Description: PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION RECENTLY IN FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, I AM 100% CONFIDENT THE OUTFIT IS ORIGINAL TO HIM BACK IN THE 1990's WHILE STARTING MY COLLECTING JOURNEY I DISCOVERED THESE ODD LOOKING ADVENTURE TEAM FIGURES..... I NOTICED THE FLOCKING ON SOME WERE RIDICULOUSLY / SLOPPY HEAVY......... IT WAS NOT UNTIL I FOUND SOME THAT SHOWED BARE/THIN SPOTS DID I NOTICE PAINTED HAIR UNDERNEATH.... EVENTUALLY I REALIZED ALL THESE FIGURES HAD PAINTED RIVET BODIES LIKE THEIR 1960'S COUNTERPARTS... THESE WERE THE VERY FIRST ISSUED ADVENTURE TEAM FIGURES IN 1970 HASBRO USED UP EXISTING STOCK OF PAINTED RIVET BODIES ALONG WITH PREVOUSLY PAINTED HEADS ! YOU WILL NOTICE THE THINNING FLOCK IN SOME AREAS REVEALS THIS GUY WAS ONCE A RED/GINGER PAINTED HAIR JOE , LIKELY MEANT TO BE A 1969 ADVENTURER OR AQUANAUT ! WHEN STOCK WAS USED UP , THE ADVENTURE TEAM BODIES WOULD NO LONGER HAVE PAINTED RIVETS, AND THEIR HEADS WERE TO BE FLOCKED FROM UNPAINTED HEADS. THESE VERY FIRST RUN FIGURES WERE A TRIAL AND ERROR WITH THE FLOCKING......LIKELY IN THE BEGINNING THEY WANTED TO REALLY COVER UP THE OLD " PAINTED HAIR" TO GIVE IT THE ALL NEW LOOK THEY WERE SEEKING... BACK THEN I COINED THE PHRASE " WOLF HEADS " AND THAT IS HOW I AND SOME OTHERS WILL REFER TO THEM AS. HIS JACKET AND PANTS AS WELL ARE LEFT OVER 1960's STOCK. THIS IS THE EXACT OUT WORN BY THE " GREEN BERET" PLAYED WITH FIGURE, DOES HAVE STRESS CRACKS ! LEG STRINGING IS NOT SUPER TIGHT , SIMPLE TO RE-STRING THE LEGS IF YOU CHOOSE, HE CAN STAND ON HIS OWN, BUT I WOULD ALWAYS RECOMMEND A STAND TALK GREAT, LOUD CLEAR - OCCASSIONALLY WHILE TESTING THE STRING WOULD HANG UP , AND A GENTLE TAP IT WOULD RETRACT. I WOULD GUESS THIS FIGURE HAS NOT BEEN OPENED SINCE THE FACTORY CLOSED HIM I WOULD SUGGEST A OPENING AT SOME POINT IF YOU WISH TO REPLACE THE DRIED OUT FOAM PADDING AND TO DO A GENTLY CLEANING OF ANY DEBRIS THE ORIGINAL AT DOG TAG MEDALLION IS PRESENT INTERESTINGLY , HIS LEFT BOOT LOOKS TO HAVE GOTTEN PAST QUALITY CONTROL, TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOLD IT CAME OUT OF WAS WORN OUT AND THE BOOT HAS LOW DETAILS AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE MOLD WEAR MARKS. COOL FIGURE THAT REPRESENTS THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE ADVENTURE TEAM ERA ! PLEASE STUDY MY DETAILED PHOTOS, ASK ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU ARE NOT SURE OF CONDITION SHIPPING IS $8.00 WE SHIP WORLDWIDE AND USE THE EBAY INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PROGRAM .....SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF YOUR SHIPPING COSTS, ANY TAX OR VAT THAT YOUR COUNTRY MAY CHARGE . LOT SOLD AS IS THERE ARE NO RETURNS OR PARTIAL REFUNDS .
Price: 249 USD
Location: West Babylon, New York
End Time: 2024-10-02T18:19:44.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Hasbro
Type: Action Figure
Character: G.I. Joe
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Year Manufactured: 1964
Scale: 1:6
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Franchise: G.I. Joe
