View In-Depth Photos and Figure Info for Russian Funskool Airtight Treat them with care and they will love you back. These are fine GI Joe toys, but you can’t expect them to be exactly the same as a Hasbro release. It’s usually fairly good, but be aware there’s more room for error with Funskool figures.

Expect some amount of paint slop and shoddy paint work.

Funskool figures will commonly have very stiff bicep swivels and knee joints. Instead, slowly move the joint back and forth until it moves freely.

Don’t force any joints when you take them out of the package.

These aren’t as good as Hasbro figures but, like The Corps!, they’re better than most anything else.

The Lanard comparison is a decent one.

Treat them like you’d treat a Corps! Figure.

With that plastic quality in mind, never force a weapon into the figure’s hand, as you will break a thumb.

They’re fine toys, just manage your expectations before you go in. That’s not to say plastic quality is bad, it’s just not as good as what you’d get from a Hasbro GI Joe.

Funskool figures are universally made of lower quality plastic than Hasbro figures.

If you’ve never owned or handled a Funskool GI Joe figure before, there are certain things you need to be aware of. of Forgotten Figures: “ I believe were produced in the early 2000’s, at the same time that Funskool was pumping out all the figures that ended up in the US, too.”Ī Quick Primer on Funskool GI Joe Figures

Also, if you do decide to buy these, I recommend buying them in a lot from Russia, as that’s bound to be cheaper than buying them for $20+ each.Īnd before you say “wait these aren’t from the 90s,” understand that at least some of them are 90s molds, understand maybe some were released in the 90s, and understand that I absolutely don’t care. I’ll be keeping each figure’s write up short and to the point.

I’m not sure what the distinction between the Russian and Indian versions of these figures are (as my Russian and Indian Hydro Vipers and Eels seem nearly identical, for example), but none of them should fetch $35 carded.īut the GI Joe market is weird right now.Īnyway, if you’re looking into buying any of these figures, I hope this post helps you. But I can’t change the past, since time travel is socially irresponsible, so there’s not much I can do about that now.įunskool GI Joe figures are much more expensive now than they were then. I’ve kicked myself many times for not scooping up Night Vipers and Crimson Guard Immortals. A Hydro Viper, a Cobra Eel, A Toxo-Viper, and Tunnel Rat. In the early 00s, you could get many figures for $5 or so from and .Īs I was around 16 at the time, and my income was Pretty Bad, I only ever got a few of them. And, for a while, they were cheap and readily available. I ended up paying about $6 per figure, which is a fair price for any carded GI Joe– Funskool or not.įunskool released Hasbro molds in India for quite a long time. I’m seeing these pop up a lot more on Instagram now, where people are selling them for over $25 a piece. It’s possible you’ve seen the lot, as the seller seems to have many of them, and it’s also possible I directed you to the lot. See each character’s section for links.)īack in November, I bit the bullet and ordered a lot of 24 Russian Funskool GI Joe figures from eBay. ( Post Updated 5/19/22 with individual page for Mainframe.

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