This week's high bids on Ebay

[cageyJG]

Skystriker with 1 hour left, 24 bids, $1,625... Lots of competition for that Skystriker! http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-JOE-SKYSTRIKE...item45ef6c01e0

Defiant with 1 day left, $1,050, 2 bids... http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-Joe-SPACE-SHU...item439b99c9df

The bidders must either be sultans or store owners

[Da_Last_2_Walk]

Congrats to the winners! Both items are fine additions to high-end collections.

[Volleydan]

The Skystriker didn't meet reserve, with a high bid of just over $2,000. Dude is proud of his plane.....

[cageyJG]

I love seeing the classic art on those boxes in such pristine condition.

I can imagine emotions running high for those in the auction, particularly for the guy who had his finger hovering over the clicker and finally hit the button - then finding out he didn't meet reserve. Some of those reserves are just Looney Tunes. You're not gonna get $9,999.99 for your AFA 85 Skystriker for about another 50 years.

I noticed the box had stenciled pilot names - I recognize Armbruster as "Ace," but "LT Wayne Rothel," the backseater, who's he?

[MikePrime]

So, $2,000 is not enough for that Skystriker? Either the seller thinks very highly of his item or he paid a lot for it in the first place.


I don't know much about MISB Defiant price, but $1,000 seems like the norm. That shipping cost is pretty awful though, even if it may be correct.

[cageyJG]

OMG - look at this :

http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-JOE-USS-FLAGG...item3efb359f9c

That has to be a record for any Joe item on Ebay.

My hat's off to the casino that buys this thing. Kind of a collectible like the sacred images that keep appearing in toast and Cheetos? That kind of chedda, ooh la la.

[Da_Last_2_Walk]

OMG - look at this :

http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-JOE-USS-FLAGG...item3efb359f9c

That has to be a record for any Joe item on Ebay.

My hat's off to the casino that buys this thing. Kind of a collectible like the sacred images that keep appearing in toast and Cheetos? That kind of chedda, ooh la la.

Nope, there was an AFA 85 that sold for more.

[ChadShaft]

OMG - look at this :

http://cgi.ebay.com/GI-JOE-USS-FLAGG...item3efb359f9c

That has to be a record for any Joe item on Ebay.

My hat's off to the casino that buys this thing. Kind of a collectible like the sacred images that keep appearing in toast and Cheetos? That kind of chedda, ooh la la.

Well, I looked at his pics and it appears to come with an actual aircraft carrier......that's a pretty good price if you ask me.

[Lody]

Hmm

Isn't that SkyStriker a first release? I am pretty sure that I saw boxes for it that later had a label proclaiming it "Voted Toy of the Year"

[TYPE*S*TOYS]

Hmm

Isn't that SkyStriker a first release? I am pretty sure that I saw boxes for it that later had a label proclaiming it "Voted Toy of the Year"

the "voted toy of the year" box is from the Funskool release