Saturday, October 18, 2008

Serial Ending. . .

A rag-tag crew of GIjOEs attempt to mount an attack, but have no idea where to start and who to go after first. . .
Paid Assassins Johnzilla. . .
. . .and Jackzilla await the opportunity to squelch any attempts by the humbled left-over Joes. What of the All Powerful Adventure Team. . .
"Well, Mysti, our plan has worked to perfection. The Underworld is in total disarray. The GIjOE team is fractured and divided. The bad guys have taken over every installation except, of course, this one. And these old farts are all ours, for the taking:-)"
"Can you imagine their net worth, Sybil?"
"Yes I can, Mysti. Yes I can."

That's no Adventure Team Outpost!

Not with James Julius Armstrong as Head of Security!
Oddjob and Tevalian as his thugs.
And a who's who of criminal masterminds celibrating the fall of GIjOE inside.
The Secret Mountain Outpost has been turned into Blofeld's Secret Ski Resort!

Secret Mountain Outpost.

With Duke defecting upstairs to do laundry detail and the ATHQ in the hands of the Villains the only hope left for the GIjOE team is a Call to Arms from the Secret Mountain Outpost.
Deep in the Swiss Alps, from the outside things seem pretty normal with Adventure Team Members guarding the post.
Adventure Teamers in the back as well. . . woops, what's with the drunken Man of Asia? Something's not right here.

The Motor Pool

The forces are ready to be deployed. . .
The Sponge Bob Brigade gets final adjustments.
Wagons, HO!
Where's the call to action. . .
All we need is the OK from Head Quarters and we will attack. . .

Unfortunately, that call never comes.

On the outskirts of the desert. . .

. . .Snake Eyes (1992) finds his search for the secret Cobra base a success. . .For Cobra!

An ambush! How did they know I was coming?
Zartan, in command of the base gives Ripper final instructions before unleashing him on the crippled GIjOE forces.
Snake Eyes: "Let's see, 6 on 1. You know the maximum number of people to attack one man is 5. Any more than that and you guys are going to get in each other's way."

Well done Snake Eyes. You've taken out 4 Cobra operatives. But now you're dead and there's still 4 more of us to administer Cobra Revenge on the GIjOEs.

Speaking of the Desert. . .

With the GIjOE team spead so thin, the government set out to improve their confidence by sending them after a small band of less than formative adversaries. Unfortunately, these small soldiers proved to be much more difficult for the GIjOE team than ever imagined. Led by Osama Bin Lactose in his tower the hodge-podge warriors take it to the Joes.
Jeep Driver takes out the Joe leader, Duke as Tonto fires on a Tunnel Rat.
Tunnel Rat returns fire as Double Duty goes toe to toe with a pint-sized Lone Ranger. Lanard takes out 2 Rangers before succumbing to his own wounds.

Sam the Explorer fires on another of the Double Duty Joes trying to invade the tower.

Adventure Team deep under cover.

Adventure Team Commander has a Secret Rendezvous in the closet of the 'zillas.
Man of Action needs a Winter Rescue to get him out of the guest closet.
Adventurer is prepared to do battle as the Desert Explorer.

The REAL Adventure Team take to the Upland.

Sea Adventurer blends into the base of a potted plant. That's potted plant, not pot plant!
Air Adventurer hides under a heavy wooden fortress.
Secret Agent, Man of Action, observes the mess hall out of view of unsuspecting diners.

Trouble at The Cobra Command Center

The Eagle Eye Adventure Team Commander had been attempting to infiltrate the ranks of Cobra. He was quickly discovered, captured and tortured for information.
Cobra's victory was short-lived, though. Muscle Body Man of Action also in Cobra disguise and Mike Powers on Special Assignment quickly and viciously liberated their Commander.
The Cobra casualties were severe. . .
and many.

And yet more Uplanders.

Snake Eyes guards the entrance to the guest house to give WWII Joe the needed time to disable the TV.
The Sand Scorpion gets stuck with Latrine duty.
The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, secures the front door.
Snow Plow communicates any unauthorized vehicles coming or going from the complex.

More Joes head upstairs amid the chaos.

Sean Connery as 007 takes the first DVD Tower.
Young Skywalker and Indiana Jones take the 2nd DVD Tower.
Flint and Snake Eyes take the rest of the Multi-media in the living quarters.
WWII Joe takes out the Multi-Media in the guest house.

More Pics from the ATHQ complex

Jackie has taken over the communications while Mattie disarms a found explosive.
On the other side of the complex The Mad Russian interrogates Barb for intel as the rest of the girls ponder their future.
The Team of Terror resists the appeals of the Barbies as Max and Ken complain of overcrowding.
What's this? One lone joe tries to get past the Barbs and Terrorist.

Meanwhile back at Adventure Team Head Quarters. . .

The new Adventure Team has fled because The Villains have taken over the Adventure Team Head Quarters/ Barbie Play House complex.

As T-Gore guards the front door, Yuri and the Mercinary remain at the ready in the Hummer if a quick exitus is called for.
T-Gore notices that Standish has company.
BBi girls? Welcome to the show. We've outsourced the dog fight to some of your friends.
The Mad Bomber and Junkyard Jack have the Training Tower secured and inaccible to the Adventure Team.