GI Joe Club has it's 25th Custom Competition up

joemichaels70 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:54 pm

the club formerly known as master collector is doing the custom challenge --

here's the rules page: http://gijoeclub.com/custom_rules.cfm

GITrekker · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Interesting. Clearly the Club wants to promote the 25th-style figures, but I'm also pleased that their Convention Sets remain traditional-style.

Lemme ask a question, just out of curiosity. I have two 25th style figures here. I can see they have leg screws, but there's no back screw, never mind that mid-torso articulation and a lack of waist articulation. How the HECK are you supposed to split that to disassemble a figure for customization with multiple parts, assuming that is one's intention!? 8-O

And BTW, MasterCollector still exists as MasterCollector. It can be found at MasterCollector.Com (with a whole bunch of my toy reviews!). The G.I.Joe Collectors' Club and the Transformers Collectors' Club are operated by the fine people of MasterCollector under license from Hasbro. :-D

beav · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:02 pm

GITrekker wrote:

How the HECK are you supposed to split that to disassemble a figure for customization with multiple parts, assuming that is one's intention!? 8-O

Viper · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:31 pm

Wonder if they have to be GI Joe characters?

joemichaels70 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:34 pm

-- actually, i was wondering the same thing.

-- which made me then wonder if this was a thinly-veiled disguise for hasbro sussing some new characters out of the molds they currently have.

-- but i'm cynical like that.

-- you gonna enter something?

Midgarn · **Posted:** Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:30 am

I think I shall, at least my 'kiddie costume' Fast Draw and the Wild Bill I sent Mysterious Stranger for Secret Santa. Actually, since that's technically not mine any more -- MS, do you mind that I send the pics from that Wild Bill in?

Viper · **Posted:** Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:23 am

joemichaels70 wrote:

-- actually, i was wondering the same thing.

-- which made me then wonder if this was a thinly-veiled disguise for hasbro sussing some new characters out of the molds they currently have.

-- but i'm cynical like that.

-- you gonna enter something?

Maybe. I don't really customize Joes for the most part, so that's why I'm wondering if it's even worth my time. And yeah, I get the feeling Hasbro's doing that too.

Darko · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

joemichaels70 wrote:

-- actually, i was wondering the same thing.

-- which made me then wonder if this was a thinly-veiled disguise for hasbro sussing some new characters out of the molds they currently have.

-- but i'm cynical like that.

-- you gonna enter something?

I HOPE that's what hasbro is doing...I look at some of the customs here on the site (or in the critiques forum) and I'd LOVE to be able to buy them at retail. Rip us off, Hasbro, I'm begging you.

Joeczar · **Posted:** Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:16 pm

joemichaels70 wrote:

-- actually, i was wondering the same thing.

-- which made me then wonder if this was a thinly-veiled disguise for hasbro sussing some new characters out of the molds they currently have.

-- but i'm cynical like that.

-- you gonna enter something?

I am too. And Hasbro's got nothing to lose by sponsoring this. They get free designs of new figures and we buy more 25th figures to smack with a hammer and paint.

My only question is, how will they be ablt to determine that a figures is 80% 25th Anniversay parts!?

joemichaels70 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:08 am

Mike -- i couldn't find anything about having to make a Joe character vs. an expanded world, original, or etc. type custom --
you find anything?

J_Man · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:47 am

I guess I'm over looking or not understanding... are they wanting all new characters with no remake of originals and no "copyright" identities? No Seven Segal as a G.I.Joe member or anything like that right? I may not have a chance to do anything for this anyway, but I was just wondering.

Joeczar · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:28 am

joemichaels70 wrote:

Mike -- i couldn't find anything about having to make a Joe character vs. an expanded world, original, or etc. type custom --
you find anything?

I haven't found anything specific as to what they are looking for as to what kind of characters they make, but I'm thinking they are looking for 25th Anniversary versions of established characters. If you make a new character up there could be legal issues over ownership and rights, but I guess the "All entries become property of..." disclaimer at the end covers that. I have three figures that I'm working on, and they're all characters that have been around.

Viper · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:45 am

Psh... I'm out then. I 've got no interest in customizing Joe characters. Though I am tempted to do Major Bludd, just to show Hasbro what a good one should look like.

Sidewinder · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am **Location:** East TN

GITrekker wrote:

The G.I.Joe Collectors' Club and the Transformers Collectors' Club are operated by the fine people of MasterCollector under license from Hasbro. :-D

Actually, according to what I was told, Fun Publications is over several things. Those include, the GIJoeClub, The Transformers Club, and the MasterCollector ads. From Fun Publications perspective, MasterCollector doesn't have anything to do with the Joe or TF Club.

Darko · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Viper wrote:

Psh... I'm out then. I 've got no interest in customizing Joe characters. Though I am tempted to do Major Bludd, just to show Hasbro what a good one should look like.

....every time someone criticizes the new Major Bludd, I feel bad about myself, because I made a custom that was essentially the Hasbro design about a month before the hasbro one was shown...

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