ActionYankee's Yankees and Chaps

In the wake of the dreaded photobucket betrayal, I've decided to replace these photos as I go, so that I may have a cleaner thread.

I'm going to start with whatever group shots I can find.

Action Men



L to R: Sean (40th), Clint (40th), Sgt. Church (40th), Lucas (VAM), Commander MacBeth (VAM), Georgie (VAM), "Blues" (40th), Hamish (40th/Cotswold Hybrid), "Melbourne" (40th/Cotswold Hybrid).


GI Joes



Left to Right: Sea Adventurer (Vintage), Adventurer (Vintage), Air Adventurer (Walmart), Commander (GIJCC), Commander (Vintage), Man of Action (Timeless), Land Adventurer (Vintage), Astronaut (Custom), Mike Power "Atomic Man" (GIJCC).



Left to Right: Man of The Sea, Man of Asia (Wrong Uniform), Foreign Adventurer (Custom), Arctic Adventurer, Urban Adventurer, Comrade of Action.



Left to Right: Dr. Isotope "The Radioactive Menace," Man of Evil.

I'll continue augmenting old posts and adding new ones until I'm done.

Fantastic stuff Action! you have some great figures. I actually quite liked the tattoo'd Joe . I wonder if the original owner remembers putting those initials on him? It really gives him character .
Great boots on your custom astro , are they what the original Joe astro came with?

Blondeactionman wrote:

Fantastic stuff Action! you have some great figures. I actually quite liked the tattoo'd Joe .

I gave whomever did it a fictional name and backstory.

Ronnie Tiederman was born in Francine, Iowa, within a week of Christmas in 1958. He received this GI Joe (his first) for Christmas/His Birthday in 1965. His family moved in the 70's, and in the 80's or 90's, Ronnie, now an adult, sold his first GI Joe at a garage sale, to the Gentleman I bought him from.

Blondeactionman wrote:

Great boots on your custom astro , are they what the original Joe astro came with?

No, the Jumpsuit and the boots are Cotswold.

Thanks for the info action!

Great back story too

GI Joe Con 2016 "Eight Ropes of Danger/Descent into Darkness"

I purchased this set, believing that the 2016 GI Joe Convention was going to be the last one. After I bought it, I found out that the GIJCC got a two year extension.

I also purchased this set, because it contained the one figure I thought I'd never get, an "Adventures of GI Joe Aquanaut." Who is super cool. I've taken to calling him Ishmael.

It is now one of the crown jewels in my collection, because it's super cool.














^ It should say "Perilous" above that "Rescue."

That is a great set action! looks fab mate

Really great figures... we love GI Joes here at Tom K HQ, but that tattoo is awesome... no doubt the result of a drunken outing in Singapore or Saigon that ended up in some dodgy inking parlour...

INCOMING!

Recently purchased a 40th Infantry and Support Weapons set from Cotswold. Should arrive Monday, maybe before.



I can't wait. I'm taking suggestions as to what to name the figure that comes with.

Great stuff!

ActionYankee wrote:

Blondeactionman wrote:

Fantastic stuff Action! you have some great figures. I actually quite liked the tattoo'd Joe .

I gave whomever did it a fictional name and backstory.

Ronnie Tiederman was born in Francine, Iowa, within a week of Christmas in 1958. He received this GI Joe (his first) for Christmas/His Birthday in 1965. His family moved in the 70's, and in the 80's or 90's, Ronnie, now an adult, sold his first GI Joe at a garage sale, to the Gentleman I bought him from.

Blondeactionman wrote:

Great boots on your custom astro , are they what the original Joe astro came with?

No, the Jumpsuit and the boots are Cotswold.

i'd hate to have had my birthday that close to xmas , glad i was born in april

My Infantry and Support Weapons set arrived today while I was at school!

The Set


The Figure Box (The figure still trapped inside)


The Figure Standing next to his box and paperwork


The Kit


The Kit on the card


The kit on the card (sans plastic)


The Kit De-Carded


The "Free Gifts"


Unwrapped Gifts


Kit and Figure Displayed

"HANG-IT!"



Behold, Sgt. Clint McTavish, U.S. Army Mortars

Great addition mate

i was looking through my heavy weapons last night and to my surprise i found i have 2 complete mortars i thought i had only 1 with the pin . as pleased as a dog with 2 doo-dahs , as i suspect you are with this new arrival bro

Fantastic new addition and great pictures mate!

Figured I'd update my thread here a little bit, nothing much right now, the majority of my collection is with my parents.

First is a Joe Dress Marine, part of the stuff that gibri sent me. I suggested to him this uniform, and he said he should be able to get one to me, so I was expecting it, what I wasn't expecting, was that he'd send a figure.



The uni is 40th, the boots are vintage, and the figure is Timeless.

(took me forever to get him to properly shoulder his rifle)

And my GIJCC 2016 Mike Power, The Atomic Man. Now, that's Power, singular. Powers is a swinger British Spy.


How he came in the Mailer (Except for the socks that I was too lazy to find)


His Atomic Eye in action! (it's the lower spot of light)


Dressed in a vintage Mike Power shirt, and Timeless Joe Australian Jungle Fighter Shorts


FIELD MISSION ALPHA!


Atomic Man Schematics


Just a cool picture

Fantastic thread!
Lots of eye candy!

Great collection you have going, Ian!!!

The GIJCC has put out some really nice sets!

More awesome figures Ian! your collection is coming along nicely mate , thanks for sharing!

Great collection of figures my friend & very nice to see.

A fine assortment of figures you have there AY  

I just love this figure and outfit below, the outfit is very Kung Fu looking and the head sculpt is really nice  

i love the Scots man he is cool

He was my first, and the one I've wanted for 10 years or so.


Finally snagged him in July/August.

awesome additions' Ian.... the deep sea diver set is stunning superb photos as always...

Replaced/Updated the JoeCon Set Post.