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Hello everyone,

I'm sure, like many others on this forum, that some people might recognize my name even if they haven't ever talked to me. I'm a member of most of the communities, even if I don't post often, I mostly stick to Cobraisland. My name is Timothy Mizak, I've been a toy collector since 1995 when I turned ten and began to look for Tiger Force figures I once had. Being a kid and trying to collect was difficult, as ten dollars a week allowance can't compete with a bunch of adults with jobs collecting, so while I've been at it for 15-16 years I still have a ways to go, but I still have quite an impressive collection. I'm a completionist, an army builder, and I love many of the aspects of G.I. Joe itself. I collected Sgt. Savage when RAH ended, and I was a big time fan of the Hall of Fame and Classic Collection figures, so pretty much anything goes for what I like, including ROC.

My personal life is this, I'm 25 right now, I'm recently married and happy to have married the only girl I've ever met who appreciates everything I am, and I am a student working on an MBA. Since I was thirteen I've wanted to be a toy designer, because of toy lines like G.I. Joe and Star Wars, and I do have a degree in Industrial Design. This summer I'm going to make a toy from scratch, right now I'm in the concept stage, in fact I should be doing that right now. My dream job is to work at Hasbro at practically any level. I live in MD, and I started in Western MD where there is nothing but mountains, I've lived in Baltimore for college, and now I'm fifteen minutes from the Atlantic Ocean, it's a wonderful state.

The things I collect are the toys, all of them and any of them have something about them I can appreciate, even the Manimals, and Star Brigade and everything else people typically hate on, when I was a kid that was G.I. Joe. I love those later years, as those were the toys I got for Christmas or birthdays. I also try to collect the comics, posters, and weird things with the G.I. Joe name on them. And not to brag but I have been lucky enough to attend Seven Official Conventions since 1999. I'm also writing my own Diostory and working on some customs so I love to be creative with the toys. Like Gyre-Viper I have a huge appreciation for the creation of the toys, since I'm trying to enter the field, and I own two sets of presentation art myself that I look forward to sharing with this community.

Anyways I hope to get to know more collectors, as I don't have know many people who collect myself, and I look forward to sharing my passion for this hobby with others.

Thank you and Yo Joe!

mizak23

Good to see you, Tim! We missed you at 'Sightings!

What he said - good blast from the past!

Glad you found your way here Tim. Good look on the career, and make sure to keep us posted on its progress.

Sure I'll post my progress of designing my own toy line here if anyone is interested .

I do believe that's at the spiritual core of what this here site's about.