Just a quick one.
I arrived early at a meeting and had time to dash to the local Toy Store.
By chance, I picked up a rare Wraith at SRP ($7.60).
By some weird circumstance, I was offered a chance to go through undisplayed inventory and scored 3 x Pit Commandos, 2 x Stormshadow unmasked, and a Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes with Timber.
Being the OCD Information Security Privacy head Honcho, I had to run equally fast to the nearest office supply shop to get one manila envelope that fits all these to make it look like crime scene evidence to pass physical security checks and avoid those weird looks.
Mission Accomplished!
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra toys have finally been released at Retail!
…and I do not mean the special expensive retail shops ;)
I have made it a habit to take pictures of Joe store displays at retail as, sooner or later, some evil munny-grabbing Terry the Toy Terror Taliban will use his mummy’s ill-gotten blood munny to hoard these…
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Gothic Serpent.
To civvy street, it is known as “Blackhawk Down”.
TS118 was at the Toycon 2009 and was created the centre piece, featuring the Joe interpretation of Blackhawk Down!
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Beachhead has been one of my favourite characters that has been given the 25th Anniversary Treatment. He represented what troopers should have been in the first place. Green.
His design has been influential in releasing other great 25A characters like Firefly.
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It is my first week at work and I spent the whole week learning the administrative ropes. The orientation may be boring but it gave me the perfect opportunity to work on my idea of a whole team of custom troopers. I am already down to the individual members’ real names and background so I am extremely excited with this project.
I mean, imagine a trooper whose codename is “Nut” ?
;D
You can guess how I will be spending my twice daily coffee breaks. Creative writing or sniffing paint.
Fortunately, I have been reading volumes of anecdotes more than enough to fill out filecards for a whole team.
Now, on another note.
If Airwave had not told me, I would not have known at all.
Snake Eyes: Year One, a.k.a. Snake Eyes : Continue Mission, was featured at www.theterrordrome.com and is a candidate for Custom of the Week!
Thanks to www.theterrordrome.com for the opportunity!
This custom of mine is of Snake Eyes just minutes after his helo accident which left him deformed and unable to speak. Despite these injuries, Snake Eyes insisted to Charlie Mike: Continue Mission.
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Ever since Cobra “re-structured” and got rid of the old trooper uniforms, the Viper has been the backbone of Cobra’s Infantry.
Modern Viper with the chrome face plate.
It was not a really hot item back in ‘86 with its minimal accessories but it made up for it in numbers in comics and cartoons.
As an army builder, it’s a minimum requirement!
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I have been quite busy the past few days with R&D.
The one thing that puts me off with the 25th Anniversary GI Joe line is the over-sized fugly pistol holsters.
I cannot imagine anyone running around with that and pulling out a small pistol. I would have sooner just tuck my piece in my belt and chuck it away.
After putting it on safety and ensuring that there is no round in the chamber. Safety First!
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When I first started collecting the 25th Anniversary GI Joe line, I did not pay much attention to the Ninjas. I used to have the complete Ninja Force, back then, and I believed I had my fill of it
However, I ended up with the Snake Eyes vs Red Ninja set due to unscrupulous joy bidders so I opened it up, anyway. It was really something else!
My fascination with the Ninjas from the 25th Anniversary GI Joe line just grew. I even bought the Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow in training Comic Packs and regretted selling my second Snake Eyes vs Red Ninja pack.
I never thought they would be so photogenic and I will be taking more snaps. The Red Ninjas from the set are even better than the single carded Red Ninjas as they have the Arashikage tattoo and lacked the Cobra sigil.
This really makes it a pure Ninja experience.
I am even contemplating getting a third Snake Eyes versus Red Ninja pack and another Snake Eyes in training Comic Pack so I can properly customize a better Hard Master.
That is it. I am now hooked.
I should be getting the Hall of Fame Storm Shadow while I am at it…
