This Week On Ebay...

I was browsing through Ebay this week and looked at some of the usual stuff like GI Joes, more GI Joes and even more GI Joes (I collect other things too, I think).  On occasion, my search spirals out of control and I end up somewhere weird and unusual - that Porky Pig in Wackyland kind of moment.  This was one of those times.  Let's start at the beginning.      

Photo @ gdesignr

I'd been wanting a Cobra Rifle Range (1985) for awhile now.  So I searched.  Lots of loose sets available from 100% complete to varying degrees of incompleteness.  The loose sets, even 100% complete, aren't super pricey at the moment so I picked one up.

Pictured on the left is the one I'm getting.  It's 100% complete.  The bunker, 2 targets and sandbags, 3 rifles, rifle rack, caution sign, 2 figure stands, plus the instructions.  Not a bad deal for around $12.      




 

Photo @ m.collectablz

Since the loose sets were so affordable, I searched for Cobra Rifle Ranges, Mint-In-Box (MIB).

Talk about a slap in the face.

Unopened Rifle Ranges are very scarce and command a much higher value.  I love the box art but it's definitely NOT cheap at around $150.  So you can add that to the list of things I'm not getting anytime soon.  You know, along with a 1977 Luke Skywalker MOC.  But if you've got 10 grand to spare, here's the Star Wars auction for you.    

Discouraged by the high cost of a MIB Cobra Rifle Range, I searched for a loose vintage Jinx figure to add to my collection.

Slightly off topic but does anyone else think the SDCC White Jinx - Kim Arashikage look hot? (Not pictured unfortunately.)  Anyone?  No one?  Ah, forget I mentioned it.

So anyway, I found this cool graded Jinx.  I knew AFA graded loose and carded action figures.  But I hadn't searched loose graded figures before.  I think it's neat how everything is secured in the graded case.  Even the accessories are "pinned" up.   Very cool, but graded stuff isn't cheap so we're moving on...


  ...to the stranger stuff.  My Jinx search led me to an auction for 1/18 scale custom Playboy magazine featuring Jinx as the covergirl.  

photo @ 87spuds

The 1/18 magazine has real working pages (mostly blank).  But there are a few actual pages with nudity pics.  Pictured above is the Lady Jaye edition.  I didn't really like the Jinx one.  Looked washed out.  And the Lady Jaye cover looked more respectable while still maintaining a Playboy shock effect.  I've got a project in mind for this blog so I bought one of the Lady Jaye custom Playboys.  Only for the, uh, articles.     

photo @ wholesale_diecast_models

 The Playboy got me thinking about 1/18 scale, which is the same scale for GI Joes (ARAH).  This led 
led me to a 1/18 scale Ford Thunderbird convertible.

This is a sweet diecast car with drool worthy details and shiny chrome all over.

Yes, I pictured GI Joe figures riding in the T-Bird.  Duke would be driving and Shipwreck riding shotgun.  Gung Ho and Sgt. Slaughter in the back.  The new Happy Days.  I'd watch it.

The T-Bird was just expensive enough that I didn't get it since I'd read that some Joes can't fit in a 1/18 scale vehicle.  Yup, other people think of doing the same crap as me.  They wrote that 1/16 works for Joes but that search only turned up 1/16 scaled farm equipment.  Snake Eyes on a tractor.  Oh boy!


Lastly, I don't quite remember how I stumbled upon these two figurines.  Maybe some combination of Jinx and Playboy or maybe the gremlins inside Ebay's search engine were having some fun. 

photo @ koleso884

The auction stated that they were unpainted resin figures of Girl Woman Soldiers but I've never seen soldiers like that before.  Kind of scantily clad for a Stormtrooper, if you know what I mean.  The figure on the left with the assault rifle doesn't seem too bad.  Not too risque.  Could be a survivor out of the Walking Dead or something.  The figure on the right is quite naked with only a jacket, hat, and boots for clothing.  I guess that's what makes her a soldier.  Since she's going commando and all.

That's it, folks.  Last bad joke of the day.  Aloha.