used to sites full of 14-year-olds... no wonder the atmosphere seems so much more friendly here. :D

I'm with Fisher on the Dark Tower series; I am a huge King fan, and once you've read the Dark Tower books, a great many things in his other novels will make more sense.

dude you live in southwest va? which part, I'm in norton.

my real name is jordan and i'm 19 yrs old.

i love joes more than anything, except for my mom and dad, and bro. :rolleyes:

sorry fisher, i missed this before. i live in eastern, not far away. i might know some of them, do they fight for gladiator, warrior fc or which one? whats their names?

Wow, pretty close, I live in Wise, just 5 minutes away.



I know Adam Mays and Chico Yeary, they both fight for Gladiator and Adam is challenging for Chico's lightweight title next month.

All right, I'm a little late, but here I am.

My name is Matt, and I live in sunny California. I work at Wells Fargo bank, currently as a Lead Teller.

I've never been as into G.I. Joe as a lot of people on this site. I only owned a handful of Joes when I was young, because I was more interested in He-Man and the Transformers, then later the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I really got into Joes when I was "too old" to play with toys. A friend of my younger brother gave him Tracker for his birthday, and then my brother decided to pick up a few more. That same night he got the red-masked Cobra Commander and Snake-Eyes v4 at the drug store, and on my next trip to the comic shop I picked up G.I. Joe #120 for him. I read it first, though, and really liked it. So my brother and I both started buying Joes, and we chanced into a windfall when a friend of mine was told by his parents to unload his collection. We paid him $100.00 and wound up with nearly every figure from 1986-1989, and many vehicles including the Conquest, HAVOC, Night Raven... and a Terrordrome! To this day I feel a little guilty about buying all that stuff for so little, knowing now what they're worth. But I'm still friends with the guy, so I guess he doesn't mind.

Anyway, like I said, Joes weren't (and still aren't) my first love. I like them a lot, but I only buy what interests me. I also collect Marvel Legends and (surprise, surprise) Transformers-- Though mainly just Alternators and the new Classics, plus the occasional Armada/Energon/Cybertron figure that catches my eye. I also collected the Masters of the Universe revival from a few years ago until Mattel's own blundering killed it. Above all that, though, is my first love, Marvel Comics. I buy and read several titles a month. I do collect a few things from other companies, but it's mostly all Marvel. However, a lot of what they've been producing lately seems sub-standard when compared with the stuff I grew up on, so my monthly reading list has been dwindling as I've been picking up their trades of older material to enjoy. I just finished Champions Classics vols. 1 and 2, am currently reading Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne vol. 7, and have Excalibur Classics vol. 3 lined up next.

I used to read a lot of novels, mainly based on licensed properties like Star Wars and Star Trek, but haven't picked one up in a few years. I love Sherlock Holmes, and every so often get the itch to read some of those stories. Also, I'm addicted to television. My current "must watch" shows include 24, Prison Break, Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, all of NBC's Thursday night comedies, Family Guy, and American Dad. My favorite TV show of all time is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which is the only Trek series I bought in its entirety on DVD. I also love animation, and since there haven't been any outstanding American animated shows for a while (with the exception of Justice League), I've dabbled in some anime. Some of it I love, but some of it seems pretty bad.

Other than that, I just like to hang out with friends and have fun. We go to a lot of movies, even though the prices of admission have gotten insanely high. Oh, and I almost forgot, I'm a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan.

I only came across this site when I had made my G.I. Joe background music files, and needed a place to post them. Hammerfel came to my rescue on the JoeCustoms board by offering to host them here, and I readily agreed. It's kind of cool to have been a "founding member" as it were, and see everyone who passes through post their pictures.

which part, anywhere near big stone gap?

yeah, i know both of them. not personally, but as fighters. i fought for gladiator a few times last year, since then theres a fight that has started in my town, ive been fighting here.

You can't be Frank! I'm Frank....Well, I try to be Frank!!

As long as you don't call me 'Shirley'...... :rolleyes:

Hey everyone, only a few know my true identity as Tao. I've been a huge joe fan since I was around 6, I'm 21 now my birthday's really soon too on the 15th of March. I'm sure I'm the only one here who wargames with their joes and my dios are all shot on my wargame table. I live on the West Coast of Canada on Vancouver Island which is nice place and really I should be outside taking pictures, but I never have. I guess I don't want to have to explain myself to people who might ask what I'm up to.

I'm into all the joe comics as I'm a supporter of the cause and some aren't as good as others. I've only got 300 joes maybe 40 or so vehicles and I have a collection of Corps guys. Though few joes are actually sold in stores here, I usually have to purchase them online, and customs is a pain. I've started customizing joes recently too, though they're mostly repaints, I think I only have a few that have swapped parts.

I enjoy scifi the most, sounds like we have a lot of BSG fans, but I also enjoy Stargate and Stargate Atlantis, Jericho, Eureka, Heroes, Total Recall 2070, The 4400, Firefly, and there's a whole slew more that I can't remember right now. I'm probably moving to the States soon to get my Masters in Anthropology and I hope to do studies in Militarization along with looking at the writing style that permeates within the field. At the same time I'm trying to be a writer, but I'm a C+ to B writer at best, but I'm getting better... slowly.

I love this website though and a great deal of the people here are really awesome and have been producing some really great stuff.

Cool!!! 'Ides of March'-Very powerful!!!! It's no wonder that your so into wargames!!!! :)

Heh heh, there's only one Frank! :D

Yay! I'm not the only one who knows that's the ides of March. I always say that and get queer looks.

So, Iron Maiden's "Ides of March" song fits you perfectly :)

Nice birthdate man :)

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My name is Rusty. I am 38 and a counselor at a children's youth program. I'm an ex Eagle Scout and former USMC ROTC candidate. I've been collecting for 20 years and am a fan. My mom has the final stages of Alzheimer's and cancer. I look to GI Joe to escape from reality for a little bit. I'm single and looking for the right girl. I thought I had her; but she unfortunately married someone else. I've always been invoved in military hobbies from doing 1 35 scale models to reading various books on military operations and equipment. I live in Watertown, N.Y. and will move once my Mom passes. I've had some health problems but they don't stop me. I firmly believe if something doesn't kill you it makes you stronger. Joe Dios is the first web site I check before I check the news. I wish I could post pictures but I'm still saving for a camera. I enjoy everyone's pictures and comments. It adds a sparkle to the day. Hope I haven't made you throw up. Rusty

Rusty, I think I just fell for you a little bit..................... :o :cool:

OK, Here goes.
My name is David Jones. I'm 24 and happily married to a beautiful woman who supports my Joe hobby. I live in Southern Utah and have for most of my life (except for a couple of years I spent in bluestalkers counry :) ). I am currently going to school at Southern Utah University and am majoring in Information Systems with an emphasis in Network Administration. I have loved G.I. Joe ever since I can remember. I would always sleep over at my friend Micals house and would take my APC full of joes over. Then the teenage years set in and I got into football, basketball, and track, and didn't pay much attention to the Joes when they started doing the Star Brigade line. About a year befor I got married, during Christmas, I was bitten by the Joe bug when my Mom bought me a V1 Stormshadow with a full cardback and I was hooked. Now I am making up for lost time. I now have all of the "legal" Joe episodes on DVD, but the only real collecting that I am trying to do (figure wise) is collect all the of the 80's joes up through 1991 (no straight arms). I am also trying to collect the comic books since I have never read the Marvel series. So there you go.

I'm Joe. I'm 35, and I live in Green Bay, WI with my wonderful wife and two sons, 6 and 3. I work at a college on staff, and I also teach one class each semester. I began running and working out, as the college has wonderful equipment/facilities for that. That keeps me busy and out of trouble for the most part.

Joes are my only vice, and I have tried my best to limit my spending. It is difficult when there are sales at various websites (or even when stores clearanced stuff off). "I'm buying these for my sons," I say at the checkout. (Yeah, right!!) Well, they do enjoy my hobby as well, and I have duplicate figures from various ill-advised eBay lot purchases that they enjoy. My older son just turns 6 this week, and has been begging to get into the Sigma 6 world. Of all people, my wife hooked him up with Paratrooper Duke. Who knew? She is slowly warming to my hobby, but nowhere near the point of holding planes and helicopters for aerial shots. There are some lucky fellas out there!!

Like Craig, there is a large amount of storage dedicated to her Beanie Babies as well, but she traded up that hobby for scrapbooking. By comparison, her monthly expenditures on scrapbooking dwarf my more selective Joe purchases... I don't mind spending money on hobbies. Each of ours brings joy in its own way. And that is a very good thing.

Like Craig, nice and simple. And I love my family!

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Thanks General Scarlett. Those are the nicest words anyone has said to me in quite awhile. I think you're pretty nifty also!! :)

Hi everyone! This is kinda a bump,I know..........but General Scarlett brought me over from JBL.

My name is Dave,I'm 34 and live in Pueblo West CO........My health has kept me out of the service,but I have an abiding respect and admiration for all our Servicemen and -Women............

I've been collecting Joes since I was 8 years old,but my parents made me give away most of my collection when I was a teenager-however,I think trying to rebuild my collection has increased my appreciation of GI Joe and the wonderful things that are in my life because of Joe!

I'm also a huge anime fan-Macross,Gundam,Votoms,Dirty Pair,Sailor Moon..........and I'll bet you all I have the largest collection of Hasegawa's 1/72 scale Macross Valkyrie Mecha model kits in the U.S!

I also build historical aircraft and tank models,resin Anime girl kits,and starships from Trek.

I play Warhammer 40K ( Imperial Guard & Black Templar Space Marines )plus other wargames............I'm a voracious reader:sci-fi,war,thrillers,history..............comics,magaz ines................I play scenario paintball,my favorite sport is Formula 1 racing.......

I've been enjoying my time on the site! Thanks!

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Thanks Ender! I've met some wonderful people through GI Joe-that's for sure!!

Not sure whether I'm entitled to post considering how little I do here :) . I'm Dzirhan, I work freelance as both a journalist and consultant in the defence field, with a lot of my work being with Janes, the british defence publishing group. Work has been pretty busy over the last 2 years hence my lack of participation online :( though I buy a fair bit of joes and 3 3/4 related lines that work with joes. I live in Malaysia in South East Asia and am 36 this year making me on the old side, been involved with joes since 1985. Outside of joes, my interest lies in military history (actually taught the subject at a military college here), pc games (strategy and RTS) along with doing a little cooking. Toylines I collect are all 3 3/4 particularly Chap Mei which is readily available here and has some nice vehicles along with Japanese gaschapon stuff and minature furniture and other stuff that works with joes, I'm hoping that I can clear my work off and take April as a vacation so I can work on some dios and participate more online

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Dzirhan, welcome to the boards!!! And as long as you have an appreciation of G.I. Joe, you're more than welcome here!!!! :)


Maxtype, I'm so glad to have you here!! I can't wait to hear all your thoughts!! ;)




Welcome to you both!!!! :cool: :D

Hello all, my name is Don, my friends call me DRey
I'm 29, I live in the SF Bay Area & I have been a joe-a-holic
since I was 7 but I have stopped collecting Joes late last year.

I used to go by the userID: donsbabyboo ~ I swiped my wifes,
now ex-wifes eBayID to buy & sell Joes & just used the ID over
here & over at the Yojoe boards as well where I am a board moderator.
I have since changed my ID to this one that I am using right now.

I hate my current job, but i have gotten a part-time job dabbling in
Real Estate ~ mostly focusing on Commercial/Business properties.

I love the 49ers thru good times AND bad & there have been
a LOT of those the passed few years :rolleyes:

The only reason I live & breathe is my 3yr old daughter whom I share
custody of every other week.

Other than that, I live alone and I LOVE IT :D

Heh heh, I'm with on the "hate my current job" bit, Don! I miss your pics man, but it's good to see you pop in every now and then. :)

MY name is Nick, and I'm the resident teen here.(17 on Monday!) i got into joe when i went over a friend's house a few years ago. at first, i was only into the 12" guys, but i got tired of the few vehicles that line had. so one day i came upon the XP-14F on Yojoe.com, and i fell in love. i currently go to The High Road School of Baltimore County. i love Halo 2 (Gamer tag is Scuzz l3all that's an L with a 3!). ummmm.... my first true toy love was the Galoob Micro Machines and hated the big H's guts when they bought them. ummmm, should i mention that I'm an Aspie, and if you cant tell by my avie, I LOVE FIGHTER JETS!!!!!!!!! :cool:

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Hey,NemesisEnforcerFan,

Hang in there buddy! Sorry to hear about you're illness-I've got some problems myself-Bi-Polar Depression-hang in there,I know about girls that can't handle stuff........but a couple weeks ago I met someone very,very special indeed-she supports and encourages me.....I didn't think I had a chance for love left-now I'm happier than I've ever been!

Keep plugging-there's a girl out there for you,too!

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Oh hey.. no worries.. I just have to tough it out.. but I do thank you for your greater concern and effort to post.. it's always great to get/receive encouragement. So thank you. :D

Your welcome! I've met so many good people through GI Joe!

Aaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww...............you guys, with your 'support group' therapy!!! It's soooo refreshing! :p :D


I'm thrilled beyond words for you Maxtype!!! ;)


And Rich, you are a helluva guy..........you'll be just fine!!! And you'll always have all of us here!!! :cool:

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Everyone has something in their life!! Having a mental or physical illness doesn't make you weird, damaged or broken. You are smart, intelligent, funny and I always look forward to your commentary on Joe related stuff. YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON. If that girl didn't understand, than she wasn't the right one for you. There are other girls out there ! Like the General stated, if you ever need us ; we will be there for you. A job is just a job. Don't sweat it. The economy isn't really that great right now anyway. Remember, try not to be so hard on yourself. You're a human being. AND A DAMN GOOD ONE!!!

Hey Mobius 1,I've seen you post on JBL as well-can I make one suggestion.........instead of "Fighter Jets" which is a term that drives Naval Aviators CRAZY say instead Jet Fighters,or Fighter Planes-not saying this to bust on you man,just something I became aware of about 15 years ago............

were here for you buddy!! :rolleyes:

Hmmmm... I'll work on that.

My name is Wes and I live in Colorado Springs. I just finished a ten year active duty army career, and am enjoying a couple months of paid vacation before my next job (which I am still looking for). I am 27 and have been into GI Joe since 1987. I am most interested in large scale battlefield dios; most of which I do in my basement. Right now I have a 54mm Civil War (second favorite hobby)battle going on, but it is ending and I will be back to GI Joe soon. This is my favorite site, props to all of you guys who post these great pictures!