Wow, just opened up the first box! I’m speechless. Everything is complete an in mint condition! The guy I bought everything from really took care of this stuff. It is not organized by year, so there is a a good mix of years here.
Tag Archives: GI Joe
Swap Meet
Well I didn’t find anything too interesting at the swap meet. I found several Sigma Six Joes, but I don’t have any and don’t want to start buying any. The only Joe item I found was a 1989 Heat Viper with a broken right hand. I picked him up for 50 cents.
Swap Meet and Giant Collection
So I am off to a local swap meet to see what gems I can find. I post up anything I grab later. In addition, I’m finally going to start going through some of the 30 boxes that this collection came in. I’ll also post pictures of those items as well.
My Argen 7 Collection
Here are pictures of my Argen 7 figures. First off, the mortal card back is a reproduction. Second, you will see two mortals and two topsons. I have the mortals with and without the cobra insignia. I think there are only 4 or 5 mortals that have symbols like mine. With the Topsons, there is a paint variation in the v-neck one with and one without the black plaint.
I am very proud of these figures, I bought them for myself as both a birthday present and for passing the CA bar and getting a job. All are complete minus topsons phone and manlehs chute (but I’m working on that). Enjoy!
Interesting eBay Auctions
So two Korean issued figures just ended on eBay. I wasn’t the winning bidder on either, the prices went crazy. Up for auction was a straight arm Rock N Roll and a straight arm Cobra Solider. They went for $313 and $712 respectively.
The price was too high in my mind, especially considering that some people in the community think they actually may be bootleg cardbacks. It has not been determined what legitimate factory the figures were produced at. In addition, the quality control on the cardbacks is also lacking. First, the entire card has artwork, rather than a space for the bubble. Second, the placement of the figures on the bubble is inconsistent and covers up different parts of the art. Third, the figures themselves seem to have no differences from the US releases (however, this is the case with some Takara figures so it isn’t definitive.)
Regardless of their authenticity, they are awesome figures on the card that I wish I could have won. I just wasn’t ready to shell out that much cash on one of them.
Here are the pics:
Gi Joe Comics
So my comics from small joes arrived today. I picked up the entire run of GI Joe: Cobra. The series covering Chuckles as a undercover spy. I thought the first two issues were ok, and developing the story. The third issue, WOW. Chuckles having to kill Jinx blew my mind. Also have a Joe die is something new to me. It was great! I can’t wait to start reading more.
GI JOE Room Remodel
So my collection is growing rapidly and has outgrown my area to display it. So, I am currently in the process of remodeling my garage into a GI Joe show room! I just had the roof redone to prevent leaks and insulation, drywall, flooring and most importantly A/C is all going in this week. I will also have a dehumidifier in the garage as well, but I don’t anticipate fluctuating humidity, especially with insulation and AC.
The eventual goal is custom cabinets with glass to display everything. I will be creating some type of temporary storage and display in the meantime.
BTW, please comment and let me know what you guys like and don’t like. This blog so far as been a mix of community news, and my thoughts and growing collection. I will always try to get new content up at least once a day, but I am still trying to figure out the direction I want to take this site.
DIC Animation Cels
So as I have said before, I have been getting into preproduction and prototype items. That includes animation cels from the cartoons. First, while I haven’t watched Resolute (yet) there are some GREAT deals on eBay for original hand drawn art from the cartoon. Second, I have been able to score some really cool DIC animation cels. Just in today are a Cobra Commander and Road Pig cel and a Red Star, Cloudburst and Cutter cel.
Now I know DIC has gotten a lot of crap, but I was born in 1986 so I came around right in the middle of GI Joe. I had a great mix of 80s and 90s toys. That also meant that DIC was MY GI Joe universe. I wasn’t huge into the comics, I had a few, but DIC every morning before school, watching GI Joe was the best for me. Anyway enough of me talking, here are the pics!
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New Buys
So I bought a few new items: Eco Warriors Eco Striker MIB, an interesting 1987 Muskrat prototype with a Hydro-Viper arm. I don’t have it in hand yet, but it will certainly be interesting to see. I also picked up the 2011 SDCC Starscream MIB, and finally 4 Funskool Toxo-Vipers (Gotta keep building the Leaky Suit Brigade Army). I’m also mulling over another purchase, of a unproduced figure sketch from 1985, looks amazing, but I’m not certain what I want to pay for it.
Leaky Suit Brigade 