83-89 Joes was my first addiction 😂 I didn't start earning an allowance until 86 so the early Joes was all holy grails to me. No interwebs or vintage toy shops with early Joes so i had to resort to yard sales and thriftstores and finding an early Joe was like hitting the jackpot 😂 see i didn't know that in 86 there was still a group of 84 and 85 Joes available mail order 😢 I remember dumpster diving once because as I rode my Blue Thunder BMX down Snake Alley I spied with my roaming eye the torso of 85 Alpine 😮 holy smokes I locked em in a skid stop. Jumped in that giant metal dumpster looking for a needle in a haystack and boom the legs but no waist 😮 but I kicked it in over drive and found the waist 😂 discovering I could fix Joes by destroying Moms bathroom faucet is another story 😂

@donkeyboy712

Ай бұрын

That's incredible, thank you for sharing! I remember finding Lady J at a garage she as a kid, fun times.

I would probably put Storm Shadow right next to Snake Eyes. A nice white one with all the accessories will fetch a good price.

@donkeyboy712

Жыл бұрын

Excellent point!

In the UK it was called Action Force for the 3 3/4" line. Action Man was the 12" figures - but both from the same company Palitoy who also released Star Wars.

@donkeyboy712

29 күн бұрын

Oh wow I've heard of them.

I’m here because neighbor put out a huge tub of these 😊

@donkeyboy712

Ай бұрын

For free?

@1catbrains

Ай бұрын

@@donkeyboy712 yup

Great Figures. Love the video. Starduster is amazing and hard to find

@donkeyboy712

28 күн бұрын

Thank you, yes he is!

I only have 4 left from my collection. I don't remember how many I had back then but it was a lot. Plus most of the vehicles and planes.

@donkeyboy712

Жыл бұрын

Very nice!

Great video, this guy is awesome !

@donkeyboy712

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Rare GI joe's from late 60's can go from a few $100 to $1000 if box is unopened. Side note. The one's from late 60's were also made from petroleum distillates plastic.

@donkeyboy712

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow, I didn't know any of that!

I had a mail-in Gung-Ho with a armed wind surfboard. I haven't seen many of those.

@donkeyboy712

9 ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with thar.

@jimjam51075

9 ай бұрын

The M.A.N.T.A. Gung Ho was pictured on the mail-in form riding it in an illustration, but no figure came with it. Just a boxy backpack for a figure to carry the pieces in.

@donkeyboy712

9 ай бұрын

@jimjam4185 oh wow, I'll Google it.

@jimjam51075

9 ай бұрын

@@donkeyboy712 I was wrong about Gung Ho in the picture. It was Stalker and Bazooka(?) Anyhow, 3djoes has a print of the order forms on their site. No figure ever came with the item, but there was a 1992 convention reissue of the MANTA. If I were president, the economy would run on Flag Points. Yeah...I'm that kid who cut all those rectangles into all those boxes.

@donkeyboy712

9 ай бұрын

@jimjam4185 very nice, I like that idea!

The figure you've identified as a mail away green cobra viper at 3:05 is the Brazilian release figure, Letal. There is no mail away green cobra viper, to my knowledge.

@donkeyboy712

10 ай бұрын

Oh thank you!

Where is the Pimp Daddy Destro origin? You promised it in the video.

@donkeyboy712

Жыл бұрын

I did a separate video on this.

Id guess william the referigerator perry was a rare one. I got one by mailing in proof of purchase and couple bucks for s& h.

@donkeyboy712

9 ай бұрын

I think he was, good figure!

Is Hasbro going to do any more re-releases of 1/18 scale Joes?

@donkeyboy712

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering that too, I hope so!

Nice video good info 🔵🔵🔵👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🔵🔵🔵

@donkeyboy712

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Every figure you listed are indeed rare. Just because you find a few online when you Google search it does NOT mean they are plentiful. I mean out of the thousands and thousands of figures made you found 20 online for sale.... THATS RARE BUD

@donkeyboy712

28 күн бұрын

Indeed it is!

Ugg...now i wish I hadn't watched this video, I sold one of these rare joes for almost nothing on Ebay last year and didn't realize it's value! Oh well lol...

@donkeyboy712

6 ай бұрын

So sorry!

i had them all

@donkeyboy712

8 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

HEY PLEASE PLEASE READ THIS ITS IMPORTANT: MY LADY JAYE TOYS HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED COLOR. HER HAT USED TO BE GREEN AND NOW IT'S BLACK. THIS IS NOT A JOKE PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME THIS HAPPENED TO YOU TOO

@donkeyboy712

7 ай бұрын

That's strange!

0:57 Action Force in the UK, not Action Man ☝️Just a reminder, because I loved the former and disliked the latter.

@donkeyboy712

9 ай бұрын

Ah thank you!

None of these figures are “rare” neither are Kenner Star Wars figures …..I can find tons of any of these figures mentioned with a simple Google search they are not “RARE” or hard to find ….it’s so you wanna pay the silly price these people try to act like there worth …..this kind of nonsense has taken over the hobby and resellers have ruined the marketplace

@Dinglehopper.

5 ай бұрын

I feel like you paid for an overpriced figure once and are just mad at the whole market.

@matthewemmons5953

Ай бұрын

Awesome figures cost more money periottttt

@matthewemmons5953

Ай бұрын

​@@Dinglehopper. Exactly what I was gonna say. Awesome Joe's require big money

@matthewemmons5953

Ай бұрын

@George are you smokin that stuff or what? They're all rare Bud....... Knowing is half the battle

@George-de6hd

Ай бұрын

@@matthewemmons5953 expensive doesn’t = rare

Wow these are rare? I have at least triples of all these figires in my storage shelter. I had no idea.

@donkeyboy712

10 ай бұрын

Nice, they are valuable!