The dressing of an Average Joe

Last month’s G.I. Joe Convention was the best example of grown men wearing costumes since Halloween — and all in semi-obsessive worship of plastic dolls action figures.

Peter Rugg‘s cover story this week tells how G.I. Joe lovers from around the country packed the Hyatt with their special brand of enthusiasm for a weekend of buying, selling, and, as one guy in the video says, “Acting like a 12-year-old.”

Here’s what it looked like from the inside.

G.I. Joe Convention 2009 from casey lyons on Vimeo.