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[Colonel Abernathy]

I was never really interested in these because of their substandard quality, but MIP they are awesome!  from a moderate distance, I don't anyone but a hardcore collector could tell they aren't North American.  Other than the giant Funskool logo near the bottom  I got my MIP Funskool Airtight for $8.  The guy at the flea market said he had more earlier, but I rarely go to the market these days, so I missed out.  Still, if I ever get the chance to pick up more MIP for cheap, I'll do it.  They are definitely a cool display piece!

[Pete The Greek]

I was never really interested in these because of their substandard quality, but MIP they are awesome!  from a moderate distance, I don't anyone but a hardcore collector could tell they aren't North American.  Other than the giant Funskool logo near the bottom  I got my MIP Funskool Airtight for $8.  The guy at the flea market said he had more earlier, but I rarely go to the market these days, so I missed out.  Still, if I ever get the chance to pick up more MIP for cheap, I'll do it.  They are definitely a cool display piece!

I use to have the same mentality when it came to Funskool figures.  I do collect international figures but these guys were last on my list to get for a couple of reasons.  a) the quality, b) the amount of freaking variants, c) and the collector market in India has yet to peak like in other countries (England, Brazil etc.).  The more figures there are for sale, you figure the price would come down on some of the harder to find stuff.  Or at least cut down the amount of effort involved by establishing some contacts to trade with.  

But Ed's Purple shirt Ripper started a nasty trend for me as I ended up starting to collect the line.  All it takes one to start the dominoes to fall down.  My grail in this line is to find a funskool Snow Job.

[morgardee]

I have all the common ones plus a few older, harder to mind ones. I have a white Stalker I found at a garage sale for 10 cents but his left arm is missing from the swivel on down. What ya gonna do, it was 10 cents. I also got V1 Major Bludd for 10 cents at the same time. Not the funny painted one so it's pretty much the same as our V1.

MOC I have an older Ripper with different coloured weapons (red I think), Zap and a white Iceberg. I think that's it for the more rare stuff. Man, it's only been a month since I pulled down my Joe room and I'm already forgetting what I have.  

[Scramble]

I enjoy Funskool because it gives me the opportunity to get a single carded figure with often its original weapons for a reasonable price. Picking up a couple of Night Vipers is easy now thanks to Funskool. The same for CGIs, one of the figures I had a hard time tracking down when I first got back into Joe. Come to think of it, I still don't have a vintage domestic Crimson Guard Immortal.

Some Funskool figures can be wacky, others are great for parts, and some are honestly up to par with the American release.

[morgardee]

And some are better like Funskool Windmill, just don't look at his back pack.  ops:

[Deadshot]

I  at  first didn't want to  do the fuskool  figs  either, for the  same reasons Pete mentioned.    But  as it  turned out  I ended up  getting a flint and Zarana  in a trade  cuz that's  pretty much all the  other  guy had that  I didn't..... it's  snow balled from there.    I have mostly the  newer  not so hard to find ones.  but  i  do  have  a few of the harder one.  I got a Torpedo  at one of the burlington shows   for a buck  with no weapons and with a busted crotch.. but still  a buck  c'mon      I also  have a loose complete  Zap   a  MOC  Baroness and  Snow Job.

Pete

. My grail in this line is to find a funskool Snow Job.

I was  aiming on one  for  you  on ebay.. I saw it.. bid.. and was wining for a while,  but in the end  went  for way  more than  I thought  it should have.

I'll continue  to  keep a look out for  it  for   ya.

[Redmao]

I like the funskool figures. Sure they don't feel the same but they are still pretty nice. I have a few and I'm happy with them.

Its sad to see them on auction site going for high prices though...

[Pete The Greek]

I was  aiming on one  for  you  on ebay.. I saw it.. bid.. and was wining for a while,  but in the end  went  for way  more than  I thought  it should have.

I'll continue  to  keep a look out for  it  for   ya.

I hate to ask but how high did it go for?

[Deadshot]

I hate to ask but how high did it go for?

$120 +  range   if i remember  right.

[Jay]

I like Funskool. My Night-Viper army is exclusively Funskool (with the backpacks dyed black), so is my small Toxo-Viper army of two.  I also have Funskool Roadblock, Psyche-Out, Beachhead and Big Brawler in my collection (although Big Brawler's had some touch-ups to be even MORE Brawlin') and I've used Flint, Tunnel Rat, Wild Weasel and Metalhead for customs.

I also have that Battle Hawk helicopter. It's unique but it'll take a lot of modifications before it's compatible with 3 3/4" Joes.

[Muskrat88]

After selling my REAL muskrat, I have replaced it with a funskool one. Because they're so cheap, you can try some new paint techniques before trying them on the more expensive Joes.

By the way, you paid $8? You can get them at SmallJoes for only $3.99 USD!

[Jay]

By the way, you paid $8? You can get them at SmallJoes for only $3.99 USD!

Factor in the shipping and the exchange rate and you're paying $8-9CAD easily for a single Funskool figure at Smalljoes.