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One more Joe for tonight. GI Joe Kung Fu Grip Land Adventurer with the Capture of the Pygmy Gorilla set, with functional outboard motor.

Another Joe. Action Pilot Landing Signal Officer

Another Joe from my collection. 1967 Soldiers of the World French Resistance Fighter.

My Major Matt Mason and Friends display. The figures are all mint from sealed packages. I did not crack the vintage packages, but a late friend of mine did so, and created the display. I purchased it from his widow as I wanted to be the caretaker of this excellent item. You will not find nicer examples as they are truly perfect.

Ski Patrol/Snow Mountain Troops Joe

I used to collect pre-code horror as some of you old timers might know, if you remember me. Now I collect toys and vintage 12” GI Joes. This was the first Joe I picked up when I started collecting.

I no longer collect comics and have sold almost everything I owned. I used to live on these boards, and one of the first people I met off the boards was Thomas. We made plans to meet up at Wizard World Texas. I think the year was 2008. I took some high grade FF’s with me as I knew he would probably want to buy them, and he did. I went around with him as he tried to find a nice early FF, that he could afford. If memory serves, I think he wanted the first Impossible Man. I cannot remember if he got it, but I remember him looking at a copy that Richard Evans had. Thomas had an innocent enthusiasm about the books that interested him in his early days on the boards. I saw him at all of the Texas shows for the next few years after that, and had the occasional meal. Over those years, I sold him quite a few more books. We always got along well and would chat several times a week. When I left the hobby, I pretty much did it cold turkey. That meant not coming onto the boards anymore. With that decision, I lost contact with a lot of good people. One of those people was Thomas. When I saw the post on CGC’s Facebook page today, it made me really sad. Even though we had not spoken in years, I feel that if we did, we would have picked right back up where we left off. Thomas was a good man. He was a good guy for the hobby. We are all a little poorer today because of his passing. I hope for peace for his wife and children. I also hope they know that people really respected their husband and dad. Rest in Peace, Thomas. Scott

I do not have any paperwork as them being so. I bought them well over 10 years ago from a seller on ebay who had huge runs of Dell titles that were all in the same condition range. He was selling them all at a time when the Random House File copies came to market, so there was no reason to not believe him. The books were all similar in appearance and page quality. There were several books that I sent to CGC for grading, mostly Dell Rocky and Bullwinkle books, that were files, and they all came back as highest graded. I did not have anything signifying them as File Copies, but CGG noted them as such on the label when they were graded. I put File Copy on my order form, and they were able to determine them to be. With Dells, it is actually kind of easy to tell a File from a non-file, and the graders at CGC know what they are doing when it comes to Pedigree and File books. I think you would be completely ok.... but that comes from my past experience submitting File books. Hope that helps. Scott

Send me a message with a reasonable offer and we can talk. Thanks.

Ok, let’s make this official. All 8 books for 275 shipped to the lower 48. I paid 180 for them all over 10 years ago. Thanks for looking. Scott

Last one, #16 in 9.2. Off white to white pages.

#20 in 9.2 with off white to white pages.

#13 in 9.2-9.4. Very sharp black cover with off white to white pages. Super glossy.

#21 in 9.2 with off white to white pages. Insane gloss on this hard black cover.