YANN’S COLLECTION
• The machete + pistol from the Sahara Mission kit needs to equip this figure (complete the kit).
• The mask rubber band needs to be replaced.
• 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)
• One spare missile added in storage
• 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)
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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Addition of a long custom sewed "Matrix-style" black vest
GI Joe Timeless Collection
• It's a mix of the Driver Pilote (2002) (without helmet) + the complete speedster spy kit (1999)
SPAS shotgun is added as well as the wrist watch and glasses
• 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
• 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)
• Combined the figure + the kit and added grenades and pistol + leg holster / removed the black P90 gun of the figure
Adding the wrist watch / water container / the belt / swapped for brown boots instead of black ones