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WonderFest Side Trip: A Visit To Steve Stovall’s House…part three

Wrapping up our visit to Steve Stovall’s house, we see a few more of the incredible items in his collection, and yet, we don’t come close to seeing it all.  I want to thank Steve once again for his gracious hospitality in welcoming me and my wife to his home to see his incredible toy collection. Please be sure to visit 3D Super Joes to find out more about the little-known chapter of GI Joe’s evolution. Steve wil fill you in on every detail of this cool, but overlooked, part of toy history.

I also want to thank Buddy Finethy for convincing me to start going to WonderFest USA back in 2015 (and also for dragging me down to my first JoeLanta years before). Buddy is the cream of the crop when it comes to toy collectors, and folks like Buddy are a big part of why I’m so happy to belong to this community.

You can see part one of our visit to Steve’s house HERE, and part two HERE.

Our lead image in this batch of photos sees Steve showing off two very rare large GI Joe bagatelles, which I believe complete his collection of these cool plastic pinball toys. To the left you see some rare GI Joe colorforms.

Now that we have our side visit to Steve’s properly documented, tomorrow PopCult will head back to WonderFest USA for more of the cool stuff that we saw in the model contest and on the dealer’s room floor.

And as a side note: Don’t forget to listen to The AIR, our internet radio station. We’re shaking up the schedule once again this week, and today at 5 PM you can hear a new episode of Marking Out, our pro-wrestling talk show with Matt BelVillain and Betty Rock.

Now on to Steve’s house one last time…

This just sort of hits you in the face when you walk into his main 'Joe Room.

This just sort of hits you in the face when you walk into his main “Joe Room.”

One more shot of Steve's cool glass cases filled with Super Joe rarities.

One more shot of Steve’s cool glass cases filled with Super Joe rarities.

Everywhere you turn in Steve's basement you find a wealth of rare toy treasures.

Everywhere you turn in Steve’s basement you find a wealth of rare toy treasures.

While the monkey is the focal point, rabid toy collectors can spend hours finding all the rare goodies tucked away in this photo.

While the monkey is the focal point, rabid toy collectors can spend hours finding all the rare goodies tucked away in this photo.

Part of Steve's complete collection of MEGO Planet of the Apes playsets.

Part of Steve’s complete collection of MEGO Planet of the Apes playsets.

Part of another display case full of treasures.

Part of another display case full of treasures.

Even more, and yes, that is a red Crash Crew Firetruck on the bottom shelf.

Even more, and yes, that is a red Crash Crew Firetruck on the bottom shelf.

Steve's collection is in a bit of disarray at the moment because he's been hitting up toy shows and acquiring more goodies. So every corner of his basement holds rare and wonderful things, like this lighted display cabinet with the White Tiger Hunt Adventure Team set on display and Mint in the box.

Steve’s collection is in a bit of disarray at the moment because he’s been hitting up toy shows and acquiring more goodies. So every corner of his basement holds rare and wonderful things, like this lighted display cabinet with the White Tiger Hunt Adventure Team set on display and Mint in the box.

Then you turn a corner and BOOM--there's a box for a Crash Crew Firetruck.

Then you turn a corner and BOOM–there’s a box for a Crash Crew Firetruck.

Turn another corner and the synapses fire as you see a doll that your sister had forty-five years ago.

Turn another corner and the synapses fire as you see a doll that your sister had forty-five years ago.

As we were getting ready to leave, Buddy said,

As we were getting ready to leave, Buddy said, “Hey, did you see the wall of Footlockers?” Yow!

Thanks again to Steve Stovall. Come back to PopCult all week long for more photo essays devoted to WonderFest USA. We had some technical issues that kept us from getting these to you sooner, but we think we have the bugs all ironed out now.

1 Comment

  1. Thomas Wheeler

    WOW!

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