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Is it the scale of the toy or the characters that count?
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01-24-2020, 10:12 AM
Playful
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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When we were kids, our dad helped us to collect and build a very impressive N scale model railway set. It was always fun (and expensive) visiting hobby stores and finding a rare piece that we could add to our train table.
We purchased Model Railroader magazines and were fascinated by all the different scales enjoyed by people like us with a love for locomotives, and several collectors even had beautiful 1:8 scale 'live steam' locomotives in their backyards which they could actually sit on and ride.
There’s not a thing wrong with those different scales, and model railroad enthusiasts shared a love for locomotives, but we never even once spent any of our hard earned money on items out of scale with our collection.
For us, G.I. Joe is like that. We love the magazines and websites which show G.I. Joe in other scales and photos of peoples collections, but we have not wanted to spend a single dollar purchasing G.I. Joe outside of our 1:18 scale collection.
As it was never tempting for me to purchase a 1:8 scale 'live steam' locomotive engine, I can also say that I am not at all tempted to purchase a 6 inch G.I. Joe action figure today.
I’m happy for those who do desire to purchase them, and I will enjoy seeing others collect and display them. Their sales and manufacture will help to extend the legacy of the G.I. Joe brand and characters, but for me, they are an easy pass, and have no place at all with my 1:18 scale collection which spans 38 years of toys.
If Hasbro is really done selling 1:18 scale items that I can add to my G.I. Joe collection, then my money just continues to go to Marauder Task Force, Cobra Stickers, Boss Fight Studio, and others for now so that I can continue to develop new items for my G.I. Joe 1:18 scale collection.
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