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AFA Update of the Month/GI JOE
Written by Nicholas R. Messina, Jr.   
Friday, 09 January 2009

     It’s the series of figures that launched the 3.75” G.I. Joe phenomenon back in 1982. What the first nine figures lacked in articulation they make up for in “bang for your buck” 25 years later. After all, it’s this initial character release that featured the now infamous “straight arm” figures before Hasbro retooled the figures to include the “swivel arm” battle grip. So not only do you have a series that kicked off a line that spanned 12 years, but the original versions each feature that key design flaw that affected every figure that followed it. It’s no wonder prices for figures that are on dead-mint, unquenched cards with clear blisters are fetching such record numbers on the secondary market. Confirmed AFA graded prices on the original nine-back G.I. Joe figures with straight arms are as follows:

Breaker        $775
Flash            $750
Grunt            $650
Rock n’ Roll  $850
Scarlett        $1800
Short Fuse    $700
Stalker         $1200
Snake Eyes  $3500
Zap                $650
 
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