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TIME CAPSULE LOT !!! TRULY HOW YOU GET A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST CIRCA 1974 OF WHAT THESE WERE LIKE AS NEW !
FOR THE ADVANCED GI JOE COLLECTOR
PURCHASED FROM THE ESTATE OF A " DOLL LADY COLLECTOR " AS HER DAUGHTER PUT IT.....
THESE WERE ABSOLUTELY NEVER PLAYED WITH OR EVEN REMOVED FROM THE BOX BEFORE I DID FOR PHOTOS
THAT BEING SAID THEY ARE STILL 51+ YEARS OLD AND YOU MAY SEE SOME SIGNS OF AGE
THESE SETS WERE ALL BOUGHT TOGETHER !! SEE THE STORE STICKERS BOTH REGUALR AND MARKED DOWN (NOT ADDED! )
I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT NOTHING WAS CHANGED/SWAPPED/CLEANED/UPGRADED , ETC....
THESE HAVE LITERALLY BEEN UNTOUCHED
THE FIGURES ARE SUPER STIFF , YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THE HANDS HAVE DISCOLORED - THE OILS LEACH OUT OF THE HAND IS WHAT CAUSES THIS.....YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTER ONES ARE STILL DEAD MINT SOFT AS THEY WERE FROM DAY ONE ....
YOU CAN SEE SOME STRAY BLACK PLASTIC DUST PARTICLES FROM WHEN THE BOOTS WERE FRESHLY CUT THAT DAY..... YOU CAN SEE SOME STRAY FLOCKING AND STRAY MATERIAL BITS FROM THE FACTORY FESHLY MADE UNIFORMS
FACTORY APPLIED AT STICKERS
I DID NOT UNDRESS, FROM MY EXPERIENCE I CAN ALMOST GURANTEE THE BODIES WILL BE SUPER SHINY AND HAVE STRAY FLOCKING ON THEM FROM BEING JUST FRESHLY FLOCKED WHEN THE SETS WERE ASSEMBLED
STRESS CRACKS ARE POSSIBLE , BUT THESE LATER 1974 MODELS TEND TO HAVE VERY FEW OR ALOT OF TIMES NONE AT ALL .
CONTENTS ARE ALL THE SAME - UNUSED AT CLUB FLYER, BOOT REMOVAL , BLACK SCOPED RIFLES WITH ORIGINAL SLINGS
BOXES YOU CAN TELL WERE ALL FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURED BATCH.....SAME COLORS INSIDE THE LIDS
NO SPLITS , NO REPAIRS
THE LIDS SHOW SOME AGE SPOTTING ! AS THESE WERE NOT PULLED FROM SEALED CASES
COUPLE OF THE BLUE SHIRTS MAY SHOW BROWN SPOTTING FROM AGE - SEE PIC
AGAIN, NOTHING WAS CLEANED , IRONED OR SPRUCED UP IN ANY WAY
YOU ARE 100% GETTING THEM IN TIME CAPSULE UNTOUCHED CONDITION - ONLY AGE CAUSED MINOR DEFECTS
I THINK THESE 3 DESERVE TO STAY TOGETHER AS A SET AND HAVE NOTHING SWAPPED ON THEM ! BUT THE END BUYER CAN DECIDE OTHERWISE ONCE THE TRANSACTION IS COMPLETE
THIS LOT IS SOLD AS IS , PLEASE BLOW UP AND STUDY MY PHOTOS AND READ MY DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY!!