Most Sought After Figures/Vehicles/Accessories From Early Era 3 3/4"??????

[SnakeEyes13]

Hello,

I am new to the forum and this is my first post. After recently going thru some of my old toys that have been stored, I've gotten excited about getting back into the collectible side of the GI Joe 80's era from when I was a kid.

One of my first questions is what are some of the most sought after 80's era Joe collectibles? From figures to vehicles, accessories to bases? Also, if there is any reading (and I have started to do alot on this board) or specific books that anyone can recommend, that would be great as well and if there is anything specific to look out for when purchasing the Joe collectibles as well.

I can already tell this is a great forum with alot of helpful info, Thanks in advance, it is greatly appreciated.

[Barefoot Jedi]

Hmmm...

I'd say the Sears COBRA missile command base.
Mickey Mouse COBRA Commander
The Canadian black MOBAT COBRA tank
The Canadian black VAMP COBRA jeep
Silver Pads Grand Slam
Heavy Metal with mic
Sears Dreadnok vehicles (FANG, Stinger, Skyhawk, RAM)
The USS Flagg
The Terror Drome
Starduster (mail-in)
The Defiant (with complete action figures that came with it)

[Shogi]

Reading Material
Mark Bellomo's Ultimate guide to GI Joe

Accesories
Heavy Metal Mic
Firefly Green Phone
Payload's White Backpack with both arms
Hardtop's Gun and Mic
Keel Haul's Gun

Figures
Mickey Mouse Cobra Commander
Starduster (Any version)
Gold Head Steel Brigade
Listen N Fun Tripwire

Playsets
Terror Drome
Defiant
USS Flagg

There's so much more, but these are some of the main ones

[alexreed]

Probably everything I don't have...except maybe the Defiant Playset.

[Shadow Ninja]

Hello,

I am new to the forum and this is my first post. After recently going thru some of my old toys that have been stored, I've gotten excited about getting back into the collectible side of the GI Joe 80's era from when I was a kid.

One of my first questions is what are some of the most sought after 80's era Joe collectibles? From figures to vehicles, accessories to bases? Also, if there is any reading (and I have started to do alot on this board) or specific books that anyone can recommend, that would be great as well and if there is anything specific to look out for when purchasing the Joe collectibles as well.

I can already tell this is a great forum with alot of helpful info, Thanks in advance, it is greatly appreciated.

You really want to get technical.... The Argentina exclusive figures would be most sought after if you were collecting all Joes domestic and foreign... The following are big $$$$ Cobra Mortal, White Mortal, Glenda, Manleh, Redmack, Shimik, Topson!!! Glenda has got to be the hardest to find mint cause of the chrome wearing easily on her chest...

[DPrime]

Well, there's "sought-after" and "expensive".

Obviously there are enough collectors with money looking for the rare stuff, such as:

The Argentinian second series ("Argen 6") - Glenda, Redmack, Topson, Shimik, Manleh and Cobra Mortal. Cobra Invasor is also sometimes added to this list. In decent shape, these would go for $500+
White Cobra Mortal - actually a Venezuelan figure, even harder to find than the Argentinian stuff. I think there's only a few in collections... Not even sure what the price is.
Pimp Daddy Destro - difficult to say, as the price varies widely from sale to sale, and there aren't many sales in the first place - anywhere from $1000-3000 loose
Cobra all-black Consumers Distributing exclusive MOBAT
Cobra MSV (all-black VAMP and MMS)
Brazilian red Water Moccasin
Brazilian Python Patrol Swampfire
Mint Cobra Missile Command Base - cardboard pieces mean most didn't stay in mint shape
Mint Cobra Viper Glider or GI Joe Glider - ditto
The larger Night Force vehicles (WHALE, Skystriker, Moray - can't remember the Night Force names, but you know what I mean) - very hard to find in mint/complete condition, or MIB/MISB

This is all very high end, and difficult to acquire. So difficult, I would say, that it's not as "sought after" as other stuff, simply because it's so expensive that it's only available to certain collectors!

... Stuff is more available to more collectors, so it's a bit more "sought after":

USS Flagg
Defiant
Sears exclusives - especially the Dreadnok vehicles
Blue SNAKE Armor
Heavy Metal mint/complete (mic is the hardest but even the gun is hard to find in mint condition)
Gold head Steel Brigade
Viper Pilot with a mint (or even decent) chest sigil
Mickey Mouse Cobra Commander
Starduster (any version)
Silver pads Grand Slam
Hardtop with gun & mic
Euro Tiger Force figures, especially Blizzard and Outback
Brazilian Tiger Force figures - Ar Puro (Airtight), Marujo (Shipwreck) and Felino (Dusty)
Brazilian Cobra de Aco
Brazilian Cobra Invasor - supposedly much easier to find than the Argentinian version
Euro "Action Force" figures (Red Laser, Stalker, Quarrel, etc)
Euro exclusive Spirit, Mutt figures
Any Night Force figures, especially Shockwave for some reason (well, he is a great figure)
2002 Convention figure set - the real value of this set is when you've got the whole thing, plus the box and whatever came with it, though the figures themselves command pretty respectible prices as well

... And some stuff that's a LOT more common, but still very sought after:

V2 Snake Eyes - mint/complete
V1 Storm Shadow - white/mint/complete
V1 Firefly - mint/complete
All original straight-arm and swivel arm figures from '82/'83
AVACs
Crimson Guards
BATs

[DPrime]

Ugh, I keep adding things I've forgotten to the above list... Did I miss anything else?

There's some other stuff that's sort of "rare" but not in really high demand... LNF Tripwire is supposedly rare but not that expensive or that hard to get (ie: not in real high demand), same with figures like Rampage, Rumbler... I've read that the mail-away tan VAMP is really rare and hard to get, but I got a really super-mint one for about $35, and I've seen it quite a few times...

[SnakeEyes13]

Wow...thanks for the replies...looks like I'll be starting with the easy stuff first...

I'll also pick up the Ultimate Guide to GI Joe...

[COBRACOLLECTOR]

Hey any pics of the mickey mouse commander and if not whut does it look like ?

[Amberbratt]

holy crap

there is alot of stuff i would probably not even know about

I thought it was cool just knowing the checklists of Jee eye Joh

now I find out theres a ton of other stuff all over the world......

man! this is bananas

someone if you have this stuff please post pics because I will never see it or own it :P

[wildbill73]

for me it would be the Rolling Thunder and the Mobile Command Center and 83 HQ.. I know thee aren't really rare, but are peices I'd really love to hacve.. Holy Grails so to speak..

[DPrime]

Hey any pics of the mickey mouse commander and if not whut does it look like ?

http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/cobracommander.shtml

Just scroll down a bit and they'll have close-up pics of the logo, you'll see immediately where he got the nick name!

[DPrime]

holy crap

there is alot of stuff i would probably not even know about

I thought it was cool just knowing the checklists of Jee eye Joh

now I find out theres a ton of other stuff all over the world......

man! this is bananas

someone if you have this stuff please post pics because I will never see it or own it :P

I've got SOME of that stuff (not much from the first list I posted, but quite a few from the second one), I'm waiting for a couple things to come in the mail before I update my collection pics!

In the meantime, check out the Yojoe.com archives - there's tons of info and pics on almost everything you can think of... Here's the link to the international section:

http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/

A guy named Ron Connor also put out a good reference book on international figures. It's by no means complete (the biggest things he could improve on, content-wise, would be to include more vehicles and have specific years when figures were released), but as far as I can tell it's still the best reference on the subject. Check it out here:

http://treasuresntoys.com/index.html

And if you're interested in the Pimp Daddy Destro figure, by far the best reference is this site:

http://projectpdd.googlepages.com/

[COBRACOLLECTOR]

hey guys i saw Posted that Mickey Mouse CC is rare so i was wondering whut the hell a mickey mouse Cobra commander looked like so i found this link and see the pic and still dont get why its called Mickey Mouse Cobra Commander can sumone explain ?

heres the link : http://www.directbuyimporters.com/includes/redirect.asp?cat=Toys&product_id=150250273323

[DPrime]

hey guys i saw Posted that Mickey Mouse CC is rare so i was wondering whut the hell a mickey mouse Cobra commander looked like so i found this link and see the pic and still dont get why its called Mickey Mouse Cobra Commander can sumone explain ?

heres the link : http://www.directbuyimporters.com/includes/redirect.asp?cat=Toys&product_id=150250273323


Check out the link I posted at Yojoe. The Cobra symbol looks like it has Mickey Mouse ears. You just can't see it very well in the Ebay pic.

[Diablogunner]

Mickey Mouse CC, well, officially I have seen it all, and cannot believe that it is all out there

[Crimson Rage]

Good grief. Suddenly, being an "80's completist" seems even further away than ever when you see things like this.

I still rue the day, around 8 years ago, that I bought a MIB Mauler (seller to remain anonymous, though it wasn't Ebay!) to find it had been opened for the specific reason of removing Heavy Metal's helmet microphone.... The gits propably earned as much again for that one piece as I paid for the tank.