YANN’S COLLECTION
• It's a mix of the Driver Pilote (2002) (without helmet) + the complete speedster spy kit (1999)
• Put he original helmet (in hand). Helmet must be found
• Addition of the orange goggles and vest + grenades and backpack
• One spare missile added in storage
• Quad Assault (2002) / Battle Force (2005)
• One out of 4 missiles is broken at one end (needs replacement)
• One dart more than the retail version
• 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
• Not the original talking figure
• The electronic gauntlet is grey (V.R. Warrior) and not black
• Short black boots model is different
• Addition of the light grey P90 (Extreme Biker) and the beret
• 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 vest + beret
• Released as GI Joe in 1995
• 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
• Trousers comes from Action Man vs X
• Added some equipment (beret, belt, gun and body strap)
• 1993 is the year of release of the GI Joe Marine Parris Island gear
• Swapped with an Action Man figure / Added the belt and binoculars of "Desert Patrol"
+ S.O.S. Kit (1998).
+ Medic Rescue Kit (1996 as AM, 1995 as GI Joe).
• Misses the machine gun of original kit --> Need to equip
• 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)
• Combined with some Ken-Barbie clothes
• Two pair of glasses protected in a white cardboard box
• 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
SPAS shotgun is added as well as the wrist watch and glasses
• And holsters and 2x grenades
• Original boots (black, short) not pictured but included in storage with the figure.
Adding the wrist watch / water container / the belt / swapped for brown boots instead of black ones
2002 : year of the kit's release
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.
• From the 2002 Total mission kit (tank top + shorts)
• Addition of the rope, black headband, short machete + sheath, two-man saw
• 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 grenades belt + 3x grenades (from Operation A.T.A.K.) + Knife sheath and dogtags.
• Needs a next-generation bearded head on an articulated body
Added the binoculars
• Combined the figure + the kit and added grenades and pistol + leg holster / removed the black P90 gun of the figure