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There exists in the early production of GiJoe a version which was different than the later issue. This early production included the pre-production, aka Toy Fare displays and salesman examples that were used to try to peddle this new "Action Figure" to toy stores.
There's some features with this one that is shared with other very "early" GiJoes.
-Brass rivets(can be a mix of all of the rivets being brass, or just the hands, or just the feet or the entire Joe). The contrast is the later 1960's Joes having flesh color painted rivets. Adventure Team switched back to unpainted rivets, but not brass.
-Larger "beefy" hands, later issues were more defined and not quite as large
-Smaller "baby" feet, not very defined, but were easier to put into the boots. (These early Joes would also sometimes have rubber boots, in brown and black and they were a very soft rubber and had Hong Kong stamped on the bottom on the heel in a semi circle). A lot of those are found today and are shrunken and hardened.
-Arms and legs being a little more defined, thighs would be a little thicker.
-Head hard with eyeliner and eyebrows painted below the edge of the eyebrow ridge.
-Torso might have a red tint to it, and early versions would have been hand cut at the bottom, so the edging (in the pelvis) could be rough.
-Pelvis a little different molding, and have the TM Hasbro marking stamp on it.
The earliest of these Joes, which would have included the Toy Fair, and Salesman examples, would have brass rivets, beefy hands, baby feet, and the rest of the early features, but include a pelvis with no Hasbro stamp at all, a smooth butt. Since the pelvis didn't include a Hasbro mark on it, Hasbro branded with something hot, the top right shoulder with (C) Hasbro 1964 USA (R)
A number of these shipped exactly like that in the first shipments of GiJoes to eager kids. I've personally owned 3 of these early heatstamp/branded Joes and all of those have had brown hair. I can't confirm but I feel most of these early ones were all brown haired after discussing this with other collectors.
Below is a picture of one of mine. These early Joes also have a tendency for their body part to crack very easily.
In the photos you'll notice the red tint to the chest, it's related to some leeching of color coming out of the plastic, or so I'm told. I have other early, non heatstamp Joes that have the same red tinting as well.
Now if you've read all of this way down, I am interested in buying or trading for any brass rivet early Joes, or just body parts. Brass rivet parts will help me fix up a few Joes that have been hanging out in my hospital(drawers) for too long so PM me if you have any hanging around you don't want.
There's some features with this one that is shared with other very "early" GiJoes.
-Brass rivets(can be a mix of all of the rivets being brass, or just the hands, or just the feet or the entire Joe). The contrast is the later 1960's Joes having flesh color painted rivets. Adventure Team switched back to unpainted rivets, but not brass.
-Larger "beefy" hands, later issues were more defined and not quite as large
-Smaller "baby" feet, not very defined, but were easier to put into the boots. (These early Joes would also sometimes have rubber boots, in brown and black and they were a very soft rubber and had Hong Kong stamped on the bottom on the heel in a semi circle). A lot of those are found today and are shrunken and hardened.
-Arms and legs being a little more defined, thighs would be a little thicker.
-Head hard with eyeliner and eyebrows painted below the edge of the eyebrow ridge.
-Torso might have a red tint to it, and early versions would have been hand cut at the bottom, so the edging (in the pelvis) could be rough.
-Pelvis a little different molding, and have the TM Hasbro marking stamp on it.
The earliest of these Joes, which would have included the Toy Fair, and Salesman examples, would have brass rivets, beefy hands, baby feet, and the rest of the early features, but include a pelvis with no Hasbro stamp at all, a smooth butt. Since the pelvis didn't include a Hasbro mark on it, Hasbro branded with something hot, the top right shoulder with (C) Hasbro 1964 USA (R)
A number of these shipped exactly like that in the first shipments of GiJoes to eager kids. I've personally owned 3 of these early heatstamp/branded Joes and all of those have had brown hair. I can't confirm but I feel most of these early ones were all brown haired after discussing this with other collectors.
Below is a picture of one of mine. These early Joes also have a tendency for their body part to crack very easily.
In the photos you'll notice the red tint to the chest, it's related to some leeching of color coming out of the plastic, or so I'm told. I have other early, non heatstamp Joes that have the same red tinting as well.
Now if you've read all of this way down, I am interested in buying or trading for any brass rivet early Joes, or just body parts. Brass rivet parts will help me fix up a few Joes that have been hanging out in my hospital(drawers) for too long so PM me if you have any hanging around you don't want.
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