I started collecting GI Joe ARAH since the start. First figure was Short Fuse (straight arm) and first vehicle was the Armadillo. I still have both but Short Fuse is missing a couple thumbs tho.
Over the years my collection got larger, and then I stop collecting after the Neon Joe's came out. My interest then turned to model trains and Star Wars. It wasn't until a few years later after I moved that my interest in Joes started again after digging all my old stuff out. I forgot how cool the vehicles, playset and figures was, so I went back collecting.
Then the unthinkable happen, MARRAGE, and the collection was stored once again, but not due to the wife. We needed the room. At that time we only lived in a 2 bedroom house. So a year and 1 day after marriage a new addition to the family arrived and the collection room was made into a nursery. I still collected, but I couldn't display and as soon as I bought something for the collection it went into storage.
A couple years later, we bought a larger house and moved again, even tho this place was 3 bedroom the collection stayed in storage. But the following year an addition was built onto the house and this addition was strictly for the collections.
A few years after the addition was built there was another set back. I had to have surgery on both knees and was out of work for 5 months. Terrified about the bills, parts of each collections were sold off. The Joe collection took the hardest hit, due to selling the Flagg, and some convention vehicles, TRUs vehicles and figures and other things.
After getting back to work and back on our feet , the collecting started once again. I'm slowly getting everything back that I sold off. I know some pieces I'll probably never get back, but for me the thrill of finding something for the collection is one of the best parts of this hobby.
Yo Joe,
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