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General Joe Talk / Re: What Joe stuff did you get for Christmas?
« on: January 07, 2014, 09:07:44 PM »
I'm just glad you had an happy Christmas with your family!
Red and white once again! We've restored the classic look of JoeCanuck.
Weapons:
- Dusty (Backpack, and gun with bipod, greay)
- Torch (weapons complete)
Massive bag of weapons.
Ok, buddy, Heres the deal..
Yesterday i attempted my first custom job ever!!!
I had seen Propergrond's 30th artic hiss and hiss and 30th ann Vamp artic curoms. And im a HUGE fan of the artic stuff. Even though i dont have any vehicles of it in my collection. Im working on eventually getting the Exclusive target artic hiss in 25th. So anyway the only loose or boxed vehicles i have laying around where the skysweeper jet, 30th vamp, black dragon chopper and 30th skystricker.
This is what it looked like before; http://www.flickr.com/photos/99484714@N02/9379769341/#http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3744/9404129970_67c501c444_m.jpg
I dont want to post it on the custo forum till im 100% done but. This is what it looks like now
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I still have some touch up paint work to do, And i dont wanna attatch the canopy till, i have all the excces red paint scrapped of the window. ( abd i havent desided how far into detail im going to go. Should i weather it...? Should it paint each rivate ? )
So to answer your question, YES, i think i would be interested in the hiss, conquest x-30 basically any cobra vehicle 100% complete loose with the sticker sheet un attached would be great.
Also i would be extremely interested in finding surplus cobra sticker sheets from any and all vehicles, because i dont know exactly what sticker im gonna need on what vehicle when...? So id buy all i could get. LOL
Feel free to send the pics to anybody you wanna show em too.
So how did i do for my first time...? Be BRUTALY honest!!!!
Ya, i got the renagades storm shadow too. hes pritty sweet !
I would love to get the p.o.c lowlight. He was one of my favorite figs. back in the day.
Why the hell is the p.o.c line so expencive anyway...? Limited release or something...?
I remember seeing it on the shelf for a little while...All i bought from that line was the steel brigade. If i knew then the where gonna be worth so much ( the p.o.c line in general ) I woulda bought all i could. But i thought they looked dumb @ the time.
Another one of those woulda/could/shoulda moments..... LOL
Hey bud, great to hear your into the vinatge stuff.
I could have gone that route also ( vintage filling in with modern )
I used to work @ a second hand store for 8 years. Unloading the and sorting the stuff that came in. I know, i know collecters paradise right..?
Well it was. LOL
I had some half desend figures from every imaginable toy line for like 10 cents each. Picking up all kinda of extra accesories and figures.
Besides the stuff i had left over as a kid i had all this extra cool swag laying around. And being so fond of g.i joe, my collection ( although i didnt view it as a collection because it was loose ) grew to a nice perportion.
I had vintage joe stuff mainly from 82 to 89. A lot of the early stuff. ( this was 7 years ago mind you when the vintage was rock bottom price and the modern was going through the roof ).. I sold entire joe collection for 250$ NO LIE! Kicking myself today. LOL
I had 30 + vehicles
150 figures easy ( dont know if they where all complete or not ? some where, some where not )
I remember telling the guy " look this is a good deal for you because the skystricker plane i have is 98% complete ( parachute missing ) and its going for 130$ so you might aswell gimmy the 250$. Go home and be happy.
That guy was probly creaming in his pants the whole time he was dealing with me. LOL
But, In retrospect im not diapointed because im what they call a completist. And @ that time or in this day and age i could not see myself trying to complete the vintage loose g.i joe series from 82 to 90 whatever. Thats a big reason why i sold them. I knew i could have gotten more out of them if i took my time selling, but i wanted them gone before i desided to COLLECT THEM ALL !
Plus i like in the package stuff.
But still, i should be kicking myself for selling loose figures for 250$ back then ( 2007 ) taht i could take my time with and make 2000$ now.
Lets just chalk it up to " oh well " and move on. ....I love my 25th ann. sealed mint on card collection in starcases.. LOL
Hey i picked up a vintage Devilfish vehicle with box blue prints and instructions, plus a mint 100% complete 1983 torpedo and mint 100% complete mj. bludd. All loose. I need 27$ for the whole lot to break even. You interested.? LOL