Australia G.I. Joe Sightings

[Skript]

hey guys, just come back to my home country of australia and seem to be at a loss...

where are the joes?

i`ve checked k-mart, big w, target the purple bears` toyworld and have come up with naught. Are they being sold anywhere?

Granted I havent checked toys r us yet, so hopefully i`ll come across some there.

the sheer lack of joes in big retail chains is astounding though. was easier to find g.i. joes in japan...

[thunderdan19]

Hi friend. Welcome aboard. You might get lucky and find some at Toys R Us, but I'm thinking your best bet would be to try to find specialty comic stores or something like that. I've been all over the world and usually try my luck at finding Joes whenever time permits, and I have yet to find Joes anywhere but here in the 'States.

I'd bet you'll see plenty of the movie Joes when they come out though. Look at all the places you can find Transformers. They'll be carrying the movie Joes. If those work out well, perhaps the regular Joes will follow. Cheers.

[Skript]

worth a shot,
thanks Dan!

[TheFallen]

Modern Era GI Joes are currently sitting on shelves in Toys 'R' Us in Tea Tree Plaza and Rundle Mall in Adelaide, South Australia

Single Carded figures include IG Destro, Armoured Cobra Commander, Serpentor, Crimson Guard, Rock & Roll and Torpedo

price is $17

Comic Packs include Red Star/Duke, Destro/Breaker, CG Fred/Officer Scarface

Price is $30

Vehicle Packs include HISS w/HISS Commander, Vamp w/Clutch, Flight Pod/Ram w/Tele-Viper and Breaker, Air Chariot/Armadillo w/Serpentor and Steeler

Price is $35

[AussieViper]

OK so this is pretty much for the Australian HISSTANK members, I'm wanting to know where the rest of the Australian members here are getting they're Joe figures and vehicles from besides online.

Seeing here in Australia we don't have Wal Mart, ROSS and half the toy stores arn't interested in stocking any Joe series at all.

[666Werecat]

Not getting anything from Australia, only place I get figures from is Ratfink, Ebay and starting this week BBTS.

[AussieViper]

Yea fair enough, when ROC came out they made a short appearance in Big W, same as Target, also Toyworld but they were put out on clearance, besides that I haven't seen any anywhere else.

[Retail-Viper]

The only place I can say currently has any RoC stuff in stock in Sydney is HobbyCo in the Queen Victoria Building in the CBD.
They have wave 1 & 2 figs (Lots of Destro's, SE's, SS's & Breakers, a handful of other guys) a Crap load of Mole Pods and a few Sky Sweepers (The Firebat repaint)
Kings Comics in Sydney has carried PoC, but in very limited numbers and at very random times, I've managed to snag extra moneybag destro's, Shockie's and a few others but its not something you can count on, but I'm lucky in that I can check it during lunchtimes as I work pretty close.

[AussieViper]

Yea see I'm not in the city mate so it makes it even harder for me to grab my fix when I want it, what about Toys R Us in the cities?

[666Werecat]

I got a fuck ton of 25th Cobra Troopers and Cobra Divers from toys r us back about 2 years ago. Nothing since then. There are heaps of ROC on the shelves in Brisbane and Gold Coast Toyworlds/Mr Toys.

[W.O. leroy]

During Roc they were around at Targat, K-mart, Big W, Toyworld and TrU, but all I can find now is some Roc and some 25th at TrU and they are ridiculously over priced. It is cheaper to buy them online even with postage and I think that's a little bit sad.

[AussieViper]

Yea that is pretty bad really when you resort to online because stores are too dear...

[Retail-Viper]

Forget Toys'R'Us mate, I live round the corner from one in the suburbs and I check the Parramatta one as well pretty regularly, there's absolutely nothing in Penrith and the Parra one had 1 pack of Combat Heroes (the one with Bazooka in it) on clearance though plenty of the True Heroes stuff if your after Apaches, Blackhawks, Raptors or that sweet boat.
Of course I cant speak for the others around Sydney but I'm guessing their gonna be pretty much the same

[W.O. leroy]

Yeah man and it takes away the thrill of the hunt. Last time I went in there I was stoked to see Joes on the shelf and was half way through picking which ones i was going to buy then I seen the $18.99 price tag and literally said "what the f*#!" and walked out the store. I mean pretty much 20 bucks for a cobra diver or a blue barroness, come on thats extortion.

[666Werecat]

They were like that $18.99 at TRU and then one day they were $3.50 just Cobra Troopers and Divers. I emptied the racks totally.

[AussieViper]

Yea the day they were released in Australia they were on the shelf in Big W and I bought every action figure and vehicle and they didn't get anymore in after that, the came across a couple in a Target store and grabbed a few.

Your right about the price too, I remember December last year Toy World had a sale and the figures were going for I think $4/$5 and the vehicles were $10, so I cleaned up again with what I didn't have and grabbed a couple extra vehicles.

[Retail-Viper]

I mean pretty much 20 bucks for a cobra diver or a blue barroness, come on thats extortion.

Spot on, It must of been Jan 09 when I first noticed 25th on toys'r'us shelves here, the vehicles were all on clearance at $24.99 for HISS tanks, VAMP's and the likes but the figures were still $17.99 each as I recall!, still I spent the next day driving in a huge circle around Sydney, visited every toys'r'us in NSW apart from the Central Coast one buying up every Cobra vehicle I could find

[Retail-Viper]

They were like that $18.99 at TRU and then one day they were $3.50 just Cobra Troopers and Divers. I emptied the racks totally.

You lucky........., never ever saw them at that price!

[T J Bang]

I got a butt load of Kamakura's at ToyWorld for 3 bucks each and got all the vehicles I wanted for 10 bucks. I was so happy to get ROC Wild Bill.

I now get all of mine online. Thats where all my 25th Joes. Or I traded on here.

[AussieViper]

I never knew there was a ROC Wild Bill!

[AussieViper]

Oh sorry, he came with the DragonHawk right? I have it then.

[T J Bang]

Yeah I think the DragonHawk is a pretty good vehicle even If it is a tad small.

[Retail-Viper]

I remember seeing a Toyworld catalogue when they had that $10 RoC vehicle sale, the closest one was a 3 hour drive away for me, I couldnt justify the trip there and back even at those prices.
Biggest surprise round here was when shopping in Aldi's. the German budget supermarket, came across RoC night ravens at $8 each!

[AussieViper]

Night Raven for $8? Jesus...

Your right though, a 3 hour drive just for some cheap Joes isn't really needed is it.

[666Werecat]

You lucky........., never ever saw them at that price!

I remember it well, I was with a mate he was looking down the aisle a bit when I saw them and I was like "Anson! quick bring arms". Happy days.

[Exciter]

I live in Tasmania. I have a toyworld store that stocked a bunch of RoC figures. They still have a huge bin full. They have been $2.99 each for about 12 months. Besides those I haven't seen Joes since the early nineties.

I get most of mine from here or the Evil Bay.

[Gundamben831]

wow this is awesome to know we have some aussie joe collectors out there

[Retail-Viper]

Well, if any Aussies are interested, when wave 5 arrives online I've got a pretty big order ready to ship from SmallJoes, i'll have plenty of spare Croc Masters, Crazylegs and a couple of Temple Snake Eyes taking up space

[AussieViper]

Yea might have to take you up on that Retail-Viper, cheers.

Exciter, what figures can you remember they have off the top of your head?

Yea seems there are a few of us Aussies here, good to see.

[Gundamben831]

I have a custom POC viper officer that I will be selling soon if interested?

[AussieViper]

Not really into custom stuff at the moment... Don't know why, some of the stuff I see is pretty cool.

What kind of collections do you all have? I got a few MOC 80's and 90's Joes, a few 25th on MOC and loose, a few ROC MOC along with MIB vehicles.

[Exciter]

Exciter, what figures can you remember they have off the top of your head? They had lots of turtle Vipers, Destros, breaker, blue camo scarlet, accelerator suit (AS) ripcord, AS heavy duty, lots of storm shadows (I think mostly the one in the coat.) I didn't take too much notice, to be honest, I stopped looking through the bin weeks ago.

They also have loads of mars 3 packs. I think they are $9.99. All the cheap vehicles have been snapped up, though.

If there are any in particular you are looking for, I will be in town on saturday, I'll buy them for you if I see them. Give me a list and I'll see what they have.

[Exciter]

What kind of collections do you all have? I got a few MOC 80's and 90's Joes, a few 25th on MOC and loose, a few ROC MOC along with MIB vehicles. I have a metric shit ton of RoC and a handfull of 25th and PoC and maybe 2 vintage figures.

I'm mostly just interested in uniform soldiers, so I loved the shit out of the RoC blue camo. And I buy anything that looks vaguely desert or jungle camo.

I buy a few ninjas or other figures that I think look cool, these just find their way into a drawer, though...

I try to avoid the vehicles though, they do nothing for me. I buy whatever PTE and other in scale military vehicles I can get my hands on.

[AussieViper]

No worries mate, cheers for that, i'll check out what I have already and see what I want and get back to you.

[Retail-Viper]

What kind of collections do you all have? I got a few MOC 80's and 90's Joes, a few 25th on MOC and loose, a few ROC MOC along with MIB vehicles.

I guess the bulk of my collection would be 25th Figures & vehicles, ARAH vehicles and everything POC, theres also a handful of modern era vehicles that impressed me like the Night Attack Chopper and its Cobra counterpart, and the DTC HISS tanks and the ROCC. I'm not really interested in collecting vintage ARAH figures so much.

Sideshow's 1:6 Joe stuff is starting to take up a decent chunk of space as well (that stuff is pure crack, I challenge anyone to pick up Firefly and not get hooked :))

I am a compulsive army builder first and foremost, theres just something about rows and rows of Cobra troopers that does it for me :D

[AussieViper]

This is what I have so far...

1989 MOC Stalker
1986 MOC Hawk
1990 MOC Stretcher with Command Ring
1991 MOC Tracker
1988 MOC Lifeline Tiger Force
1986 MOC Beach Head
1988 MOC Dusty Tiger Force
1987 MOC Crystal Ball
1987 MOC Gung-Ho
1987 MOC Sneak Peek
1989 MOC Rock 'n Roll
1992 MOC Gung-Ho
1990 MOC Tunnel Rat Sonic Fighter
1990 MOC LAW Sonic Fighter

Plus 25th figures, vehicles along with ROC figures and vehicles, all MOC and MIB.

I have a few loose 25th figures also which i'm thinking of getting rid of actually.

[666Werecat]

What loose 25th figures are you wanting to get rid of?

[AussieViper]

Couldn't tell you off the top of my head mate but I will pull the box out tomorrow morning and go through what I have and make a list for you, I have a few, also have a large number of vintage 80's and 90's Joes, all complete, some with cards also.

So if anyone else is interested let me know, i'm on holidays at the moment so i'll throw a list up of what I have tomorrow morning OK?

[666Werecat]

Cool I'm only interested in the ME era stuff. My ARAH collection is complete in my eyes, unless you have vehicles:). I have more ARAH then I do ME and I rarely get it out to enjoy it, thinking about it makes feel bad.

[Retail-Viper]

if you have any 25th cobra army builder stuff, vipers of any description or the like I'd be happy to trade one of those VVV Night Force 6 packs MIB you mentioned in another post, if your interested?

[666Werecat]

if you have any 25th cobra army builder stuff, vipers of any description or the like I'd be happy to trade one of those VVV Night Force 6 packs MIB you mentioned in another post, if your interested?

Oi, you get out of here, haha.

In all seriousness what army builders are you chasing?
I only want red mask troopers and wave 3 red ninjas and a red ninja leader, I have got a custom Slice and Dice from RATFINK in the mail to lead them but would still get the leader from the pack.

[AussieViper]

I would be stoked with that Retail-Viper, I'll check it all tomorrow morning and throw a list up for you both, I have a couple Cobras I think.

[W.O. leroy]

I've got pretty much everything from the start of 25th till now. I'm just missing some of the hard to get stuff like the best of 80's dvd pack, Sgt Slaughter, ect. I've got some Spy troops figs and vehicles as well and a shit load of other stuff I've been collecting in 1/18 scale for dio's.

[Retail-Viper]

Mate, check out viperskingdom on ebay, he's selling 5 red ninja's without the weapons for $22.99 US right now with free shipping, only 2 lots left

Im after green Range-Vipers and red Cobra Troopers and BAT's from the Resolute box set most of all, RoC surveillance port Tele-Vipers are high on my list as well. I'm going to stop army building with the 25th Viper and Blueshirts and go with the PoC ones from now on I think.

RoC Flash bodies as well (I like to use with the Viper head from the FANG/CLAW set as they look quite good in my eyes and stick random heads on the red Viper bodies left over and use them as Cobra medics)

Oh and a 25th Cutter for the Whale I just got but depending on whats on offer i can generally find a use for anything

[AussieViper]

OK so here is what I have in the 25th series, all loose figures, all 100% complete but some without cards though sorry.

Cobra V.42 from the Resolute 5 Pack
B.A.T. V.19 from the Resolute 5 Pack
Cobra Viper V.16
Flint V.12 Tiger Force
Trip Wire V.5
Lt. Falcon V.4 from Comic 2 Pack
Duke V.28 Tiger Force
Flint V.14 from the G.I.Joe 5 Pack
Mutt & Junkyard V.8
Hawk V.3 also known as G.I.Joe Hawk
Snake Eyes Artic Trooper

[thomasseeber]

well the only modern joes I've ever seen in the West was ROC. Last time I saw them was at a warehouse style sale where heaps of figures were $4 and vehicles for $15. If I collected any of that I would have smashed it but alas...I only collect vintage. I have stacks of ARAH vehicles including a Flagg, whale, moray etc, but I'm way behind on the vintage figures. I'm working on it.

Aussieviper I have a MOC ninja force snake eyes if you want to trade for loose vintage. he's pretty ugly I'll practically give him away :)

edit..I vaguely remember seeing 25th joes years ago but that memory is pretty shady, I might have been elsewhere in the world

[Retail-Viper]

PM sent

[AussieViper]

Thomas, i'll do up a list of vintage Joes I have tomorrow morning mate, see what I want to part with to help you out OK?

[Retail-Viper]

I may as well ask here, if any Aussies have a vintage Cobra Bugg (reasonably complete) or any Flagg parts (The flight deck mainly) I'd be more than generous

[AussieViper]

OK, just got rid of Cobra V.42, B.A.T. V.19, Lt Falcon V.4 and Mutt & Junkyard V.8.

[AussieViper]

Thomas, your right, he is pretty ugly, haha.

[thomasseeber]

I know! just can't bring myself to chuck him away. I'd appreciate that list, thanks.

and Retail Viper, i have a few Flagg spares if you want to check my album. no deck I'm afraid but there's a crane there

[TheFallen]

AussieViper, I will take the 5 Pack Flint if it is still available.

I just recently bumped an Australian thread in the general discussion thread because there seem to be a few Aussies here now.

Toys R Us were stocking 25th Anniversary a couple of years ago. I had contacted Hasbro au and they told me they would be testing the waters with TRU to see if GI Joe was viable again. At $18 a figure that made it pretty hard to be viable but I did buy some Crimson Guards.

[TheFallen]

I am a ME collector. In fact it was the 25th Anniversary that got be back in to toy collecting.

I have also been tracking down vintage vehicles that are compatible with ME

[AussieViper]

Yea Fallen you can have the 5 Pack Flint, all good.

Just pm me your name and address and i'll pack it and try ship it off tomorrow or Wed mate.

[TheFallen]

I've been collecting in 1/18 scale for dio's.

That is what I want to do. When I first started on the Internet I looked up GI Joe and I found the dio story, Iconoclasts. Ever since then I have been a fan of dio stories especially the one from Violentfix.

I will eventually do my own dio story....

[AussieViper]

5 Pack Flint now gone, cheers.

[TheFallen]

So who here will be buying the Skystriker when it is released?

[W.O. leroy]

That is what I want to do. When I first started on the Internet I looked up GI Joe and I found the dio story, Iconoclasts. Ever since then I have been a fan of dio stories especially the one from Violentfix.

I will eventually do my own dio story....

I've almost finished chapter 1 of my dio and am working on chapter 2. Still not sure where I'll post it.

[666Werecat]

So who here will be buying the Skystriker when it is released?

Think I will get 2 of them always wanted to have them lined up on the Flagg

I've almost finished chapter 1 of my dio and am working on chapter 2. Still not sure where I'll post it.

Can't wait to see your dio post I've enjoyed the Cobra Basic Training and Ninja fortress photos.

[TheFallen]

I've almost finished chapter 1 of my dio and am working on chapter 2. Still not sure where I'll post it.

Start your own blogsite and host it there.

Think I will get 2 of them always wanted to have them lined up on the Flagg


I am interested to see how much we will be slogged in shipping. I have never owned a Skystriker so it will be good to finally own one.
I don't have a Flagg so I won't be displaying it on there :)

[666Werecat]

I don't imagine it would be more then $50/60 to ship 2. The boxes wont be that big considering the fuselage and wings are separate pieces.

[TheFallen]

I can't remember how much is was to ship my 2 Rattlers and Conquest. Mind you, the Aussie dollar wasn't as strong then

[thomasseeber]

probably won't get any of the new ones, but I'm hoping that the value of the vintage ones comes down a bit. Shipping will be driven by weight I'd say, unless you can find someone to ship them by sea! how cool would that be...get a pallet sent over from HK and share the love amongst the Aussie collectors!

[AussieViper]

Yea I'll wait and see how much they are and the design of them and then I'll decide if I want one or two or none then, haha.

Cheers for the business yesterday lads, I'll get a list of my ARAH up by the end of the day, cheers.

[TheFallen]

If the retailers would pull their finger out we would get pallets of them.

Unfortunately, I don't think GI Joe will ever be popular here again.

Just on vintage questions, I have a few that I need by other Australians.

1) I found out about GI Joe after seeing the Serpentor ad on TV. When was GI Joe actually released here?

2) Was the GI Joe cartoon ever shown on TV here? The only time I knew about the cartoon is when I saw someone with a video of the movie

3) Was the Flagg and Defiant ever released in stores? The biggest vehicle I ever saw here was the Moray. I remember a competition to win a Flagg on an ice block or something similar and it was the first time I found out about the Flagg

[666Werecat]

And they say China is going to take over the world. Well here come the Australians with their powerful dollar buying all the toys.

[666Werecat]

2) Was the GI Joe cartoon ever shown on TV here? The only time I knew about the cartoon is when I saw someone with a video of the movie

I remember seeing the DIC cartoon with Capt. Gridiron, so that wouldn't have been until 90/91

3) Was the Flagg and Defiant ever released in stores? The biggest vehicle I ever saw here was the Moray. I remember a competition to win a Flagg on an ice block or something similar and it was the first time I found out about the Flagg[/QUOTE]

I worked at a massive vintage toy store for many years in Brisbane and I never saw a Flagg or Defiant. The only Flagg I've ever seen is the one I own. However I guy I skate with says he saw one on display in Sydney when he was a kid, you know when shops would display an entire line to get all the kids frothing on it.

[W.O. leroy]

If the retailers would pull their finger out we would get pallets of them.

Unfortunately, I don't think GI Joe will ever be popular here again.

Just on vintage questions, I have a few that I need by other Australians.

1) I found out about GI Joe after seeing the Serpentor ad on TV. When was GI Joe actually released here?

2) Was the GI Joe cartoon ever shown on TV here? The only time I knew about the cartoon is when I saw someone with a video of the movie

3) Was the Flagg and Defiant ever released in stores? The biggest vehicle I ever saw here was the Moray. I remember a competition to win a Flagg on an ice block or something similar and it was the first time I found out about the Flagg

Yeah I remember the Joe cartoon on Sat morning cartoons back in the 80's, and I also remember seeing both the Defiant and the Flagg at toy stores. My old man was going to buy me a Flagg because he was into Navy stuff but he couldn't afford it, I think it was around $110 back then which was a lot of money to my folks.

[TheFallen]

I was huge into GI Joe as a kid and I would have loved to have seen a cartoon during that time. I was heavily into the comics but only because I could find them.

I always thought the cartoon was never shown here. I am pretty confident it was never shown in Adelaide because someone would have brought it to my attention long before now

[AussieViper]

Yea I remember seeing a FLAGG years ago when I was a kid in a store window as a Joe display, I just fell inlove with it and straight my parents were like NO!

[W.O. leroy]

I'm in Melbourne and I'm positive it was on tely here bro. I'm not that keen on the cartoon but I used to watch it as a kid but even back then I prefered bullets to lasers.

[TheFallen]

Was in on daily or weekly during Saturday mornings?

[W.O. leroy]

Pretty sure it was Sat mornings and I don't think it was on for long and it was before I started collecting figures, my first Joe was Wet Suit so before '86.

[Retail-Viper]

I never saw a Flagg or Defiant here as a kid or in the UK for that matter (lived there for a couple years from late 84 to early 87) but there must have been some sold here, I found a Defiant shuttle in some old couples garage sale in the suburbs with about 1/3rd of a Flagg in the bottom of a big box.
I can guarantee they had a Defiant in a Toys'R'Us in Singapore where we stopped on the way back to Aus as my mum still remembers to this day the tantrum I threw trying to convince them to buy it for me :D the box was bloody massive, could have put me and all our luggage inside it! So if they shipped them all that way it doesn't seem like taking a few more to Aus would be a stretch

As for the Skystriker, I'm aiming for 3 and the SDCC Starscream one as well, are any of you blokes Transformers collectors as well?

[thomasseeber]

We (my brothers and I) got all our first Joes in 1986. I have since acquired lots of other kids collections with plenty of figures and vehicles from 1985. However, 1983 and 1984 items seem significantly rarer. I have never even seen a straight-arm figure in person, so I doubt they were ever in Aus. I seem to recall the cartoon being on TV before 86, but we didn't watch it. only discovered the movie at the video store in '88 or something and hated it :)

I never saw the Defiant in stores over here, but the Crusader was certainly around.

I collect a few transformers but mainly from the 2007 movie and later. I also collect vintage Voltron, but GI Joe is my first love.

[AussieViper]

I'm not into Transformers but I have a Legacy of Bumblebee 3 Pack and also a Special Edition Optimus Prime in a display box.

[AussieViper]

Alright lads, I have just completed my list of ARAH figures, all are complete, some with cards so i'll throw it up on the B/S/T forum OK lads?

[thomasseeber]

I collect the comics too. only found them around 91, issue 120 I think, I was devo I found them so late. only a few years before the run ended! have got most of them now, but still a few holes.

[thomasseeber]

Alright lads, I have just completed my list of ARAH figures, all are complete, some with cards so i'll throw it up on the B/S/T forum OK lads?

you're gonna puke on the BST forum? sick

[AussieViper]

Yup, just threw it up then.

[Retail-Viper]

Ive pretty much given up on Transformers now, apart from the Masterpiece stuff and some MIB G1 stuff, there's just too much out there to collect in any significant way for me. It blows me away how well the film worked out for the toy range, its a pity RoC didn't do the same but it seems that almost every movie tie-in ends up flopping in the shops nowadays. I still see those bloody Star Trek figures and playsets taking up room everywhere!

[thomasseeber]

I think the issue is that the movies are pitched at teenagers and adults who, with the exception of collectors, don't buy toys. So a successful movie doesn't translate into toysales. Transformers had the animated kids series to boost kid's interest. I think renegades was meant to do the same for GI Joe but it's not showing in Aus, and even renegades seems a bit 'adult' to me.

back in the 80's the cartoons were for the kids, the movies were for the kids, and the toys sold arse-loads.

[666Werecat]

I've only got 4 transformers. Optimus, Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream. I have complete or near complete collections of TMNT, Thundercats, Muppets, Bravestarr, Voltron, Futurama, Family Guy, and heap of 501st clone wars figures and then heaps of various monsters.

What comics do you need Tom? I have a complete run of marvel's ARAH and a fair few extras.

[W.O. leroy]

I used to have the die cast Voltron but I gave it to a cousin. I wish I hadn't its going for a small fortune on ebay now. I used to love the old Transformers, I'm not really keen on the new ones.

I started collecting the comics at #104, I've managed to collect most of them since then but still need a fair few.

[Retail-Viper]

yeah when I think about all the toys I had as a kid, vintage Joes, Transformers, Micronauts, my 6 Million dollar man, they all ended up destroyed with lighter fluid, firecrackers and magnifying glass death rays when I hit my troubled teenage years *sigh*

If I could go back in time and give myself a sound beating I probably would

[AussieViper]

If I could go back I would have kept everything in it's packet and box and not played with it... Mind you, it would have been an uneventful childhood.

[thomasseeber]

all my original toys are destroyed :) but I have no regrets! thank God some kids didn't play with their toys so now I can buy them

[666Werecat]

I have my original complete plastic lion voltron with the box, but there is a funny story with it.

I was visiting my dad in canberra when I was about 5/6(parents got divorced when i was 2). He had some stuff to do and left me with his neighbors for the day. Their kid had both the lion voltrons, metal and plastic, and wouldnt let me play with either of them, instead he made me watch him play with both of them. I got fed up with it and ripped the plastic one out of his hands and ran out of the house. I panicked and threw it in the sewer and decided to run home to the Gold Coast. Didnt get far and got picked up by the police and spent the whole day in the station while they tried to find my dad. When he arrived I expected to get a hell beating but instead he took me to the toyshop and bought me the complete plastic lion voltron. Aah bribery, don't think i will ever let that piece go from my collection too many memories.

[Retail-Viper]

all my original toys are destroyed :) but I have no regrets! thank God some kids didn't play with their toys so now I can buy them

This is a very interesting point, what sort of kid didn't open their toys in the 80's? I can understand there being tons and tons of current stuff being around in another 10 and 20 years with the modern speculator market but if you want something from the 80's boxed its there, hell if you've got the money you can get an AFA graded one that looks like it just rolled off a Hasbro truck!
Was there a market for hoarding this stuff back then? Or are there really that many forgotten warehouses dotted around the globe?

[666Werecat]

I've come across a heap of guys when I did work at Pippins (a collectable toy store) that bought entire lines to resell at a later date. Have seen this for TMNT, He Man, Transformers, etc, collecting was way more lucrative back then IMO, as there was no internet to just look it up and have it in 7-10 days, it was worth there while anyway.

[W.O. leroy]

I have my original complete plastic lion voltron with the box, but there is a funny story with it.

I was visiting my dad in canberra when I was about 5/6(parents got divorced when i was 2). He had some stuff to do and left me with his neighbors for the day. Their kid had both the lion voltrons, metal and plastic, and wouldnt let me play with either of them, instead he made me watch him play with both of them. I got fed up with it and ripped the plastic one out of his hands and ran out of the house. I panicked and threw it in the sewer and decided to run home to the Gold Coast. Didnt get far and got picked up by the police and spent the whole day in the station while they tried to find my dad. When he arrived I expected to get a hell beating but instead he took me to the toyshop and bought me the complete plastic lion voltron. Aah bribery, don't think i will ever let that piece go from my collection too many memories.

LOL thats a great story. I wanted the plastic one that could fit the figures but the metal one was great fun and tough as nails. I really wanted the vehicle one, I had a couple of the pieces, head and a foot and couple of others but I couldn't find the rest so I couldn't make Voltron. I heard they are talking about making a Voltron movie, that would rock!

[thomasseeber]

I think some guys were stashing MIB stuff back in the 80's, don't forget GI Joe was around since the 60's and there was plenty of collecting going on before the 3 3/4 line even started. But yeah, I reckon most of the MIB stuff is stock that never sold, and was lost or in storage until someone hit the jackpot!

Some things could fall into the 'unwanted present' category too, but I'd say thats the minority.

[thomasseeber]

I have my original complete plastic lion voltron with the box, but there is a funny story with it.

I was visiting my dad in canberra when I was about 5/6(parents got divorced when i was 2). He had some stuff to do and left me with his neighbors for the day. Their kid had both the lion voltrons, metal and plastic, and wouldnt let me play with either of them, instead he made me watch him play with both of them. I got fed up with it and ripped the plastic one out of his hands and ran out of the house. I panicked and threw it in the sewer and decided to run home to the Gold Coast. Didnt get far and got picked up by the police and spent the whole day in the station while they tried to find my dad. When he arrived I expected to get a hell beating but instead he took me to the toyshop and bought me the complete plastic lion voltron. Aah bribery, don't think i will ever let that piece go from my collection too many memories.

Brilliant story! I remember my first Voltron...my parents asked me what I wanted for my Bday, I was too embarrassed to say it out loud, I had to whisper into my dads ear, I thought it would be way too expensive for my folks (I was one of 7). lo and behold he went and bought it for me! I was the happiest kid alive. Later I got the vehicle force too so I had both, and I played them to death. No literally, I played with them until they disintegrated. I only have my original black lion left, in a tragic state.

of course I've bought replacements since :)

[AussieViper]

BREAKING NEWS! Osama Bin Laden and Opera involved in off screen romance.

[thomasseeber]

BREAKING NEWS! Osama Bin Laden and Opera involved in off screen romance.


ha ha - only an Aussie could miss-spell Oprah :)

[AussieViper]

HAHA! Yea true... I didn't actually notice til' now... Oh well, imagine that child.

[thomasseeber]

you passed the test - now we know for certain you are an Australian.

now I'm just trying to work out whats bigger: a fuck ton or a metric shit ton?

they aren't SI units either way :)

[AussieViper]

It's a fuck ton you twit, haha.

[AussieViper]

Man, I'm as toey as a roman sandle...

[T J Bang]

Ok Im away from the computer for a little while and I already dont know whats goin on in here.

Are any fellow Aussies a member of the Joe Club?

[AussieViper]

TJ I've been online all day and I have no idea what's going on...

Nope, not a member, but will now ch ch ch check it out!

[thomasseeber]

well I'm guessing AussieViper has knocked off work and hit the piss, judging by the last few posts :)

I was a member of the Australian club about a million years ago but it sucked. So no, not a member of the Collectors Club.

[AussieViper]

OR... I am on holidays and amazingly bored with my life at the moment...

[AussieViper]

TJ, you still got those ROC Rex Black and White Coats MOC?

[T J Bang]

AussieViper needs a hug or somethin. I joined for the Dial-Tone figure. And I may get the subscription figures now too.

[AussieViper]

Yea... a hug leading to oral from a lovely petite blonde lass, not asking for much really.

[Retail-Viper]

Are any fellow Aussies a member of the Joe Club?

I joined just for the Dial-Tone fig this year, ended up getting the Mission Brazil box set, was worth ever penny as far as I'm concerned, shipping was a flat $50 US which was par for the course if you see the size of the box.

I ended up grabbing the rest of the Joe Con stuff when it hit eBay as well. If you haven't seen it up close I can throw up some pics when I get home.

I'm definitely signing up for the sub figures as well when their announced

[T J Bang]

Yeah I wanted the set. Would love to see some pics man.

[thomasseeber]

OR... I am on holidays and amazingly bored with my life at the moment...

sorry mate, no offense intended

so, on holidays and...on the piss? ;)

I was on holidays last week and me and my bro got out every vehicle in my collection. took all day! check the pics here if you want:

Flickr: thombowler's Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33827000@N00/)

[AussieViper]

OK I just signed up now actually, so I'll have a squizz around the site.

[AussieViper]

No insults taken... nah keeping off the piss aye, need to keep on the dry for alittle while, haha.

[AussieViper]

sorry mate, no offense intended

so, on holidays and...on the piss? ;)

I was on holidays last week and me and my bro got out every vehicle in my collection. took all day! check the pics here if you want:

Flickr: thombowler's Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/33827000@N00/)

Nice porno mo Thom, HAHA!

[thomasseeber]

oh yeah....bloody movember

should change that!

[AussieViper]

Jesus man, just checking out your collection on Flickr, fair collection!

[thomasseeber]

No insults taken... nah keeping off the piss aye, need to keep on the dry for alittle while, haha.

cool, you can spend all your beer money on Joes

[AussieViper]

cool, you can spend all your beer money on Joes

or... dead hookers? HAHA.

[T J Bang]

TJ, you still got those ROC Rex Black and White Coats MOC?

AussieViper I do indeed have these on card. Do youwanna trade?

[T J Bang]

or... dead hookers? HAHA.

You pay for dead hookers? I just take what I want and run haha

[AussieViper]

They say "Dead girls don't say no"...

Yea mate I would love those two, what you after? I put a list of my gear in the B/S/T thread.

[T J Bang]

They say "Dead girls don't say no"...

Yea mate I would love those two, what you after? I put a list of my gear in the B/S/T thread.

Do you have a link?

[T J Bang]

Nevermind I found it ;0)

[thomasseeber]

You pay for dead hookers? I just take what I want and run haha

my god, this thread just gets better and better

no wonder the Dreadnoks love Australia so much

[T J Bang]

We dont have enough grape soda in Oz

[AussieViper]

Who needs grape soda when we can have Tiger Blood?

[T J Bang]

Where are you gettin tigers from? Tasmania!

[AussieViper]

Have a 3 year deal with Charlie Sheen and his ex porn star missus, long story.

[T J Bang]

I hope they put an Aussie in GI Joe 2. Make Recondo or Outback Australian.

[AussieViper]

Steve Erwin could make a cameo... oh, wait...

[T J Bang]

I wouldnt mind Hugh Jackman.

[AussieViper]

Now that just sounded wrong...

[thomasseeber]

Eric Bana as Clutch - fuck yeah

[AussieViper]

Eric Bana was shocking in Black Hawk Down, I just can't the image of him out of my head of him being in Full Frontal and Fast Forward cracking me up, haha.

[T J Bang]

Bana does love cars so I guess he would make a good driver for the Joes. Made a terrible Hulk tho

[thomasseeber]

I guess he is a bit hit & miss but he's had some awesome roles, in The Castle and Funny People he was great.

How about Nicole Kidman as Scarlett :)

[AussieViper]

No...

[T J Bang]

How about Thor star Chris Hemsworth as Outback?

[Retail-Viper]

I go away for a few hours and come back to talk of Nicole "Botox" Kidman as Scarlett!

I think you've all been hitting the piss this arvo :D

Hey T J, did you get your collectors club mag today? I got home and found it waiting for me, my very first one!

Not as bad as I thought it would be, wasnt expecting much more than a black and white flyer, was pleasantly surprised

[AussieViper]

Nah that dude was on Home and Away...

A collectors club mag? what's it like? much in it?

[TheFallen]

Wow, I come home from work and this thread has become the equivelent of the Iron Grenadiers recruiting thread.

Let me see if I can catch up.

I have the full run of every GI Joe comic (in digital form)

Voltron is coming back with new figures that will combine in to a 2 foot robot. It will be available on mattycollector.

I am a Masters of the Universe Classics collector and I also buy Transformers Classics.

I wasn't paying enough attention to GI Joe when Dial Tone was announced so I missd out on getting him. I will probably sign up to the GIJCC subscription.

Dead hookers can't really be hookers because they are not soliciting

[AussieViper]

I woke up not long ago and this talk of famous Australian's in the next Joe film is making me sick, haha.

I would like to name Alf Stewart as Gung-Ho actually.

[Retail-Viper]

The collectors club mag is 15 colour pages, theres an article on scratch building a motorbike trailer for 1:6 scale joes, a couple of 1 page comics, a Renegades review, some pics of the new waves of PoC, a look at Hardtop the guy who drove the defiant crawler and a sort of datafile on Shipwreck oh and a joe version of twisted Toyfare on the back page. All in all better than I was expecting but its nothing to get too excited about, a nice bonus to go with my stupidly expensive bagged Dialtone I guess (when it shows up)

Now before I head to bed, I'd like to nominate Hugo Weaving to play Major Bludd and on the subject of dead hookers I will say that their much cheaper and far more willing to do weird shit than the live ones!

AussieViper your stuffed is all boxed up and shipping in the morning

Good night all

[TheFallen]

Night RV

And I agree about what the dead hookers allow. But if they died of AIDS it is best to wear a condom

[AussieViper]

Retail-Viper, no worries, same here, shipped off in the morning as will the rest of the stuff that everyone here has traded or bought off of me today and lastnight, cheers.

I'll throw up a list of vehicles tomorrow that I have, plus the rest of the loose 25th gear I have aswell.

What vehicles are being released with the POC range?

[AussieViper]

Night RV

And I agree about what the dead hookers allow. But if they died of AIDS it is best to wear a condom

I don't like wearing dingers though...

[T J Bang]

And I'm back. I see the topic of dead hookers is still goin on. Fine form boys.

[T J Bang]

Hey T J, did you get your collectors club mag today? I got home and found it waiting for me, my very first one!

Not as bad as I thought it would be, wasnt expecting much more than a black and white flyer, was pleasantly surprised

Nah didnt come today. I hope 2moro. I dont mind the mag but Im in it for the figure.

[AussieViper]

What about Elton John as Cobra Commander seeing the guy in the last film isn't playing the part in the next?

Elton John is one nasty fucker.

[666Werecat]

I found a dead hooker, no bullshit, when i was 14 on my way to school.

Also my club mag came today.

[AussieViper]

I found a dead hooker, no bullshit, when i was 14 on my way to school.

Also my club mag came today.

Did you poke at it with a stick?

[666Werecat]

No, me and two mates rode our bikes pretty fucking fast to get away and report it. Hindsight is always 20/20, what a wasted opportunity.

[T J Bang]

Yeah but he would just lecture Duke with sayin he lives his life like a candle in the wind.

[AussieViper]

No, me and two mates rode our bikes pretty fucking fast to get away and report it. Hindsight is always 20/20, what a wasted opportunity.

HAHAHAHAHA! I just cracked up laughing... Always when the opportunity is there, it's never taken.

You rode away from a dead hooker? Were you worried it was going to ask for a hand job or something?

[AussieViper]

Yeah but he would just lecture Duke with sayin he lives his life like a candle in the wind.

Easy to blow? HAHA!

[T J Bang]

Dude I cant keep up with all the hooker talk. Now I gotta ask my wife to play dead for me. Its alot like the star fish but she dosnt talk my ear off.

[AussieViper]

Dude I cant keep up with all the hooker talk. Now I gotta ask my wife to play dead for me. Its alot like the star fish but she dosnt talk my ear off.

HAHA! Ask... not tell... Yea this is kinda getting out of hand.

Onto a new topic... Alf Stewart's Rape Dungeon?

[666Werecat]

It worked out pretty well because we had wagged our first class to stay at the surf. They were so worried about trauma and everything nobody cared we were like 2 hours late for school.

[T J Bang]

666Werecat Im sorry to hear of your morbid discovery. My brother saw a lady drown once and it shook him up bad. Its cool to laugh and joke but in the end it was a life lost.

[TheFallen]

Well this thread has now gone full circle :)


Is anyone here going to sign up for the subscription?

And I pick Craig Mclachlan to play Outback

[666Werecat]

I think I will but would like to see a concept of the first figures at least. In all reality I really can't think of many more characters that I want that aren't going to be in the new lines ie Lifeline, SciFi, Airtight etc.

I think it would be funny for anyone else reading this thread, like what the fuck is wrong with these Australians.

[TheFallen]

Would it be a cheaper alternative to do a group order for the subscription?

One of us could subscribe for multiple subscriptions and have them shipped to the one address and then posted out to each person. That would be cheaper than each of us paying the huge shipping costs from GIJCC

Just a thought

[W.O. leroy]

Blair off Neighbors as Duke, gotta be better then Tatum. lol.

[AussieViper]

I think only Australians would understand this fucked up thread and what's been said on it, so I guess we're on our own Diggers!

So what exactly do you get with a subscription? Hand jobs from Scarlett?

To all involved (You know who you are), your packages have been sent this morning... as Rick James would say "Enjoy yourself, Bitches".

[AussieViper]

Blair off Neighbors as Duke, gotta be better then Tatum. lol.

It disturbs me you know character names from Neighbours... Anyway, back to dead hookers...

[AussieViper]

As for the Australian role of the new G.I.Joe film...

Ray Meager as Duke, he would be one evil mother fucker, especially seeing he has a rape dungeon now, HAHAHAHAHA!

Ernie Dingo as Roadblock, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[thomasseeber]

Nah didnt come today. I hope 2moro. I dont mind the mag but Im in it for the figure.

you gotta add a week for it to get to WA bro :)

oh, and Isla Fisher as Covergirl. That's right, bring back Covergirl! there are only five chicks in the movie and they bloody kill one off.

[W.O. leroy]

I know sad isn't it lol. John Jarett for Cobra Commander HEHEHEHE. Head on a stick lol.

[AussieViper]

I know sad isn't it lol. John Jarett for Cobra Commander HEHEHEHE. Head on a stick lol.

HAHAHA!!! Oh man John Jarett would be ideal, how funny was he in Wolf Creek, HEHEHEHEHE.

[thomasseeber]

I think it would be funny for anyone else reading this thread, like what the fuck is wrong with these Australians.

I think only Australians would understand this fucked up thread and what's been said on it, so I guess we're on our own Diggers!

luckily there are no Australian moderators, or this thread would have been shut down hours ago!

[thomasseeber]

Would it be a cheaper alternative to do a group order for the subscription?

One of us could subscribe for multiple subscriptions and have them shipped to the one address and then posted out to each person. That would be cheaper than each of us paying the huge shipping costs from GIJCC

Just a thought

I doubt it would save a lot. I suppose you would have to start by asking GIJCC if they would combine multiple subscriptions. I wouldn't be up for it either way, just my 2c.

[AussieViper]

Yea we probably need to tame this down alittle folks... But then again, for us not to swear is like a Pom to goto a dentist, it's just not possible, HAHA.

[AussieViper]

Yea I'd want to know more about the subscription first, what exactly do you get out of it?

[Retail-Viper]

Im pretty keen for the figure subscription, but im going to have to see a few more details before I commit, I'm assuming that supplies will be limited to a degree so we'll have to see how many figures you can get per member first.

I think they should make a G.I Joe movies with an all Aussie has-been cast, the fat kid from Hey Dad as Flint, Con the Fruiterer as Bazooka, Jack Thompson as Hawk, Alby Mangels as Outback, The Bushtucker man as Recondo, Alf Stewart as Duke "Strewth Destro! Get out of here ya fllaming mongrel!"

[AussieViper]

I just found this on the Joe Collectors site, how good is this:

Hazard Viper.

[Retail-Viper]

The subscription is for 12 figures released, 1 a month I guess with a secret 13th if you sign up for all 12 at the start.

The figures will be 25th style versions of overseas joes and odd ones I think. They have confirmed Quarrel (Action Force Scarlett Repaint) and the Nano-Bat so far at the Joe Con last month

[TheFallen]

From what has been stated, the subscription will be 2 figures every couple of months. There will be 12 figures plus a extra free figure.

The figures will be unreleased or cancelled figures, International figures and figures that may not have been made in 25th style

[AussieViper]

Oh OK then, so really as a collector it is really worth it isn't it?

I still think Ernie Dingo should be cast as Roadblock, or maybe Spirit, HAHA.

[Retail-Viper]

Im hoping for a good helping of Action Force remakes, Id love to get a 25th Style Red Wolf to pilot my Roboskulls, a Black Major and Baron Ironblood would go down well too.

AV I looking forward to that Hazard Viper but not as much as these 3 guys, finally a Kwinn, now I just need to order that Dr Venom from the club!

[AussieViper]

What is the address of the collectors club online?

I really like the POC Rock Viper, looks sweet to me.

[TheFallen]

Im hoping for a good helping of Action Force remakes, Id love to get a 25th Style Red Wolf to pilot my Roboskulls, a Black Major and Baron Ironblood would go down well too.

AV I looking forward to that Hazard Viper but not as much as these 3 guys, finally a Kwinn, now I just need to order that Dr Venom from the club!

I am still in need of a Dr. Venom but I am not a GIJCC member yet. I am almost holding out hope that a better Dr. Venom will eventaully be released

[Retail-Viper]

G.I. Joe Collectors' Club Online Catalog (http://www.gijoeclub.com/shop/index.cfm)

I was keen for the Rock Viper at first then saw this review

G.I. Joe: The Pursuit of COBRA - Rock Viper (http://generalsjoes.com/reviews/2011/pursuit_of_cobra/figures/wave6/rockviper.html)

now not so much :(

[TheFallen]

Yeah I check out the General's reviews to help with my decision making

I still have 5 Rock Vipers in my PoL

[Retail-Viper]

I am still in need of a Dr. Venom but I am not a GIJCC member yet. I am almost holding out hope that a better Dr. Venom will eventaully be released

I held out for 20 years and that's the one we got, Im not holding my breath for something better so Ill grab it soon. When Ive seen them on eBay they have been fairly pricey so Ill take advantage of the members price while I can

[666Werecat]

POC rock viper sucks. This is the only ME Rock Viper that maters.

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-customs-finished-projects/110210-some-commision-work-ratfink.html

About the Kwinn I love this character, does anyone else feel the head is just way off. I think the SDS Kwinn head is much better.

[thomasseeber]

kwinn looks ok but the data viper...WTF?

[666Werecat]

You don't like the Data Viper? Not sure on it myself I like the figure but I'm not sure how well he will fit in with my other guys they're all 80's guys. Although i suppose he is super 80s science fiction movie villian.

[Retail-Viper]

The Data Viper is awesome!
I would agree that he isnt that 80's though more like 20 years in the future shutting down the opposing forces communications and electronics, their vehicles effectively disabled while having a total picture of the battlefield through drones, kind of like a guy playing an RTS on a PC only for real.... :D

[thomasseeber]

I suppose he is a present day update of a televiper or technoviper, he just looks like something out of aliens vs predator to me.

I struggle when the weapons don't look like guns, but that wasn't uncommon in ARAH either!

[thomasseeber]

About the Kwinn I love this character, does anyone else feel the head is just way off. I think the SDS Kwinn head is much better.

yeah, he should be fatter in the chops :)

looks like a marathon runner there

[666Werecat]

I'll be putting the SDS Kwinn head on mine when this figure finally gets released.

[666Werecat]

Just noticed as well the shotgun that comes with Kwinn will be perfect for Lt Falcon.

[W.O. leroy]

I'm looking foward to Kwinn, yeah the heads a bit sooky lala but I'm with you Werecat the SDS head is way better. I'm looking foward to Law & Order as well he was one of my first Joes and I think the update looks awesome plus all the gear he comes with.

[Retail-Viper]

I suppose he is a present day update of a televiper or technoviper, he just looks like something out of aliens vs predator to me.

I struggle when the weapons don't look like guns, but that wasn't uncommon in ARAH either!

Look at most of the PoC line so far you have Jungle Duke, Spirit, Shadow Tracker and maybe Firefly being directly inspired by predator and then you have big missile shoulder duke coming with a Colonial Marine Pulse Rifle and the new IG's packing those Marine Heavy guns so it does sort of fit.

From what I've seen of the DataViper I'm not sure if they are guns he's holding, maybe some sort of EMP device?

Ill have to check that SDS Quinn head as I agree he could be a little more full in the face, but look at those shorts he's wearing, and the shirt, am I the only one seeing a Steve Irwin custom in the making there? :)

[thomasseeber]

Steve Irwin with a .50 cal? I'd like to see that :)

[W.O. leroy]

Here it is:
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd365/WOLeroy/med-img-preorder6_041kwinner1.jpg

[666Werecat]

Already made a Steve Irwin figure, but he has full length Khakis on.

Think i will get 2 data vipers, no more then that though.

Dave Bad Sociol did the head search for Kwinner and it'll come up.

Can't believe I left Law and Order off the list, too many good figures coming out.

[666Werecat]

Steve Irwin with a .50 cal? I'd like to see that :)

Steve Irwin doesn't need a gun, he's tougher then Chuck Norris.

[W.O. leroy]

Steve Irwin would shit a brick as soon as seen the Hydro Vipers pets :D

[thomasseeber]

he'd be more at home with Croc Master's pets:

[666Werecat]

W.O Leroy this is highly doubtful, More likely he would wrestle the shit out of it and then pull rope from nowhere and tie those fucking things up, end of story.

[W.O. leroy]

Dude the Hydro Vipers have sting rays as pets. End of story.

[W.O. leroy]

On a different note is anyone here going to enter the Kumite II contest?

[666Werecat]

Yeah but he would of learned his lesson.

[W.O. leroy]

Lol that cracks me up :D

[666Werecat]

Contest looks sick but doubtful i will enter. Maybe if I have an inspirational dream and a sweet idea comes to me then I will reconsider. Can't wait to see the entries.

[W.O. leroy]

If you've got some spare parts just kit bash something bro, it's going to be epic fun. Have you checked out last years?

[666Werecat]

Guess so I have heaps of fodder but nothing that screams "fighter' to me, got a heap of things coming in the mail this week so maybe there will be some useful parts in there.

Are you making a Big Boa? (not for the contest)

[thomasseeber]

it does look intense. There's some pretty stiff competition going all out...

I'd be happy to enter a contest one day but it won't be a martial arts one

[W.O. leroy]

Nah I don't have any plans to make a Big Boa, not yet anyway need to find the exact right parts to update him. My fig for the contest is done, I don't expect to win but it looks like a hell of a lot of fun just to be involved.

[thomasseeber]

you should do a dojo dio Leroy

[W.O. leroy]

you should do a dojo dio Leroy

Funny you should say that. ;)

[AussieViper]

Just went on eBay and grabbed a TRU Exclusive ROC Doc and Shipwreck, 25th Doc, POC Wave 2 & 5 Destro.

[W.O. leroy]

Sweet nice pick up bro.

[Retail-Viper]

Just went on eBay and grabbed a TRU Exclusive ROC Doc and Shipwreck, 25th Doc, POC Wave 2 & 5 Destro.

Nice, is that the Artic Destro with the frozen head and the other one with the sweet suitcase full of cash? So much dio potential with that thing

I made my last buy on eBay for a while last night, I grabbed 10 of the python patrol vipers, 5 red ninjas and a star viper all with free shipping from China. Unfortunately now my teeth will be taking all my cash for a while, well technically the dentist will, I need a shit load of work done and Ive been putting it off for too long now :(

[AussieViper]

Yea that's them, Wave 2 and 5 Destro, they didn't look too bad so thought I'd grab them along with the ROC TRU Shipwreck and Doc and the 25th Doc, got them from GIJoeDealer2000.

What seller did you get those figures from Retail?

[Retail-Viper]

The ebay id is viperskingdom, Ive bought dozens of lots from him over the last 2 years, think he's in Hong Kong, but generally always offers free shipping to Aus on lots of 5. Always loose figures though, but complete.

He also has a lot of cancelled fig's, he had a lot of RoC stuff that ended up in the PoC line either repainted or remodeled slightly like the Ripcord with the Wayans head sculpt that ended up as Skydive in PoC and the Zartan with the Vosloo head

[AussieViper]

That's alright, would be cool if he would deal with MOC though but oh well, I'll have a look anyway.

[T J Bang]

I usually get my joes on ebay from grock9412

[AussieViper]

They loose or MOC Bang Bang?

[Retail-Viper]

check out ws_toys as well, he's pretty much the same sort of stuff, but lots of MOC figs to at good prices. Cuts a pretty good deal on shipping a few figs at once

[AussieViper]

No worries, I'll give that a squizz also.

Also, as I mentioned earlier today, all packages have been sent this morning so you should have them by Fri or Mon.

[T J Bang]

The seller I mentioned deals in both loose and carded. Love the new profile pic btw

[AussieViper]

That seller Grock has nothing on eBay, oh well.

Yea good ol' Alf, should be Prime Minister, there'd be a rape dungeon at Parliament House.

[PROVOST]

Stone the flamin crows....

[T J Bang]

Any one here got a Flagg they wanna sell?

[Retail-Viper]

Right ive been messing round with the camera all evening and these are a few dodgy photos Ive taken of some of my collection.

The missus and me only bought this house a few months ago and I'm only starting to to get to do my room up now.

I spent the last 4 years renting a shoe box in the inner city so almost everything stayed in boxes at the old mans house, and to be frank this is pretty much the first time Ive had to get it all out.

This is about a third of what i own out so far, I need to put up more shelves on the wall above the bookshelf with the Night Ravens on it and the old cupboard with the doors removed need to be converted into proper shelves,

The room used to be at the back of the house but somewhere down the line an owner put a big rumpus room on the back so my window peers into that which doesn't provide a whole lot of natural light to take decent photos with

Anyway have a look and see what you think

[thomasseeber]

Nice, is that the Artic Destro with the frozen head and the other one with the sweet suitcase full of cash? So much dio potential with that thing

I made my last buy on eBay for a while last night, I grabbed 10 of the python patrol vipers, 5 red ninjas and a star viper all with free shipping from China. Unfortunately now my teeth will be taking all my cash for a while, well technically the dentist will, I need a shit load of work done and Ive been putting it off for too long now :(

Shit, I fit in the same category. Except I didn't just buy a shitload of new joes off eBay and I'm not getting my teeth fixed. Dammit!

And no TJ, I ain't selling my Flagg ;) that was my teeth money few years ago!

[W.O. leroy]

Awesome collection you got there man, puts mine to shame.

[T J Bang]

And no TJ, I ain't selling my Flagg ;) that was my teeth money few years ago!

If you dont wanna sell it you could just give it to me.

[Retail-Viper]

Thanks Leroy, remember mate its not the size that counts its how you use it :D well thats what i tell the women anyway

[thomasseeber]

This is about a third of what i own out so far, I need to put up more shelves on the wall above the bookshelf with the Night Ravens on it and the old cupboard with the doors removed need to be converted into proper shelves,

The room used to be at the back of the house but somewhere down the line an owner put a big rumpus room on the back so my window peers into that which doesn't provide a whole lot of natural light to take decent photos with

Anyway have a look and see what you think

I'll tell you what I think: HOLY SHIARRT
That is only one third? Fantastic! Three morays and two ravens...bloody hell

[T J Bang]

Got my mag GI Joe mag in the mail today yay

[Retail-Viper]

Thom mate you own a bloody Flagg, Charlie Sheen isnt as winning as you!

and T J what did you think of the mag?

[T J Bang]

Its my fourth one and Im likin it but not lovin it. I did enjoy a Dossier on a female Cobra Night Trooper from Perth Western Australia a few issues ago.

[daiflu]

G'day guys!
Long time lurker, but thought I would use my first post to say hi to the other Aussies on here.
You guys have got some serious collections! I'm a closet collector. I have a fair amount of 25th loose, all single card ROC MOC and a few POC. Oh, and a few ARAH figures I re-discovered from my childhood.

Anyway, Hi guys, good to see some serious aussie collections!

[W.O. leroy]

Welcome daiflu, this is a great place to meet other collectors.

[Retail-Viper]

Strewth their all coming out of woodwork now!
Glad you could join us, we Aussies have to stick together mate, cant let the yanks think they have it all to them selves round here :)

[W.O. leroy]

Yeah man I love this thread, we have kept it close to the top of the side bar for three days. Aussie, aussie, aussie, oi, oi, oi.

[Retail-Viper]

From what ive observed Id say us Aussies are the biggest international group here, i would have thought their would be more poms about what with the Action Force stuff, then again their probably all too busy getting over the royal wedding to post much right now

[W.O. leroy]

Lol, you got that right RV the poms love their royal weddings.

[T J Bang]

Id like to see the club release an Action Man in 25th style

[lardman]

Yeah it's been pretty tough typing while trying to wipe the tears of joy from my eyes after watching the wedding ;) (despite my mild sarcasm I'm very happy for them, I'm glad it went off without a hitch and with good weather to boot)

I think we Poms were simply leaving you lot to do your thing in this thread (my Mum's an Aussie, so perhaps you can excuse my posting ;) ) and most surprisingly we've had a couple of weeks, including two bank holiday weekends in a row, with sunshine and warm weather so everyone's probably still outside in shorts manning the BBQs before it starts raining for the summer months ;)

[Retail-Viper]

Id like to see the club release an Action Man in 25th style

Do you mean that eXXXXXXXXTreme 90's version with the neon orange waistcoat who had a jet powered snowboard? radical to the max or so we used to say back then

[Retail-Viper]

Yeah it's been pretty tough typing while trying to wipe the tears of joy from my eyes after watching the wedding ;) (despite my mild sarcasm I'm very happy for them, I'm glad it went off without a hitch and with good weather to boot)

I think we Poms were simply leaving you lot to do your thing in this thread (my Mum's an Aussie, so perhaps you can excuse my posting ;) ) and most surprisingly we've had a couple of weeks, including two bank holiday weekends in a row, with sunshine and warm weather so everyone's probably still outside in shorts manning the BBQs before it starts raining for the summer months ;)

I dont know why mate but that first sentence had me in stitches! But both my mum and dad are English and I lived over there for a few years, you blokes wouldn't know warm weather if it rolled up its sleeves and put you in a headlock :D

[lardman]

I dont know why mate but that first sentence had me in stitches! But both my mum and dad are English and I lived over there for a few years, you blokes wouldn't know warm weather if it rolled up its sleeves and put you in a headlock :D

Glad to provide some late evening entertainment :)

Don't worry I've been over to Australia a lot and I'd have to agree :).

To be fair though the houses are not built for warm weather over here so it's pretty uncomfortable when it gets hot (and humid by default), but better that than sleet let's be honest! :)

[AussieViper]

Thanks Leroy, remember mate its not the size that counts its how you use it :D well thats what i tell the women anyway

You tell women about the size of your G.I.Joes?

[Retail-Viper]

Glad to provide some late evening entertainment :)

Don't worry I've been over to Australia a lot and I'd have to agree :).

To be fair though the houses are not built for warm weather over here so it's pretty uncomfortable when it gets hot (and humid by default), but better that than sleet let's be honest! :)

I do miss those snowy christmas's I had in the early 80's when i lived there as a young tyke though I always envied you guys for those when we came back here and mum was on the verge of getting heat stroke trying to roast a turkey on a 42 degree day and i was trying to explain to the local kids what a snowball was

[Retail-Viper]

You tell women about the size of your G.I.Joes?

only the 12 inch ones mate :D

[AussieViper]

To the new guys in the post here... what are your opinions on dead hookers? HAHA!

That wasn't a bad collection there, mine is nothing like that, I don't have the room to put my things up around the place either so once I have my own place I'll work on a display room for my shit, but as you guys know I'm more into MOC and MIB stuff and all the stuff I have I have put away in storage in boxes for safe keeping.

I have about 12 ARAH MOC in clear shells for display, have a fair few ROC figures and vehicles, have a few 25th Ann figures and vehicles all in MOC and MIB, a couple Funskool MOC as cheesy as they look though, haha, have a 38 inch Star Wars Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon in box and have another in it's box which is still in it's Hasbro shipping box, both never been opened.

[Retail-Viper]

.....have a 38 inch Star Wars Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon in box and have another in it's box which is still in it's Hasbro shipping box, both never been opened.

That things a beast, I could never drop the $250 I always saw them at when they were on shelves here then about 6 months after they disappeared Target had one in a fucked up box for $70. Grabbed it and was blown away!