There's a season for everything. This autumn is like the last one. Taking in some growth this year, enjoying the abundance, while also shedding that which no longer serves.
First up, this is what's left of the HQ. That's my first G.I.Joe vehicle, the Cobra F.A.N.G.. Thrasher may be my original Thrasher from the 1980's. I'm not sure. That's a different Thundermachine I do believe, though. Still no antenna but a steering wheel is there. That 1993 Cobra Commander is my favorite version and a figure that I bought off the pegs new. The Iron Grenadier Destro is a figure that came from my best bud (who I more recently just got together with after 22 some years) and I would like to get it back to him. He doesn't know this yet. It's one of my favorite figures, too.
Other than that, it came to a very hard trimming a little over a year ago. Just when I thought it was a very small and tight collection, I got even smaller.
So there's a little sentimentality in the photo. The one Headhunter remains. It's not an "army building" season for me right now. I won't be having any mass battles and it took me a long time to get that little Headhunter army built up. And I like the Dreadnoks, and these are figures I really like. They have some character/ personality.
The remaining three G.I.Joe figures? It's not my original Low Light, but that's a figure that is just cool and was in my "original" childhood collection. Shockwave is pretty nice and the Night Force version is just better.... and pairing them with my amalgamated Snake Eyes, it's three bad guys that go bump in the night. And they get the 2001 A.W.E. Striker.
The Thundermachine and A.W.E. made the cut as they have wheels that steer. It's a shame as 1985 and 1986, so long ago, are some of the few vehicles that have this. And the real rubber tires on the Thundermachine, not the fake soft plastic they have now, but real.
What did it look like before all this?
A lot of figures.
I divided up small sections to organize my G.I.Joe team.
Here is the command staff.
For my vehicles, I created crews.
There was general infantry breakdown here. Land, sea, and air, G.I.Joe is there.
And specialized squads. The "security" force stood out to me as the most fun. Even though they all were. The arctic squad was a no-brainer, but also that one was very fun.
