Is there any Joe/Cobra vehicle you'd pay $600+ for?

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I'm glad I grew up when I did, being a child of the 80s we had all the good toys, cartoons and comics. Now that I'm older I get to relive all those great memories with the stuff that's out now. I just wish I would have kept a lot of the stuff I either blew up or gave away.

Yup. The fact that between all my Star Wars stuff that got left at a babysitter's house when we moved and the Joe stuff my mom tossed out could've put a substantial down payment on my house really puts things into perspective. :( :lol
 
Yeah I feel you on that brother, when I got out of the Army and moved so i could go to school I had the government movers insure my collection that I have now for $350k. I've been collecting pretty much all my life but I move around so much that I've never really been able to upack and enjoy everything (I'm too lazy to pack it up again) and I also have to have an extra room in my house just to store all my boxed up stuff. I can't wait to be done with school so I can finally buy my own house, settle down and enjoy my nerdy stuff.
 
I'm glad I grew up when I did, being a child of the 80s we had all the good toys, cartoons and comics. Now that I'm older I get to relive all those great memories with the stuff that's out now. I just wish I would have kept a lot of the stuff I either blew up or gave away.

It's weird growing up in the 80s and seeing all the ____ you loved when you were a kid being redone or re-released for the newer generations.
 
My first GI Joe was Clutch and the Vamp. I still have it and it was a durable toy, as it survived hundreds of battles and launches down the stairs. It's likely the only one I could see spending $600 for but it had better come with Clutch AND be remote control so that I can run the dogs down in the yard. I would like it to have machine gun sound effects as well. :wink1:
 
My first GI Joe was Clutch and the Vamp. I still have it and it was a durable toy, as it survived hundreds of battles and launches down the stairs. It's likely the only one I could see spending $600 for but it had better come with Clutch AND be remote control so that I can run the dogs down in the yard. I would like it to have machine gun sound effects as well. :wink1:

It was my very first GI Joe set as well back in 82'. If they decide to make a 1/6th scale of the vehicle, I would not hesitate getting this. I'd encase it an unused 6'X3' aquarium displayed with all my movie military figures. :)
 
There are plenty. But I am an irrational person.

To list a few:

1. Cobra Stun
2. HISS Tank
3. Cobra Bugg
4. Rolling Thunder
 
That seems like a lot. I'd hope something like that (or a Star Wars speeder bike) would be closer to $300.

You're right, but considering how much I want it to happen and where the prices are heading, the most I would pay would be that. But yes, $300 would be the "fair" price.
 
The Flagg, maybe. But for small and mid-sized vehicles...to drop 600.00 on any of them, they would have to be loaded with working features like lights, radio control, sound...
 
Yeah, don't think I'd fall for the old 'real working dashboard light' trick. It's 2012, they'd have to step it up substantially to make any vehicle go from 'that's cool' to 'I'm going to have to order that!' in an adult saturated market. I think the batmobile is cool, but do I want to dedicate a place in my home for that giant thing? Ok, so I admit, I am probably one of the few that has a dedicated collection room in my home, so space is not a major concern. All I'm saying is that it would NEED to be more than a plastic shell.
Details, like a tire changing kit, a flip up panel under the seat with a bazooka and other rifles, a trap door underneath the floor boards for dropping grenades, a dash mounted laptop (like in police cars). Perhaps the Dreadnok Thunder Machine would be a nice vehicle to showcase these types of hodge podge ideas and details since it was a machine that looks like the A team built during one of their eighties episodes. I could see spending $450 on that. For $600, it had better be R/C.
 
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My first GI Joe was Clutch and the Vamp. I still have it and it was a durable toy, as it survived hundreds of battles and launches down the stairs. It's likely the only one I could see spending $600 for but it had better come with Clutch AND be remote control so that I can run the dogs down in the yard. I would like it to have machine gun sound effects as well. :wink1:

I'd love the Vamp, so i could repaint it as a SAS Force Panther jeep. I know it won't be too popular in the GI Joe community but the Z Force Jeep is another, how and why Hasbro didn't copy the Palitoy design for its range is beyond me.

Z Force jeep & Wheels
https://https://www.action-figure-supplies.co.uk/images/products/af-z-jeep.jpg
 
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