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General Section => General Joe Talk => Topic started by: Flophouse on January 18, 2011, 12:57:49 AM
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Collectable Spectacle – “Airedevon” Documentary Series
Some of you might be familiar with my first entry in this series, Collectable Spectacle, which focused on toy/comic collector and author Mark Bellomo. It was an 18 episode series, which I filmed and released for free on YouTube for collectors to enjoy. A year and a half later I decided I was interested in filming a second chapter to the series, this time focusing on collector Airedevon.
A special thank you to Airedevon for opening up her home and allowing me to film her collection. Both Mark and Airedevon LOVE toys and they LOVE the joy those toys bring to children and adults alike. They both put themselves on film to SHARE their experience and knowledge with others who feel their passion. They both have spent decades of time, money, blood, sweat, and tears to achieve their collections, and now they are inviting strangers into their world to experience it.
These episodes combine for roughly 4 hours in length. I could have trimmed it down in time but I thought people would like to see as much as I could offer. Since they are presented in separate episodes, people can take their time and go through them at their leisure.
Episode 1 – Airedevon unpacks one of her closets filled with vintage 12” G.I.JOE figures and sets them up in the kitchen to talk about them.
Episodes 2-3 – Airedevon gives an example of how to repair 12” G.I.JOE figures and talks more about her 12” figure collection.
Episode 4 – Airedevon continues her talk of 12” figures and then discusses her printed media collection of 3 ¾” figure material.
Episode 5 – Airedevon finishes up her printed media collection and shows some of her audio/video collection pertaining to G.I.JOE. Airedevon also discusses the books she has been working on. In the last part of the episode, Airedevon puts together a rare Nilco (Egypt) Vamp vehicle.
Episode 6 – Airedevon sets up and displays her vintage 3 ¾”, domestic G.I.JOE vehicles and discusses them.
Episodes 7-9 – Airedevon hosts a local G.I.JOE collectors club mini-meet and takes some of her guests on a quick tour through her house.
Episode 10 – Having emptied another closet, Airedevon explores a vast array of storage bins to show samples of toy lines from the past 30 years.
Episodes 11-12 – Continuing through bins removed from the closet, Airedevon goes through storage boxes containing MOC G.I.JOE figures from North America and around the world.
Episodes 13-14 – Airedevon shows some of the contents of her display bins
in the "Toybrary" that contain loose G.I.JOE figures from North America and
around the world.
Episodes 15-17 – Airedevon continues through her “Toybrary” and discusses an endless assortment of action figure toy lines, other than G.I.JOE, from the years 1975-2000. She also discusses some international G.I.JOE vehicles and her Gobots collection.
Episode 18 – Airedevon pulls out some items from another closet and shows some rare international G.I.JOE vehicles and provides some closing thoughts on the struggles of collecting and working on her book project.
It all starts here with Episode 1;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTpJeaSQUc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTpJeaSQUc)
( *Collectible is commonly spelled with an “ i “ but is also considered properly spelled with an “ a “. I chose the “ a “ version for aesthetic reasons in the title. Just thought I’d clarify that.)
I hope you enjoy…
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very cool, im not a 12' inch collector by any means, but that is one awesome collection! The Mark Bellomo one was great too. when i found it awhile back i watched it over and over and over......
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So many Skystrikers.. :'(
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Prime candidate for that show Hoarders if you ask me. It's very organized - but still overkill in my opinion.
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nice! I was waiting for you to do another one :)
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Great show. She definitely has almost everything. I'm sure she rediscovers things all the time while digging.
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I liked the intro with the figs in vehicles put in the real world.
Here are the links:
COLLECTABLE SPECTACLE II
Airedevon, Video 1 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTpJeaSQUc)
Airedevon, Video 2 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/1/lPuLcGXcdfg)
Airedevon, Video 3 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/2/54RYD0V3MI0)
Airedevon, Video 4 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/3/w6y-pRJ-Mak)
Airedevon, Video 5 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/4/wUah0Vd7OT4)
Airedevon, Video 6 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/5/fFSrFErYQvE)
Airedevon, Video 7 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/17/fGnoNJJsnyk)
Airedevon, Video 8 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/16/27Y1qGm8TrM)
Airedevon, Video 9 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/15/CUwJUeXMGNk)
Airedevon, Video 10 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/14/twdmoHRdmvY)
Airedevon, Video 11 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/13/BzCuiNZQQAI)
Airedevon, Video 12 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/12/apAHFvN7B_I)
Airedevon, Video 13 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/11/pAYloz6PZSc)
Airedevon, Video 14 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/10/vUlyPv_8-MQ)
Airedevon, Video 15 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/9/2SvLPCNtwpg)
Airedevon, Video 16 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/8/SE3zd0YThlY)
Airedevon, Video 17 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/7/Lka25wPELtw)
Airedevon, Video 18 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/6/w_5KqPavjsE)
COLLECTABLE SPECTACLE I
Mark Bellomo, Video 1 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/41/qCe-p8lCbPk)
Mark Bellomo, Video 2 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/40/RWdO6Bu3SUs)
Mark Bellomo, Video 3 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/39/MHq_W-b8pY8)
Mark Bellomo, Video 4 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/38/78INzDBvKR0)
Mark Bellomo, Video 5 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/37/OceJuOOhvDk)
Mark Bellomo, Video 6 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/36/eQhfWBEcmlE)
Mark Bellomo, Video 7 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/35/6huz2PQptG4)
Mark Bellomo, Video 8 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/34/ZTYI7JPKxjo)
Mark Bellomo, Video 9 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/33/kRDtP6Gj0GE)
Mark Bellomo, Video 10 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/32/BPW92r613vM)
Mark Bellomo, Video 11 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/31/09_eHxI_0Mo)
Mark Bellomo, Video 12 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/30/gSw57_UiagU)
Mark Bellomo, Video 13 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/29/hQAIuEr3kBU)
Mark Bellomo, Video 14 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/28/EjAQrc9Q_zI)
Mark Bellomo, Video 15 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/27/3BWEFIFW7Z4)
Mark Bellomo, Video 16 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/26/h5G9awDW27s)
Mark Bellomo, Video 17 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/25/-9OPO0dmQ4g)
Mark Bellomo, Video 18 of 18 (http://http://www.youtube.com/user/FlophouseFilms#p/u/24/JrYVNhRJg1o)
Martin
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Hey Martin your links do not work!
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Hey Martin your links do not work!
Should work now...
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They work for me.
Personally I think Airedevon has gone over board but I did learn how to fix a 12' G.I.Joe when the head comes off and I have one with a loose head, so that helps.
Now if I only knew how to fix a "Super Joe" figure. :'(
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Hey Martin your links do not work!
Should work now...
YEAH! I can see them now!
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Some crazy collections. Wish I had a time machine lol.
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Excellent show, Flophouse! I was finally able to watch it all; simply jaw-dropping! You could do several multi-part episodes on her alone (especially for all the obscure toy lines).
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Prime candidate for that show Hoarders if you ask me. It's very organized - but still overkill in my opinion.
I'm with Mike. In my opinion if your collection takes up "every" room in your house not just a collectors corner/room and you can't display(enjoy)most of it, then it's an obsession(addiction) not a collection.
I did find it most informative though.
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I was talking about this with a buddy of mine and he said that one of the reason many rare items can't be found anymore is because of giant collectors like her... Seems like the average collector can't compete.
Maybe he was just jealous :D
To see all those 12" clean Space Adventure sets in one cabinet sure would make any 12" collector envious.
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I was talking about this with a buddy of mine and he said that one of the reason many rare items can't be found anymore is because of giant collectors like her... Seems like the average collector can't compete.
Maybe he was just jealous :D
There is truth to this statement. On ebay, she would drive up prices on hard to find items, and on items she already had bought in the past. She has a thing of collecting things in two's or more.
Sorry, she has a obsessive–compulsive disorder. The video footage proves it. There is no freaking way I would let toys control my life. They are suppose to help to escape from reality, not to be imprisoned by it.
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OMG, as the kids say.
Somehow I don't really believe it when she says she'll be done collecting when the book comes out. :wink:
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OMG, as the kids say.
Somehow I don't really believe it when she says she'll be done collecting when the book comes out. :wink:
I am not buying either. This so called book was suppose to come years ago.
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My wife yells at me becuase I have 11 bins of Joes, She would tear me apart if I had them in every room in our house.
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Prime candidate for that show Hoarders if you ask me. It's very organized - but still overkill in my opinion.
I'm with Mike. In my opinion if your collection takes up "every" room in your house not just a collectors corner/room and you can't display(enjoy)most of it, then it's an obsession(addiction) not a collection.
I did find it most informative though.
I see your point guys. But, why bother? Some people collect toys a little, some a bit more and other a lot. So? She has the money for it. Fine. I don't have that much money to spend on toys. I do other things with my money; her obviously not. But, bottom line, this is her choice. We can debate on: is it really her choice? Meaning is she addict or not. But what I saw is someone that speaks clearly, she has all her brain, she has a family, she has fun doing what she does, etc. I'm happy for her.
The day when she no longer wants her GI Joes, she will have a lot of money selling them. That is only my opinion.
Martin
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No longer wants her GIJoe... Martin! How dare you? ;D
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Hey Martin...
(http://http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_t_xlGGymR7U/S7oxsifEY3I/AAAAAAAAAtE/HxISd4hyScU/s800/Canadian+Tire+Called.jpg)