Big Ben?

*De-cloaks for posting*

This is a really great thread! Like some of you I grew up with the Joe's! I was born in 1985, in 89 I got Dodger. My first figure. I was hooked. The videos of the cartoon soon followed. I grew up with the toyline and stayed reasonably faithful to it. X-MEN and the Turtles tried to put me off Joe, but never succeeded! Because I watched the toon as a boy, the cartoon style sculpts and colouring of figures are usually always my favourite. My only regret is, that as a boy, I didn't have many cartoon style figures or vehicles. As a boy I wanted every Joe figure and playset made. My first ever ambition. One which I still try to accomplish today! I might have had it done had I not started army building! Oops!

GI Joe is more than a toyline, to all of us and to every other collector.

Realism still does not really bother me, though. I blame the toon for that!

Another thing for sure, is that in my case at least, is that the older I get, the more the Joe's mean to me. So many memories!

Also since starting to take pictures of my Joe's, even before I started posting here, I learned to appreciate the Joe's all the more. I love photographing the Joe's and that has played a big part in keeping me hooked, even still! I have General Hawk and Timelf to thank for that! Their dio's inspired me to start doing dio pics. Although these guys and many other dioists -I know that isn't a word, but you know what I mean- inspire me still, these days you guys on Joedios, inspire me and influence me to keep on snapping all the more! Now I just need to make more progress on that pesky dio of my own!

So now you know...

Dave