Mego G.I. Joe

[Brown Bear]

Well folks, here is my favorite custom I've made to date....a Mego GI Joe.

The head (courtesy of starbuk) was painted by me and flocked by ActionBurt. You gotta see the head to appreciate Mike's flocking work. Amazing!

Suit and dog tag courtesy of DocDrako who was kind enough to help me out.

I cut the hands off a western Big Jim figure to provide Joe with his famous "Kung Fu Grip".

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/displayimage.php?imageid=5056&original=1

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/1/5/5/6/GIJOE_thumb.jpg (http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/showimage.php?i=5056&c=3)

[Mr Havoc]

Dude I want it bad, Nice pm me and tell me how you did it

[Mr Havoc]

Ya I have to make one. I thought I would flock a AJ head but I like this head better. Might have to shrink a 12 Joe head. Nice man you gave me a great Idea.

[Captain]

G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe, Fighting man from head to toe...on the land, over sea, in the air....

Great stuff!

[Iron_fox85]

very nice!

[GSPUSA]

That's flocking nice.

[boss]

I love it!!!

[SUP-Ronin]

Man he looks really cool. In my humble opinion it just inst a Joe without the flocked head. There aren't many of us who can do a complete custom without any help from others, myself included. He turned out really sharp. Colaborative efforts are just as cool as solo ones.

[fembot]

Good Job, I like it

[HardyGirl]

Very COOL!:cool_y: Great job!

[misterdroid]

I love it. Perfect execution.

[apes3978]

The flocking looks good on this figure...

[bobbait]

thats flocking unbeliveable!!

[DocDrako]

Cool! I didn't know you were doing an Adventure Team Joe! Great job!

:2thumbsup:

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

WOW. . .that is simply incredible. . .how do you do that?????

[Action Burt]

The head looks great back on his body.....Glad you like him:wink:

Here's a comparison of the head with a regular Joe head.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x289/Mikey77_03/album%202/album%203/100_1999.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x289/Mikey77_03/album%202/album%203/100_1998.jpg




Any plans on doing the full AT set...that would be cool :cool_y:

[megowgsh]

That is AWESOME!

[Cosmicman]

I could never figure out the whole GI Joe thing. Most of my friends that went to the military told me that they had a strict code for hair and facial hair. Why did they use to present GI Joe like Grizzly Adams? If he was a GI he would have a shaved had with no facial hair. Not sure what the specs are for the military (Someone help me out here.)

But am I right? Not bagging the custom, the custom looks superb by the way!!

[Raydeen1]

The GI Joe Adventure Team were not military with the possible exception of the Man Of Action. This explains the fuzz heads. The original, painted head Joes were military. No facial hair, crew cuts. :)


I could never figure out the whole GI Joe thing. Most of my friends that went to the military told me that they had a strict code for hair and facial hair. Why did they use to present GI Joe like Grizzly Adams? If he was a GI he would have a shaved had with no facial hair. Not sure what the specs are for the military (Someone help me out here.)

But am I right? Not bagging the custom, the custom looks superb by the way!!

[HardyGirl]

I could never figure out the whole GI Joe thing. Most of my friends that went to the military told me that they had a strict code for hair and facial hair. Why did they use to present GI Joe like Grizzly Adams? If he was a GI he would have a shaved had with no facial hair. Not sure what the specs are for the military (Someone help me out here.)

But am I right? Not bagging the custom, the custom looks superb by the way!!

The Adventure Team came after the military figures, Wrathdemon. Even though they kept the name GIJoe, the concept was completely different. To that end, a new look was presented, something cooler, and more 70s.

[DocDrako]

HardyGirl: "The Adventure Team came after the military figures, Wrathdemon. Even though they kept the name GIJoe, the concept was completely different. To that end, a new look was presented, something cooler, and more 70s."

I think it had something to do with the Vietnam war. Parents didn't like the idea of buying military toys for their kids at that time, so GI Joe was reworked into an adventurer. I'm pretty sure that was the story I read somewhere. Whatever the reason, I love the Adventure Team, although I won't be marrying it anytime soon.

:grin:

[Raydeen1]

Yes. This had a hand in it. Joe's sales were dropping. The AT ended up surpassing the military Joe in sales. I too love the AT. Fuzzy hair and KFG. Awesome looking figure Brown Bear. I've been wanting to do one like this for years. Maybe I'll get off my hiney and do one now that I've ssen yours. ;)



I think it had something to do with the Vietnam war. Parents didn't like the idea of buying military toys for their kids at that time, so GI Joe was reworked into an adventurer. I'm pretty sure that was the story I read somewhere. Whatever the reason, I love the Adventure Team, although I won't be marrying it anytime soon.

:grin:

[K]

Ooooh! I love that! Great, BB!

I never saw a "western Big Jim" and never have seen anything other than the flat, open handed Big Jims. Nice choice for Joe's hands, though. Bravo! Your custom lineup is looking fabulous!

[toys2cool]

wow he look great :2thumbsup:

[Brown Bear]

Thanks Guys. I've done Bulletman....now I just gotta find a shrunken head for AtomicMan & Intruder.

Cool pics from Action Burt.....Amazing job!

[twilitezoner]

The work on that figure is amazing.