G. I. Joe / Funskool Metalhead 2003

Professor blog: 000015 Subject: Metalhead Brand of product: G. I. Joe (Funksool) India Original Release year: 2003

This is a figure that only came out in the country of India. You are looking at Metalhead from the Funskool toy line. Funskool was licensed to make G. I. Joes in India and they did a very… interesting job. Colors that you would never paint your walls ended up on some of our favorite toys! Since these figures are from a different country and tracing down parts would be a little hard / impossible for most, I have decided to review them without them.

Now Metalhead is a popular character and got imported to India. They decided to change his main colors to black and orange. One of the best parts about Funskool joes is that they did such a terrible job on painting their toys that it adds character to everyone! I love my Funskool joes and sadly it is really hard to complete the set. India has some of the rarest joes ever made. We are glad to announce that Metalhead is not one of them!

Now if you look up the India Metalhead on yojoe.com you will get this: http://www.yojoe.com/action/int/india/metalhead.shtml . As you can tell, they gave the most ridiculous weapons to the India joes. Metalhead actually came with paint / grenade mix… It is the most interesting toy set up to this date in my book. He is such a goofy toy. If you are into international toys, give old Metalhead a shot!

Background of the toy: This particular Metalhead came to me from an Ebay seller in India itself. He arrived into my collection in May 2013. He has no breaks or chips and his paint looks amazing. He is missing all his weapons and the instructions. He is the proper color and has no damage.