Thursday, May 22, 2014

Very late League Assignment - Yo Joe!




This week….no…last week’s assignment…I am so late on this…was Yo Joe to mainly celebrate the GI Joe Real American Hero line.


I used to have the vintage Joes and have collected a few since then – thank you Ebay.

Instead of toys, I think I will take a look at a few reference books to honor Joe and the gang.

I've picked up a few books over the years. This Ultimate Guide by Mark Bellomo is fantastic. I have the second edition as well. Wish a third edition would come out to capture everything since 1994.



This reference guide focuses on the 12 inch Joes from the 60s-70s primarily.



A great reference guide from a UK collector of Action Man.



Cool manual I stumbled across a few months ago. Great sketches of all the cartoon characters.



A book about the history of the whole Joe project at Hasbro.



A books put together by a fellow collector using www.blurb.com. 12 inch "Joes" got ultra-realistic in the late 90s, 2000s.




More custom reference guide of 12 inch "Joes."



30th Anniversary salute.



A very special book. Gianni Lopergolo was a photographer for Hasbro. He created many dioramas and photographed them which were used in Hasbro advertisements. His photography included Joes, Star Wars and Marvel superheroes. He was a master of his craft. Unfortunately, he passed on too early due to ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease. This book is a collection of his photos for Hasbro and was used to raise money for the ALS foundation.




Other Leaguers:

Las Vegas Yankee has some interesting cross over dioramas.

4 comments:

  1. I have the reference guide by Mark bellman and it is excellent. Have you seen his youtube videos about his collection? He has a lot of stuff!
    I might need to track down that 12" guide. I don't collect that size of figure but come across the accessories fairly often -- it would be nice to know what to look for!

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    1. I have not seen his YouTube videos. Will have to check them out. Thanks!

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  2. Bellamo not bellman -- stupid autocorrect. ;)

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    1. There could be worse auto-corrects. Mark is coming out with a vintage Star Wars guide - coming in November.

      http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1440240590/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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