45th Anniversary Joes are Here!
Walmart has come out with another impressive offer for the Joe collecting community. They have released what is considered by the community the 45th Anniversary line. The line includes 4 figure in coffin boxes and 4 flat panel boxes with accessories.
The figures include; Soldier, Sailor, Airman, and Marine. They come with a coffin box, manual, and sticker sheet.
The Accessories include; Frogman box, Airman life raft box, Arctic Soldier box, and Dress Marine box.
Look for more accessory packs if sales exceed expectations.
Each is nicely priced at 10$ for each piece. Unfortunately not all Walmarts are experiencing these. Recommendation is that you check all of your area Walmarts because only 1 may have them.
Also, look in the discounted or clearance areas as these are not planogramed. |
Yahoo Groupieness
Yahoo Groups relating to GIjOE: Is it truly for the collectors or is for the up and coming dictator? Recently some Yahoo groups relating to GIjOE have begun a campaign of not allowing anything in their group messages except for what the topic is...unless of course you are one of the buddies of the moderators and then you can post what you want without inpunity.
GIjOE groups used to be about fun and communication between the members of the groups. Now, unless you have a specific topic you want to discuss a simple conversation about Joe related items, unless of course it is related to the Group name (ie: GIjOE Garands, or Painted Heads Are Us), are deleted or the people carrying on the conversation are either banned or warned. Unless of course they are buddies and they get a pass to post political silliness, auctions, or questions about roast beef.
I am a member in good standing of about 50 Joe or 12" action figure Yahoo groups. Yeah, I get boatloads of email, but to me Joe related topics are all important whether it relates to AT, PH, or the new incarnations like the ME, TC, 40th, 45th and so on.
I have a couple of Yahoo Joe groups that even a few of my friends would say hey geez I didn't it was you...I will not divulge which ones they are but lets just say that no matter the topic as long as it is Joe or 12" action figure related all chatter is welcome...ALL.
Moderators, you started your groups because there wasn't one out there... unless you started as a clic for you and your 3 friends...you started because you had fun at a Joe Con or one of the other shows that hits the country every year. There are tons of other groups out there and you could lose out restricting what others talk about. |
