Bill Merklein is a sculptor and painter, but in the toy community he is specifically know for sculpting 70+ 1980's GIJoe action figures. Mr. Merklein was a guest speaker at MFCA Show & Mart outside of Philadelphia PA. Kevin was in attendance and filmed a section of his talk that focused on GIJoe and Operation: Recall.

Lots of great links below.

3DJoes: https://www.3djoes.com/bill-merklein.html MFCA: https://www.mfcaclub.com/mfca-annual-show 

Gary's Interview with Bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgQeduUFW4&list=PLT77mdZeXhekW-yKK87a-P8BLoJN-U-Cr 

Carson's Interview with Bill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkhAhs_PCVQ 
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