Does anyone know more about this?
I never seen this one before. It is sealed in bag with a knive.

Dunno? Do u have any pics?

where did you find it? a greek ebay seller was auctioning some of these right?

Never heard of it. Please post a pic.

here's a link:

http://www.gijoe.nl/speelgoed/mintinbag/euromutt.html

could you give me an URL of the Greek ebayer?

my thought is overstock like they used for the old gi joe conventions. maybe these were just shipped to another country, for use like say the blizzards were here for razz ma taz or whatever that place was.

could be, it may even be sealed by someone to let ik look more rare or expansive. But then again, the fig is mint as can be. He must have been lucky to have this figure like that then. And the knive? why not with it's original acc. I also think it's a left over.
By the way, the plastic is pretty hard. Harder then my mib name your own "create a cobra", payload v2, track viper and dee jay mails ins.

I personally think it's been sealed by somebody. I've never came accross this and really don't think it's an original hasbro mail-in. If he had a spare one, mint, and he put it in a baggie with a knife and sealed it... I have a mip Skystriker with rock viper accessories. That was an original con item or something like that. Maybe he tried to 'match' this... More cash as people would get confused and bid more on it... His accessories are more rare than the figure itself.

I also think this is a fake. I just don't think there would be an error like that.

dunno, but why would it be an error?
Look at the European exclusive Blades who was released on the US conventions.
Their might be more of these "secrets" out there.
This COULD be one of them, I hope to find out.

i wouldn't dismiss this piece at all.

it could be a bag from some item cut the top neatly and then use it to pop a figure in and reseal, but it could also be like i stated a factory overstock item shipped to another country.

hard to tell from the pic, maybe get close ups of the sealed seams. also take a real good look at both seams yourself, do they look identical or do they look like they were made by 2 different machines?

drop me an e mail cc i wanted to ask u something but can't e mail u from here.

scwv1@hotmail.com

try this

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&userid=sjbm123toys&include=0&since=30&sort=3&rows=25

see this guy has sold kinda like 9 sealed mutts so they are defenitely NOT sealed by the seller

the language on the package is greek and reads

IMPORTER
K.ECONOMIDIS & co
DISTOMOU 38
TEL. 5249541
ATHENS
NOT SUITABLE FOR KIDS
UNDER 3 YEARS
BECAUSE IT CONTAINS SMALL PARTS
THAT CAN BE CHOKE EASILY
RETAIN THE PACKAGE
FOR FUTURE USE

I believe that they must be leftover stock - it s certanly not a mailaway offer as the one and only offer we had in greece was the super trooper. I had seen something similar in an oldstyle toystore in athens - a box full of sealed v1 charbroils without accessories (or maybe with one I don t remember). These must have been available during the end of the gijoe line in greece - street fighter period.

In any case I think that yojoe should be aware of the existance of this sealed variant!
Hey send your photo to the international section! =]

Cobracommand@gijoe.nl

I personally think it's been sealed by somebody. I've never came accross this and really don't think it's an original hasbro mail-in. If he had a spare one, mint, and he put it in a baggie with a knife and sealed it... I have a mip Skystriker with rock viper accessories. That was an original con item or something like that. Maybe he tried to 'match' this... More cash as people would get confused and bid more on it... His accessories are more rare than the figure itself.

you guys get too imaginative at times .... who would get into the hassle of sealing a mint toy?!.......too suspicious also......

get real...

the knife is a knife like the ones that came with ninja force joes, also stated in the post u seen these (charbroil) during a time that street fighter figures (which use these knife molds) were released. deffinatly looks to be overstock!

as for people saying deiffernt things it's all speculationso u have to look at all ideas, some guys will do do things to scam others weather its far fetched or something easy. just to get a buck or get people clamoring for more.
sometimes u have to throw out all options to get one that looks true.

your statement about the figure u seen sealed around the time with the street fighters being released in greece, and the fact that the knife in the mutt bag is a street fighter (well at that time was being used by street fighters) molded knife, clearly give the figure validity and is almost 100% proof that these were over stock. can i be wrong of course but i'm just throwing 2 and 2 together!

they were originally slated as a promotional tool to keep gijoe going in greece or introducing it into russia but the plans fell through

i also have a uk tf sneak peak mib from the same source

these are legit pieces that need some looking into!

you guys get too imaginative at times .... who would get into the hassle of sealing a mint toy?!.......too suspicious also......

get real...

I've seen it before and it was my opinion. No need to get real aight

I stand corrected. Thank you Curt.

It's a very nice find that's for sure.

I'm going to throw my hat in with the pot of those who beleive that this is just an overstock piece that was used in some sort of promotion, be it mail away or otherwise. There's all kinds of new stuff turning up in this hobby, especially foreign pieces...all it takes is a little investigation on the part of the more dilligent people is this community to find out exactly where the stuff came from by researching foreign paperwork, etc. To automatcally dismiss something new as fake is just lazy.

Cobra island Survivor, i'm curious, are you 100% sure that there were no other mail away offers in Greece? Not that i doubt you at all...it just seems strange that there was only one. Were there any breakfast cereal or similar type promotions in Greece that you're aware of? I know that Greece didn't see a widespread release of GI Joe items but that's another possibility to look into.

It's Mutt's brother, named Jeff.

Very cool find. I want one of these. Mutt has always been in my top 10 favorite characters/figures. Does he not come with Junkyard? He'd look good with the brown Junkyard that comes with the 2004 Convention Tiger Force Mutt.

I'm going to remain open minded. I have no reason to think this figure is a fake. That would be very cool if this was something new that us joe collectors have missed for many years.

Actually,I bought these from a toyshop in Athens that specialises in old toys.
All the Mutt figures I bought were sealed by,my guess is,the company that imported them in Greece.As far as I know this is a Greek exclusive.
I am not sure,but they must have come out in the early 90's and there were more figures sold sealed in the exact same baggie as I do have a few more different ones.Mutt was the only one I actually found in quantity.

I've sent an e-mail to webmaster@yojoe.com

Jeff, Patrick anyone? Please let me know if you guys want to use it.
drop me an e-mail please.

I've sent an e-mail to webmaster@yojoe.com

Jeff, Patrick anyone? Please let me know if you guys want to use it.
drop me an e-mail please.

Got it last night, haven't had time to look at it yet, I'm in the middle of a move right now so I'm strapped for free time.

Got it, looked at it, not sure what it is! I'll add it to the archive as an unknown varient, but I'm unable to provide any more info. I also forwarded to acmirro so he can take a guess.

I put an update up about it in the magazine.

http://www.yojoe.com/magazine/04/0729update.shtml

I'll let everyone know if I get any leads.

I bought this figure in April has an Austrian seller.

on the figure, it is mentioned : made in china H-1

here pictures of the figure with details :

http://servimg.com/h/j/j/01_JPG.jpg

http://servimg.com/p/m/r/02_JPG.jpg

http://servimg.com/v/i/v/03_JPG.jpg

http://servimg.com/m/b/k/04_JPG.jpg

http://servimg.com/l/u/u/05_JPG.jpg

that's funny! The right left thing on his foots are new to me.
My mint out of bag :p euro mutt has it as well.
and my mib mutt too.

Here's a picture of the Sneak Peek....

http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/2intimages/tfsneakpeakmib.jpg

Also bumping this up since it's on the front page of the news again.

It seems like were finding somthing new every day!

Man, I am a vlaka. I didn't realize that bagged Mutt was exclusive to Greece. Sigh. At least my favorite character made it to my country of heritage. Opa!

allright then, the Mystery Sneak Peak has been added to Yojoe!
Same mystery like the European Mutt.
Does it have the same text on the bag?

allright then, the Mystery Sneak Peak has been added to Yojoe!
Same mystery like the European Mutt.
Does it have the same text on the bag?
yes it does..and i also have 7 more figures mib coming..none euro exc but in the same type of bag.details and pics coming when i get them

Oh man, i sure hope the community doesn't latch on to "Mystery Sneak Peek" and "Mystery Mutt" as the names for these pieces! LOL...

(no offence Jeff. ;) )

Oh man, i sure hope the community doesn't latch on to "Mystery Sneak Peek" and "Mystery Mutt" as the names for these pieces! LOL...

(no offence Jeff. ;) )

I didn't even think about that! I need to put more thought into my random naming! Someone needs to come up with a better name so we can refer to them easier, like the Pimp Daddy Destro.

Someone needs to come up with a better name so we can refer to them easier, like the Pimp Daddy Destro.

How about "Greek Peak"??? :D

...or maybe "Sneak GreeK"?

-Peter

which figures are those curt?

I didn't even think about that! I need to put more thought into my random naming! Someone needs to come up with a better name so we can refer to them easier, like the Pimp Daddy Destro.



how about "Odysseus Mutt". Seems like a very good name for this figure, considering all the factors.

haha oh boy now all the greek heros and gods are going to be an option :)

or Olympic Mutt

87 dodger with variant helmet mic and snake eyes ver 4 sword mib
88 storm shadow with night force shockwave pistol mib
93 countdown (blue with red and white trim ) with shockwave knife mib
91 general hawk with snake eyes ver 4 sword mib
recoil with dusty ver 2 rifle mib
wild bill ver 2 with dusty ver 2 rifle mib
shadow ninja slice with ver 1 duke rifle (yeah weird one there) mib
headhunter mib with talking hawk pistol mib

those are the new mystery greeks! bringing the total to 10 seperate figs found mib with charbroil rumored to have been seen by another collector.

right now its the greek 10 lol

pics and updated links will be added to yojoe soon!

pics for your enjoyment!!

and some more!

Smells like a scam people...don't waste your money on useless figures because they come with greek or russian baggies...maybe it was a dealer in europe starting something so more "geeks" and I am using the word lightly go crazy and buy them. Its a waste.

In other news wizard world chciago was not worth the price in going.

You should have seen the the dealers a batch of scum and villany.

Its a sad day in the collectors market when figures hit crazy prices.

Sorry just hate all scum dealers.:mad:

Smells like a scam people...don't waste your money on useless figures because they come with greek or russian baggies...maybe it was a dealer in europe starting something so more "geeks" and I am using the word lightly go crazy and buy them. Its a waste.

In other news wizard world chciago was not worth the price in going.

You should have seen the the dealers a batch of scum and villany.

Its a sad day in the collectors market when figures hit crazy prices.

Sorry just hate all scum dealers.:mad:


this post has no relevance whatsoever to this topic..please take your issues to the off topic section thx

okay...its funny how people get upset over nothing.

lets me guess your a hero to your fans right...its amazing how you guys turn nothing into a useless mindset...

okay...its funny how people get upset over nothing.

lets me guess your a hero to your fans right...its amazing how you guys turn nothing into a useless mindset...



who i am is also irrelevant to this post...

i simply stated your post had nothing to do with this topic so please post your issues in the off topic section

never said i was upset

lol man lighten up

you got it dude...:D

Looks to be a new poster...

7 posts and he's already nailing Curt to the wall...

Not to take this too off topic, but I found Wizard World Chicago to be well worth my money.

Anyhow, Curt, please keep us in the loop on what you find out with these Greek Figures.

My thoughts are, promo figures from the late 80's early 90's based on what figures are bagged.

They kind of remind me of the old Chuck E Cheese bagged figures.

If your allowed to say, where did you pick them up? Might help in determining their origin.

Tanner

Last bit of Off topic stuff.... Mr. Wolf has been banned for 5 days for comments in other threads (the comments have been deleted). They were of a political and stereotypical nature.

WWC can be discussed in another thread.

Let's keep this on topic from here on out.

from what i have gathered thus far on these items they are/were a greek promotional tool to get gijoe toys moving in that country in the early 90's

until i have more info or perhaps some paperwork showing these items i am going to remain open minded

i acquired these items from a seller in greece btw

Curt,

How many do you think exist?

to be honest steve i have no clue

remember all those figs that cmitoys.com had for sale a long time ago mib? those were american counterparts to these greek figs..basically salesman samples from overstock

so who knows how big a push they made in greece with these figures..i do find it odd some of the figure choices we have seen thus far and the weapons they matched them with

like that shadow ninjas slice with the duke gun? very odd pairing there..basically a 1994 fig with a 1983 accessory

so ultimately there is no real way to know how many exist unless or until the salesmans paperwork or a hasbro sales catalog surfaces with them in it

Does anyone have any information as to Gijoe toys being released in any way in Greece? The Greece section of the Yojoe International archive doesn't seem to have any pics of items that have Greek specific wording, etc.

What I can add to the knowledge of Joe's available to Greece, is minimal. I have a carded Battle Corps Destro Version 3, which lists the U.K., Portugal, and Greece distributors of the Gijoe line. The Greek distibutor info is almost 100% written in Greek. This is the only English noted:

"Distributed in Greece by Hasbro Hellas S.A. ..."

Pictured on the back are Heavy Duty, Grunt, Snake-Eyes, Cobra Commander, Snow Serpent, Desert Scorpion, Eel, Incinerators from Series 10, and all of Series 11.

Hope this input adds to this hunt for information.

-Peter

Carded GI Joe items where in my mom's hometown when I lasted visited Greece back in 1992. The only thing I can remember was seeing figures released in from 1988/1989 domestic line. As for the type of writting on the packaging, you try and remember something 12 years ago lol. But they must of had some hellas writting on the back of the cards for marketing.

Does anyone have any info on the El Greco toy company from Greece and if they perhaps had anything to do with GI Joe over there? All i know is that they had a couple of factories and they were quite short-lived however, they did produce and distribute My Little Pony in Greece which was of course, Hasbro's girl line which was concurrent to GI Joe...

Might be an interesting place to start looking...

-----Does anyone have any info on the El Greco toy company from Greece and if they perhaps had anything to do with GI Joe over there? ---------

No one?
I tried to search the net, but no results for me this time.
Anyone living in Greece who may find something sooner than us?

what ever came of these figures?