I just don't believe in spending more than $10-15.00 on anything Joe scale, no matter how rare it may be. So the most I've ever spent on a Joe was probably about $10.00. I think it was for a Destro v1.

The most I've ever spent on any domestically released action figure was probably $30.00 for Evil Lyn from Mattel's recent Masters of the Universe revival. And that's only because I couldn't find her in any stores, and she's one of my favorite characters.

I'm far more willing to shell out bucks for Japanese Transformers, such as $100.00 each for Masterpiece Optimus Prime and Starscream, and the upcoming Megatron, and $50.00 apiece for all the various Binaltech (Japanese Alternators) figures.

Personally, if I had $350.00 to spend, I'd rather put it towards a video game system, TV or something of the like.

The best bargain I ever got was probably at a little action figure shop that was open in my area for a few years. I went in one day and they had a complete Cobra Commander v1 among all their Joes. It was the only unpriced one and when I asked how much it was the guy minding the store guessed $5.00, so I snapped it up. When the owner came in as I was paying, he was miffed at his employee for giving the fig for me for so little (most of their Joes were $10 or more), but by then it was too late.

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