Any new Joes?

[drquest]

Here's my Revenge of the Spy Shark set. It's on a blonde muscle body Joe.

There's several specific pieces to this set. One being the black shark, same shark used in other Adventure Team sets, but this is molded in black. The yellow raft is unmarked, and does not have oar loops. The knife is unpainted as is the unpainted spear gun. The oar is molded like a regular one, but has swirls in the plastic of darker colors. The buoy is all red(mine is the normal red with white stripe) and the orange jacket(one snap) and pants(elastic) are specific to this set.

I was able to pick up the correct all red buoy for this set. Here's both versions side by side.

[Neutron X]

Thanks Danny! I have a lead on newer Cyborg head replacement.

PNGwynne Toy Polio has a Youtube channel. Look for Cyborg repair one. Has a repair for Action Man/Gijoe mine detector, The Cyborg vehicle from UK/Japan, Star Wars, Action Man, Micronauts, Lone Ranger, ect. Not a big fan of Lone Ranger repair( I can save hours) I think they are good to learn from. He uses a lot of Lego parts very creatively.!

[RonnyG]

Looks to me like a hybrid Joe with Fighting Yank arms.

Thanks! I never heard of Fighting Yank before. I googled him, and I think you're right.

[PNGwynne]

Looks to me like a hybrid Joe with Fighting Yank arms.

[RonnyG]

Is this Joe for real? His arms are rubbery/bendy. Everything else is the same.

[drquest]

I never thought I would have this guy in my collection again. Prices have been going up and this guy was for years way outa my range.. This guy was missing hands and outer head. He also had badly stretched leg elastic. I think that's why I got lucky. I used the Youtube Toy Poloi method of repair. Leave metal elastic clips on hip rivets open wider and replace elastic while still on place. My repair was a little looser than I would like but it sits on my shelf so I am OK as is. Was hopping to use grey reissue wrist pegs but were to big for vintage arms. I had vintage white pegs and clear 40th Gijoe Club hands. So I like the look and am pleased. Hoping to get a reissue clear outer head and I am golden.

Very nice Ed!

Glad you found one reasonable!

[PNGwynne]

Did someone mention Henshin Cyborg??

Gad, that playcase--another fantastic thing drquest turned me on to.

(I have another, incomplete one for sale, btw.)

[PNGwynne]

He looks great--no yellowing and crisp repairs. I have a repro of him. I like your mention of the elastic switch, can you link? It sounds much easier than replacing thigh rivets. (I have a rivet tool, but it's not easy to use.)

[Neutron X]

Henshin Cyborg

I never thought I would have this guy in my collection again. Prices have been going up and this guy was for years way outa my range.. This guy was missing hands and outer head. He also had badly stretched leg elastic. I think that's why I got lucky. I used the Youtube Toy Poloi method of repair. Leave metal elastic clips on hip rivets open wider and replace elastic while still on place. My repair was a little looser than I would like but it sits on my shelf so I am OK as is. Was hopping to use grey reissue wrist pegs but were to big for vintage arms. I had vintage white pegs and clear 40th Gijoe Club hands. So I like the look and am pleased. Hoping to get a reissue clear outer head and I am golden.
20200911_120924 (2) by edtime5, on Flickr

[Confessional]

^^ Yes! More Cyborg makes me happy!

[drquest]

Did someone mention Henshin Cyborg??

[KOMonger]

Henshin Cyborg head and torso tooling were repurposed from these. The torso's chest area is smoother than the original GI Joe/Action Man versions.

[PNGwynne]

Thank you for posting the Secret Base picture, Danny. And thanks for making me aware of it initially, I admired yours.

[Makernaut]

This is my first time seeing the Takara Joes. Didn't even know they existed. I regularly learn something new from this community and I am consistently marveled by what you folks have collected over the years. Once again, Danny....hats off to ya', mate! Those figures and the Secret Base are neat to see!

[drquest]

The Secret Base is pretty awesome, here's a picture of mine.