Cooey's Toy Box

Here's another secondhand figure I picked up recently. Shana O'Hara aka Scarlett is G.I. Joe's Counter Intelligence Agent. Most of her past is a mystery, shared only by the equally mysterious Snake Eyes. This version of Scarlett  was released as part of the twentieth series (2004) as part of the Valor vs Venom line.  I got around four pieces of this toy and plan to make custom figures using a variety of heads. I'm not sure if the picture shows it but this version has an unusually small head and broad shoulders. Maybe a head switch could make the figure look better. Below's the movie version of Scarlett.

GI Joe's Wild Bill packs iron! Another loose 3 3/4 " figure I bought at TAGCOM for less than a dollar.  I like this version better than the 25th Anniversary reissue and the original ARAH ( A Real American Hero) version.This version originally came with the Grizzly Tank and has a removable hat, revealing a bald head. I recently read that the US 1st Cavalry in Iraq frequently wears Stetsons to commemorate special occasions. Wild Bill wears his 24/7:) And here's a bonus wallpaper you can download. Currently, I only have wallpaper for 1024x768 resolutions. Click the picture and a new tab in photobucket will open. Click the image to download the file.

What do you do when Cobra starts messing about in the West? G.I. Joe sends its gunslingers with irons ablaze! Here are a few shots of some new Joes I picked up during the last TAGCOM. I managed to buy a few dozen loose joes but mainly to cannibalize parts from These three have somehow needed no modifications except for Dart's helmet which looked too small. A quick chop and some superglue plus a resin helmet courtesy of Conundrum of TS118 fixed the problem. Wild Bill, Barrel Roll and Dart are from the Valor and Venom lines released sometime 2002 to 2004 I think. As usual, clicking the pictures below will bring up bigger pictures. Enjoy! Barrel Roll: Sniper Dart: Recon/Tracker With Wild Bill: Pilot and former LRRP Prepping for Assault Prepping for Assault The sniper takes the high ground: One shot, one kill Eat full auto! I'll let my irons do the talkin'! More soon!

It's friday and I'm dead tired from a week of work. Tomorrow, we're hitting the beach --- Yey! In the meantime, I had an hour or two doing nothing and so I started toying around with the pics from TAGCOM -- NO serious p'shop work here -- just fast, furious, instant fanboy gratification. Here are some digital dioramas I made using pictures from this year's TS1:18 G.I. Joe diorama at the 4th TAGCOM. You can check out the pictures of the convention here . As usual, the pictures can be clicked for bigger versions. Here are the digital dioramas, enjoy! VBSS!   Breach!   The Hitman Cometh!

TS1:18 -- the group of 1:18 scale G.I. Joe enthusiasts and collectors I'm a part of -- was invited to participate and exhibit during the 4th TAGCOM Toys & Hobbies Convention last Feb 28, 2010 at the Robinsons Midtown Mall Atrium in Ermita, Manila. The guys were inspired to portray a series of dioramas chronicling the events of a fictitious Visit, board, search, and seizure or VBSS operation conducted by G.I. Joe against their nemesis Cobra.VBSS is the term for maritime boarding actions and tactics, designed to capture enemy vessels, to combat terrorism, piracy and smuggling, and to conduct customs, safety and other inspections, as employed by modern navies, marine and maritime services, military and police forces. Grayia Caesar is a name for the African Water Snake. The diorama had as its centerpiece a 3 level oil rig playset with a helipad as well as provisions to link up with Hasbro's Tactical Battle Platform playsets as well as accomodate a variety of watercraft -- ru...