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!
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!
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.
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!
During the early missions and long before wielding a katana, the greenshirt now known as Snake Eyes was injured rescuing Scarlet from a crashed helo which damaged his vocal chords, rendering him unable to speak, and scarred his face.
Despite these injuries, he scribbled “CM”. Continue Mission.
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…
It was a pleasant surprise that the Comic Pack with Snake Eyes in Training garb and The Hard Master in…Lifeline uniform came out. It came with a lot of Ninja accessories enough to reenact that fateful night that set events in motion. Eventually, Storm Shadow joined Cobra to find the killer and Snake Eyes became a Ninja.
