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GI Joe - Early Hand-Made Prototype with Unpaint

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
GI Joe - Early Hand-Made Prototype with Unpaint
GI Joe - Early Hand-Made Prototype with Unpainted Head (Hasbro, 1964). This very early hand-crafted articulated prototype closely resembles the final production model, and was one of the last prototypes before launching the full-fledged production of the line. The figure is distinguished by the rubber ball hip joints (made from the cores of a couple of golf balls!), the unpainted white head cast in plastic (but bearing the familiar features of every Joe ever produced), and the lead feet and hands. A significant piece in the development of the Joe line, this brought the Hasbro team very close to the finished product. Figure shows moderate wear, with some cracking in the chest piece, but that is to be expected from a "hand's-on" item, and is in excellent condition considering he is pushing forty. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.