A couple months ago, Axel Watteeuw of Brainfreeze.be (a site in Belgium) conducted a series of interviews and pushed out a few articles in regards our great hobby as part of a GI JOE special in celebration of Retaliation's release in theaters. It isn't very often that someone on the outskirts of our hobby takes the time to put it under a microscope for collectors and non-collectors alike to have a gander at it. Axel is currently planning to do a follow up to expand on some of the facets that weren't necessarily highlighted or to delve deeper into that which was covered.

Mark Bellomo (Special Prologue):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/12/toy-exclusive-brainfreeze-interviewt-totally-tubular-mark-bellomo-nederlandsenglish/3/

Introduction to Special:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/18/g-i-joe-special-1-knowing-is-half-the-battle/2/

Kokomo Toys & Coil Club:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/20/g-i-joe-special-2-there-is-a-place-called-kokomo-2/2/

Gary Head (Gyre-Viper smug elitist):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/22/g-i-joe-special-3-mega-collector-gary-goggles-head/3/

OAFE.net:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/25/g-i-joe-special-4-toy-reviewer-yo-go-re-oafe-net/2/

The Animated Series:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/28/g-i-joe-special-5-the-animated-series/2/

Justin Bell ( ):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/30/g-i-joe-special-6-specialist-justin-bell/2/

Cosplay, Tattoos, Collections:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/03/31/g-i-joe-special-7-fans-cosplay-tattoos-collections/

Mark Bellomo (Collecting and Archiving):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/04/02/g-i-joe-special-8-mark-the-archivist-bellomo/2/

James Kavanaugh Jr.:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/04/04/g-i-joe-special-9-a-real-american-collector-james-kuukuuson-kavanaugh-jr/2/

Larry Hama:
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/04/09/g-i-joe-special-10-brainfreeze-interviewt-larry-hama/2/

Moira Hunger (Part 1/ on Marvel & Larry Hama):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/04/11/g-i-joe-special-11-g-i-joe-in-comics-1-moira-hunger-over-marvel-en-larry-hama/2/

Moira Hunger (Part 2/ on Crossovers & Devil's Due):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/04/12/g-i-joe-special-11-g-i-joe-in-comics-2-moira-hunger-over-crossovers-devils-due-publishing/2/

Moira Hunger (Part 3/ on IDW & Joe Vrouwen):
http://www.brainfreeze.be/2013/04/13/g-i-joe-special-11-g-i-joe-in-comics-3-moira-hunger-over-idw-en-joe-vrouwen/2/

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if Mr. Watteeuw is going to do a followup article to the cosplay/tattoo article, I want to contribute my Eco Warriors ink to it.


awesome stuff, that's a lot of reading I don't have time to read all of now

I think you left out the link to where he tackles the customizing aspect of the hobby...

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Like I said above he is working on a follow up. He honestly didn't expect that I'd throw so many names and ideas at him. And some of that is the stuff he hasn't gotten to yet. So hold tight..... he's not done.

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was just giving you "LASER BLAST" man, but if that's an angle that gets addressed, then sweet. Already have had to balance the question of whether to work today or whether to read, based on the links above.

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I've made it halfway through the articles now, and it's all great stuff. There was that one article from that Head guy - what was his nickname? "t-shirt fits too tight guy"? ...but other than that, great stuff.

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Big in the game. Or at least in the shirt.

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