Hey there, I am new to the site but I have been collecting Joes for a long time! When I was a kid in the 70s my older brother had a big box of 12" inch Joes including the helicopter and the six wheeled tomb raiding vehicle. I especially liked Bullet Head and Steve Austin! My parents decided to give them away one day because my brother (7 years older than me) knew I really liked them and he was being a jerk so he told my folks that he didn't want them anymore. 30 years later and I am still hooked on Joes. I was still young enough to enjoy Real American Hero the original 13 and season 2 and the first 50 comics but after the movie I started to lose interest. I didn't like Cobra La (their battle cry is uber-lame) and the way they had strayed away from the original characters too much. At least Hasbro seems to heave learned from that with Optimus Primes and Duke now always being used in new shows. (After Sgt. Savage they must have learned that lesson for real.) I now have a massive collection, but I still never could replace my 'Rosebud' the 12" ones I used to have. (Even if I could afford to buy them now the elastics inside are all disintegrated, so I would need repros, which would have the same design flaw eventually.) Oh well, nice to meet some other people with the same problem I have! Yo Joe!
