1964 Vintage Gi Joe Joezeta Variation 1967/1968 Action Marine Fold Top Set

  

LOT IS FOR A VERY SELDOM SEEN " FOLD TOP VARIATION BOX" #7700 ACTION MARINE COMPLETE BOXED SET. THERE IS NO DEFINITE PROOF OF WHY HASBRO EXPERIMENTED IN THIS VERY SHORT LIVED FOLD TOP BOX CONCEPT.. IT IS MY GUESS THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE BOX MAKING PRODUCTION......

CREATING A LID THAT CAN BE FOLDED INTO PLACE..... IT IS ALSO MY GUESS THESE WERE BRIEFLY PRODUCED TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE MILITARY LINE.

OVER 25 + YEARS OF COLLECTING , I HAVE FOUND MANY OF THE FOLD TOP BOXED SETS FROM ORIGINAL OWNER ESTATES...... I WANT TO SAY THE MAJORITY CONTAINED PATENT # FIGURES (FULL SIZE HEAD) AND WOULD HAVE SHORT BLACK BOOTS....... THE CLOTHES WERE TAGGED HASBRO R HONG KONG FOR THE MOST PART........

A FEW MIB EXAMPLES I FOUND WERE IN FACT HARD HEAD CIRCLE R FIGURES....... THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE THE LAST ISSUE " MY BUDDY" JOIN THE CLUB FORM.... ANOTHER THEORY I HAD WAS WERE THEY PRODUCED IN SMALL QUANTITY IN 1969 TO FULFILL PREVIOUSLY ORDERED MERCHANDISE TO SOME RETAILERS? BUT I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF THEM TO KNOW THEY PRODUCED THEM IN DECENT QUANTITY......

NOTE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LID, SEE CORNER PIC WHERE THEY FOLD IN.... ALSO NOTE ON THE INSIDE OF THE LID YOU WILL SEE WHITE TABS...... THIS EXAMPLE IS MISSING ONE.........

THEY WOULD GET HUNG UP AT THAT POINT..... THIS SET OVERALL LOOKS LIGHTLY PLAYED WITH OR HANDLED..... SOME REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER REMAINS ON LID..... MINOR SHELF WARE, GOOD COLOR. BOTTOM SHOWS NO SPLIT CORNERS....

CLEAN , A FEW MINOR STRESS CRACKS.... HAIR AND BROW PAINT ARE NEAR MINT.... SHOWING SOME PIN DOT PAINT LOSS... FAIRLY TIGHT ORIGINAL STRINGING, EASILY STANDS ON HIS OWN... TAG IN JACKET IS GI JOE R BY HASBRO HONG KONG....

AND HAS THE " WIDE" TAG WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH LATE 1960's MILITARY UNIFORMS... PANTS HAVE FRONT STICHED FAUX POCKETS & REAL BACK POCKETS..... INTERESTINGLY THE SNAPS ARE BLACK AND SHIRT IS NOT........

I HAVE SEEN BLACK SNAPS ON SOME 1967 TALKING MARINES AND ALSO 1969 ADVENTURES OF SECRET AGENT.... SHORT BLACK BOOTS - STILL HAVE SOME FLASHING ON THE TOPS FROM WHEN THEY WERE CUT/SEPARATED. RR MARINE MANUAL , UNWRITTEN IN.

BOTH ORIGINAL RANK/INSIGNIA DECAL SHEETS - UNUSED. MINT LAST MILITARY ERA ISSUED " MY BUDDY " JOIN THE CLUB FORM - UNUSED. GOOD LOOKING VARIANT SET THAT IS A COOL MYSTERY OF WHAT HASBRO INTENTIONS WERE....

IF SO THEY DID NOT CONTINUE WITH IT......... OR A SHORT RUN PUT OUT BY MISTAKE? PLEASE BLOW UP/HOVER OVER ALL PHOTOS. The item "1964 VINTAGE GI JOE JOEZETA VARIATION 1967/1968 ACTION MARINE FOLD TOP SET" is in sale since Sunday, December 19, 2021. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Action Figures & Accessories\Action Figures". The seller is "joezeta" and is located in West Babylon, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

• Custom Bundle: No
• Size: 12in.
• Modified Item: No
• Scale: 1:6
• Year: 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1975
• Non-Domestic Product: No
• Character Family: GI Joe
• Type: Action Figure
• Brand: Hasbro
• Character: GI Joe
• Features: Boxed
• Packaging: Original (Opened)