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brand new here, like the forum
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:39 pm
by hyperchipper
just recently got into the 1/18 collecting
. Just got back into G I Joe Collecting in the last 6 months after 20 years away. kinda surprised the 1/18 scale doesn't do better business than what it does, you get a bbi kiowa/apache/blackhawk if you're a G I Joe collector and it's like, wow
, totally new world. Anyway, love the 1/18 BBI's and glad I found this forum..
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:52 pm
by olifant
Welcome to the forum! Unfotunately you probably want to grab all the XD you can as it is drying up fast...
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:11 am
by pcsguy88
Welcome aboard! I found this board while searching for info on BBI for my 25th Joes. The introduction of 25th Joes also lured me from a 20yr pause in Joe collecting. Make sure you checkout Monkey Depot before everything is gone. It's been a big 1/18th orgy in here for the past 3wks.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:21 pm
by popeye357
Welcome to the neverending chase for plastic crack!!
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:30 pm
by Ta-152
Actually you'd be surprised how many Joe fans don't like the 1:18 stuff. It makes them admit that their Joe vehicles are mostly crap. It hurts their pride.
Who needs a 25th Locust when you do better with a Bbi OH-58D or a 21st Super Cobra?
Welcome aboard.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:30 pm
by exether_mega
Welcome aboard !
Greetings from Belgium
phil
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:43 pm
by pcsguy88
Ta-152 wrote:Actually you'd be surprised how many Joe fans don't like the 1:18 stuff. It makes them admit that their Joe vehicles are mostly crap. It hurts their pride.
Who needs a 25th Locust when you do better with a Bbi OH-58D or a 21st Super Cobra?
Welcome aboard.
Yes, these are the guys I ignore, which is a large chunk of hisstank. I would say most simply don't know this stuff exists judging by their reactions when you throw some photos up over there. One of the problems for them is the price. They complain about $25 for a Joe vehicle and can't begin to imagine > $50 for one.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:50 pm
by Ta-152
And yet some of them will spend loads on color variants or repaint box sets.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:55 pm
by pcsguy88
Ta-152 wrote:And yet some of them will spend loads on color variants or repaint box sets.
Exactly. That is why they lose credit with me. $100+ for a variant figure is ok, but $60 for the Ultimate Battle Pack is too much.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:56 pm
by pcsguy88
When I saw the MOBAT in the UBP, I about pissed myself. Some things are better left as a childhood memory.
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:02 pm
by flyboy_fx
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:05 pm
by pickelhaube
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:03 am
by hyperchipper
count me as the oddball who will pay bigger $$$ for BBI vehicles than he will for G I Joe vehicles.
..If I would have had a 1/18 PaveHawk back in the day, I might have set a record for days absent from school
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:37 am
by Ta-152
pcsguy88 wrote:Ta-152 wrote:And yet some of them will spend loads on color variants or repaint box sets.
Exactly. That is why they lose credit with me. $100+ for a variant figure is ok, but $60 for the Ultimate Battle Pack is too much.
THAT battle pack. i can't formulate a coherent sentence about that thing.
I will say that the only thing that was good about the MOBAT was it's separate treads/wheels. Only time Hasbro got that feature right.
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:31 am
by Light.Inf.Scout
Welcome aboard.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:08 pm
by Aslav
Greeting and Salutations.
Welcome aboard, there are a lot of smart people on this board.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:22 pm
by kenhil2
welcome, i am actually just coming back to it myself
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:24 pm
by AMERICAN_GRENADIER
kenhil2 wrote:welcome, i am actually just coming back to it myself
SEMPER FI MARINE!
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:25 pm
by Kleinesoldaten
Welcome
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:26 pm
by MG-42
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