Sam Panico is the pride of a custom by Pablo, of the unused concept art for “Mobster.” First released here by Sam Wells. Sam was gracious to let us share a photo here. check it out below (GREAT WORK PABLO!) (also that’s a lot of Sams… -Sam)
Have similar customs and want them spot lighted here? LET ME KNOW via nerdrahtio@gmail.com or on our facebook.
Thanks again to all who participated! Check out below for the winner, and if that’s you be sure to e-mail me nerdrahtio@gmail.com
Please stay tuned, more giveaways will happen in the future!
Skinny is at once again. Barking Fridge pictures presents the parody video below, head over to youtube and subscribe and give them a like. Check out his other stuff while you’re there!
Thanks to noted author James Kavanaugh for pointing out it had been released on the G.I.Joe Discussion Group.
Joe Custom Critques Facebook user Felix Stratton (Mercer is that you? ) has created the first custom (that I’m aware) based off the images released by Sam Wells right here on Nerdrahtio.
See them mirrored below (with permission) 
Felix says it’s still a WIP in progress, and we look forard to the finished result, but it looks great already!
Here is the original art (we believe is from Draxhall Jump)
below to compare it too:
This custom came to my attention via the Joe Customs Critique FB group. You should check them out.
UPDATE: more images!
Although I enjoyed our previous “chalk board” look, in the spirit of moving forward, and the new year, I thought it was a great time to go ahead with the logo changes I have planed since the name change.
Soon you will notice variations of the banner on rotation each time you visit or refresh the page.
I’ve had a great vacation, and I hope to be catching up with things I intended to post, SOON.
-Sam
Start your Monday off with an excellent Doctor Who roller coaster video.
Nuropsych 1 has some great stuff, I recommend giving him a follow, I did.
The new facebook page, now has the 2013 Joe Con custom contest images up, over 200 images !
You can see just a couple favorites below, but you can see them all HERE.
I’m very excited to release our first new episode, now under the Nerdrahtio banner, and with some amazing images that very few have seen before. Sam Wells returns as our guest, Tom “the Silent Assassin” takes his chair as my new co-host, and we analyze and discuss every detail about the images below, which reveal never released Characters, and unused designs from G.I.Joe in the “Joe vs. Cobra” to “Direct to Consumer” era. You can listen via the embedded player below or on our Podcast Garden audio host’s page via the link in the menu above.
Update: the player is not function for some folks, you can go to the podcast directly HERE
(for our last interview with Sam Wells go HERE) As soon as the episodes are available on stitcher and/or Itunes I’ll update the post, so you can listen easily on mobile devices on to the images, Credit to Sam Wells for the images, (please if you share credit it as Sam Wells via Nerdrahtio.com )We believe the designs were done by Draxhall Jump please correct us if we are wrong, and his previous domain appears to no longer be active or I would link to it. To wet your appetite a bit. 
Then in order in which they were discussed: Continue reading
Join Sam (Sears) and Aaron as they chat with Sam Wells. Sam lived a dream. In this interview we discuss his internship at Devils Due Publishing and how this G.I.Joe fan ended up writing a Special Missions Brazil story inspired by the original figures. We also discuss his other work within the company including touching on his work with the filecards and the DDP era of G.I.Joe in general
If you active in the G.I.Joe Group Discussion, or the community, you may know Sam Wells as Queelock, or as Toy De Jour. He also recently made some news by sharing some concept art (shown below)
It’s a short one, but a good one, and hope to have Sam back soon (to talk about the concept art and more) you can listen to the episode embedded below or use the drop down menu above to navigate to Itunes on Stitcher to subscribe for easy mobile listening.
Sam Wells is currently running a toy store in Chicago called Toy De Jour, give him a like on facebook, or visit his store’s site to see what he is up to.
None of the four shown above were released. These appear to be from the JVC/Spytroops/VVV era. Son of Kwinn would eventually become Ghost Bear in VVV and look completely different. Serpentor’s design shares the design of the Spytroops Shipwreck disguise, and in the lower right you can see DTC Scrap Iron and the disguise gear for Burnout, the new Dreadnok from that era.
Personally I love this look for all 4 shown.
and look forward to having Sam back to explain them. -Sam (Sears)
(Note this post was updated with the current audio host’s listing. Aaron left, and he and I have no affiliation with each other any longer, and we have rebranded as Nerdrahtio but have mutual use of our past podcast work together.)
I was simply floored by how well this was hidden and done. It looks really complex and beyond me, but at the same time, I would love to try and tackle it.
Have a good Monday!
Rathio 