JoeCanuck

pretty kewl.  i had no idea that loop was drummer.   also pretty kewl.

if any of the local fellas are so inclined, the band i'm in, Y's Guys, will be playing this thursday night at 7PM at gage park in hamilton.  the band is made up of on-air personalities from the radio station i work at, Y108.  

is your band going to be gigging in the near future?

Okay, so I'm not a customizer, but I understand that alot of you fellas are, so you're no doubt up on all the right "tools of the trade".  If I'm just looking to clean figures up and make them more presentable, what do you recommend?  Are certain things better for certain problem areas, and where can I find this stuff...Can Tire..Home Depot..Etc?

Thanks!

it was 1982, my 11th birthday.  I had asked for and got the RAM and Breaker, because he was who drove it in the TV commercial.  I also got the FLAK and Stalker.  I remember that they all had Woolco stickers on them.  I still have them all, along with my other Joe stuff from then, thankfully.  

I like old video game systems like Colecovision, Intellivion, Atari, Telstar, etc and all the cartridiges that go with them.  

I love the old 70's and 80's toys by MEGO.  Mike has some cool MEGO stuff on disply at BHT, and whether it's the 8 inch superheroes, or the 3 3/4 Dukes of Hazzard figures, it's allll good.  

I do collect Joe, but only vintage with the cut-off being 1993.  The new stuff, well, if I owned a store and spent the better part of 2 weeks going through a huge collection that i'd just bought, then I might have a new found appreciation for it (Hi Mike!) ...but otherwise, it's just not "MY" Joe.

Aside from that, it's mostly kitchy pop culture-from-my-youth pieces that catch my eye:  A boxed MC Hammer  that I got for $5  at a show, boxed Mork and Mindy dolls, Knight Rider's KITT car with Hasellhoff figure, Smash Up Derby...stuff like that...

Looking at Yo Joe Dot Com's bootleg figure section, it would seem that around 2000/2001, a bunch of molds were made (or stolen) and since then, figures have been popping up from different countries.  They all seem to have the same weapons and it's the same 10 figures, but with some slight variations.  The SP Forces ones are almost Identical to these new X-Troop/X-Treme Troop figures.

i hit sobey's yesterday and snagged two sets...except for Undertow...they are all out, and i even had them check in the back and they have none left.  he said to check back next week.  wonder why that figure is so popular?