The GI Joe Lady - The biggest gi joe collection ever?? 4 hours long

[@FlophouseFilms]

Hello everyone, here is a link to Episode 1 of the original series I made MANY years ago. Back then the series was broken up into 18 smaller episodes. I will post combined, full length versions of both series later this month. Thank you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/in2UoI17iteXjJo

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

^ also his is better quality, so for anyone watching on a tv or bigger device (which i recommend) def check the vids out on his channel.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

hey man question, how did recording this all come about? did you contact her and then visit? was she nearby or you had to take a trip? also were the other people in the film people you knew or were they other people invited?

[@FlophouseFilms]

@@hippa2dahoppa2 Both Aire, the woman in these videos, and Mark Bellomo, who I had filmed a year earlier, I just knew through old toy group forums. Both were very open and giving with their toy knowledge to other collectors in the forums, so at different times I reached out to both to see if they'd be interested in having me film them while they talked about their collections. Mark was in the middle of prepping his second edition of The Ultimate Guide To G.I.JOE book, so I flew out to the east coast and stayed with him for 4 or so days while we filmed. Then the following year I flew down to Texas to stay with Aire for 4-5 days while we filmed her collection. The group that showed up was not pre-planned by me, Aire had offered to allow some local collectors to visit while I happened to be there, so it actually worked out well because it gave her people to talk to and explain everything, instead of just talking into the camera more. I only made these videos for fun, but unfortunately it was too expensive to keep doing these videos for free. I live in Canada, so I had pay about $1,000 for each series to cover flights, and other transportation to make them. Both were a great experience, I just couldn't keep doing them for the out of pocket costs.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

@@FlophouseFilms oh wow dude thats a awesome story thanks for sharing. i had did concerts for a number of years and met some comedians and started hanging with them in new york. but it would take me 9 hours to drive there each time plus the cost of hotels there etc was way to much. (i hate flying btw) i really wanted to get into interviewing them and make a seperate page for that because i earned trust of people to be around. had alot of interview ideas but then covid hit and i moved on to other things. sttill get offered to come out all the time i just cant make it. i love documenting things, i did alot of graffiti and urban exploring as well. so its cool to hear stuff like yours from other people who film. thanks for sharing.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

@@FlophouseFilms you know what might be a neat good idea is doing a small skype interview with her and asking her how shes been and have her say what she did with her collection. might be a neat little update video?

[@peterbecker4851]

I wish I could have hugged her. What a lady. What a collector. So Kind and willing to teach. RIP

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

the original film maker has said shes still alive, the other comment had it wrong.

[@litoyguy]

I remember watching this multipart series a long time ago. Thanks for sharing this. The collection is so impressive.

[@Bear-nu8xm]

This has got to be the largest and best collection of Joes in the world! I bet she has more than the manufacturer

[@NERDYGAMETURDY]

YOOOO! I was looking for this VID! Thanks for reposting it BRO BRO!

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

its def a hidden gem, the original film maker is in the pinned comment. i had not seen it for years either and randomly found it in a different folder on a drive then i usually would file stuff in

[@wiz7190]

This lady is my hero. Id love to have a collection even comparable to hers. Insane collection.

[@NoahLee-g9r]

Look at mama go..😱 with all their names and stuff.. omg..! Now that's what i called, "G.I JOE'S MAMA" an avid collector wouldn't have any problems with thier names,colours, which maker,even from which year.. you earned the title mama.. 🫡🫡 heard that you're sick. I pray for your health and always in God's grace.. 🙏😊

[@HawaiiFlyO]

Her name is "Airedevon". Years ago, her hard drives crashed and she lost all of her backups to her "toy history" book ahe was working on. She had many complete vintage toy lines not just G.I. Joe ARAH. Yes, all of it is gone now. She gave up on finishing the book and sold all of her collection. A few of the Joe guys on the toy forums she used to post on got pieces of her collection. No one knows were she is today.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

oh no! thats a sad ending! thank you for the update. i imagine if she sold it in todays market she prob would of got 3x more maybe on some of those sealed cards. at least shes free from the burden of it though and its all documented.

[@SuperJK-Man]

Damn, she is badass having her collection. She’s sitting on a fortune. I hope she has a secured museum for her collection.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

she ended up selling it off, bu i dont think well see another collection quite like it again.

[@NoahLee-g9r]

Im so sorry.. just went thru with the comments and found out that mama had already passed.. 😔😔 still, my prayers and thoughts for the family.. R.I.P mama.. 💐💐🌹🌹💐💐 you collections are still the best..

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

she is still with us, the filmmaker has confirmed she is ok and trains dogs now.

[@jimmyvancraybeek4089]

The kitchen of my dreams ❤

[@LANCELOROX]

🇺🇲😎🥃. There's no man on Earth as badass as she is. She is the goddess queen of all GI Joe collectors on Earth. 👑🌎

[@teamnevels0311]

Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ericrichards3337]

Amazing collection. Sad she sold it off but glad it sounds like people got it who would appreciate it. Easily $100k worth of Joes there.

[@christopherterheyden9583]

This is Chad Hucal's film. I sent him the link.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

thank you so much, do you know if his original posts are up? i could not find them before making this. and def if he comments ill pin him in the comments. thanks for the update!

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

nevermind i think he commented, waiting on what he wants me to do.

[@igordelgado7837]

Absolutely amazing collection. Of course I know this madam. Also, she reminds me of Traudl Junge's youth.. :)

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

yah actually she kinda does a little

[@Ottophil]

I feel like her parents wanted her to play with dolls and shes like, no

[@carlbenfield2971]

Tearing open sealed bags just to show the variations in colour. She loves to share her passion and obviously way before this stuff got super expensive.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

man i remember around the time this came out i was buying up AFA's and tall cards as much as i could. we were in a recession and AFAs were around $50 and sealed cards were about $10. i wish i would of bought more but i was remodeling my first house i had bought. that collection right now if it still existed (which others said it was sold off already) would prob be worth 100k? 500k? maybe a million? i dunno but it would sure be up there for the prices they are going for now. the way she just threw carded joes around in the comic book boxes makes me jump on the edge of my seat going nooooo please handle with care! lol

[@FlophouseFilms]

#hippa2dahoppa2 - Do you have a link to where you found "amazing gijoe toy action figure collection must see". Not even close to the right title and I'd like to see who else is uploading my content as their own.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

are you chad hucal? the person mentioned above in the other post? i dont have the link as it was downloaded many many many years ago, but thats the exact title that it was saved as that was on youtube, thats why i menttioned it in the intro. and i could not find that title when searching youtube. i dont know how old this video is, but im guessing i had downloaded it in maybe 2013. 2017 at the latest. which is why i made the lengthy intro is to find the original owner if that is you. i tried to be as respectable as possible and i can take it down if its yours and you provide the original link if youd like. i dont monetize anything on my channel, ive just always found this a really really amazing documentary and wanted to reshare it and give proper credit to the original people. i have a huge passion for vintage joes, i bought a bunch of afa's even off the guy from coleco when he sold off his collection. but ive switched to motu origins. again no disrespect, i posted all out of love

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

i looked at your channel and believe this is yours, and by the post of your uploads it says 6 yrs ago. my flash drive says 2017 so that would seem to line up pretty close. the clips were 4 1 hour long clips (i can screenshot it if youd like although i dont think it matters). someone may have merged your clips at that time into a hour long clip (hour may of been the max in 2017 maybe? i know sometimes it took a while to extend from 10 minutes to longer uploads). let me know if you want me to take it down. if you do want me to take it down id urge you to please merge the clips like i did and re upload them. youtube is more popular today then it was 6 yrs ago and more people can see it. thanks!

[@FlophouseFilms]

Those dates are correct. This is the back story. If you look at the description below my videos it also explains this. I originally uploaded them in about 2010 or 11 I think, but they were only in 720p. Then around 2017 I re-uploaded the videos in 1080p, since more and more content then was becoming higher def. So I lost all the original view counts on the initial 720p versions, but I have those numbers in the description of each video. Oh, and yes, I’m Chad. If your videos aren’t monetized, that is fine, please just leave a link for Episode 1 of my series pinned at the top of the comments and in the description. It’s just not cool when people take my videos and pass them off as their own while they monetize them as well and make money off my work. Thank you.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

@@FlophouseFilms that makes alot more sense of why i was thinking closer to 2013 then because i had bought my first house and got sick at the same time for about 8 months i was stuck in bed and the economy was still bad and i was on a gi joe buying spree since everything was so cheap. if you can do me a favor and leave a fresh new comment with the link you want and say your the owner i'll pin that as well as leave these comments here. i think its better if i pin it coming from you so people can click on your name easily as well as the link. also if u havent checked the first 4 minutes of the vid please watch it. i know how u feel at first, ive had people steal my edits on my other channels, i have 3 diff channels that i dont monetize so i know it can be infuriating when someone steals something with no credit. id have to browse my flash drive again but i think i have the low quality old old versions pasted together in this version. so maybe in the new post also mention he better quality is on your page if that sounds good? thanks man

[@FlophouseFilms]

@@hippa2dahoppa2 I will add a new comment with a link to the original videos for you to pin, thank you doing that. Thank you also for suggesting doing a full version cut to upload. You're right, back when these were originally uploaded YT had a much smaller time limit. In the next few weeks I'll do that for both series. Lastly, thank you for both acknowledging in your intro that the videos weren't yours and that you weren't monetizing them, and also for offering to take the video down if I had requested it. Not everyone on the internet has enough class to do the right thing. So thanks for being one of the good ones.

[@willieellis7009]

This filmmaker also did the ultimate guide to G I Joe documentary with Mark when he was working on volume one someone told me long ago that they bought her collection and unfortunately she has already passed

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

oh no! thats very sad to hear she passed =( another person said in the comments she had pieced alot out to alot of the members on the gi joe forum and was selling it off. im wondering if one person bought a bulk of it?

[@FlophouseFilms]

She has not passed away. She just got burnt out on toys. She trains dogs professionally now. I still know someone who keeps in contact with her.

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

@@FlophouseFilms oh thats good news! =)

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

you know your collection is large when it covers multiple rooms lmao

[@JamesPero-u1c]

The game chasers got to see her when she was in the middle of selling off her collection. Its a whole episode on one of there early seasons

[@MrChristopoop]

That was what I was thinking before the video started with her appearing. My brain was saying they went to her house, but I thought I had seen something else on her as well. I also could not imagine the game chasers actually brought enough cash to buy anything from her (“what’s wrong with these guys”???). Hahaha.

[@craigbloxham8344]

Omg

[@treytonhunsaker]

1:04:07 This part is amazing to me because I always wonder all the time if these things we do as humans will be lost forever to time simply because no one is recording every last fact of the process. She was literally archiving everything about G.I. Joe to be not only a permanent part of our culture's history, but a comprehensible part of our culture's history. It might be in vain, but it is incredibly inspirational and I feel the same should be done for everything in our culture, but we need people with time, patience, and money like this to do it basically... Thanks for sharing this documentary @hippa2dahoppa2 & thanks for creating the film @FlophouseFilms

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

i was always thinking man they should have a gi joe museum, and then i was thinking well if they did, how? thats when i started searching out big collections and i believe it was the old joe forum that people showed me this back then. this womans collection was so enormous that there is times second after second i would say wow wow wow. its totally crushed every collection i ever saw. i really wish there could of been a way for her to archive it as a museum and make money off tours and somehow have the city preserve it and file it all. but i guess this is the closest itll get. i started collecting he man origins 4 or 5 yrs ago and i set out on a mission to get all mint and the entire set as its still being released. i would say as far as i know i have the most mint he man origins set there is that i know of. i went through great lengths of trial and error finding the perfect card. now that the line is slowing down im slowly getting some of the variations. id like to think a little of her collecting stuck with me