Are YOU an army builder ? :-O

[TrueDave]

Army building can bury you. In so many ways.
I'm not talking about a dozen 1964 GI Joes dressed as a full DIVERSE Army squad.
I'm talking about WAVES of the same footrooper.

I built a Cobra Python Patrol Army, A Stormtrooper army, SGT Savage Germans, Lewis from the line of Robocop ( the Commander Cash one) , Swamp Thing "Skin Man" zombies, . . . . :skull:

[rche]

let's see 'em!!!

[livnxxxl]

Absolutely,

What would any collection be without an army or two of like figures. I am talking Soldier Apes out the wazoo. Silver, Blue, Maroon, Lizard

Plus a Helmet Ursus to command each above platoon.

Star Wars original 70's and new vintage - storm troopers, Emperor's Royal Guards, Tusken Raider's, Jawas, X-Wing fighter pilots, Snow Troopers, Sand Troopers (I think you kind of get the picture)

G.I. Joe 1982- Cobra Enemy and Cobra Officers

[Thor]

At one time I was. I still have squads of Cobra Infantry, Cobra Vipers and Crimson Guard troops and Cobra Bats. I also have a smaller amount of Clone Troopers and Stormtroopers. I actually have a small airforce of Cobra and GI Joe planes not to mention armor. The downside is that I've collected myself into acorner space wise and it's been hard to sell some of these things.

[Meule]

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[rche]

I love that gif ^^

[rche]

In the modern era clone Star Wars universe, I started to pick up one version of each clonetrooper and amassed a small army that way. I stopped doing this several years ago, but, still pick up a clone or two on occasion. The last one was an ARF trooper. I just couldn't pass up a soldier who called himself Arf.

It is, on occasion, difficult to stifle the urge to have an enormous Jawa army. I could probably have a thousand Jawas and not get tired of them. Dunno why.

[Meule]

I love that gif ^^

I never get tired of it. And people so generously give me the opportunity to use it :grin:

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I like to build squads of figures. For 8" scale, I'll make 5 man teams; 4 troops and one leader. In 3.5" scale I usually go with 10 man troops, although I have a LOT of Stormtroopers. (They were pretty cheap after "The Phantom Menace" came out.)

Don C.

[jwyblejr]

Does Action Jackson count?

[Werewolf]

I army build Pizzazz dolls.

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/5/2/jem1_original.jpg

[TrueDave]

Does Action Jackson count?

Only if they are all in the same uniform. :silly:
I have old pictures not scanned in yet.
I CANT POST PICS YET. :confused2:

Does anybody army build teh good guys from GI Joe? I know they made a Green Shirt generic pack for TRU a while back.

Cobra and Stormtroopers definatelly seem to be the popular guys.
I'm working on a MEGO Gorilla Army now . . . . . . . .

[BlackKnight]

Addicted to Clone Cartoon Troopers. :please_y:

[darklord1967]

I've definitely been a big-time psychotic Original Trilogy STAR WARS army-builder for years!

I have a couple of thousand Imperial Troops in my collection alone... as well as Rebel troop armies.

Just on Imperial Stormtroopers for example, I own a little over 500 men.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/DSC01343.jpg

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[livnxxxl]

I've definitely been a big-time psychotic Original Trilogy STAR WARS army-builder for years!

I have a couple of thousand Imperial Troops in my collection alone... as well as Rebel troop armies.

Just on Imperial Stormtroopers for example, I own a little over 500 men.


Just a couple of thousand? sigh.....Once again you have let me down. I was expecting much higher numbers than that by now. :silly: Now go back to your vintage Star Wars room and recount them. :smiley1: I think you will find that you may have over looked a thousand or two. :smiley1:

Pretty impressive collection as always my friend. :cool_y: Glad to see that you take your collecting serious. :smile:

[BlackKnight]

Just a couple of thousand? sigh.....Once again you have let me down. I was expecting much higher numbers than that by now. :silly:

:smiley1:


& I get Crap for my like 20 or so of the same figure. :googly:

[darklord1967]

Just a couple of thousand? sigh.....Once again you have let me down. I was expecting much higher numbers than that by now. :silly: Now go back to your vintage Star Wars room and recount them. :smiley1: I think you will find that you may have over looked a thousand or two. :smiley1:

Pretty impressive collection as always my friend. :cool_y: Glad to see that you take your collecting serious. :smile:



:smiley1::smiley1::smiley1::smiley1: You guys are crazy! And no, I don't have a "vintage" STAR WARS room... just the main STAR WARS room. :grin: I sold off many of my vintage characters long ago. There are virtually NO vintage Stormies in my collection, that's for sure. In fact. the ONLY vintage Kenner troops I have left in my Imperial army collection are the Emperor's Royal Guards, and that's only because a superior version of them (with modern detail and articulation) has yet to be produced by Hasbro.

I am the kind of collector which you might call a "best-versionist". I keep retiring and selling off previous action figure versions of a character when newer and better versions are produced.



:smiley1:


& I get Crap for my like 20 or so of the same figure. :googly:


Somebody gives you crap for army building??? Who? Is it a girlfriend or wife?? Well let me tell ya how you deal with that:

Simply go over to her closet and count up her pairs of shoes. Trust me, if she's a woman there are a lot more than 20 pairs, especially if you add up the ones under the bed, and in other closets around the house.

Then, multiply the number of pairs of shoes times an average dollar amount you figure she has paid for each pair.

Now... do the same thing with your army of 20 figures.

Finally, present her with the question: "Which one of us is taking up more room around the house, and which one of us spent more money?" :smiley1::smiley1::smiley1::smiley1:

That ought to end the crap you have to take!!:smiley1::smiley1:

[HardyGirl]

I have 30 12" GIJoes, 5 AJs. No they're not all in the same uniform, but they're still a unit.

[TrueDave]

I saw a picture once of a Star Wars fans Christmas tree. he had used 100 vintage stormtroopers to decorate it.
Sometimes I wonder how many Stormtroopers were made if people want so many of them ???
Darklord1967: You mean Kenner/Hasbro never improved the "Salt Shaker" POTF 2 Royal Guard?
Best versionist , I like that. Me too.

[huedell]

I'm usually satisfied with 4 or 6 of something like STs,
or MOTU HORDE TROOPERS, Parademons, or something like that.

Small amts. usually do the job... I really can't rationalize
a "bottomless" pit of buying... moneywise or spacewise.

oh... and I love my INDY JONES Nazis.

[darklord1967]

Darklord1967: You mean Kenner/Hasbro never improved the "Salt Shaker" POTF 2 Royal Guard?
Best versionist , I like that. Me too.

Well, truthfully they [i]did[/i[] improve upon the POTF2 Royal "Salt Shaker". However, I never considered the upgrades to be better (or more appropriate for my collection than the vintage Kenner Royal Guard.

The first "improvement" came in 2002 during Hasbro's "Saga" collection with this guy...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/saga-royalguard_front.jpg

Yes he had improved articulation over the vintage Kenner version, and certainly over the POTF2 salt shaker. But the plastic molded robes were a major deal breaker for me. I wanted real cloth, like the vintage Kenner version. Also, the orange color of this figure was a little off-putting.



Then 3 years later, for the Revenge of the Sith collection, we got this guy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/rots0523royalguardRloose.jpg


Now although he had improved articulation AND cloth robes, I did not consider him appropriate for my collection. I am strictly an Original Trilogy Collector.

The style of the robe (open on both sides) and the armor underneath the cloak is based on the Expanded Universe characters Kir Kanos and Carnor Jax in the Star Wars: Crimson Empire comic book series published Dark Horse. So I do not consider them accurate examples of the guards seen in Return Of The Jedi. Eventually, Hasbro will produce Episode VI Royal Guards. And I'm sure they'll be awesome.

But for now, the guards in my Imperial army remain Vintage Kenner.:wink_y:

[starsky]

i used to have about 50 vintage stormtroopers and 40 of the new ones. eventually didnt know what to do with so many. ended up selling them.