GI Joes Fans Check In

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[Bill219]

1. Been a fan and a collector since 83...

When my Aunt Ellen bought me my first JOE. One to play with and one to keep MOSC

Here is a pic of my 83 Cobra Commander

[Bryan]

3. Oh, that's fabulous

I had countless numbers of Joes, but I never had the discipline to keep them in the package.

[Bill219]

4. I did not either...I opened all mine

I still have a basement full of all my loose JOES and vehicles

When I turned 21 many years ago, my aunt gave me all the MOSC/MISB she had kept for me over the years.

I wanted to get my USS FLAGG and DEFIANT playsets AFA graded but they wanted an outrageous amount of cash to do it

One day I will give my son all of it to pass down to his kid(s)

He is 6 right now and loves to play with all the loose stuff in the basement and he loves the 25th anniversary line


Here is a link to my photobucket site that has a bunch of scanned cardbacks..just click on the links for the years on the left hand side of the page.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v729/TOYFLASHBACK/Vintage%20Cardback%20Scans/

A friend of mine and I were going to try to restore and recard alot of these as a hobby because I still have all the blisters to make molds of, but I kinda lost track of him so I have to find some one else to reproduce the blisters.

I am still working on restoring the cardbacks using photoshop.

[Bryan]

6. You have the Defiant?! You lucky...

It's great that you're passing it on to your kid.

[Orrex]

2. Vol 1 #21 was the best

[hibbing]

5. Kung Fu Grip and Lifelike Beard

Hi,
Good gosh I have a couple from I don't know, 30 years ago in a box somewhere with a gazillion uniforms and gear. I wonder if they have deteriorated to nothing or what. I guess I'll have to go spelunking for that box.

I once did a photo essay when I was taking photography in high school of my Joe skiing down a hill and getting consumed by a giant snowball.

Peace

[dembotoz]

7. kids collect them

they are toys and they play with them too.
Milwaukee Public Museum has a young collectors weekend.
They have displayed their joes for several years now.