do your friends, family and better half support your joe habit?
 

I've got to admit that my best friend and I have always been Joe devotees....so it wasn't a big deal. Then I got him to marry my sister, so she's been stuck for 10 years now........she doesn't mind, she even tries to come up with some ideas herself every once in a while.

And I've actually met 'the man of my dreams' here in the Joe community!! So I can say with conviction, 'G.I. Joe is ALIVE AND KICKING' in my house!!!

YO JOE!!!!!!!

Wife will support me since I'm not spending more on Joes that on the house bills. And friends always look to the pictures and say:
"He looks real!"
"Oh! Very good!"

In the order listed on the topic title:
No, no and never had one so wouldn't know.

Support.
 

Yes they do ;)

Misty is pretty supportive of me, if she knows of something in particular I am looking for and she sees it she will grab it. As long as I make sure we have all the bills paid and a little extra put back each check, she doesn't mind my habit/hobby/addiction.

My mother hates it, to this day, and thinks I should give it all away.

My friends are cool with it, some of them still actively collect, but none to the extent that I do.

well my family is ok with it, to a extent, they only get mad about it when I spend more money on joes then I do on food, clothes, etc...etc..., most of my friends don't mind it, some of them like it, and some just like to make fun of it, and on the last one I'm not married, and single, so I wouldn't know :rolleyes:

Nick

I collect waaay more than just Joes, and my friends all know it and have no problem with it. My best friend collects lots of toys too (though no Joes), and we all read comic books, so it's nothing unusual in our circles.

My mom collects toys too, mainly re-buying stuff from her childhood, and picking up whatever looks interesting when she's at Toys R Us. I've actually used some of her stuff in the Joe/TF story (Spike's pickup truck and the office cubicles in the very first scene, to name two). I think my dad thinks it's sort of weird, but he's never said anything about it. My brother doesn't buy toys of his own, but he loves to check mine out whenever I get something new.

I don't have a significant other, so I can't speak to that part. All I can say is, she'd better be okay with, or at least indifferent to it, because if not, that's grounds for breaking up!

I actually have a really supportive group. My family gives me ideas when I need them. My son more then the rest. My friends and co workers really enjoy the photos I do. So I'm going to say (in reference to the title) Yes, Yes and oh hell yeah.

Thankfully my wife not only tolerates my hobby/addiction, but happily supports it. She has been with me on every location shoot I've ever done, and her arm has been photoshopped out of many aerial pictures over the years. She even bought me last year's convention set for my birthday! ;) :)

Thankfully my wife also supports me in my endeavors as well.

Recently I trick...er...allowed my wife to paint one of my custom figures (General Colton) and she got hooked...kinda. She is more than happy helping with design issues and detailed painting. Right now she's working on another custom and a duplicate head for Guillotine (needed for a future dio idea).

My kids have no choice but to indulge me...their both too young to really have an opinion. My friends are ambivilant about the whole thing, although I do have one friend who talks like when he gets some spare time he'd like to help out.

My friends are very supportive, one collects them avidly, and I even got the other into customizing!

lucky
 

I class my self lucky my wife supports me 100% :)
in the last 3 years she got me
the terror drome >uss flagg>the defaint space complex
for birthday/ xmas/ and father days..


robuk :eek:

My Friends, well, as sad as it may seem, the closest things to friends are the people I interact with on here, so yes, they support me.

My Family? Well, my family lives on the other coast, so, I guess not, but then again, Mom and Dad bought about 75% of my 1982-1990 Joes, to include looking for them when I was in Germany. So yeah, they DID support me!

My Wife? Well, shes like to complain every payday and ask; "How much do you owe on auctions?" and then gives me the; :eek: :mad: But a few days later I'll ask her ; "Can I get some guns/figures/vehicles from Marauder/ Smalljoes/GIJOEHQ ?" and she reluctantly says yes. And she let me spend over $550.00 on a 14' long model bailey bridge! So, yeah, she supports me! And she loves telling her friends that her husband has 1,800 GIJoe figures and a Garage full of vehicles and playsets to includee 3 model bridges!!

jesus!!!!
think you have enough figures? :D
My Mom helps me all the way, and so does my dad.
so, yeah thank the lord I'm a kid :D