From Chief CWO:
So as many of you may or may not know King Moth’s house burnt down and he lost all his fodder. Well this is what I.C.O.N. is all about (helping a brother in need).
So we are going to have a little contest.. To be eligible you must contribute at least three pieces of fodder. In 2 weeks I will draw a name at random.
The PRIZE: A MOC IRON MAN 2 WAR MACHINE EARLY RUN BLUE MISPRINT
Lets help a BRO in need.
-CWO
Our own Lantern_Lad is at the 2012 Sand Diego Comic Con, having hit the road at 4:15am. As we receive pics/info from him, we will post them here!
 Lantern_Lad with the man responsible for bringing G.I. Joe into our lives, Larry Hama! Note the OG13 swag!
It’s time to get out your voting devices, because the competition has started! We need your vote!
Instructions on how to vote coming soon! Click here to see them all up close.
Voting will start today. Here are the final entries. Wow, this is going to be a stiff competition. Click here to see the other entries!
Mud Run                         Smokescreen                        Frostbite
Cobra Commander                                     Kamakura                                                  Law&Order
Cover Girl                                                  Storm Shadow                                        Resolute Gung-Ho
Bull-Dog                                             Center-Mass                                      Freefall
OG13 launched its Junior section to highlight Kids Customs! Special thanks to iDz Bowl for the brilliant suggestion!
This is a customs showcase for the children of our OG13 members. All we ask of those who enter is to be respectful. Do not use foul language, do not be insulting or hurtful, and just remember the age of your audience. This is the ONLY forum on the entire site that we ask this of you, and I am sure everyone with children will be happy to know that we have placed these restrictions here.
Wow, when Lowlight told me what he had planned for this figure, I knew that it would be good. I just hadn’t realized that it would be SPECIAL. I can go on and on with pretty adjectives and unique descriptive narratives, but I think you would be better suited to look at the pictures yourself. I reduced the image to make it so small that you just HAD to click through to see the full size shots.
Outstanding work, my friend!
Side Note: If this is the first time that you have been front paged, than I have been sadly negligent in sharing your work!
From Lowlight27:
This is Merciless, My version of Mercer, only instead of Disavowing Cobra, he embraced it!
Today is the last day to enter our first custom contest on OG13. Here are the latest of entries! Voting starts tomorrow, Sat Jul 14th – Sat 21. Good luck and may the most favored win, although they are all favored by at least one!
Cover Girl                                                                                                        Nunchuck
                                           High-Tech
The contest is at its climax! Time for some more entries, don’t forget that you have until tomorrow 7/13 to enter. Click here to see other entries
Road Pig                           Gen. Joe Colton               Cobra Commander
Renegades Storm Shadow
The OG13 is pleased to announce that it has reached a milestone – 200 registered members.
Welcome !!Snake-Eyes!! to the the OG13 – our 200th Member.
And a shout-out to Chief CWO, Steel, and Storm, who have been recruiting dynamos for us the last few days.
In March 2012 when we started this site we knew we had a great core of members and we built the OG13 for them. Each and every day since we’ve gotten new members to our community, each brining something unique whether it be snarky commentary, amazing customs or just good friendship.
We thank you and can’t wait to see 200 more.
Please welcome steel to the OG13 staff as our newest recruiter and reporter. Steel has brought unparalleled enthusiasm and motivation to the site, as well as a great wealth of members who have followed him over from other sites (in a very short time nonetheless). The man has a vast amount of community experience, which I will let him share with you guys on his own time! We look forward to the many contributions and ideas that he has in the works!
One of our newest members and a member of Mayhem Customs, Storm brings his creative mastery to his Custom Zarana.
Here are this weeks latest entries in the Masters of Mayhem Custom Figures contest. Make sure to contact Byrnes if you would like to enter. There are only 3 days left to enter and the Competition is in full force!
Click here to read and see more.
Poison                                                   Darkwise                                            Cover-Girl
One of our newest members on the OG13 and a fan favorite among the 118th, joedios, and his facebook page; Footloose delivers an amazing custom APC displayed in one of his amazing dio backgrounds. Click here to read and see more. We can’t wait to see more! Welcome aboard, Footloose!
IceWolf has passed along the information to General Joe’s JoeCon Concept Case Survey. They have plenty of information contained within, so there is no need for me to recap. Read below, and click through for more.
The reveal of the Concept Case at the 2012 International G.I. Joe Convention in New Orleans made many fans smile, but also brought some hard feelings as well, with fans getting a first hand look at product that may not see release.
Throughout the show, though, Hasbro revealed to the community at large via the What’s on Joe Mind podcast that they would be starting the process of online polling, gathering data to pass along to Hasbro corporate for potential figure releases down the road.  But they are asking for our help!
GeneralsJoes isn’t content to sit and wait for Hasbro to get their page coded.  This stuff is fresh in our minds now, and we figured what better way to make our voice heard than to start the survey and polling process NOW.
One of our newest members to the OG13, Predator64 just dropped an amazing series he’s put together featuring his custom made joes along with some fan favorites. You can check out the rest of his videos on Youtube. His handle there is, 64colossus.
Here is the first of his series,
First up is Idz’s first custom, a marvelous repaint of a Techno Viper followed by a Desert BAT.
Whoa! I didn’t even see the Foot Soldier!
One of the most beloved vipers of Cobra. Lantern_Lad nails it with his favorite custom and its easy to see why!
With only one week left to enter, the customs keep streaming in! Such great entries so far it will be hard to pick just 3!
This week’s latest entries, click here to see the previous entries.
Steel Brigade- Jungle Operations                                Black Mamba                         Flint
Claymore
Come and celebrate week 9 of our 52 figure giveaway. We are giving away TWO figures this week, which will discretely end our year long total at 53 figures (at least)!
Congrats to Jericho Noleski on his week 8 win!
This week’s free figures:
From Talisman:
“As we start on the home stretch, I am removing the package table; Tickets for the Final drawing are now a dollar each!”
FINAL Drawing 7/13/2012:
Renegades Storm Shadow
PoC Shadow Tracker (contributed by Tai-Pei of Hisstank.com)
PoC Lowlight (Contributed by Hisstank.com’s Black Swan)
MoC Iron Man 2 War Machine (Early run “Blue” misprint)
Cancelled Jungle Strike Storm Shadow (Contributed by Hisstank.com’s Kaedryl)
$20 store credit to Jasonsjoesandmore (Contributed by bluebikerboy1 of Hisstank.com)
PoC Alley Viper (contributed by Tai-Pei of Hisstank.com)
PoC Shock Trooper (contributed by Tai-Pei of Hisstank.com)
30th Sci-Fi
RoC Black SNAKE Armor (Regifted by Chief CWO)
30th Sci-Fi (Contributed by Hisstank.com’s Black Swan- Regifted by Chief CWO)
– 6x RotS Clone Troopers
– MU Havoc (Courtesy of Ergozoom via Talisman via Wertdog91)
GRAND PRIZE (7/13/2012):
1984 Killer W.H.A.L.E. (contributed by Drunknmunky of Hisstank.com)
SUPER SPECTACULAR SECRET BONUS DRAWING:
1988 NIGHT STRIKER! (Contributed by Kaedryl of Hisstank.com)
    