Wetsuit was not one of my favourites but soon became one only because of his daring exploits in Marvel Comics.
His original gear was sparse and he was not even armed. Later on, he was re-released in a manner befitting his personality. Mines on his shoulder and a gun, finally.
The 25th anniversary Wetsuit is what he ought to be in the first place. Interesting colours with the teeth to boot.
Of course, I could not resist making his helmet more accurate so…
Ripcord has been one of my favourite Joes of all time. He was all green, had a helmet with a facemask and hose. Best of all, he carried a real battle rifle, the FAL. In the comics, it had a night scope and it was awesome!
Yes, he was impulsive in ejecting from a perfectly good airplane but he was one of the few Joes who fought it out 1-on-1 with Zartan! He may have lost but he impersonated the impersonator, himself!
Now, he is given the 25th Anniversary treatment. I actually bought 5 of these!
Well, with the abundance of Snowjob at SRP, I have decided to make a custom GI Joe.
Unfortunately, I am rather pre-occupied with reality so I have decided to follow the trend.
I have decided to outsource :D
Last year, I went through the trouble of saving up stickers and arranging shipping for rescuing the 25th Anniversary Doc action figure. G.I. Joe’s only full-fledged Doctor.
Previously, I featured the 2 Docs I finally “liberated”.
All was well.
Now, Guess what I stumbled into ?
More Docs!
Apparently, Cobra has cloned Doc and found no more use for him and is practically giving him away!
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…
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!
I am a Marauder Gunrunner.
I have this long term fascination with 1:18 guns as I wanted a very wide selection for my collection. It does not end when you have what you want. That is when one learns to improvise.
Firefly on a dastardly night mission!
