JoeCanuck

The Lord protected and blessed us, my son is out of surgery and ok

Thank You Lord

Thank you, we are at the Ronald McDonald house now.

I have my joes from when I was a kid and have added some nice ones to that sinc (82-94).  I got back into collecting with the 25th for the express reason that they were updates of the 82-94 line.  So, the main reason I'm not actively collecting the 25th line now, is that I have already collected it.  I would suspect that is the same for a lot of collectors, but it does seem a lot of vocal fans seem to prefer the modern spin (reimagining) of poc and 30th.  While some of those were some pretty cool (jungle duke and snow job for example), I do prefer 25th type updates.  Kwinn and the upcoming cc, se, ss, and night viper would fit into that imo.  I say upcoming because I have yet to get them.

Thanks bro, I'm hoping to have Vanessa and Gloria next

The credit belongs to the Lord, I thank Him for doing these with my hands.

The Rhino vehicle came with Bruce Sato and another version of Matt Trakker.  I think I liked the Rhino version of Trakker better than the Thunderhawk version as a kid, and I still do.  I think it may be my favorite of this project at this point.

Matt uses parts from about 5 joe figures and 1 wolverine figure, plus accessories from 2 more joes.  The Mask actually didn't come with the neck flair, so had to greenstuff that, as well as the thigh pads, belt buckle, hair, and lower torso armor.  Dremmeled/sanded/greenstuffed the tunnel rat upper leg to remove the leg straps and pouch.

I want to thank all the guys who helped me out getting the parts for this project.  The mask items in this post came from (best I remember) joe grizzly and jay, thanks fellas.

MATT TRAKKER














Next up, BRUCE SATO
He uses parts from 6 joe figures and 1 Indiana jones figure, green stuff for the chest armor, side and back straps, side pouch and straps, forearm padding, boot tubing on the lower legs and feet, knee pads, and belt.  Dremmeled/sanded/greenstuffed the pouches on the breaker upper leg.  The lower torso retains articulation (the straps and lower armor is not attached to the lower torso, the leg with the pouch also can move.  The paraviper knees had 4 pads and the cartoon Bruce had 3, so I dremmeled/sanded the paraviper pads off and greenstuffed the 3 back on.

















Here is a mock up of a custom card along with a vintage scott and t-bob card, NOT A FINAL PRODUCT, just a mock up.










Recipes:

Matt Trakker RHINO Version
head-dollar general duke with greenstuffed hair
torso-breaker/joe trooper type
arms and hand-25th general hawk
upper legs and knees (I think)-tunnel rat
lower legs-wolverine
feet-dollar general shipwreck
torso armor-zartan modified by cutting and greenstuff
belt-roc snake eyes vs.44
lower torso armor, hair, thigh pads, belt buckle-greenstuff

Bruce Sato
head-krexx
torso and upper legs-breaker type
upper arms-lift ticket
lower arms-general hawk
hands-Indiana jones line
knees-paraviper with greenstuff padding
lower legs-storm shadow/training snake eyes type with greenstuff tubing
feet-flash with greenstuff tubing
torso armor, belt, side and back straps, lower arm padding, knee pads, lower legs tubing, feet tubing, collar, side pouch and straps-greenstuff

I thank the Lord, I couldn't have done anything without Him.  All the credit goes to Lord.
This is the first of my joe-scale M.A.S.K. project.  Thanks to all the guys who helped me get the parts to do it.

First up, MATT TRAKKER

Details: chest straps, padding, collar, hair, side pouch, knee pads.


With Removable helmet (actually fits over the head)


Masked!


Unmasked


Based more on the cartoon.


Work in progress comparison



Comparison with 25th Matt Trakker






Spectrum ON!


Spectrum Hanglider!


MILES MAYHEM






Masked!


Details: shirt color, jacket collar, rank badge, rope, belt buckle, side pouch, cuff bands, shirt bottom.


Comparison with work in progress




Looming


Viper ON!


Switched!