YOU ARE BIDDING ON A VERY VINTAGE , AND VERY OLD , GI JOE AND HIS K-9 PUPS TIN FRICTION TOY , WITH ORIGINAL BOX !!! JOE HIMSELF IS IN FANTASTIC OVERALL CONDITION , BOX NOT SO MUCH ...( see notations in auction) ..

THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS FOR A VERY VINTAGE , AND VERY OLD , " GI OE AND HIS K-9 PUPS" TIN LITHO WIND UP TOY..... ( circa 1940's ) ..........JOE HIMSELF IS IN OVERALL FANTASTIC CONDITION !!!! SHINY , CLEAN , GREAT PAINT / COLOR ETC....... SOME VERY MINOR COSMETIC ISSUES , BUT CLEARLY ONE OF THE FINEST YOU WILL EVER FIND OR COME ACROSS !!!! HERE WE GO : JUST OUT OF CONTROLLED LONG TERM STORAGE , TOY IS CLEARLY FANTASTIC , WITH GREAT COLOR / PAINT ETC.....DISPLAYS AWESOME ( if you so care ) ........NO MAJOR OR SERIOUS ISSUES , LOOKS AND OPERATES LIKE IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY !!! WINDS SMOOTH AS BUTTER AND OPERATES JUST AS WELL..........TO NOTE : ISSUES , SO TO SPEAK , WHICH CONSIST OF SOME VERY FINE AND LIGHT SUPERFICIAL SURFACE SCRATCHES ARE CONCENTRATED TO LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT ARMS AND HANDS..........2 ) VERY MINOR PAINT SCRATCH OFFS , LOWER LEFT ARM AT LOWER BACK.......3 ) SMALL SPOT TO SAME , BESIDE LEFT UPPER " POCKET ".......4 ) SEVERAL FINE / LIGHT SCRATCHES TO RIGHT ARM...... *** THERE ARE A FEW OTHER MISC. AND SCATTERED SIMILAR SCUFFS / FINE AND LIGHT SCRATCHES TO BODY IN VARIOUS SPOTS.......****.........6) " PIN PRICK" SPOT / PAINT NICK TO RIGHT LOWER TUMMY AT ARM YELLOW BAND ........7 ) PIN PRICK SPOT , LEFT UPPER CHEST , IN BLACK PAINTED LINE , ABOVE YELLOW " BUTTON"....PAINT DING / NICK , PIN HEAD SIZE , LEFT LOWER BACK JUST ABOVE RED PAINTED BELT , CLOSE TO ARM......** BOX*** ORIGINAL BOX , SMALL PENCIL WRITING IN SPOTS......MUCH LARGER SMUDGED BLACK NUMBERING TO BOTTOM........TOP FLAP WAS OBVIOUSLY RIPPED OFF ON OPENING DECADES AGO ! INCLUDING PARTIAL TOP FLAP BITS.......FRONT OF BOX HAS A OBVIOUS VERY LARGE PRESSURE CREASE , CONCLUDING INTO A Y-SHAPED TEAR AT TOP FLAP END...........RELATED PAPER / BOX ROUGHNESS / FRAYS / RIPS / TEARS SIMPLY A RESULT OF TOP FLAP BEING TORN OFF.......FYI : ORIGINAL BOXES VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND , IN ANY CONDITION !!! THIS IS CLEARLY NOT MINT NOR PERFECT , BUT IT'S ORIGINAL , AND THAT ALONE IS WORTH IT !!! .....IN CONCLUSION , SUPERIOR CONDITION , GOOD LUCK FINDING ANY NICER TOY , EVER !!! COUNTLESS YEARS STILL LEFT IF LOOKED AFTER PROPERLY AS I DID !!! HAVE OWNED FOR 30 + YEARS !! ............

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