So we had some technical difficulties this weekend that kept us from bringing you more photos from WonderFest USA. We’re going to play catch-up with two or three of our mini-photo essays this week. To start us off, we’re actually departing WonderFest to show you scenes from our side-trip to noted GI Joe Collector, Steve Stovall’s house. That’s Steve at the right, showing off a very rare GI Joe art toy.
In addition to having an amazing collection of toys and being an all-around nice guy, Steve is the world’s foremost expert on Super Joe, and is the creator of the 3D Super Joe website.
Steve graciously offered us the chance to see his magnificent collection even though it was in a bit of disarray. Our minds were sufficiently blown. In the first of three photo essays, we’re just going to give you a taste of the awesome treasures that Steve has tucked away in his house in Louisville.
It was a fun evening with your PopCulteer doing the driving from our hotel to Steve’s house, without the benefit of GPS and having never driven in Louisville before/ We got there with no problem and hung out for a while basking in Steve’s amazing toy collection while catching up with our JoeLanta buddies, Scott and Charlotte Beckmann, Steve Bugg, Buddy Finethy and of course, Steve Stovall himself.
Here’s the tip of the iceberg of Steve’s toy collection…
Just one display cabinet, filled with MEGO, Gilbert Bond and Man From U.N.C.L.E. figures and an autographed photo of Adam West
Another cabinet filled with rare boxed GI Joe goodies.
You never know when you’re going to need a dozen space capsules
More space capsules, in the box
A one of a kind gem, a life-sized GI Joe Footlocker.
There’s more! Open it up and there’s a tray filled with kid-sized toy equipment to match what the original had. And there’s more than that!
Lift out the tray and you’ll find an incredible collection of GI Joe boardgames, puzzles, bagatelles, magic erase pads and other hard-to-find licenses items.
The Crash Crew Firetruck is one of the most rare GI Joe vehicles. I never saw one in person until the first time I went to JoeLanta. Steve has a convoy of them in his basement floor. There’s an even more rare red one upstairs.
We leave this photo essay with a quick look at Super Joe, the short-lived smaller version of GI Joe. Steve is one of the foremost experts on Super Joe in the world, and our next photo essay will be devoted to his amazing world-wide collection.
Keep checking PopCult, because these photo essays are going to be coming fast!
WOW!!!