Question about one of the original 3 3/4 inch figs.The Fridge

So I was going through some boxes in my garage and found a still in the plastic and brown paper envelope it came in Refrigerator Perry as a G.I. Joe fig.Anybody know if these are worth anything to collectors?Any ideas on it's worth if anything.Not sure yet what my plans are concerning it but I was curious as to it's value or if it's even worth anything.Thanks in advance for any help.

StarrDogg said:

So I was going through some boxes in my garage and found a still in the plastic and brown paper envelope it came in Refrigerator Perry as a G.I. Joe fig.Anybody know if these are worth anything to collectors?Any ideas on it's worth if anything.Not sure yet what my plans are concerning it but I was curious as to it's value or if it's even worth anything.Thanks in advance for any help.

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Keep it. It's a collectible.

Keep it. It will add value to the figure as well as being something nice to have since most people would have trashed it 25 years ago.

Always wanted a Fridge figure. I always wanted to see more real people as GIJOE's.

Felix said:

Always wanted a Fridge figure. I always wanted to see more real people as GIJOE's.

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The Joes were sculpted from real people.

thenammagazine said:

The Joes were sculpted from real people.

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Really? You mean to say that there were real human inspirations behind each Joe?

Flosi said:

Really? You mean to say that there were real human inspirations behind each Joe?

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Their mugs. The faces of Joes were designed from real people.

thenammagazine said:

Their mugs. The faces of Joes were designed from real people.

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Interesting, dude... never knew that. Whoever has the same face as Zap and Grunt and Grand Slam is one fugly SOB...

Flosi said:

Interesting, dude... never knew that. Whoever has the same face as Zap and Grunt and Grand Slam is one fugly SOB...

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I always thought he looked a bit like Michael Ironsides. Most were based off of Hasbro employees.

Now that you bring it up, he does.

Yup, most were Hasbro workers.

15 to 25 dollars..
my buddy sell gijoe stuff on ebay.
but he is a collector first too and really reasonable
so if your looking to build the ultimate collection i can give you his info..

EVILFACE said:

Yup, most were Hasbro workers.

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Hasbro still does it. Many army builders in Star Wars are hasbro employees. Why people are OK with that and not Sideshow doing it, I'll never understand

They are just jealous.

thenammagazine said:

The Joes were sculpted from real people.

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I know, which is pretty cool actually, but as a kid I always wanted people who had done cool stuff with their lives to become GIJOEs...kind of like how athletes make the cover of the Wheaties boxes.

thenammagazine said:

I always thought he looked a bit like Michael Ironsides. .

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Zap was my Ironside when I pretended my GIJOE's were from the 'V' series. My mom & sister couldn't understand why I wanted Scrap Iron more than Storm Shadow when we were at the store, it was cause he was the one that looked the most like a 'V' trooper.

Buttmunch said:

Hasbro still does it. Many army builders in Star Wars are hasbro employees. Why people are OK with that and not Sideshow doing it, I'll never understand

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I'm not sure but I thought that some of the Brotherhood of Arms civil war 12 inch were Sideshow employees, has anybody else ever heard of that ?

wookieone said:

I'm not sure but I thought that some of the Brotherhood of Arms civil war 12 inch were Sideshow employees, has anybody else ever heard of that ?

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Yes, one of them was done to look like Tom. And many of The Dead are interpretations of other Sideshow employees.

Buttmunch said:

Hasbro still does it. Many army builders in Star Wars are hasbro employees. Why people are OK with that and not Sideshow doing it, I'll never understand

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I liked the Brant trooper.

He looked well fed.

EVILFACE said:

He looked well fed.

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And stuck out like a sore thumb. Trench makes a nice ROTJ han out of the chubby Bespin Han though.