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As part of their Fall, 2010 Membership Drive, the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club is launching four separate contests available for Club members. The first contest up to bat is a “Design a Magazine Cover”. The details are below:
“During our Fall membership drive we will be running FOUR different contests for club members to participate in. First up is our “Design a Magazine Cover” contest! Here is your chance to be seen by every G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club Member and the G.I. Joe community at large. Any Club member can enter his or her original piece of art to be voted on by the GIJCC Staff voting committee!
The Winner will receive a 3 3/4-inch G.I. Joe Adventure Team pack consisting of all three EXCLUSIVE G.I. Joe Adventure Team sets! Restrictions:
You must be a G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club member to enter this contest. There are no content restrictions on any contest, but your entry must be in good taste.* The art pieces must be 300 dpi. Limit of one entry per member. Please do not enter works of art that have been published online, as these must be original pieces of work.
Please email the hi-res image to: contest@gijoeclub.com
Any club member can enter his or her original piece of art to be voted on by the GIJCC Staff voting committee! The art can be from any era of G.I. Joe. It can be a battle scene, single character, multiple characters, vehicles or whatever you choose!
The Winner will receive a 3 3/4-inch G.I. Joe Adventure Team pack consisting of all three EXCLUSIVE G.I. Joe Adventure Team sets AND will have their art featured on the cover on a 2011 Club Magazine!
Deadline for submission is Nov 30, 2010.
*It is the sole discretion of Fun Publications as to what is considered in good taste. The G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club is open to members of all ages so that needs to be taken in to consideration with any and all submissions.
So G.I. Joe Club members, get your pencils sharpened and your camera batteries charged, sounds like this could be a fantastic contest! For full details check out the Member Section at GIJoeClub.com!
I’m not sure how many folks who read this site know of Kevin Watts…he’s a vintage collector who has been around the block for a long time, and has a most impressive vintage collection. From time to time he’s posted some pictures of his vintage collection, though we haven’t seen any in a while.
Well, Kevin, who posts under KrymsynGardImmoral in various places also moonlights at a fantastic opinion and blog site 30Pov.com, and he is taking an opportunity to really give a great showcase of his amazing vintage collection. Various links within his latest blog entry point to several images in various Photobucket accounts which ends up being an exhaustive look. It’s not just the quantity of the items, it’s the quality of them, the way they’re organized and the mixture of some flawless customs as well.
One of the best collections I’ve seen in my nearly three decades of toy collecting. I’ve mirrored a few of the images below, but you should definitely check out 30Pov.com as well to see all of the links in their entirety. They are incredible.
As we gear up for the 2011 Membership drive from the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club, some more details can be had about the upcoming 2011 exclusive figure, a 25th Anniversary Dial-Tone. Over on their Exclusive Figures page, the GIJCC has posted two silouettes, one for the Communications Officer, and one for the 12″ exclusive, the Man of the Sea.
From what we can see in the silouette of Dial-Tone (as well as what’s mentioned in the text), a few more details can be gathered:
Dial Tone will have a totally newly tooled head
The figure looks to be comprised of Buzzer’s Torso/Webgear, and Sgt. Airborne’s arms and legs. Legs could also be Gung Ho, tough to tell for sure
He will come with his familiar machine gun and what looks to be a retooled backpack to match his vintage version
They also mention on this page that the Adventure Team Sea Adventurer should hit release in early 2011.
If you even think you might be interested in this Dial Tone figure, I strongly recommend you join up and ensure that you get it. Big Lob sold out and I have absolutely ZERO doubts in my mind that Dial Tone will, too. And probably pretty damn quickly. Don’t miss this boat.
So, are you a member of the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club? If not, why not? I have a feeling the offer of the 25th Anniversary Dial-Tone in 2011 will drive many folks to become members, and hopefully many of them will find it worthwhile.
The monthly newsletter features many interesting articles…in the past there have been dio-stories (by yours truly…) and expect plenty of reviews and other articles going forward as well. Hasbro designer John Warden often showcases his talents and sneak previews there, and they are always interesting and enlightening.
Well, starting Monday, the G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club is kicking off a membership drive! Straight from the homepage:
“This month we’re kicking off our 2010 Fall membership drive! Both members and non-members can expect all kinds of different reveals, contests, club store promotions and other activities that will highlight all the cool aspects of being a G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club member!
So what’s up first? Well, some things are already in motion, but next week fans will get the first close up look at the 2011 membership incentive figures: Dial-Tone (25A edition) for the 3 3/4-inch Officer level members and the “Man of the Sea” for 12-inch Officer level members! Be sure to tune in Monday too as we will be announcing our first contest!is month we’re kicking off our 2010 Fall membership drive! Both members and non-members can expect all kinds of different reveals, contests, club store promotions and other activities that will highlight all the cool aspects of being a G.I. Joe Collectors’ Club member!
So what’s up first? Well, some things are already in motion, but next week fans will get the first close up look at the 2011 membership incentive figures: Dial-Tone (25A edition) for the 3 3/4-inch Officer level members and the “Man of the Sea” for 12-inch Officer level members! Be sure to tune in Monday too as we will be announcing our first contest!”
A YouTube video has also appeared celebrating the membership drive, and there also happens to be a very subtle sneak peek at the upcoming 25th Anniversary Dial Tone. Check it out in embedded goodness below.
For folks who have not yet joined up, I hope you seriously consider it…for the price of a couple cups of coffee per month you get a very professional newsletter, great discounts from their online store, and a free figure that fills in a huge gap in the 25th Anniversary collection. Do it!
This isn’t a new article by any stretch… written by noted Star Wars and G.I. Joe collector Shane Turgeon it’s an article that I just recently rediscovered a feel compelled to pass along to my readers, because it is chock full of awesome insight and information about toy design and production.
If anyone has ever wondered exactly what goes into producing even one action figure, Shane’s article over on JoeIntel.com is an absolutely fascinating read. In fact, there’s a lot of info on JoeIntel that toy fans in general should be very interested in.
Check out the article right here. I just want to say thanks to Shane for sharing this great information, and I really hope that folks reading this take some time to learn exactly what it took to make a toy back in the 80’s. Processes are somewhat different know, mostly due to technology changes, but the core concepts are much the same. It really is amazing at what steps are involved.
