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Author Topic: Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.  (Read 5616 times)

anderpol

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What is that "club"?
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2006, 03:16:21 PM »
Hi, I'm a new member and I collect the 12" G.I.Joe figures and I'd like to know what this "club" that is mentioned refers to. Is it an on-line store, an actual collector's club, a line of action figures or something else?

I'm also curious to know what those Sea / Air Foreign Adventurer figures are. Are they vintage, reproductions or other?

I remember the Spanish Geyper Man because as a child my family went to Europe back in 1978 and I saw a whole section of them in a Woolworth in Madrid Spain. My mom of course told me they wouldn't get me anything because I'd find the same stuff back home... not !!  I remember they had really cool figures with the cropped hair (without beard) and the old G.I.Joe mold from 1964 with all sorts of different sets from fighter pilot, deep sea diver and even a 1/6 scale pirate ship with the Geyper Man figures done up as pirates. Man, I wish I could be back there for a day with a full wallet...   :(
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Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2006, 03:23:11 PM »
mastercollector.com
is where you'll find the gijoe collector's club.
Yes we're talking about repros which are very close to the original in my opinion. The club took great care in reproducing the figures. The air and land adventurer are sold out. They pop on ebay once in a while but expect to shell a hundred bucks fr those, specialy the Land adventurer.

The club still has the sea adventurer in stock for $43.
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Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2006, 03:25:21 PM »
Check this link out:

http://www.mastercollector.com/

That is the official G.I.Joe collectors club (sometimes called the mc club, short for master collector). They cost a bit up front to join, around $50.00 USD per year but with the membership you get a free figure which is either a 3 3/4 size or 12' size. You can also buy things from them on line and it's cheaper if you are a member. They have lots of different Joe items and hold the annual G.I.Joe convention meeting every year.

The Sea / Air Foreign Adventurer figures are reproduction figures and will cost a member $43.00 USD each.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Club & FA
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2006, 04:24:59 PM »
Thanks for the information guys! I'll check it out.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2006, 09:15:43 AM »
Anyone interested in the 12' figure, there was a store in the US that made repos of the Action Adventure figure with Kung Fu grip from a store called Hot Topic. They are now sold out:

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/ ... D=10366697

Anyhow, I missed the boat but found a seller on ebay who is charging $29.99 per figure, so it's not a bad price. Sure, they are doubling their money but in the big picture it's not bad. As I write this he has 8 left:

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/ ... D=10366697
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Re: Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2006, 09:35:49 AM »
The Hot Topic adventurer is great! I received my order last week and I took a few pictures with it.
At $15 eash its one great deal! People rushed to order it.
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Re: Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2006, 08:19:35 PM »
I just received the club Sea adventurer today. Man its a great figure! I also ordered more holsters for the troops and AT sticker which came with the holsters. I just finished euiping the other team members and putting an AT sticker on an 40th action man adventuer and everybody looks great!
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Re: Rekindled my interest in 12' Joes.
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2006, 10:04:06 PM »
Well I got a Hot Topic Adventurer on its way up to me now..  thank god  for  friends in the states:)   cost + shipping


can't  wait :)   

I also  picked up a few timeless sets  that I thought looked good.   
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