Okay, for those of you who don't already know, my name is Craig, and I live in Melbourne, which is on the southern coast of Australia. I am in my early forties (yeah, I know, probably the site "elder") and very happily married to the beautiful Deanne, and we've been together twenty years this year. I work as a laboratory technician in the plastics industry (no, I don't make Joes!) and it's a pretty demanding job, as a large part of it involves quality assurance on our high speed production lines, so I'm always on the go. And that's a good thing, because I'm a fitness fanatic, so I enjoy being active. No desk job for me!
My first Joes were the old Adventure Team 12" flock haired figures (a hairstyle I now happily endorse
), and every Christmas and birthday that rolled around would add to my collection. My friends and I would stage great adventures in our back yards after school, but there weren't that many battles, as Cobra was non-existent in those days! I got into 3 3/4" Joes when they first came out here in '87. I bought one for the memories, and got hooked from there to a collection today similar in size to Frank's.
Outside of Joes, I have a large collection of relics from the US Civil war, which is another of my passions, and has led me to a couple of trips to the States in the past, with hopefully more to come. I also have a huge collection of Nascar 1/64 diecast, and love watching the Chevy teams dominate the competition (especially Hendrick Motor Sports, go Jeff, go Jimmie!) My wife and I also used to be avid trading card collectors (mainly Marvel/DC stuff), and have around 18,000 cards, including some real rarities. Don't even get me started on my wife's Beanie Baby collection, they eat up valuable Joe storage space!
Well, that's about it guys; happily married, busy job, keeping fit, and Joes. Nice and simple, just how I like it.