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07-21-2008, 02:10 PM | #1361 |
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07-21-2008, 02:35 PM | #1362 |
E pur si muove!
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I've been really hesistant to meet up with a bunch of people and discuss Joe for several reasons. It's nothing personal against you guys or anyone. I haven't told anyone on the board about this, but back in 2004 I had a GI Joe collection that would make you kick your Mom right in the face. I had a PERFECT Defiant Space Shuttle. 2 Terror Dromes. 2 USS Flaggs, 5 headquarters playsets, Mobile Command center, 40 HISS tanks, and with the exceptions of a few odds and ends that I was getting to, every single Joe and Cobra figure MADE up to that point, including around 2000 Cobra Troops. That dude who put his collection on Youtube had nothin on me. About this time, Rich offered me a side job manning Farpoint a few days a week. After my second day working there, my fiance (whom I lived with) slept with a guy she met at work. A good looking model type guy who was also a TV producer. He was also in a wheelchair. Checkmate. I can't even get in the guys face. (since he and I have spoken and econciled, I hate bad blood). Problem is, I was emotionally devastated. Destroyed. Practically suicidal. Nothing mattered to me anymore. As you can imagine, I kicked her out the next day, but I also kicked out half of the household income. I broke up my collection, sold the vintage (80's and 90's) figures to Rich. I sold my modern era stuff (JvC, Spy Troops and VvV) to Rich. I sold my vehicles for about a fifth of their value and I was done with Joe. For about three months. One of the guys I sold to opened a shop in Flea World. (50 Million Toys) and I went to work there for a few years. That turned out to be a dead end too, because I ended up selling back everything I bought. (25 DTC Nightwatch packs anyone?) Now many of you have noticed that I've sold off about 300 of my 25th troops (of varying kinds) and I'm in the process of selling off my ARAH 12" figs. I do this all to keep myself in check. I was a crazed Army builder. Before Chari even KNEW about Joe, I was tavelling her route fo years. Since I was old enough to drive. (Back then you had to check Eckerd's, Walgreens and even grocey stores for Joes as well. I also lost 750 Transformers around this time to the same circumstances. The moral of this story is that if you keep building with no caps and no limits to your collection at all, eventually your collection will own you. I have nightmares about it now. Of course I had about 300 vehicles and I'm not going to list them all. Suffice it to say, I was King Pimp of the Joes for decades. I even (inadvertantly) designed a Con exclusive one year. (Rich used to be with Whiz Bang, and along with Mike Herz, they ran the Joe Cons back then. Now they handle FX.) Whiz Bang was the dream store of ALL Joe enthusiasts. Not only did I get my shuttle from them, but they had oddities up to prototypes, two-ups, and even costume props from commercials (Overlord's Helmet, Effects's helmet). I have a Joe tattoo. When the comic license went to DDP, I went to Comiccon and grilled Blaylock hard. For years and years I was the ONLY ONE I knew who was such a Joe fan. Now my collection is humble. Tiny compared to just two months ago. I stick to 5 of each troop (though 10 would be a prettier number) and instead of resurrecting my collection all at once, I think that a brick-by-brick approach is going to have to do. Where were you all for all those years? I feel like I left a light in the window and no one ever came. So I burned the house down and now here you all are. I don't post often. I rarely hunt anymore so there's not much to tell. I have pretty strong (even overwhelming) emotions about Joe collecting as you can well imagine by now. I am constantly reminded of what I had built and how quickly I unravelled it all. If you go through a breakup, DON'T SELL YOUR JOES.
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07-21-2008, 06:21 PM | #1363 |
Sunsword = Fabulous!
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Jesus man! That was epic!...........so is the first Saturday in August good for you? :-)
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07-21-2008, 07:24 PM | #1364 |
~Rob Rinker
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I found the dvd pks!!! In Lakeland Target on the north side.
I added a crappy pic also. I'm just excited that I found them. |
07-21-2008, 07:52 PM | #1365 |
YO JOE
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My adaptation of the original catalog display. What do you think?
More toys and pics comming.
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07-21-2008, 08:45 PM | #1366 |
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So who's planning on opening their DVD packs? I could use a Lady Jaye for a custom. I guess I could always buy the pack and sell off everything else, but I thought I might be able to procure one from one of you. Actually if anyone can help out with a loose Torch, that would be great too. We can complete any trade/sale at the meetup.
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07-21-2008, 09:08 PM | #1367 |
PROUD AMERICAN
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Heavy story Omega
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07-21-2008, 09:38 PM | #1368 |
~Rob Rinker
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I opened mine. Actually I open everything except the single carded figures and so far I've been lucky enough to find everything plus a couple extras to open.
btw- my buddy noticed that the weather dominator pegs right on top of the 2 mass device pieces perfectly. So, until the next packs come out you can make one big weather dominating mass device. I did open my Cartoon version CC to get the 1st element piece which fits way better than the empty one that come with the mass piece. |
07-21-2008, 09:43 PM | #1369 |
Make me an offer
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I'm interested in the mass device/weather dominator pieces if anyone doesnt want them and just the fig's.
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07-21-2008, 09:54 PM | #1370 |
E pur si muove!
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As it stands, that seems doable.
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