From eBay

Ok, I know it isnt tech.. But GI Joe’s kick ass. Here you can buy the FIRST GI Joe out of the mold for a measley $350k

The 1st GI Joe out of the mold was a gift to me from the man who made it, Hasbro’s President of Mold Procurement, Hugh O’Connor. With this GI Joe comes proof in a letter written to me by Hugh O’Connor of what it is. This figure is also featured on the cover of my latest book, ‘The Complete Encyclopedia to GI Joe, 3rd Edition’.

On Pg 37, you can see a picture of Hugh holding this figure. The reason he has such a big smile was because I asked him, ” When you hold the GI Joe, point at the right cheek of the buttocks!” While he got a kick out of that, the whole idea was to direct the viewers attention to that area because this GI Joe did not have any markings on the buttocks!

In, The Complete Encyclopedia to GI Joe, 3rd Edition, you can read much more about Hugh’s involvement in the 1963 GI Joe project, in addition to his many eye-witness accounts, stories and relationships of all the people he worked with together on that project! The wealth of information provided by Hugh O’Connor’s inteviews have literally rewritten GI Joe history!