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My Return to GI Joe Collecting
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06-28-2018, 09:09 PM
jscott991
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I say return, but I actually have never "collected" GI Joe figures, unless you count buying as many as I could in the 1980s as a kid. I had a ton back then, and acquired even more when my stepbrother lost interest. Unfortunately, at some point he either sold them or my dad got rid of them, and so I don't have a single vintage figure left. (As an aside, my most vivid GI Joe memory is the Christmas I asked for two Cobra officers and my parents and grandparents wondered why I'd want two of the same figure. That was just the beginning of my army building madness, I guess.)
Recently, for some random reason, I started searching for Cobra troopers on eBay. Seeing some of the figures there made me want to create a small GI Joe display to go along with my Masters of the Universe Classics and Masterpiece Transformers (well, Soundwave). I had resisted GI Joe for a long time because 6" has been my preferred scale as an adult collector ever since I liquidated my POTF Star Wars figures when I got married. I basically decided that 3.75" figures simply don't look great and that the 6" is the only suitable size for display (and this was aided by how awesome Masters of the Universe Classics figures are and the improving quality of the Star Wars Black Series). But I decided that I wanted a small group of about three blueshirts and some version of the classic Cobra Commander.
This, of course, lead to some problems. I was completely unfamiliar with the state of GI Joe. What figures would be best? The excellent figure archive at yojoe was a help (although only at showing me what looked best; imagine my surprise at how rare many of these figures are, particularly the only decent looking Baroness). People on here helped with an early thread. So I took the plunge and bought six 2013 Cobra troopers (POC or Retaliation) and then an ultimate Cobra Commander.
When I got the six Cobra troopers in the mail, I was blown away by how much I loved them. As a kid, I had a lot of toys. And I remember MOTU, Star Wars, and Transformers. But my most vivid memories of having fun playing were with GI Joes. And those troopers brought all of that back. These blueshirts were simply awesome. They stand up. They hold their guns. They are posable.
And that has lead me down the rabbit hole. I've bought 11 more troopers, Destro, some female Joes from the ROC line (yeah, the head sculpt on Cover Girl is amazingly bad, but I was hoping pictures didn't do it justice), female Cobra troopers, and a Social Clash two-pack from BBTS (shockingly cheap).
I'm sad that the ARAH phase of GI Joe might be coming to an end, but I'm super thrilled to get some of my Cobra favorites again.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Here are some pics of figures I'm sure everyone has seen a million times. I'm still settling on how to display what I've purchased, but I just had to start manipulating the ones that I liked best.
I want to thank everyone here who has helped me get started over the last week or so.
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