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This GI Joe guide is not meant for identifying vehicles, at least not yet. You should know the name or year of the vehicle, base or playset you are looking for first. YoJoe.com is the best place on the Web for identifying GI Joe vehicles and checking to see if their accessories are complete. This website does not yet list graded toy values. AFA (Action Figure Authority) evaluated items are professionally graded and sealed in protective cases. A preserved AFA graded toy can sometimes sell for 5 times more than a comparative MISB.
Vehicles, bases and playsets are not as popular as figures in the eyes of collectors. Personally, I just don't have the room to display many vehicles and so I only collect ones that have sentimental value or ones that are very rare. My favorite vehicles are some of the awesome jets produced like the Cobra Rattler and the GI Joe Skystriker. Starting in the late 1980's, Hasbro created vehicles that were increasingly strange, less military-looking and more neon-colored; and are therefore less desirable.
A vehicle that is still sealed in a mail away baggie from Hasbro will generally sell for more than a MLC, especially since some of these mail order pieces are rare variations. Prices for some vehicles beyond 2002 will eventually be added and will probably consist of only the most popular and more collectable releases. I would also like to add a section for foreign released versions of GI Joe and Cobra vehicles in the future.
Conflict of interest information is provided for those who may be wondering about whether or not I am trying to affect the prices of these GI Joe items. I have currently won about 60 GI Joe figure auctions and sold about 30 GI Joe items on Ebay. So I don't really profit by the prices going up or down. The guide is just that, an honest guide in which the final prices listed are ultimately my opinion. I will update the prices as much as possible and I greatly appreciate visitor input.
- Brian
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