The JOEpit Report - Johnny West Score!!!!

Joe Pit Report
Thursday, March 04, 2010
This week’s Host: Buddy Finethy

Steve and I are making great progress on the diorama. We completed a dozen windows for the castle with a hot wire, foam, and 3 layered window templates Steve developed. Steve and I are taking a break from the Wednesday night meetings until after Joelanta to complete the construction of the diorama. So in the mean time David Lane and Marten Jallad will be helping out with the Joe Pit Reports.

As Ya’ll know down here in Atlanta the Wednesday night JOE fun doesn’t always start that night. Take yesterday for instance when EJ and Marten (AKA The Marx Brothers) spent the whole day Joe-ing. Marten had received an email from Spidee (George Felix) who has a toy booth in an antique mall. He had just purchased a large collection containing some Johnny West items! That, coupled with the fact Spidee needed to replenish his stock and EJ wanting to thin out some of his collection made it a win - win situation for all involved. The great thing about knowing so many toy enthusiasts in town is that we have an awesome network to work with. After leaving Spidee’s and a Chinese Buffet later it was over to EJ’s to continue culling through his massive collection to get ready for Joelanta. Then Bryan comes over and digs through about 5 tubs of loose figures before the group headed on out to Buddy’s.

Charles had gotten there ahead of us all and grilled up a bunch of burgers and hot dogs and made some killer slaw. After some recaps on how great everything was coming along with the show and Buddy unveiling the 1st print of this years killer poster we settled down to watching Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. After the group (in much disbelief) learned that Marten had never seen The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind and Casablanca. We decided that Marten was horribly deprived as a child, even for someone who grew up in Kuwait. We agreed that we need a crash moviethon to close the holes in his edumacation. The flying monkeys alone could bridge countless gaps in his cultural understanding and enlightenment. Incidentally Sky Captain was great, especially seen in Buddy’s theatre room.

Come see the following Dealers at this year’s JOElanta. COTSWALD, Horror Works, Toy Chest & Collectibles, Dean Morrison, Capt. Cosmos Collectibles, Stewart’s Attic & Circle X Ranch, Foot Soldiers, House of Anime, F & M Models, The Toy Surgeon, Ace Allgood, DASH, Monocrhromatic Studios, Full Circle, Don Coffee with his “Flocking machine” This is just a sampling of the many great dealers at this years show.

Don’t forget about the custom figure, small diorama and custom vehicle contests. We have great prizes to give away to the best in each field.

As always the time for us to disband came too soon.

Until next week this is David Lane, Marten Jallad and Mike Gardner saying… ”Play with your toys! “
23 days to lift off