Sorry for the late reply. Thanks =) Yeah...I'm one of those who open the boxes)))...Zanya isn't bad...but her hands are really loose. I needed to tweet it up a bit so now she can hold tight her AK and Colt. And the sign for Road Pig isn't working well. Modified it too...so now he can put it on his both hand without rotating it upside down. Anyway the whole set is awsome. =)
I saw your post on the "October Hauls" thread. Congratulations you got some great stuff, I'm happy for you. That Dreadnoks box set you got from BBTS is fantastic!! Love the Zanya that comes in it. Do you plan on opening the packages to display the figures? That shirt you got looks great too!
I too turned on my kid brother to the GI Joe figures he still has 2 collector cases full he is 32 and I am 40 now. I started recently collecting again from nothing to a pretty good size collection. I was attending comic/toy conventions as often as every 3 months not looking for toys especially more comics than anything then i saw a new version of a cobra commander and I never could find him as a kid so i bought him for a dollar, after that i resolved to get all the dreadnoks and it started all over again from there. I shop a lot on Ebay now. I never knew GI Joe was international till recently. It's great to hear stories of how people first get started into collecting, especially on the other side of the world, thanks for sharing yours.
I saw your thread for cloning weapons, I always wondered if that was possible, thanks for the tips. I saw a couple of your customs (tank & jeep). Nice work. Do you still live in Russia? How did you get involved with GI Joe collecting?