Mostly cos well since I was a kid, I've loved these figures and I love the original cartoon series.
I know to some of you this is no big thing, but to us here in South Africa being a Joe fan is Rare you can't find the figures in a brick and mortar store so there is a certain die hard fan quality attached to the collectors of these fine figures, here in SA.
I will also say that Gi-joe, or rather the packaging and file cards, were one of the biggest influences to me as a young artist, as a lot of my ideas for story telling and character design came from playing with toys and because we barely had the show here in SA I had to invent a lot of stuff for my Joes, things like story arcs back stories etc.
So ill prob always treasure GI joes and toys for the simple reason, that as a child these things helped me formulate the mechanisms needed to craft ideas, and to this day still keep the imaginative child inside me alive.
So yeah i'am bout 30 figures in and they are all personal faves, and as you'll see over the next few coming months ill most likely submit the occasional review. along with my soon to be regular art related posts.
Also want to take the time to point you to a link, this guy is crazy funny and his humor appeals greatly to my geek sensibility.
I hope his work gets published in a book form, so that it can share a place alongside my growing collection of Larry Hama Gijoe classic Graphic novels and just in between my ultimate Gijoe guide by Mark Bellomo.
Heres a link to ages 25 and up
hopefully he wont kick my ass for using this pic without asking shhhh
http://ages25andup.blogspot.com/p/new-archive-comic-browser.html
Also is a link to a great local supplier of joe figures right here in South Africa.
http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/seller/422509/yojoe?pageNo=1
