STORMSHADOW_80

On 5/15/2020 at 7:45 PM, Buzzetta said:

@STORMSHADOW_80

I am looking for one or two Black Major Joe repros.

I am looking for the Snake Eyes II Animation Color Variant or his Snake Eyes II All Blue Variant.  I don't want the ones with the Cobra sigils.  

Oh and you are a bad influence.  I've been selling a lot of my Joes and putting the money toward other things... I wound up picking up the 50th Dusty Blue Fatigues figure, (which I have owned before at some point) and a Pursuit of Cobra Beachhead, (which I also once owned.)

Lol I'm glad i could help you back into Joes Those are some really cool variants. I feel like I'm coming to the finish line of where i want to be with the vintage line, getting the early to mid 80s mostly. I have a decent amount of moderns but not sure where to put half of them.

I'm glad the 6 inch line is coming around the corner. I'm clearing a spot for them. I pre ordered from big bad toy store. June couldn't come any faster especially since i see other people with them already. I'm curious where they ordered them from?

On 5/19/2020 at 5:11 PM, Buzzetta said:

@STORMSHADOW_80 smh 

I have really been thinning down my Joe collection and even got them in one rubbermaid container that can fit on a shelf.

And then I decided to place an order with Marauder Toys because I felt I needed an IDW comics version of Zarana. 

I've been thinking about if ever had to pack my Joes how would I do it. It's the vehicles that are the problem. I've seen some modern Zaranas lately. Pretty awesome fig

Only had to order a few parts but man that Mirage is super fragile. I was trying not to but ended up having to completely disassemble it because the wrong wheel was on the back. But here it is unbroken and complete. 

Awe Striker is a cool vehicle. I’m just missing the camera that goes on the hood. With the HISS I picked up I swapped parts with the Red Sears HISS. Has anyone seen the stop motion video on you tube Zombie Zombie? Snow Job reminds me of that now.

1 minute ago, Buzzetta said:

I feel like I am the only other person here that notices that when you set up your photo displays to show us your latest Joe pickups that you are actually recreating the box art.

 

You're my hero Buzz! Thanks for noticing

29 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

My 7 book modern sub marked received.... 5/13/2020

not yet clickable to see the books entered yet  

My 3 moderns that were rec'd 4/29 just now became clickable as they hit scheduled for grading.

2 hours ago, F For Fake said:

Breaker is such a natural fit for that bike, looks great!

Thanks! The Ram is a really solid vehicle compared to the Mirage. I finished the Polar Battle Bear yesterday after giving it a whiting treatment for a few hours. I’m happy. I ended up taking off a couple stickers that were peeling and misplaced and it was really noticeable where they were in addition to some yellowing. It came out real nice. This is the Takara version from Japan. I had the missing missiles it needed already. Next I’m working on the Awe Striker. 

12 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Boooooo

All Lego projects and hovercraft put on hold for two reasons. 

1 - A friend sent me a picture of a guy who did the hovercraft justice and put everyone else's online to shame.  Everyone else was using the standard lego hovercraft hull.  This guy went all beast mode and built his own using a lot of SNOT (Studs not on top) techniques.   I will link you to his flicker folder here.  You have to see what he does.

2 - FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY - I was notified by the bath remodel company I contracted to redo my bathroom. They said my village hall finally responded.  I was JUST about to have the paperwork completed by village hall when everything shut down. This means that a building inspector will be coming to my house and will need access to the basement for the water lines.  So what does that mean?  Well... most everything has to be concealed or tucked away since officially in my town a basement is for storage unless you have a direct egress from the main area.  Guest bed alcove had to be overturned and I keep my shipping boxes that I use down there also. 

I would much rather finally get my bathroom done.  I've been waiting now over a year to get this together due to false starts, a contractor that disappeared, and multiple quotes. 

Holy smokes that guys stuff is next level!

That's good news about the bathroom going forward.

Awesome dude! @F For Fake I love that CAT

Woah you went all in @F For Fake Congrats on the Joes! It's funny you mentioned the DIC series as i just started watching it too. Not quite the same as the first series but fun to see some familiar characters and vehicles. Gridiron is in a lot of episodes. I also saw range viper you got as well. I want to get one to go with my Piranha. I still need depth charges for that thing.

My buddy hooked me up with a Skyhawk the other day. I love it. Very iconic. I also got a few parts in the mail for other vehicles. My Phantom has all the outside pieces now. I just need a couple actuators and wheel covers, along with the Ghost Rider pilot. I'll post some pics once I get the stand in.

That looks like it is coming along great! @Buzzetta I can't wait to see more. After I finish organizing my comics a bit more I have a goal of finishing organizing Legos if we stay shutdown longer. I love these custom pieces.

A few new ones I finally got around to putting together. Bivouac is almost complete. I dig those little diorama sets. 

Thank you very much for the compliment on my 95' Sea Wolf. I can't wait to take it out for pics again soon. @Buzzetta

I finally remembered where I saw some some custom GI Joe lego sets being sold. Geewunner

On 4/25/2020 at 11:44 AM, Buzzetta said:

Hm... what to do... what to do... 

@STORMSHADOW_80 you have any ideas ? 
 

let’s see how much grey I have laying around... 

A lego GI Joe Whale 

23 hours ago, F For Fake said:

Beauties! What is that Bazooka from, is it a custom? I've always loved the Night Landing. Love your tribute to the box art! I finally got the shovel I needed to complete mine a couple of weeks ago.

Thank you! Much appreciated. I figure since I'm taking pics anyways might as well do it in a cool way. Now I find myself wanting to hunt down characters since they were on the box art ...Further down the rabbit hole. Congrats on finishing your night landing raft. It's a great piece

Bazooka is from a 50th 3 pack. He came with a Blue Dusty and an awesome modern Firefly

Dreadnok Thunder Machine. I’ll probably take a break for a bit as I want to order some more acrylic display stands. Unless I can get that appointment rescheduled. 

5 hours ago, GeneticNinja said:

Apparently there are two versions of Snake Eyes in the new Classified line.

I thought the normal, non Hasbro Pulse release would just be the figure without the premium packaging and weapons display. But the normal release has a different paint job and futuristic weapons. I thought the other characters reminded me of those Battle Force 2000 G.I. Joes. But I guess that's what this Classified line really is. And I thought Hasbro put a lot of thought into Snake Eyes for a reason. But I guess they just wanted to make a lot of hype for the first figure with a premium price.

I think the guy from Retroblasting is probably right. It's a shame too. I would really purchase a good majority of line of larger scale vintage Joes that just have more detail on the figures. Or of course a full line of the Resolute Joes. It will always be beyond me why that didn't happen. The female Dial Tone didn't even bother me, even though I thought the original was a cool figure with the back pack but I would get her Resolute figure too.

I guess we'll see how long this Classified line lasts. I don't think it will go beyond those figures in the original artwork display.

I don’t know. I have a lot of faith in the new line coming out. With no other super hero movies coming out. I think Joes have a shot at catching on. I don’t really mind the bit of a twist on the characters. Not really a fan of the futuristic weapons for roadblock or the black snake eyes, but the rest are fine. I’m currently clearing out an area for them. I can’t wait to see the next wave.

On 4/17/2020 at 8:18 PM, followtheleader said:

Rattler is a beautiful toy. 

That's a LOT of file cards.  I'd love to fall into an FC pile. 

Patrick

Thank you! I’m almost done cleaning it. I treated the Sharc to make it whiter. Worked right away with one treatment.  

Also picked up some more Joes from another local dealer that lives close by. We did a partial trade in with extra parts I have. The firebat without the stickers is the original and is super clean. The other is the 25th. Lots of Joes to work on   #blessed

3 hours ago, F For Fake said:

COngrats! Rattler was my first GI Joe vehicle and is still my favorite plane. Great pickup!

I'm supposed to go pick up a box of Joe stuff from a friend this afternoon, if the rain holds off. Stay tuned!

Thank you! I love the Rattler. Very iconic plane for Cobra.

Awesome! I can't wait to see what you get. Keep the hunt alive!

3 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

I'll ask... Rattler with or without front landing gear? 

It's got the front land gear The landing gear is pretty stiff, which i think is a good thing. I have a 2008 Tiger Rat reissue and the landing gear is always falling in. I'm just going to leave this Rattler landing gear down so i don't mess anything up.

I went back for the Rattler, more file cards, FLAGG deck pins, and a hydro sled. It ended up working out that I went later because he found the gunner canopy that was missing. Lots of Joes to clean up over the weekend  

9 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

That looks like a whole lot of FUN!!  

PS the wolf is a nice touch!

PSS, hope that meeting happens and everyone stays safe  

Thank you sir! I’m glad I set him free. 

PS Thanks. I appreciate it. It was a little challenging finding a wolf that fit right for Snake Eyes 6”.

PSS I’m stoked. I ended up going with Plan B. My buddy and I went out of town (Best LA traffic ever) and we split a lot of Joes. Here is my share.

Over two years I finally opened up my SDCC prototype ronin Boba Fett. He goes nice with the stands I did. Figure looks great. Articulation could be better. Scale is a bit imposing next to Snake Eyes. They should have made a longer sword for him. 
 

...PS I need a V1.5 Scarlett torso. Mine cracked and back shoulder broke off from moving her arm last time I had her out 

PSS My appointment for Joes is canceled for a bit due to Covid