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 Club Websites
You Should Know About
(last updated 5-09)
Find,
join or start a GIjOE / Action Figure Club in your area TODAY.
Clubs are a great way to make new friends, learn new customization
and collecting techniques, and buy-sell-trade Joe-related stuff.
Go Joe!
ALABAMA
The Alabama (NORALA)
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in Alabama and Tennessee. Meetings are held in Huntsville, AL.
Call Dave Matteson at (256) 684-9000 or (256) 880-3101 for information.
CALIFORNIA
The Southern California
Inland Empire Division of the GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club site for
collectors in Southern California - Inland Empire Division. Contact
Fred Sandoval at (909) 926-9264 or email: ourtribe@juno.com
COLORADO
The Colorado Action
Figure Collectors Club
Meets monthly in the
Denver area. For information call George Carcia at (303) 972-7297
or email him at: gt9723@msn.com
The Colorado 1/6th Scale
Collectors Club
Meets at the Toys R Us
in Westminister, CO, Fourth Saturday of every month 7-9 p.m.
Contact mike Middleton at (303) 766-0361 or email: centennialjoe@aol.com
CONNECTICUT
The Connecticut GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in Connecticut. Their club website's very old (but then, so are
the members). HA! Just kidding, guys. Email John Kozin at: OneSixthSynd@aol.com for
information. Find
website HERE
COTSWOLD/GIJOE/DRAGON
The Cotswold/GIjOE/Dragon
Collectors Club
The Cotswold/GIjOE/Dragon Collectors
Club isopen to all individuals in the continental United States.
Members come together via email and have online chat sessions.
They also trade figures and parts, especially Cotswold figures
and accessories. Contact Edward Chavez at: Eddietoys@aol.com
or phone at 909/875-1341 for more information.
FLORIDA
The South Florida GIjOE
Collectors Club
This club meets the 2nd
Sunday of each month at different locations. Great website for
happy looking bunch of Joe collectors down in Florida. If you
live in that region, you need to join forces with these guys
ASAPby calling Gregg Pellito at (954) 572-6475 or emailing him
at DJMARGA@aol.com.
Find
website HERE
The Central Florida
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club site for
collectors in South Florida. Contact Cathy Jones at CthJ@aol.com
GEORGIA
The Atlanta GIjOE Collectors
Club
The local club site for
collectors in the Atlanta area. A big city has to have a big
club, with big membership and big fun! And this one sure does.
The club meets once a month to share a common interest in GIJOE
and other 1/6 scale action figures. If you live in the area or
are visiting they would be honored to have you attend their meetings.
Meetings are currently held at 12 Noon on the second Sunday of
each month at "The War Room" which is a hobby store
in Duluth. You can find driving directions at their web site.
They also meet at Hobbytown USA in Kennesaw on occasion.
One of the best organized local GIjOE clubs in the country, the
Atlanta club's roster reads like a "Who's Who" of GIjOE
fame. Lanny Lathem, John Ivory, Buddy Finethy, Robin and Skip
Are--the list just goes on and on. They're all famous in their
own way and you can find them all here, every month, meeting
together in one, big club in the "big A." For more
information on this amazing group, check out the mighty Joelanta
website.
Find website
HERE.
ILLINOIS
The Central Illinois
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
living in the Central Illinois region. Fun website for Joe-heads
everywhere to visit! See how they doing it in the corn-belt.
Email Mark Otnes at sterling@shout.net
for more information.
Find
website HERE
The Chicago, IL GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in the Chicago area. Meets monthly on Saturdays (September -
June). For more information contact Kevin Bolger, 510 N. Prospect
Manor Ave., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. You can also call him at
(847) 577-8437 or email at: gijoe@megsinet.net. Visit their website
HERE.
IOWA
The Central Iowa GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in central Iowa. Contact Mike Walstrom at 504 Marshall, Box 186,
Slater, IA 50244. Phone: 515-685-2188.
KENTUCKY
The Central Kentucky
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club site for
collectors in central Kentucky. Meets the 1st Saturday of each
month. Call Roy Bowen at (606) 744-1541 for information. Their
website is prone to annoying pop-up ads, but the photos show
they're heavy into dioramas and "out in the field"
photography. Check 'em out and give them a word of encouragement.
Bluegrass collectors UNITE!
Find
website HERE
The Kentuckiana GIjOE
Collectors Club
Meets the 2nd Satruday
of every month, 10am. Contact Larry Weiss at (812) 948-5808,
or email gt500428@couriernet.infi.net
MEXICO
The Mexico City GIjOE
Collectors Club
The Mexico City, Mexico
- GI Joe Collector's Club is great for our amigos south of the
border. Contact Carlos M. Santillan by email at: cmsahe@hotmail.com
or Ricardo San Martin Fierro at rsm@epi.org.
Adventureos de Accion
Another Hispanic-language
internet group for collectors of GIjOE, Adventure Team and Action
Man!
Find
website HERE
MINNESOTA
The Minnesota GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club site for
collectors in Minnesota. Another site with lots of great stuff
for Joe fans in the "land of 10,000 lakes." Check out
the photos of all the members checking out Ace's Joe Room. What
a collection!
Find website HERE
NEW JERSERY
The Central New Jersey
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in central New Jersey. Email Ron Neubauer at: rneub@hotmail.com
for information.
The South Jersey GIjOE
Collectors Club
Recently formed in January
of 2002, the G.I. Joe Collector's Club of South Jersey is seeking
new recruits to it's membership. From Burlinton County to Cape
May County. If you collect G.I. Joe's or 12" Action figures
and enjoy building dioramas, please contact them to join the
club. 84 Greenwood Dr., Turnersville, NJ 08012. Phone: 856/218-1176,
Fax: 609/625-0907. You can email: sj.gijoe@comcast.net
and/or go to their website.
Find website
HERE
NEW YORK
The Long Island GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in Long Island, NY. New Yorkers sure know their Joes, and these
guys have some SERIOUS collections. Check out their website and
prepare to be amazed (or saddened, depending on your personality)--HA.
Find website HERE
The GIjOE Collectors
Club of Newburgh
They collect Joes from
'60s-present. To join to get further information contact Tom
Rush at 845/562-7566 (after 8 pm EST).
OHIO
JOhio, The Ohio GIjOE
Collectors Club
This is a big GIjOE club
known as "JOhio." This group has been around since
2002 and their website since 2007. There is a monthly dinner
on the second Thursday of every month and they have about 6 to
7 large socials a year (geez, these guys are REALLY active).
There are over 50 members and to my knowledge it is the largest
local division of the National G.I. Joe Collectors club EVER.
Their emphasis is on the little Joes, but it's all good, solid
GIjOE fun. GO JOE!
Find website HERE
The (Ohio) Sixth Scale
Collectors Club (Cincinnati)
A fantastic GIjOE club
for collectors in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Find their website
with complete information HERE.
PENNSYLVANIA
The Pennsylvania GIjOE
Collectors Club (Philadelphia)
In the Philadelphis area,
T. Collins is looking to start a GI Joe/1:6th scale figure club,
and would like to hear from people within 25-30 miles of Center
City, PA. Please email him at: toysoldierman20001@yahoo.com,
or send a postcard to him at 301 Poplar Street, Darby, PA 19023.
PHILIPPINES
The Manila (Philippines)
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in the Philippines. Check 'em out and tell Rainman "hello!"
from the U.S.A.
Find website HERE
PUERTO RICO
Club De Coleccionistas
De Figuras De Accion De Puerto Rico
Here's a great club in
Puerto Rico with some really talented members. Check out their
website HERE.
TEXAS
The Dallas / Fort Worth
GIjOE Collector's Club
This is the local club
for collectors in the Dallas/Fort Worth.Texas Area. These guys
are very web-savvy, so there's a lot of information about them
to check out online. Start by visiting their original Yahoo discussion
board HERE,
then jump to their official club website HERE
and finally, view tons of photos at their new Facebook page found
HERE.
If all this information whets your Joe-appetite and you want
to experience some great Lone Star GIjOE fun, "shoot "
Keith Holmes an e-mail at: keithholmestx@yahoo.com
or club historian Michael Milstead at milsteadslp@rocketmail.com.
Yeeeee-HA!
The Houston "Space
City" GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in the Houston, Texas Area. No website, but they do use and maintain
a club forum. It's pretty active, so if you live in or near Houston,
jump right in!
Find
forum HERE
The "Lone Star
Scale Raiders"
The LSSR is Texas based,
but a seperate entity from the DFW Chapter of the Collectors'
Club. They primarily meet to create vast, outdoor dioramas about
every 3 months. Shoot Greg Brown an e-mail if you want to attend
a meeting at: eklyps@flash.net.
Find
website HERE
The San Antonio GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club site for
collectors in San Antonio, TX. This is a very active group. They've
been meeting monthly since February 1999. They're heavy into
diorama building and are featured in the "dioramas"
section of this website. If you live in the Alamo City, you'll
want to hook up with Rick Sollers and these guys. Contact Rick
through his website for more information.
Find website HERE
UTAH
The Utah GIjOE Collectors
Club
The club for collectors
in Utah. Members usually meet on the last Saturday of the month.
For more information contact Kelly Loveless, 1309 N. 725 W.,
W. Bountiful, UT, 84087 or phone 801/298-2776.
VIRGINIA
The Northern Virginia
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club site for
collectors in Virginia. These guys know how to have fun with
their Joes. Robert E. Lee would be proud!
Find website HERE
WASHINGTON
The Washington GIjOE
Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in the state of Washington. Meets the 3rd Sunday of each month.
Email Jason Babbitt at: bazookajoe_77@yahoo.com
or visit their website HERE.
WASHINGTON D.C.
The Washington, DC Joes
GIjOE Collectors Club
The local club for collectors
in the Washington, DC area. If you're moving to or live in that
area, we recommend you seek out Mark Wright for more information.
Visit his amazing Beachhead website for more information on everything
GIjOE!
Find
website HERE
INTERNATIONAL
The GIjOE Club
This is the BIG one--the
national GIjOE club! They're so big they have their own newsletter,
annual free figure giveaways, a full Joe shopping area full of
unique convention sets and much more. We highly recommend joining
at LEAST this organization. A must see!
Find website HERE
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