YANN’S COLLECTION
• Quad Assault (2002) / Battle Force (2005)
• One out of 4 missiles is broken at one end (needs replacement)
• Weaponry swap / Adding the black cap / Has only binoculars and compass (from the 1994 Outdoor Survival Kit) and a map, in backpack.
• This is my childhood original figure.
Addition of the belt and holster with ice pick
• Additional dinosaurs are not original, they come from another brand (Schleich)
• 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 ski mask / backpack and dynamites + detonator / white glove (from Astronaut kit)
• There's a spare vest with undamaged logo inserted inside the box.
• Addition of the black T-Shirt + AR15 / switched the ID dog-tags plates to AM black ones (from Operations Kit)
• Original boots are tucked inside the box
• Only the tent / bumbag from the original release. The figure is custom kitbash.
• The sleeveless vest comes from the figure that went with the orange AM version of "Chopper Bike"
• Tiger Strike clothes + figure (2005)
• Wrist Torch accessories (1999)
• GI Joe Beachhead gun+hat
• The grappling launcher with 3 blades is not working > needs replacement
• 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
Shirt, pants and hat sewed by my mother & grand mother in 1996. Originally I put a Ken "Fashion Avenue" brown velvet jacket. Still with figure but replaced by a brown leather jacket more faithful to the character. Replacement dark reddish brown shoes with real laces are also included in the sealed package in storage.
• This is the very first version from 1991
• Addition of the rope, black headband, short machete + sheath, two-man saw
• And holsters and 2x grenades
• Original boots (black, short) not pictured but included in storage with the figure.
• One dart more than the retail version
• Trousers comes from Action Man vs X
• Addition of the binoculars + the black pistol.
• Snakes are unofficial
• Unofficial UZI
• Needs to be boxed with the empty box I have / Swap for a better Gangrene mummy / needs addition of the OG mini-UZI
• Combined with some Ken-Barbie clothes
• Two pair of glasses protected in a white cardboard box
• 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 !)
• Weapon shoots only 1 missile at the time, secondary tube is jammed
• From the 2002 Total mission kit (tank top + shorts)
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
• Mainly from the G.I. JOE SPY MISSION (v1) kit (without the helmet that has been equipped to this figure : https://www.action-man.eu/cobra-copter-attack/ ).
• 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
• Addition of knife sheath brown strap and the ammo case
• 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
• Addition of the goggles, the beret, the grappling hook and the 2 succion cups from Night Creeper
GI Joe Timeless Collection
• Not displaying the suggested body type of Dr. X for this kit but the one from previous year.
Added the mini Gatling gun from GI Joe figure.
• Addition of dog-tags plates + gun and holster + machine gun plastic strap + Unofficial UN cloth cover on a secondary helmet
• 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 ?
• Is it with original vintage box repro ?
• Jumpsuit is not original and comes from Lanard Ultra Corps (as well as boots)
• 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
• Addition of accessories (plastic harness, dog tags, beret, knife+sheath, etc)
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
Bonus figure of "Street Biker"
Inspired by original GI Joe climbing claw figure (The Adventures of GI Joe 2010 series)
• Addition of the beret
• Addition of the elbow pads / watch / hammer and axe / periscope / Green beret
Adding the wrist watch / water container / the belt / swapped for brown boots instead of black ones