Just a few years ago, if you wanted a 12" GI Joe-sized samurai action figure, this would've meant finding someone able to build a very expensive custom-made figure. While many of today's 1/6 scale samurai...
A brief overview of the greatest boy's toy ever. G.I. Joe, America's moveable fighting man. In the fall of 1964, the comic books that I read religiously started appearing with full page ads hawking "America's...
I sell scale items for dioramas, items I find and using my own "rule of thumb" or "eyeballing" or "guestimation," pick them up, bring them home, and do the math on them to be sure that I am offering items of...
GI Joe - A Guide to G.I. Joe GI Joe Toys G.I. Joe toys appeal both to modern day kids and to collectors of vintage G.I. Joe action figures. The original G.I. Joe action figure began life in 1964 when he was...
When I first started collecting GI JOEs I could not even talk. Thats how young I started. With the prices of the Joes and Cobras climbing faster and faster they are a very safe investment for collection,or...
This guide is aimed to educate a new collector and help them avoid some of the pitfalls associated with collecting. Although this is geared toward 1/6 Military Action Figures, the general principles apply to...
Hasbro has not only brought to life a very detailed Willys Jeep but they also teach and inform us about its history. This desert tan colored Willys Jeep was used by elite British Army troops in World War II in...
MADELMAN FIGURES By Yoon During the early 60s, two friends, one from Barcelona (Arnau) and one from Madrid (Campos) bought a plastics manufacturing company that was bordering on bankruptcy: Madel...
first research the 1980 gi joe line of figures yojoe.com is a good site for that plus a message board with over 5000 members form around the world who have np in helping out a new collecter. to get the most...
This toy was made in 1989. It's perhaps the 2nd biggest GI JOE toy on the market.Sometime in 1985-1986, Hasbro released the USS Flagg. The 7" in length that can hold a large sum of airplanes and seemed like...