A fellow collector left a pleasant surprise at my office the other day. He had been fixing up his collection and found a bunch of his old 80's ARAH ( A Real American Hero) G.I. Joes and gave them to me since he had seen some of the ARAH figures I had restored. A big thanks KIKO!
Among the pile of parts, weapons and accessories were three complete figures with loose joints and really dinged up paint jobs. These will be the first one's I'll be restoring.
First up is Wetsuit (118-HAF-1986-WETSUIT-01), with flashlight, airtank and underater sled. He is missing his rebreather tubes and flippers, of which I know I have some extra paits lying around. His joints are very, very loose and he can't stand up unassisted. Pretty much like me on bad days :(
The 1984 Series 3 Firefly (118-HAF-1984-FIREFLY-01) is also mostly ok even though he is missing his thumbs. That was a common problem with the plastic of these figures then. His backpack is complete as is the lid of his toolbox. No gun and radio though from the original set.
Lastly, the 1991 Series 10 Sci-Fi (118-HAF-1991-SCIFI-02) is mostly complete. He is missing only a rubber tube toi attach his weapons to his helmet/pack. His joints are pretty much ok too.
More on these figs as soon as I refurbish them.
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