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General Joe Talk / Joe Declassified Newsletter
« on: August 11, 2010, 09:40:30 PM »
I just finished reading the Joe Declassified Newsletter (issue 3) that was available at the con.  It was fabulous!  What did you guys think?  Articles about the Canadian side of the 80's joes, as well as the current Canadian Convention happenings.  One pleasant surprise for me was the article about yojoe.com deciding that the canadian joe con exclusives, past, present, and future, are to be added to the archive as officially sanctioned or whatever collectibles.  If you haven't read this thing, read it and tell me what you thought! 

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Customs / 25th Horror Show by Turner
« on: August 02, 2010, 11:56:07 AM »
Horror Show arrives!  He just got back from some re-education/training, and he's ready to do his duty for the freedom loving peoples of the Soviet Union!



With Removable Helmet


And Removable Rockets!




From his first Marvel appearance.






Recipe:
Whole Figure-Bazooka
Jacket and Helmet-molded
RPG's-Marauder's X4 modified
Web Gear-Red Star X2 modified
Backpack-Arctic Televiper modified



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Customs / 25th Timbit by Turner
« on: July 10, 2010, 03:42:10 PM »
Back from a long delivery to our friends in the field, is Timbit...



and Snack Pack!



With Timbits...



and a little more!



Hey, delivery work can be dangerous!












Here's a work in progress shot.


Recipe:
Head-don't know, got it in a bag of parts, dino guys of some kind, I think.
Torso-Greenshirt or Breaker
Upper Arms-Green Shirt/Breaker
Lower Arms-Recondo
Legs-Cutter, modified
Feet-ROC Flash
Vest-Molded

Axe-Wolverine
Timbits Box-printed
Revolver-Tunnel Rat
Beaver-craft store

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Customs / 25th Snowbank by Turner
« on: June 26, 2010, 12:48:04 PM »
This is my 25th rendering of Snowbank.  I took some of these photos before realizing I hadn't finished the detail on the upper left arm.  Postin' him anyways :)



 

 

Had some problems with lighting and such that made the white look yellow.  He's actually bright white, compare the bottom photo.


Recipe:
Head and Helmet-ROC Aqua Viper Officer
Torso and Belt-Extreme Conditions Major Bludd
Hoses-Para-Viper kitbash
Arms and hands-Arctic Snake eyes
Legs and Feet-Bazooka
Laptop-ROC Cover Girl
Rifle and Pistol (not shown)-Airborne

Dremmeled the arm and leg joints to reduce paint rub.

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Thought I'd share some of my customs with you guys.  First up is Lt. Gorky, from the Oktober Guard.

Daina in shorts with Lt. Gorky and Sgt. Misha


Lt. Gorky


Comparison Shot


Fun with Lady Jaye


Recipe:
Head-Cobra Disguise Flint
Torso-Comic Pack Shipwreck
Arms-SRO Wild Bill
Hands-ROC Pit Commando
Legs-Comic Pack Shipwreck
Feet-Cutter
Harness-Comic Pack Copperhead
Primary Weapon-Marauders
Secondary Weapon-Tokarev-Indiana Jones Dovchenko

Since Gorky made a play for Lady Jaye in the Marvel comics, I liked the idea of using the Flint head.

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Off Topic / stargate game
« on: May 02, 2010, 10:42:33 AM »
Thought some of you guys might be Stargate/SG-1 fans.  I had received an invitation for a free trial of the new online first-person-shooter called Stargate Resistance.  The free trial lasts until midnight (email said 12:01 monday so I think that means tonight midnight).  If any of you guys are interested you can check it out here:  http://www.stargateresistance.com/JoinT ... index.html

I had to wait awhile for the download, over a gig.  There were three playable areas, the SGC, a planet where there was a familiar tower and it controlled the weather, and a planet style temple.  There are two teams to choose from, the SGC or the System Lords.  On each team there are three playable classes.  The SGC had the basic soldier (p90 and grenade launcher), a sniper commando, and an engineer or medic type.  The system lords had a Jaffa, a Goa'uld, and an asrak invisible assassin type (which kept getting me!).

It was pretty cool to be running around the SGC and hearing stuff like "the system lords have activated the failsafe."  Big levels but I like the gateroom (with stargate you can go through), and the upper control/briefing rooms.

You earn experience points from the play and can advance in rank.  Play type included Capture the Tech, conquest, deathmatch. 

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Reviews Section / The Good Times Return: Issue 155 1/2
« on: April 26, 2010, 11:19:53 PM »


Larry Hama returns with 22 pages of awesome!  The comic begins with an intro by Andy Schmidt which actually provides some insight into how this process got started (IDW came to Larry), and how it will continue (witih Larry calling the shots!).  The art, while very faithful to the original outfits, had some new looks for some characters.  I must say, I would be pulling out my wallet for a figure based on the new look of the Baroness.


In addittion, the comic includes some bios of Billy and the Brainwave Scanner which I liked.


And a fabulous question and answer spread with Larry addressing some questions that were posted on the IDW forum.


Welcome back Larry!  I'm thrilled to see this continuation of what is for me the true G.I.Joe.

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Customs / beaver
« on: April 14, 2010, 09:16:04 AM »
Hey guys, got a question for ya'll.  I'm working on a few projects and I was wondering where that beaver came from for the Timbit exclusive.  Anybody got any ideas where I could find something similar for my in-progress Timbit custom?  I've looked at the animal sections in Target and Toys r Us, and the little animal packs at Wal-Mart...  Thanks guys.

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Introductions / Hello from Florida!
« on: April 04, 2010, 03:20:38 PM »
Hey guys, I've been lurking around here for a little bit, read all the newsletters, excited about the convention, hoping I can go this year.  I've been a joe fan since my cousin showed me the fold out pack-in catalog in '82.  Got back into collecting about a year ago with the 25th line and some vintage.  Recently got the HATE set, very cool!  Hoping to get those trading cards... 

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