Vintage African American GI Joes (w/Ace Allgood)!

[@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970]

I remember when I was 6 years old on Christmas this was 1976, the end of the GI Joe line in the US, and my very first Joe was a Black "Brother man" Muscle body Adventurer on a blister card, with the shorts and jthe uniform with huting rifle. My moms bought for me at a TG&Y store that no longer exists! The price was still on the card: Clearanced $1.98! I still have that figure, but now reflocked, new hands and rejointed. yeah....I played with him until his hands turned to dust!

[@robertoacevedo6247]

I have ordered African American Geyperman bodies from Cotswold and traditional bodies the quality is very good I was able to restore and customize about 13 African American figures, 🧔🏿‍♂️🧔🏿‍♂️🧔🏿‍♂️🧔🏿‍♂️🧔🏿‍♂️, really good quality stuff I recommend 101 % !

[@Reilucci]

I'm looking forward to seeing the next video, congratulations

[@michaelboinski8669]

YEP! Buy the Cots bod to replace the crumbled guys! That's my go to. Great video!

[@eddieburton4583]

Thank Greg and Ace I appreciate it and enjoy it God bless you and your families thank you for sharing this awesome video and information on the figures as well God bless Gi Joe Eddie epic adventure over and out 😎😎

[@Lordvader330]

Love these. Great information

[@randyhamrick]

You guys do an awesome job with these videos. I always look forward to the next one.

[@timcope6685]

Awesome video Greg and Ace! looking forward to the next one!!

[@Forcemaster2000]

A great presentation of very useful information!

[@StealthMockingbird]

MB African American Commander is a grail item for sure and one I'd love to get one day. Not holding my breath. ;)

[@luisf.zimmermann7393]

Great job

[@tjrizzo1619]

My uncle had a collection of GI joes and he kept them at a cabin we owned upstate. A month before I planned to go to the cabin and get them My grandfather sold the cabin. I’m still pissed about it

[@jimmiesmith5811]

The ones with the afros look like the late great John Witherspoon

[@davidorourke9938]

Great video! :)

[@JamesCampbell-g9k]

Need Cotswold to produce more videos.

[@petebutler5139]

I don't see Scott Wilde's information below. I have three Bullet Man figures that need restringing.

[@cotswoldcollectiblesllc]

Thanks for pointing that out to us! Just updated the description with the Scott's information!

[@Conner-v8k]

I have some Canadian figures and they do not seem to suffer from the crumbling like the American figures do.

[@JamesCampbell-g9k]

Keep making these videos. Please!!!!!!!!

[@cotswoldcollectiblesllc]

Forgot to add that if you need your figures restrung (1964 or Muscle Body) or your Talking Mechanism repaired, contact Scott Wilde at [e-mail]. I've known Scott since the mid-90's and he's been our GO TO guy for all figure repairs. For head reflocking, you can't go wrong with Flock Concepts at [e-mail]. Ray does all our Elite Brigade head flocking (fuzzy heads as we call them) and he does all our vintage head reflocking.

[@anniesapp906]

Very impressive and informative. I recall the G.I Joe theme song on commercial "G.I Joe, G.I Joe___ forgot the other part. Ha

[@cotswoldcollectiblesllc]

If you're looking for replacement parts to your African American Body (1964 Design) - be sure to check out our Parts Page - www.gijoeelite.com/Vintage-GI-Joe-Replacements-Parts

[@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970]

I had all the Black GI Joe's in the video growing up as a kid. Now I just have one muscle body Talking Commander, One Black Adventurer Muscle Body and the same adventurer with hard hands and skinny body. That's just my Black GI Joe's

[@michaeljames6748]

I salvaged this guy before my mom threw it out. Edit: the talking commander

[@timmaccowan]

I need 2 sets of hip points for my Black adventurers .

[@cotswoldcollectiblesllc]

Here ya go! :-) www.gijoeelite.com/Hip-Joint-Ball-Black

[@petebutler5139]

Hey fellas!! is it possible that brown plastic suffers from the same curse as gold colored plastics?

[@Kneon_Knight]

It's always disconcerting to hear "African American" being applied to figures made in Europe for the European markets, or in the case of the Classic Collection when applied to French Foreign Legion, Australian ODF, Belgian Para Commando, etc. They're usually called Afro-European or Black Europeans of African Ancestry. I think most prefer the former, as the latter is quite a mouthful. Thank you, Mr. Allgood for sharing your knowledge with us, especially concerning the "crayon" scent indicating deteriorating plastic. I'd really like to hear your thoughts on the yellow body Japanese Imperial Soldier. I have seen caucasian bodies that have been partially sunbleached to a yellowish tinge, but usually it's just the parts exposed to the elements for long periods, not the entire figure. In closing, thank you Mr. Brown for keeping us in the loop, very few companies take the time to reach out to their customers in such a way. Cheers!