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Wasss once a man
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I got into online Joe-fandom with sites like yojoe and thebivouac back when Hasbro wasn't even making GI Joe products. There were the limited TRU releases but that hardly caused a storm of activity and resurgence in interest. There were some awesome dio-stories and pictures around then, and considering how immensely the franchise grew over the last 7 years or so, there's a lot more possible than fans were able to do when they had to rely on '80s and '90s figures.
The very fact this is a fan-made, fan-supported site that's populated almost entirely by people who, if they were likely to "grow out" of GI Joe would have done so already, makes me feel very secure with this part of the GI Joe community if not online Joe-fandom in general. And the fact that we DO talk on here, in PMs, over IMs, and in person when possible, means we're not likely to let things fall apart and then suddenly one day go "Oh, I want to talk to the JoeDios guys, how will I get in touch with them?"
The very nature of this site, inspiring a more adult way of "playing" with toys, helps to keep my interest in the line going -- I don't collect 25th, so if my interest were dependent on Hasbro's activities I'd have gone by now -- and I'm grateful to Hammerfel for maintaining this site as well as all the other members who make this creative, interactive corner of GI Joe fandom a community that I'm very happy to be a part of wherever I may be in the world!
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