tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post5142245305615986608..comments2024-03-26T18:40:10.359-04:00Comments on She's Fantastic: African American Ladies of BOOTLEG G.I.JOES!ShesFantastichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12933595350944635451noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-31098852566859839852018-10-27T03:33:17.302-04:002018-10-27T03:33:17.302-04:00I actually almost made my first Marauders purchase...I actually almost made my first Marauders purchase a couple months ago (I didn't though). I like the bright colored armor the new series has. I saw them at a convention and was really tempted.<br /><br />There have been a handful of new WOC joes, but as expected they are all super expensive on eBay: a new Carla Greer, Undertow Officer, and Freestyle. I don't have any of them unfortunately.ShesFantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933595350944635451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-79489041002170713772018-10-21T22:43:09.764-04:002018-10-21T22:43:09.764-04:00And, for the record, I'm referring to the smal...And, for the record, I'm referring to the small 1:18th scale GI Joes. Cory C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18180709541893190269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-38416733619339331192018-10-21T22:41:57.543-04:002018-10-21T22:41:57.543-04:00Great article. My daughter wants to have a GI Joe ...Great article. My daughter wants to have a GI Joe that resembles her, and it's been a struggle to find a female African American GI Joe. There are a couple options, though. One is Jodie "Shooter" Craig, a GI Joe toy released as part of a 50th Anniversay 3-pack called the Special Forces Set. You can find examples on eBay. For the record, Jodie doesn't appear to be precisely African American. She is a dark-complexioned in action figure form. Her hair may be a bit European, however. <br /><br />Another good option are the customizable aftermarket GI Joe knockoffs made by a company called Marauder Gun Runners. Their GI Joe-type action figures are arguably better than the real thing and they're completely modular. You order a body, various types of clothes, a head, some hands, etc. They have a fairly broad selection of female African American heads, and the are compatible with off-the-shelf GI Joes.Cory C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18180709541893190269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-44971611434032926742014-01-13T02:28:56.397-05:002014-01-13T02:28:56.397-05:00Yep, Sara Dyer's page was the start for me as ...Yep, Sara Dyer's page was the start for me as well! In fact, I have a link to it on this blog's permanent sidebar. I probably collected before that, but finding that list was like lighting a fuse under my obsessive-compulsive butt. I even had to write to her a couple times in the past when I was desperate to identify an "unknown" toy. She always knew! I also became a fan of her Action Girl comics (not making the obvious connection between the two until much later - embarassingly), so many of my favorite comic talents contributed to that series. Great find with the Agent Telepathy. I never find anything good like that.ShesFantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933595350944635451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-90829523347467178222014-01-07T15:16:47.962-05:002014-01-07T15:16:47.962-05:00I have also looked into that site and I saw her th...I have also looked into that site and I saw her there as well. I was at an antique store a few years ago and found her in a bin on card for $1!!! For me, collecting female figures started with Sara Dyer's (sp?) female figure page. I had saved the lists of female figures she had on there and over the years have used it to try to collect all of them. She listed 70s, 80s, and 90s and her website stops at 1999.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-43385640323815535812014-01-03T17:46:14.294-05:002014-01-03T17:46:14.294-05:00She was one of the first figures that got me excit...She was one of the first figures that got me excited about collecting. My first steps toward the action figure hobby was to try to get all the female GIJoes... and when that was complete I was going to stop. Then on yojoe.com I saw both the Bronze Bombers and Medecins San Frontieres in their "Not GIJoes" section... it was a simple discovery but it opened the floodgates :)ShesFantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933595350944635451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2946432195706443.post-44988802881888320072014-01-02T23:29:04.074-05:002014-01-02T23:29:04.074-05:00Agent Telepathy has become quite collectible in he...Agent Telepathy has become quite collectible in her own right. Bronze Bombers aren't the most common thing to come across.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com