New To The Collection Of Cool

 

I have mentioned before that I was a huge GI JOE fan as a kid. I collected the 12 inch figures and had dozens of outfits and vehicles and accessories that allowed for hours and hours of great play. When we moved back to Canada from Europe, all my toys were lost when the cargo ship suck to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. It broke my heart but what was I to do?

 

Years later I started seen new GI JOE figures but at 3 3/4 inches tall with painted on clothing they were quite the come down from the fantastic soldier doll I was used to so I passed on those and in many ways passed on collecting action figures ever again.

 

Then I saw a fantastic Doctor Strange figure from the Amazing Spider-Man line and I was hooked again. Most of my figures are of the six inch variety since replacing my Classic GI JOE collection was financially unworkable at the time. On occasion I would buy a single figure (like my Teddy Roosevelt and Tuskeegee Airman) but nothing else. I do look longingly at the classic adventure sets on EBay but they too can be impossible to find mint with a nice box.

 

A few months ago I was given this nice GI JOE figure but I found that I had nothing to dress him up in. I had no gear or even a nice hat. I so wish I lived in the states where I could pick up bits and pieces for him at the local flea markets and toy shows for little or no investment.

 

So I thought I would put out the call to anyone who had extra stuff they didn't need and could gift to me. Barbecue 17, one of my fine followers took up my challenge and sent me his great box of stuff. I just spent the hour dressing and redressing my JOE and getting him ready for his first mission - this photo shoot.

 

J. Reed was the same guy who sent me my Snake Plisken figure from Funko. I hope the gift I send to him in return meets with the same joy that his gifts have brought to me. The collecting of Classic GI JOE is once again a part of my hobby and I am glad to be one the hunt once again for that great stuff they put out in the 60s and 70s.

 

So thanks to Barbecue 17 for thinking of me. This is my favorite thing about having a blog - getting to know like minded travelers.