Hello. Welcome to my
G I Joe web site.
I'm James DeSimone.
I have been collecting G I Joe 25 years. Hasbro once honored me with a beautiful hand made custom GI Joe in my likness naming him/me as
"G I Joe’s #1 fan".

At one time I was licensed by Hasbro and organized the official club and produced the official conventions. But Hasbro choose to set the course of 12" GIJoe on a destructive path leading to his cancelation in 2005. As a collector of vintage GIJoe, what Hasbro does has no bareing on our hobby. The key word is vintage. After all, our goal as collectors it to obtain items that are in some cases 40+ years old and Hasbro simply cant help us do that.
To know more about me and why I am qualified to host this site please refer to "about the author" in my 3 GI Joe books. You can also follow the history of collecting on this site.

I have many exciting ideas for this site. I want it to be as interactive as possible. Your suggestions are welcome and needed.
The military term G I Joe took on a whole new meaning as a toy to countless boys in the 60’s. Today, children do not know Joe as we did. If Hasbro would have heard and listened to the suggestions of collectors back in 1991, there would be no competition worth speaking of to draw collectors away form their loyalty to G I Joe.
In the year 2006, "G I Joe" is now thought of as a general term for a variety of military type figures in the hobby of G I Joe collecting. This web site will primarily concentrate on G I Joe of the 64-94, with links to sites for other G I Joe type action figures.