RAINMAN's RARE VINTAGE GI JOE COLLECTION

BELOW ARE MY RAREST GI JOES. AND WHO SAYS A POOR MAN CAN'T OWN RARE JOES? MOST OF THEM ARE OF ORIGINAL VINTAGE PIECES BUT A FEW ARE OF IMPROVISED OR CUSTOM PIECES, OR FROM NEW HASBRO PARTS. NOTE: THESE WERE PUT TOGETHER PRIOR TO 40th Anniversary RELEASES

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THE TAN AIRBORNE MP IS ALMOST TOTALLY ORIGINAL EXCEPT FOR THE K.O. BILLY STICK AND COTSWOLD AIRBORNE PATCH AND MP BAND. BUT LOOK AGAIN, HIS UNIFORM IS HASBRO JAPAN BUT WAS ORIGINALLY A BROWN MP BLEACHED TO A TAN. HELMET IS '96 HASBRO MP, DICKIE IS A.M., .45 PISTOL IS A.M. AND COMES WITH '96 MP BLACK FIELD RADIO. THE TALKING PH ASTRONAUT ABOVE IS WEARING A BLEACHED SCRAMBLE PILOT JUMPSUIT, ORIGINAL WAFFLE BOOTS, AND A TIMELESS COLLECTION WHITE CAP.   THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MP IS ALL VINTAGE ORIGINAL EXCEPT FOR THE COTSWOLD DICKIE, K.O. BILLY STICK, AND THE FIGURE IS A '96 A.A. M.E. JOE.   THE MARINE JUNGLE FIGHTER IS PRACTICALLY ALL ORIGINAL JOE STUFF - THE KELLY GREEN UNIFORM IS AN ACTION MAN VARIANT WITH COTSWOLD PATCHES, A.T. KNUCKLE KNIFE W/ HANDLE PAINTED GOLD, AND SOTW M16

THE TALKING A.T. ASTRO DUDE HAS ORIGINAL YELLOW BOOTS AND DAMAGED JUMPSUIT MISSING FRONT FLAP. HERE'S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING - THE RARE BUBBLE HELMET IS CUSTOMIZED FROM A T.C. HELMET'S NECK RING AND THE BUBBLE IS CANNIBALIZED FROM A BABY'S RATTLE TOY. IT IS A BIT OVERSIZED THOUGH. BETTER THAN NOTHING (OR PAYING $125 FOR AN ORIGINAL).   THE BLACK ADVENTURER IS ALMOST ALL JOE STUFF - A.A. M.E. JOE WITH COTSWOLD TAN CAP, H.O.F. SHIRT, A.T. HOLSTER AND PISTOL, A.T. TAN PANTS, AND M.E. BOOTS.   AND THE ACTION JOE RACECAR DRIVER? WELL SORRY, HE IS ALL ORIGINAL! BUT I GOT HIM FOR ONLY A FRACTION OF THE GOING PRICE

OTHER FIGURES ARE: *TANK COMMANDER - COTSWOLD HELMET, AM GOGLES, AM JACKET & GREASEGUN, A.T. PANTS, HASBRO BOOTS *MEDIC - ALL ORIGINAL EXCEPT COTS HELMET AND K.O. CRUTCHES *FIGHTER PILOT - COTS VEST & G-SUIT, GEYPERMAN PARACHUTE SET (FROM "ROJOS DIABLOS" SET) *BLACK AT COMMANDER - REFLOCKED AND BEARDED NON-TALKER, HAS GEYPERMAN BACKPACK COPTER *EAGLE-EYE MUSCLEBODY MAN OF ACTION - A.M. MOVING EYES HEAD TRANSPLANTED ON A 1994 BRAZIL CLASSICOS FALCON BODY *ORIGINAL 1967 JAPANESE SOLDIER POSING AT THE HISTORIC CORREGIDOR ISLAND FORTRESS

ADDED 6/7/05 - AIR POLICE JOE ALL ORIGINAL A.P. HELMET AND GREY RADIO. COMBAT CONSTRUCTION HAS SNOWTROOP'S GLOVES AND A VERY GOOD REPRO ORANGE CONSTRUCTION HELMET

THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY  THE RARE EARLY MEDIC HELMET! IT IS MARKED HASBRO JAPAN INSIDE AND THE RED CROSS DECALS ARE PAPER. THE OWNER OF THIS HERE IN MANILA SWEARS THAT HE GOT THIS IN THE ORIGINAL CARD BACK IN 1964 AND THAT THE STICKERS CAME WITH IT WHICH HE APPLIED HIMSELF THEN AS A KID

<<<  AND MY HOLY GRAIL, I FINALLY FOUND (IN MANILA AFTER SEARCHING FOR IT IN JAPAN AND ALL OVER THE WORLD!) AN ORIGINAL 1966 TAKARA JAPAN GI JOE, SHOWN HERE IN HASBRO VINTAGE SOTW JAPANESE SOLDIER UNIFORM, WITH SOME COTSWOLD ACCESSORIES, ORIGINAL HASBRO HELMET, AND TAKARA JAPAN TALL BROWN RUBBER BOOTS. TAKE NOTE OF THE UNIQUE HEAD SCULPT AND THE PLASTIC KUNG-FU GRIP-LIKE HANDS AND THE UNIQUE BUTT MARKINGS

And Now... FOREIGN ISSUE GI JOES !!! Brazil Classicos, Mexican Aventurero de Accion, Spanish Geyperman, and Japan Takara GI Joe

^ Mexican Aventurero's unique butt mark: ^ GI Joe T.M. but with patent number

<<< Geyperman Piloto on action slide

New Walmart Exclusive Adventure Team GI Joes sightings in various retail toy stores in Manila !!!