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03-18-2014, 07:54 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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In 1977, with the rising cost of oil and more competition in the Action Figures aisle from companies like Mego, Hasbro introduced a new Joe. No longer 12’’ tall, Super Joe stood a mere 8’’ tall and still included a form of ‘’Kung-Fu Grip’’. The story of Super Joe would bring him to outer space for even more adventures.
Super Joe came equipped with a light vest that connected to a power pack. The light was a weapon to fight his enemies. Building on the idea of the Intruders, Hasbro introduced a new enemy for Super Joe to fight: The Terrons and their evil leader Gor. He also included a chest light – his ‘’Destructo Ray – that would emit a red beam and allow him to conquer the Earth. These customs were made for the recent Customs Celebrations at Joecustoms.com. The two-week challenge was to create a figure based on the 50th Anniversary of GI Joe. Super Joe was the last theme of the seventies that I had not tackled during my 50th Anniversary Tribute. I thought this was a good opportunity to add an addendum to the project. So, here are Super Joe Commander and Gor, King of the Terrons.
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03-18-2014, 08:24 AM | #2 |
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I learned something new today and great job on the custom as always
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03-18-2014, 08:30 AM | #3 |
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Good job. I remember my friend had one of those back in the day. Wasn't there also a bad guy that looked SJ with green skin and red eyes?
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03-18-2014, 08:53 AM | #4 |
Crimson Guard
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Thanks guys.
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03-18-2014, 12:43 PM | #5 |
Arashikage
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This is not my era of Joe so including those reference photos was key. Nicely done! Thanks for sharing.
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03-18-2014, 01:03 PM | #6 |
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Your stuff is awesome!! I'm not familiar with the 60's and 70's Joe stuff, but I am reading "GI Joe: The Complete Story of America's Man of Action".
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03-18-2014, 01:15 PM | #7 |
Crimson Guard
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AWESOME!!!! I love that someone actually made customs from this dark, long forgotten corner of Joe-dom. These look great. I made a quickie custom of Gor a few months back, but he was just a repaint of the Amazing Spider-Man movie Lizard figure with some Milliput sculpting on his chest. Yours puts mine to SHAME.
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03-18-2014, 01:47 PM | #8 |
Iron Grenadier
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What head is that???
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03-18-2014, 02:48 PM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
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Thanks guys. Super Joe is pretty obscure. Not many people remember him. At the time, the change of scale was one of the factors that killed GI Joe until it's rebirth in 1982. For better or worse, he is part is Joe history.
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AWESOME!!!! I love that someone actually made customs from this dark, long forgotten corner of Joe-dom. These look great. I made a quickie custom of Gor a few months back, but he was just a repaint of the Amazing Spider-Man movie Lizard figure with some Milliput sculpting on his chest. Yours puts mine to SHAME.
Cool. did you post it? The Lizard body probably works well for Gor. Super Joe's head is Star Wars Obi-Wan McGregor. OB
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03-18-2014, 11:59 PM | #10 |
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Man, I would buy that Super Joe in a heartbeat.
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