One of Seven OG13 sets, this set represents years of tweaking and learning various customizing techniques (much from this very site) to improve this classic group, finally released to completion in 2009 in 25th anniversary format. I never had all of these guys back when I was young, and the promise (but disappointment) of the 1997 Stars and Stripes set and the 2004 Comic Pack releases (incomplete set) had me hungry for a complete 25th set.
GiJoe_O13-Classic25th_2017-0527b by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
Back in 2009, I was ecstatic when I finally bought Zap to complete the set, and wanted to get them together in a group display with a nice dynamic pose to highlight the new improved sculpting and articulation of the line:
GiJoe_O13-Classic25th_2009-0908 by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
Through the years, I sought to improve these figures and improve on this setup (as well as photos), scouring all the Joe websites for ideas, techniques, and examples. The development of this set is what got me into customizing, and to expand these techniques to other figures and sets. By 2015, with the updates and photo below, I felt I was ready to go public with my work (though that wouldn’t actually happen until 2017):
GiJoe_O13-Classic25th_2015-0503a by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
Since then some further updates and tweaks were made, as well as a working version of a magnetic display stand. So below is the most up-to-date version (Sept 2018), taken almost 10 years from the first:
Remastered by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
And this summer, while doing some other Joe research via Rank & File Vol1 1, I got inspired by the cover, and wanted try a take on it:
Ultimate Weapon of Democracy (2019-0609ab) by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
PhotoGrid_1560546713979 by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
Individual figures will be added to the Gallery in the coming days and weeks, as well as more general set thoughts, and other threads for the other OG13 sets.
