Cooey's Toy Box

Construction goes on as decals and a few more odds and ends are added. More to come:)

Managed to get a little work done for the secret lab playset. I had to cut things short when I was invited to judge a beauty pageant during the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija's 9th charter anniversary. Mayor Nestor Alvarez is a true patron of the arts and his projects have enlivened the cultural scene in his city. After a long journey home, I took some pictures of the playset's newly painted walls and made them into a short comic strip. Enjoy! ( and pardon the profanity...am a bit out of it tonight...) Click the pix for bigger versions:)

I'm hooked on G.I. Joe again! My younger brother who's a doctor rekindled my interest in the toyline again when he showed me his own growing collection starting with the 25th Anniversary G.I. Joe figures. Needless to say, I caught the bug again and we're helping each other out build our own respective collections. Here are a couple of pics of my xmas hauls. I've taken newer ones but lost the camera's memory disk to my dog's appetite ( see previous post.) Good thing I had these already saved on my hard drive earlier. My wife -- awesome that she is -- got me the vehicles in duplicates as well as an awesome Frank Frazetta calendar and some diecast muscle cars. More on these soon. After the holidays, I also managed to pick up two BBI Elite Force Humvees in 1:18 scale together with the Abrams I posted earlier. One's painted for desert use and the other's in olive green, presumably for jungle use. Both trucks came with figures and accessories but they...

Planned to upload new pics of my newly painted minis. worked in the garage and stood up to look for my card reader inside the house. My dear old Tumbling -- a long-haired Askal mongrel or native Filipino dog -- peeped at my work table and snuck off with my memory card. Lesson: memory card + dog = bad idea! Oh well, back to the drawing board so to speak...

Just a quickie today, still got a ton of work to finish. It's a BBI Elite Force 1:18 M1 Abrams MBT! A coworker decided to streamline his collection and sold me this tank and two humvees. More pics soon when I get a chance to pose them with my G.I. Joes.