aside from the joe meet stuff, i know nothing about aire....what's her interesting story? and what's the deal on alyosha? i'm not familliar with him... just lookin' for some background...thanks!
Aire uses GI Joes as a teaching aid for kids. The extent of which I'm unfamiliar, and would like to know more.
Alyosha casts figures and customizing new sculpts as picture-perfect recreations of ARAH figures. But he's so cocky about it, he's made many people online sick. He also sells hard to find items for inflated costs, upsetting high-end collectors that don't feel these items should be recirculated, and casual collectors and customizers who feel if you're going to cast them, make them accessible. There's very little he does that doesn't seem to be profit-oriented.
He also got wind of a list of the proposed 2005 convention exclusives, and decided to redistribute it online. But it was just the wish list MC sent to Hasbro. By the time Aly got a hold of it, the real list had changed because the companies had determined certain molds lost or unusable. So Aly upset the companies, because some of their surprises were leaked, and fans because the leak wasn't even accurate.
And now he feels sorry for himself.