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[ATC]

Nice!
Congrats!
-ATC

[Myles_Falworth]

That's very cool. I never had Mike Power as a kid. I only had one Land Adventurer, but I also had the rescue raft, AT Helicopter, and the AT Headquarters. I remember seeing Mike in stores, and in commercials. Cool that you still have yours. I'm sure you'll find his outfit before long. I've come across several on Ebay in the recent past.

[GeekDragon]

Nice. I still have my childhood Mike Power. I need to get a new outfit for him(the on he originally came in). I also have the Mountain Out Post. Haven't looked at in in a long time, but I know it's about 80-90% complete. Never knew about the various outfits for him until I found the original Trenches back in the AOL days.

[Myles_Falworth]

Won this awesome set on Ebay today. I didn't think I could snag it, but I got lucky with a decent price. I'll be glad to have another Mike Power set in my collection. The only other I have is Race for Recovery. My Race for Recovery suit is missing a tooth or two, and I don't have the original red rock. This one is in much better condition and the belt is really nice.

[ATC]

Yay! Progress is always good! It's a nice feeling to find things you THOUGHT you'd lost, too!
:-)
- ATC

[Myles_Falworth]

I found the 4 AT heads today! They were covered with other Gi Joe stuff on a desk in my study. So now they have been placed on the bodies I have, and I have filled in the other missing pieces. So now I have 3 new members of the Adventure Team, minus one right foot on the Sea Adventurer. I have a Cots foot and calf I'm trying to pry apart for the foot. Then I'll finish the Sea Adventurer and find uniforms for all three.

[Myles_Falworth]

I'm sure this isn't the same Ark made by Hasbro. This one weighs two pounds.

[TNshooter]

Nice! I remember when the arks came out, as I recall it was a mail away item. I'm thinking that people were selling them on the bay for about $200.

[Myles_Falworth]

I ordered one of Angelo D'Annibale's new sets yesterday. He calls it "Coils of the Ruby" Here's a photo from Facebook:

I'm finding that I'm spending more money on newer Joe sets from these creative Joeheads. I like the AT vibe of this set. The ark is not plastic though - Angelo says it weighs two pounds!
I'm also waiting to place a large order with Cots for some uniforms and gear from their Vintage Vibe section. Really nice stuff there - especially their new pattern Commander style uniforms.

And I'm trying to go back through what I already have. My collection has become disheveled (along with my study) and is in great need of a thorough reorganization and possible thinning of extras. I never seem to have the time though. Tonight I was trying to find 3 or 4 AT heads I got from Ebay a while ago - to match them up with 3 headless AT bodies I have. I couldn't find the heads yet though.

[GeekDragon]

If starting bids are that high, I won't bid either. Instead of such a high starting bid, just do a BIN. Or, if it's some really nice stuff, start the biding low. You will get your price. But then again, I haven't searched ebay for Joe stuff in awhile, too busy looking for Classified figures now.

[Myles_Falworth]

Did some searches on Ebay today. All of the lots I could see with anything worthwhile had minimum bids of over $300. I think it's a trend now to set the price you want as the starting bid. Anyway, I'm not bidding.

[drquest]

[Myles_Falworth]

Sure! That would be great!

[drquest]

Nice looking lot there! I've had pretty good luck re-stringing those muscle bodies with elastic. I can dig up the guide for that if you'd like.

[Myles_Falworth]

Mail call today brought the box above. The head is from the muscle body Joe, and the left lower arm is not included. So I need to find an arm for this Joe, and then I can work on restoring him. He does have his LA pants, and there were 3 pairs of short black vintage boots. So the uniform only needs a shirt. I may have one in my uniform bin. The tall boots are 40th. The torso is from a Commander, but has the lower leg peg busted. So it's no good. The spring is out of the reel on the talking mechanism, but the string is still intact and attached. I'll watch some videos and do some fiddling to see if I can recoil the spring. Maybe it's a good talk box!? Many of the uniforms are play-worn, and I have better versions of all or most, so those will go up for auction soon on Ebay. The other items from Laser Rescue, the shark and the barbed wire also will likely go on Ebay. So will the AT locker. It's missing its handles and the tray. But it's in nice shape otherwise. I may swap parts with a beat up one and auction the beat up shell. We'll see. Not a bad price for the whole. I bought it mostly for the muscle body land adventurer. I plan to make him my first muscle body repair. I have some Cots kits for that. I hope to get to work shortly. Details will be in the latest projects thread. Eventually if not sooner!