WHAT IT LIKE to be a Gi Joe Collector.
it funny I never really thought about it.
it can be some of a challenge .
it not like I discuss it with everyone.
gods know never have enough space .
specially considering the relative size of Colllecting
12" Action Figures.
know it been are Wifes and Giel Friends.
but for Started is a Small Spark .
that I thought went away .
I guess not after my Father passageway it was
a way to Cope.
sometimes I will not even think about my
Collection and sometimes .
Ethier taking Photos / repairing or making something .
buying.
or this discussing it on a Forum with other s
BUTT WHAT MAKED US COLLECTORS.
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I am glad I collect only one thing .
sometimes there smaller.
but as Geek pointed out .
wouldn't be as Fun .
I had 2 Joe's as a Kid and there gone.
now I more than I could Dream of.
my Little Brother is the only who had sort off
every made negative respinse.
are relationship had been odd .
for Years now.
and he ask I took his StatWars Figures
and he was in his early 40"s
I did send one my FB photos
it was Star Wars Theme so he like it
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Me, I talk about it with co-workers and what not, even if the aren't collectors at all. (I'm proud to be a Joe collector and I'm not shy to let every one know. I've always been like this with everything I collect, from comics, vintage star wars, to video games. It's a fun hobby and I love the trenches. Made some good online friends(who I hope to meet in person eventually). It's fun and people are generally impressed when I show them pics of my collection or tell them about it. To sum it up, yeah I would have ALOT more money saved up if I didn't collect, but man, would my life be boring.
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As the Big Bang Theory makes clear, adult train collectors are also weirdos, just weirdos that got here first. They at least borrow some of the cache of model builders.
I don't tell anyone I need to have influence with that I have several boxes full of toys - that's personal, like bathroom habits and owning rollerblades. And one needs to be circumspect who you tell about adult toys and hobbies - watches, guns, boats, gaming, paintball, bowling, knives, bikes, hunting, parkour, base jumping, pottery, leatherwork, sci-fi books and Phish concerts. People still feel it is valid to disapprove of any and all of those things. I've done a lot of them, and largely shut up about it unless I'm talking to someone who actually has a mutual interest.
As far as I can tell, we have a hobby in large part because the usenet dial-up groups before the internet made it possible for weirdos like us to find other weirdos who love GI Joes. Online classified in newsgroups allowed trading to happen on a national scale between collectors of all types, and Ebay made it formal, safer and easy.
I'm not a formal collector. I would happily trade away many vintage items to someone who would appreciate just the right shovel or pith helmet. But I do have a slavish devotion to a certain aesthetic which I only seem to be able to scratch with the two kinds of 12" GI Joe figures I had in the '70s (and am pissed that I misplaced), and take a real joy in recreating that feeling with my kitbashes, custom flocked heads and modified bodies. I often wish I could summon the fortitude to actually "play" with them - but I also don't know if I really played as a kid nearly as much as I played at outfitting them for the action that never quite came. I guess vehicles made for more dynamic play that articulated figures could.
I also have a few 25th 3 3/4" Joes, Microman, Henshin Cyborg and Robotech/Macross toys - new and old. Again, all stuff that refers back to the things I found most magical as a kid. And I have real firearms, bicycles, watches and knives - again things that fascinated me as a kid but I had less easy access to. At least I got over the motorcycle thing and avoided boats altogether. Still, sailing at summer camp was really a lot of fun....Last edited by RX-79G; 10-30-2018, 12:11 AM.
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Your not only there.
back in day.
men especially collected Model Trains
even magazines of the 60's and even 50's
like Better Homes and Gardens .
showed a Home there was sometimes a Den with a Model Train Set.
and that was normal .
Shows like Addams Family there were scenes
Were Addam Gomez was playing with .
Train Set Classic Scene.
then on the other Hand Movies like 40 Old Virgin
putts are Hobby in a different light.
Collectors of Action Figures back not long ago
we were Closet Collectors
only among are Cumminty .
or Friends from Shows.
Now with You Tube it alot more Reconize as even
cool Face Book has 1000 of Colectorrs Around
the World.
so it might be a little harder for you being younger
but you enjoy it
that's what Matter
it a type of of Therapy
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I never really talked about it. I met up with some Joe heads once. We had some fun show and tell at our houses. They were serious collectors and had boxed items and loose items on display. I sometimes have some friends over and they look at my stuff and appear to be impressed. I tend to be shy about it and often wonder if they think I am crazy. In my late teens, I pretty much sold all my stuff and was clunter free. Then I wanted to buy one GI Joe Spy Island set and that one curiosity lead to another. I enjoyed collecting and learning about all the AT Joe history. I reach my satisfaction point and am now trying to find the time to reduce my collection, at least all the my duplicates. I met a lot of cool Joe heads online and love the passion. I think when Vintage Joes were at their peak in 2000's, there was a lot good stuff circulating. Now it is a slower pace and now I am wondering way I rushed so fast to collect then. LOL.
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