Usually business firms take out insurance policies on things that make them money. The business will pay a monthly fee. When the item is stolen or lost the insurance company will write a check to the business that pays the monthly fee minus a deductible. A deductible is how much the business that pays the monthly fee has to pay to replace the lost or stolen item. The insurance company will write a check for the remainder of the cost to replace the lost or stolen item. Insurance is the biggest rip off industry in America because in order to have an item insured, you have to pay a monthly policy and might never have to file a lost or stolen claim with the insurance company. Its like flushing your money down a toliet. Hope it helps a little.

It's hard to say what Hasbro was doing back in the day.

Insurance: institutionalised gambling.

You: "Bet you my house burns down this month."

Insurance company: "Bet it doesn't."

Then maybe, one day...

You: "Yay, my home burned to the ground! I win!"

Insurance companies don't like when you actually use your insurance either. I've heard stories of people having thier insurance cancelled because they used it. They love to take your money but they don't want to give it back.

Back on topic: It's a shame that Hasbro took such poor care of these classic molds and we'll never have the chance to see these figures re-issued. I will miss the comic packs, and we never got proper versions of Grunt, Grand Slam, Flash, Torch, etc. in comic pack form.

are u sure that the gunho s mold is missing check out the comic 3 pack Duke , THE SAME LEGGS AND ARMS from gun ho v1 ...

Yes, I'm sure.
First of all, Duke only shares his LOWER LEGS with v1 Gung-Ho, and it's been like that since 1983. Second of all, Duke has been sharing the same LOWER ARMS (the upper arms are different) with Gung-Ho, as well as the waist, since 1997 because back then Gung-Ho's mold wasn't lost, and since it was back in Hasbro's possession for the 1997 release, so they used parts of it for Duke too since he didn't have his lower arms or his waist. Now the rest of Gung-Ho's mold is history.

I even said it a few posts back, don't you read??

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I don't see problem with Grunt. Take the actual comic pack head with Col. Hawk/Stalker/Zap's comic pack body.

But I've to totally agree in Flash and Grand Slam. And G, the actual comic pack space Flash doesn't count . This 2 guys need to see a comic pack as well as Major Bludd, Low Light (why not?) and some others. All with retooled heads of course.

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You know what I'm curiuos about? How they can't figure out how to go on ebay, buy a vintage figure and make a mold from him! GTG Customs and Alyoshas customs aren't multimillion dollar companies and they can make replacement mold parts! Hasbro is full of shit! It wouldn't take that much, except for the fact that they won't be an overnight multimillion dollar sucess, so if it doesn't insure that Hasbro execs are up to their eyeballs in Benz's and Bahamian Vactions, screw it!






Yeah, they'll put it on the collectors sites, and on HAsbro.com but will you see any TV commercials about it? nope. Any media coverage? Nope! Any she-bang like they had when the line launched 25 years ago? Nope, then they'll use the crappy sales as a reason to cancel the line. If they don't put the stuff in TRU or WalMart, it will go the way of DTC!

I'll say it now;

Here Lies the 3 3/4 inch GI Joe line. They gave
their lives so capitalistic greedy conglomerate
toy manufacturers could drive sports cars and
send their kids to private schools.

R.I.P
1982 - 2007





AND YES, THAT'S HOW I REALLY FEEL!!!!!!

Yes, and Alyosha's unpainted, unpackaged figure costs between 35 and 50$, plus shipping. Add in painting and packaging costs and you're looking at VERY expensive figures.
Are you willing to spend that much on a new figure?

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