Toy Questions Part 2: Super Joe

[Joltrider]

I have a carded light vest for 12 inch figures. From what I have found online they also made the sonic scanner but called it a radar, the helipack, and the tools if not in France elsewhere in Europe that plugged into the vest to get power.
I bought the vest to make a custom 12 inch super joe, but if it is rare I hate to remove it from the card.

I had a Joe piece from France that was the Superjoe vest for a 12" doll, I guess the Europeans realized it was a cool concept on it's own.

[Raydeen1]

The rubber joints and hands disintegrate. I bought a Space Acedemy figure when I was 15, new off the shelf in Chicago. He fell apart after only about 4 years.

I had Gor - who I really loved as a toy - Terron and a token Supe Joe to go with him. (I've also still got that one figure for you, Brian!)

Don't these figures have a horrible problem with decaying rubber joints? Is there any fix available for that (other than tape & glue)?

[Raydeen1]

The vest? See my other post. I have 4 Commanders I painted up like the 12" AT.

Cool pix Dean, but why did you paint the shield blue?

[Raydeen1]

Those are Big Jim hands that had the pegs broken off. I made new pegs with cut finishing nails.

I was wondering about that myself. My Commander has black hair and a gold power vest.
And what are those hands from? Mine was restrung with Mego hands, but I don't recognize the hands on that one. Nice collection though.

[Raydeen1]

Exactly. I painted one blonde, one brown and this one red and kept one black haired one for the Commander. The brown haired one has a green SJ suit with dark green vest. Blonde has a blue suit with red vest. Black is classic black and gold.

That's a great looking bunch. I assume the Super Joe Commander is a custom paint job, and not some variant?

[Raydeen1]

Possibly. It isn't easy.

As an alternative, I do believe Club Hair For Joe sells joints for them. The 12" joint kits are amazing so I would have to believe the SJ kits work quite well.

we loved Super Joe and I still have a box of body parts for Joe and darklon are you willing to put together a re stringing guide?

[cjefferys]

Don't these figures have a horrible problem with decaying rubber joints? Is there any fix available for that (other than tape & glue)?

Yeah, the joints and hands literally disintegrate over time. The only real fix is to replace the joints and hands. Much more difficult than simply restringing a Mego, but there are a few people out there who fix these (it ain't cheap though). Luckily, Gor is constructed differently from the rest, and he doesn't suffer from the problem.

[toys2cool]

I never really liked this line

[AcroRay]

I had Gor - who I really loved as a toy - Terron and a token Supe Joe to go with him. (I've also still got that one figure for you, Brian!)

Don't these figures have a horrible problem with decaying rubber joints? Is there any fix available for that (other than tape & glue)?

[Brown Bear]

Cool pix Dean, but why did you paint the shield blue?

[palitoy]

I really liked the idea of the light up power vests and the way the vest powered all the accessories that were available. I think Hasbro should have revisited that design for the Iron Man movie, and done a 9 figure with the power vest and accessory packs. I may make a custom Iron Man with this idea if I can find some Super Joe stuff.

I had a Joe piece from France that was the Superjoe vest for a 12" doll, I guess the Europeans realized it was a cool concept on it's own.

[cjefferys]

I was wondering about that myself. My Commander has black hair and a gold power vest.
And what are those hands from? Mine was restrung with Mego hands, but I don't recognize the hands on that one. Nice collection though.

[sprytel]

As a kid, my cousin had Super Joe and I fell in love with the Shield figure when I saw him in Simpson's. I still have my Shield figure though my cousin broke his shield arm off many years ago. I've since gotten some new figures and restrug them all myself. I have a few more to restring but need hands for them.

Here's a pic of my guys. Gor was a $2.00 flea market find a few years back. He doesn't light up but he's intact otherwise.


http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/file...oeguys04sm.jpg

That's a great looking bunch. I assume the Super Joe Commander is a custom paint job, and not some variant?

[Spyweb007]

I really liked the idea of the light up power vests and the way the vest powered all the accessories that were available. I think Hasbro should have revisited that design for the Iron Man movie, and done a 9 figure with the power vest and accessory packs. I may make a custom Iron Man with this idea if I can find some Super Joe stuff.

[spotter]

we loved Super Joe and I still have a box of body parts for Joe and darklon are you willing to put together a re stringing guide?