YANN’S COLLECTION
• 2x2 added oars are not original. The original is a dark red thin one (to add, OK)
• Addition of grenades, compass, binoculars, black knife, backpack.
• Addition of black trousers (not included in kit)
• Addition of the brown cap (Mission Extreme), the wrist watch, shoes (not included in the kit !), the belt, a custom backpack sewn by my grand-mother (!) to carry the OG crossbow + OG compass + a rope, a mini-UZI submachine gun, a map, a camera, a flask.
• Addition of the shirt from "Total Mission" kit (1997)
• Addition of the grenades belt + 3x grenades (from Operation A.T.A.K.) + Knife sheath and dogtags.
• Needs a next-generation bearded head on an articulated body
• Addition of the sniper rifle, the map. Display stand (1996)
• Addition of the rope, black headband, short machete + sheath, two-man saw
• Adding the belt, the gun shoulder strap, the wrench.
• And holsters and 2x grenades
• Original boots (black, short) not pictured but included in storage with the figure.
• Trousers comes from Action Man vs X
• Addition of the bag + rifle + accessories (sleeping bag, etc).
• Removal of the original scope rifle (in favor of Sport Extreme climber)
• Combined with some Ken-Barbie clothes
• Two pair of glasses protected in a white cardboard box
• Head was swapped to an AM sculpt with camo on.
• Addition of P90 sub-machine gun + sling backpack and black secondary weapons on the belt (were purposedly missing on original retail figure, it's really a shame !)
• Addition of the Black V-neck T-Shirt and shoes (like the vehicle box art)
• Gun is black instead of silver (like the vehicle box art)
• The jeans are not original but from "X-Catcher" figure
2002 : year of the kit's release
+ S.O.S. Kit (1998).
+ Medic Rescue Kit (1996 as AM, 1995 as GI Joe). Misses the machine gun of original kit
• Addition of a long custom sewed "Matrix-style" black vest
• Addition of the Green Beret Kit (released as AM in 1996 and in 1993 as GI Joe)
• Addition of the GI Joe stand
• First released in 1993 as GI Joe "Army Boot Camp Gear"
• Addition of camo cap and vest (Mortar Combat) + dog-tags plates + shotgun + non AM black glasses
• Grenades need to be swapped to black
GI Joe Timeless Collection
SPAS shotgun is added as well as the wrist watch and glasses
• Addition of the black vest + beret
• Released as GI Joe in 1995
• Swapped with an Action Man figure / Added the belt and binoculars of "Desert Patrol"
• Outfit like original box art illustration / Armor come from V.R. Warrior
• Is the black stand included ?
• Jumpsuit is not original and comes from Lanard Ultra Corps (as well as boots)
• Addition of the shovel and yellow holster + pistol
• Grenades are changed to other versions, more textured.
• Addition of the camera, the harness+bungee rope, the headphones and the parabolic dish mic gun, binoculars, wrist watch. Have to check if the sliding line is still in the case
• Not sure about the release year, 1999 or 2000 ? The gun in the right hand of the figure is added from a World's Peacekeeper Space figure.
• Boots + trousers + shoulder bag come from Beachhead GI Joe 2008 https://www.yojoe.com/12inch/08/beachhead.shtml
Addition of the vest
From GI Joe Adventures kit (2002) / Trousers from Beachhead 2002 https://www.yojoe.com/12inch/02/beachhead.shtml / Boots + ski mask from Action Man Sand Boarder Extreme (2001) / Vest from Arctic Adventure Set (1998)
Addition of the weapon and leg belt from the 2000 version
• Combined the figure + the kit and added grenades and pistol + leg holster / removed the black P90 gun of the figure
Mixed the 2001 and 2002 version to better suit my taste. Added the pistol+holster (Max Steel) / Added the knife + sheath
• Addition of : the gauntlets + long silver & black vest / forearm decoration from Dr.X v1 + Pistol + leg holster + brush for the ponytail + Cobra silver knife
Adding the wrist watch / water container / the belt / swapped for brown boots instead of black ones
• Addition of a custom sewed bathrobe / Body with (eye of the) tiger tatoo comes from Operation T.I.G.E.R.