Post by thepauley on Jul 20, 2015 17:45:39 GMT
As we are in the middle of Battle of Britain 75th celebrations I thought I'd post this set.
I picked up this 2005 GI Joe Convention Set quite a while back from the classifieds on the Actioncommand site. But I also had one of my jammy-minty moments connected to it. More on that later...
Inside the box. Note Luftwaffe pilot is a GI Joe Foreign head "sour face"...
Removing the RAF tray reveals the Luftwaffe tray underneath...
Working radio plays a recording of a Battle of Britain news cast...
Nice metal pin...
Sew on patch...
The documentation...
The British pilot...
Rear view...
The German pilot...
Rear view...
The British flight gear...
Incredibly detailed kit. A little too detailed for my liking...
Has more of the look of Dragon than Hasbro...
It's very nice but I would have preferred it to look a little less realistic and a little more "Joe"...
The German flight gear...
Again, incredible detail. The life vest is a big step up from the Action Man version...
A look at the signal flare belts on the boots...
Oh, yes - the jammy bit! Normally when I get a set like this I can't wait to rip the cards open and get the gear on to a figure, but this set looked sooooo pretty on the card and it is a set that doesn't show up in the UK that often. So I hesitated and got to wondering. I thought that there has got to be quite a few people out there who have bought the set and opened it up to dress the figures, that I'd hang fire and see if I could find any for sale.
Well, my patience paid off, as a few months later the jammy-minty fairies came up trumps for me when both the British and German flight gear came up on eBay (eBay UK, no less!) and I scooped both for a bargain price. Was willing to bid high to get these and ended up being gobsmacked at how little I had to pay...
Really pleased that I can display these sets in and out of the packaging....
And of course it also means... FOUR MORE PILOTS!!! :mrgreen:
I picked up this 2005 GI Joe Convention Set quite a while back from the classifieds on the Actioncommand site. But I also had one of my jammy-minty moments connected to it. More on that later...
Inside the box. Note Luftwaffe pilot is a GI Joe Foreign head "sour face"...
Removing the RAF tray reveals the Luftwaffe tray underneath...
Working radio plays a recording of a Battle of Britain news cast...
Nice metal pin...
Sew on patch...
The documentation...
The British pilot...
Rear view...
The German pilot...
Rear view...
The British flight gear...
Incredibly detailed kit. A little too detailed for my liking...
Has more of the look of Dragon than Hasbro...
It's very nice but I would have preferred it to look a little less realistic and a little more "Joe"...
The German flight gear...
Again, incredible detail. The life vest is a big step up from the Action Man version...
A look at the signal flare belts on the boots...
Oh, yes - the jammy bit! Normally when I get a set like this I can't wait to rip the cards open and get the gear on to a figure, but this set looked sooooo pretty on the card and it is a set that doesn't show up in the UK that often. So I hesitated and got to wondering. I thought that there has got to be quite a few people out there who have bought the set and opened it up to dress the figures, that I'd hang fire and see if I could find any for sale.
Well, my patience paid off, as a few months later the jammy-minty fairies came up trumps for me when both the British and German flight gear came up on eBay (eBay UK, no less!) and I scooped both for a bargain price. Was willing to bid high to get these and ended up being gobsmacked at how little I had to pay...
Really pleased that I can display these sets in and out of the packaging....
And of course it also means... FOUR MORE PILOTS!!! :mrgreen:
