Years ago, the Funskool Tripwire was just a somewhat popular $4 figure. Everyone had him. A few people even army built him. There were few people who didn't like him. Then, Funskool dried up. In the ensuing decade, Tripwire got a little harder to find and his popularity lead to some price increases. Now, though, G.I. Joe pricing is stupid and the Funskool Tripwire is a $100 figure. That's way too much to pay for a figure like this. But, that's what the market is demanding these days. We'll see where we are two years from now, though.
There's a good amount of content out there on this figure. (Proving it's far more common than the current pricing suggests.)
Funskool Tripwire Profile
Funskool Tripwire at The Viper Pit
Funskool Tripwire at JoeADay.com
Funskool Tripwire by SpecialMissionForce
Oreobuilder's 50 Shades of Tripwire
Funskool Tripwire by Skip A Frogman
Funskool Tripwire by whatsonjoemind
One of the greatest Joe figures ever ! When the hobby of modern collecting went towards the club subscriptions of 13 figures, I dumped 98% of m 25th/modern collection and went to the o-ring style of my youth. I bought this one probably 6 or 7 years ago, at then then princely sum of 30 dollars. That post 2010 era was an a good time to start an o-ring collection, because some fans was dumping the old stuff for modern. I Became enamored with the ridiculousness of the college football team font saying of all things ""Bomb Squad". In fluorescent orange. Purple being my favorite color, the violet hue on this mold makes this one of my absolute favorite purple figures in the history of Joes.
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