Kre-O G.I. Joe Forces/ USS Flagg

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Seeing this boxed set a few years ago is what got me back into collecting G.I. Joe. I had passed on the joy of G.I. Joe to my younger brothers, and to its credit, its one of the few franchises that has stuck with them. I don't feel bad about giving them my collection because most of my collections began when my cousins passed them on to me. Plus, with all of the vehicles and playsets, they are a little much to have up and displayed. Finding the Kre-O sets allowed me to keep showing my love for G.I. Joe on a smaller scale.

The fact that it was a Slaughter's Marauders set is was truly sold me. Love the Sarge. So anyways, here are my current Joes. I've already posted a blog about my Cobra collection, which you can find here, Cobra Forces. After this, I'll make a post on my Iron Grenadiers and the rest of my Vehicles/Playsets.

USS Flagg

Not an official set. I found this Chinese knock off and modified the cabin so that it could hold figures. Also added gating to hold planes in place.

It can easily carry two Skystrikers or 3 to 4 Sky Hawks.

The Joes

Ace, Dogfight, General Hawk, Wild Bill, Ripcord

Deep Six, Cutter, Wet Suit, Shipwreck and Polly

Quick Kick, Snake Eyes, Nunchuk, Storm Shadow

Col. Brekhov (Red Star) and Big Bear

Duke, Stalker, Scarlett

Lady Jaye, Flint, Recondo

Doc, Outback, Lifeline

Bazooka, Roadblock, Alpine

Dialtone, Mainframe, Breaker

Leatherneck, Rock'n Roll, Gung Ho

Dusty (Still looking for better legs), Iceberg, Tripwire

Tunnel Rat, Falcon (with Sonic Fighters helipack), Law and Order

Night Force: Spearhead and Max, Repeater, Charbroil

Dodger, Shockwave (a mix of v1 and v2)

Fridge (still looking for good hair), Beachhead

Capt. Grid-Iron, Heavy Duty

The Alpha Team, kind of a mixture of Street Fighter and Movie/Celebrity characters. They are a Special Ops group for the Joes.

Guile, Blanka

McQuade (Chuck Norris, Lone Wolf McQuade), Tiger (Bruce Lee, Game of Death)

BA Baracus (Mr. T, The A Team), DJ "Hurricane" Spencer (Hulk Hogan, Thunder in Paradise)

Slaughter's Marauders

Rambo (might change him to the Alpha Team), Sgt. Slaughter, Scoop

Low Light, Mutt and Junkyard, Barbecue

Spirit, Footloose

Mad Dog, Mercer, Taurus

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