YANN’S COLLECTION
• Check if harness is still in good shape and not crispy / damaged
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 snake around the neck and the knife in the boot
• And holsters and 2x grenades
• Original boots (black, short) not pictured but included in storage with the figure.
• The machete + pistol from the Sahara Mission kit needs to equip this figure (complete the kit).
• 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
2002 : year of the kit's release
• 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.
• From the 2002 Total mission kit (tank top + shorts)
Adding the wrist watch / water container / the belt / swapped for brown boots instead of black ones
• 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
• Addition of the knife, belt, wrist watch, shoulder sling instead of leg velcro for the Luger holster.
• 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
• Is it with original vintage box repro ?
• Added some equipment (beret, belt, gun and body strap)
• 1993 is the year of release of the GI Joe Marine Parris Island gear
+ 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
• Trousers comes from Action Man vs X
• Outfit like original box art illustration / Armor come from V.R. Warrior
• Is the black stand included ?
• Swapped with an Action Man figure / Added the belt and binoculars of "Desert Patrol"
• My original "Battle Force" figure with the Green Beret kit sheath, "Jungle Patrol" vest, "Underwater Attack" mask
• Misses 1 silver grey machine gun (there is one the combat kit and another in basic training kit)
• Addition of the black vest + beret
• Released as GI Joe in 1995
• 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
• Addition of the Jerrican + Toolbox (only 2 tools inside)
• One dart more than the retail version
• Quad Assault (2002) / Battle Force (2005)
• One out of 4 missiles is broken at one end (needs replacement)