Thursday, July 01, 2004

Not your average Joe: Florida Today previews this weekend's International GI Joe Convention, which marks the 40th anniversary of the doll action figure -- camouflaged star of comic books, lunchboxes and TV shows:

"It's an addiction, just like anything else you collect, you want more and more. My wife thinks I'm a little kid, and kind of clueless about it, but she doesn't mind. She'd rather see me doing that than something else I can be doing. It's an innocent hobby."