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CFB 2005

Thanks to everyone who attended the Annual meeting of the Crappy Figure Brigade. As a reminder this year’s “Dishonorable Discharge� (formerly Inductee into the Hall of Shame) is Battle Corp Leatherneck, lovingly nicknamed “Leopard Pants Leatherneck.�

This year it was also decided upon to include vehicles, so we introduce the “Decommissioned Junkyard.� In order to catch up we nominated and then voted for four inductees. Nominees included Triple T Tank, Road Toad, Destro’s Dominator, & The Earthquake. For a full list of nominees, see the end of the newsletter. The four vehicles inducted, are the Cobra Pogo, Fort America, Ninja Lightning, and the Pile Driver.

After much discussion on several topics, the following were decided upon and need to be considered when nominating in future years.

· Figures and vehicles need to be at least 10 years old before they can be considered to vote on. Just because a mold is 20 years old does not mean we can consider a version of a character that has come out in the last year. We had a lot of discussion back and forth on this. Some felt that comic pack figures should be allowed because the molds are that old. However, the point of the CFB is to celebrate the 3 ¾� line much in the way the D.O.B. members celebrate their line. We felt that if we start including newer stuff it would be offensive to the Hasbro Design team, and that is NOT our purpose. We want to give Hasbro our full support and keep the line around as long as possible. If there is a recent figure or vehicle you feel should be nominated, wait the required amount of years and nominate it.
· Only single vehicles and figures can be nominated. You can’t nominate “the entire ninja force vehicle line� as one nomination, but you can nominate and in turn vote on each one separately.
· Voting only occurs at the con, by those present. If you cannot attend the con, get your nomination into someone who is going, so they can nominate for you.
· While narrowing down the nominees, you can vote on as many as you like until the final voting round.
· It was suggested that we start using “Roberts Rules�, where a member of the club nominates it and someone else has to second it.
· The official mascots of the CFB are our first two inductees; Crystal Ball and Golobulous.

Next year we would like each member attending the club to do some sort of Golobulous custom, much in the same way the 12�ers do with all the Bulletman stuff. What we want to do is alternate between our two mascots each year. If possible, and you live close enough to another CFB member maybe even getting a dio entered would be fantastic.

I have a list of CFB members from this year’s con. I will dig through my computer and find last year’s to create a current master list. I will email it out to everyone shortly. If you notice any of your own information that is missing or incorrect, please email it back to me.

Here is a list of all the nominees for this year’s figure:
Deep Six v.1
Deep Six v. with “Finback the dolphin�
Dog Fight
Cobra Commander v.4 (Red Face)
Ice Cream Soldier
Voltar
Bazooka v.3 (Fisherman Bazooka)
Robo Joe
Bulletproof
Payload
Cross Country v.2 (Redneck)
Skidmark
Darklon
Sneak Peak
Taurus
Big Brawler
Create A Cobra
Leatherneck v.3 (Leopard Pants)

It narrowed down to the following three:
Fisherman Bazooka
Redneck Cross Country
Leopard Pants Leatherneck

All losing nominees can be re-nominated next year.

Vehicle Nominees:
Battle Copters
Triple T Tank
Darklon’s Evader
Destro’s Dominator
Road Toad
Cobra Pogo
Buzz Boar
R.P.V.
Earthquake
Fort America
Apache
Liquidator
Ninja Lightning
Falcon Glider
Hammerhead
Battle Axe
Pile Driver
Septic Tank

Again, those vehicles not voted in this year are eligible for re-nomination next year.

The CFB was created at the 2004 convention after Brian Savage suggested in the club forum that the 3 ¾� collectors have a club similar to the 12 inch’s D.O.B. This club is not intended to slam, mock, or otherwise put down the Joe line, or offend other collectors. It is meant as a tongue in cheek way of celebrating some of the decisions made throughout the toy line that always made us wonder. CFB members love Joe and want to see the line prosper and continue for years to come.

If you have any questions, please contact any of the following people.
General Zod: President
Card: Acting Vice President for life
Cmdrinchief:(need exact title)
Tazzman:(need exact title)
Adroq: Secretary