Very late League Assignment - Yo Joe!

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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:

Branded in the 80s shows off French Canadian Joes

Las Vegas Yankee has some interesting cross over dioramas.

 Goodwill Hunting and the Tower of Power

Retromash shows off Action Force

Cool and Collected says this is THE toy

Battlegrip politics for a GI Joe Day

Fortune and Glory takes a different perspective on Joe

Retrorobot Review reviews the Ninjas