volleydan
Garage Sale Scavenger
Jan 21, 2014 15:25:22 GMT -6
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 34
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Post by volleydan on Jan 21, 2014 15:39:47 GMT -6
Hi all, I'm a long-time collector and part time lurker on this site who finally decided to take the plunge and register.
I just turned 40, and I'm a CPA by trade. I'm married with 2 kids and aside from collecting toys, I like classic muscle cars and music of all kinds.
My collecting focus is on late 70s-early 80s toy lines....I really have little interest in anything produced after 1986 or so.
I've mostly been active in the GI Joe and He-Man communities, but my interests have always run far wider than those two lines. I'm a moderator on YoJoe.com and frequent He-Man.org and HissTank.com as well as several Facebook collectors groups. I'm also on staff at Joe Declassified, a group that exists to put the 'hidden' world of international, pre-production, cancelled, and otherwise rare GI Joe items on display for the public.
My primary collecting focus for the past few years has been international GI Joe items, and I seem to have developed a reputation as something of an expert in that area.
Other than Joe and MOTU, I have collections of the following lines:
MASK Visionaries Crystar Clash of the Titans Legend of the Lone Ranger Battlestar Galactica Robo Force Mego Pocket Heroes Universal Mini Monsters and random bits and pieces from about two dozen other lines. I even have a few Star Wars items left (I sold most of my Star Wars collection to fund Joe purchases).
Anyway, thanks for having me, and I look forward to being a part of this community.
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Post by kylefromdirtnapp on Jan 21, 2014 19:35:03 GMT -6
Welcome to the the forum!
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Post by figurecollector on Jan 21, 2014 19:44:57 GMT -6
Welcome!
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volleydan
Garage Sale Scavenger
Jan 21, 2014 15:25:22 GMT -6
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 34
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Post by volleydan on Jan 22, 2014 9:25:23 GMT -6
Thanks guys. I'm loving this site so far. I've been reading and resurrecting several old threads....hoping to chip in a little knowledge where I can and definitely learning a few new things as well.
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retro
Garage Sale Scavenger
Jan 24, 2014 13:46:26 GMT -6
Posts: 37
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Post by retro on Jan 25, 2014 19:22:17 GMT -6
Hello to all. I just joined yesterday after a long time of visiting the website. Couldn't resist it any longer. I've visited a few others, but this seems just right. I hope to contribute something, I hope and also want you all to know that I too am a long time collector, lets say since 1975! Since 1990, I've been a merchant dealing in anything to do with toys/old school gaming and action figures. For instance I have a complete set of Combo Figures (found them in Mexico), complete set of Visionaries, Mantech, Super Naturals, Filmation Ghostbusters, Crystar, Other worlds and a lot more. We are branching out into the web and trying to make new friends, contacts and of course, learn more. If there's any information or stuff I can help you with let me know. Thanks.
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Post by kylefromdirtnapp on Jan 25, 2014 20:25:24 GMT -6
All kinds on new members lately. Howdy!
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Post by figurecollector on Jan 25, 2014 20:52:05 GMT -6
Welcome. Let's see some of those sets!
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volleydan
Garage Sale Scavenger
Jan 21, 2014 15:25:22 GMT -6
Grumpy Old Man
Posts: 34
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Post by volleydan on Jan 31, 2014 13:19:26 GMT -6
My pics of my collection are all old, as I have recently remodeled the toy room and haven't taken new ones in a couple years.....but I'll try to get pictures up of what I have at some point. It seems they're all in a photobucket somewhere.....
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