Greetings... its finally good to be able to post and make use of my collection. I have been interested in this site and everyone's Dios for some time, but haven't had the means to actually join and do anything of my own.
So, Here I am.... and soon I will begin!

Hi everyone,

My name is Mark, recently turned 34 and as a B-day gift to myself ordered the Toys R Us exclusive Firefly vs. Greenshirts pack from the online store. I'm finishing up a year in Korea, which is great 'cause Joe figures are hard to come by. The PX here doesn't get much; I've bought maybe a dozen 25th Anniversary figures total off the pegs so I'm several months behind.
It won't help any that I'll be deployed from Fort Bliss in May 09...I'll probably be watching a bootleg copy of the movie

My first figures were 1982 ARAH Straight-arm figures of Flash, Scarlett, Short Fuze and a Cobra Enemy for Christmas that year, and have been collecting ever since but for a break in '93-2002 (college, starting a family). I have a fraction of my classic 80's figures left; most were sold off on ebay to get money together for my other hobby playing guitar, bass, drums - whatever can churn out heavy rock.

Anyway, I go by the same name at HISStank.com and this is my second day here. I'm having a great time setting up photos, shooting 'em and sharing with you. There's a LOT of talent and creativity here and I'm very much looking forward to getting to know some of you.

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Welcome guys!
Love your stuff already, keep it coming!

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WELCOME to all the recent victims, I mean, members. Shoot your pics as you will. This place... It's special. WE, the COMMUNITY, love seeing what people can do; no matter if it sucks or is great. A lot of us LOVE to help those who don't quite have the eye or technology down. We all start somewhere. Trust me, Lord Raven, Ender90210 and myself (the old guard) have helped a lot of people get their stuff tight. And while we might teach as much, the 2nd generation WILL!

A lot of people don't think they can shoot a picture. WHO CARES??? It's all digital, erase it until it's right! (lol) Seriously tho, we ALL played with the toys. There musta been a story in your head when playing with them. The next step (beyond writing fanfic, imo) is doing dios or even 1-shot scenarios that can tell the story. LOOK at any 1-shot (PHOTOS) and it tells a story.

Some of us older folk like the challenge of just pulling a figure from our collection (or a couple of figures) and see what we can do. THAT'S the joy of Weekend Warriors. "Here, the idea is to use General Hawk (upcoming) and see what you can do with him!" If you don't like YOUR shots, look at other people's and it can give you inspiration. I KNOW that Luke Ellison and Outrider blew my mind and I just HAD to learn how to do foto manipulation (ie; aerial shots). Then along comes someone like DaveCW90210 and MC HAMMER comes in and says, "CAN'T TOUCH THIS!!!"

ANd then, it comes down to style. I may have followed other people's examples but I've come up with my own style. For me to throw down DaveCW-style shots, it's not me. But... Find what works. ANd when the dios' stories are so incredibly strong, the photos are just icing on the cake!

Ok, ok, I'll shut up now...

some of us don't have cameras.

here is my notorious ones form Joecon's past:





(FYI, Im th Black Guy,..)

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Ive been posting on here for i think 2 mos now and havent really formally introduced myself. My name is Sean, just turned 34 09Sept. Im now a stay at home dad formally an EMT of 10yrs. My wife is a 911 dispatcher for the fire dept. Im now starting to restore vintage Vespa scooters. I can thank my time in the Airforce as an F-16 crew chief for my mechanical skills!!We have 3 Vespas and a Puch moped. Rally Pilots SC
Here is the link to our local scooter club. I have the light blue vintage, my wife has the red one with the devil horns.

Im really happy to see all the new joe stuff coming out. I have a lot of great memories playing with my friends. I lost most of my vehicles in a garage fire when I was in high school. All my figures were saved since they were in an ammo box sealed up!! Most of you have seen my current project, the cobra fortress. I'll have new pics up soon. Im almost finished with the air conditioning duct work in the main control center. Of course there will be a way into the fortress via the ducts... Im such a perfectionist, im afraid it will take quite some time before im totally finished. It will probably be a continued effort of changing and making new stuff. Soo keep an eye out for the updated pics!! Cheers, Sean.

It's too bad Pain don't come around more often and reply to ppl's pics! I'll have to bug you on the JBL Chat sometime...