Special Value Footlockers & Four Services-in-One
Like the other Adventure Pack sets they were a way for Hasbro to bundle excess stock, in this case carded accessory sets together. They were available in multiple configurations. There has been some question about whether the footlocker sets were issued or only prototyped, but the example show above show that at least a few made it to market. The ultra rare merchandise assortment above appears courtesy of Joezeta. Be sure to check out all his GI joe items available for sale here!
The footlockers were released with the following assortments in 1968:
8000.83: Ski Patrol Snowshoes card, LSO Card, Marine Helmet card
8001.83: Ski Patrol helmet card, SP helmet card, Flamethrower card, Scramble Air Vest card
8002.83: Jungle Fighter card, Marine Basics card, Navy Dress Parade card
And again in 1969 with different contents:
8000.83: Ski Patrol Snowshoes card, LSO Card, M-1 Rifle card, Life Ring card
8001.83: MP Helmet card, Ski Patrol Helmet card, Flamethrower card, Communications card
8002-83: Bazooka card, Navy Dress Parade card, Marine Basics card, Paratrooper Small Arms card
Below, the 1968 8000.83 locker, still sealed. Image courtesy of Jay Lee. You can visit his fantastic blog here!
The footlockers were released with the following assortments in 1968:
8000.83: Ski Patrol Snowshoes card, LSO Card, Marine Helmet card
8001.83: Ski Patrol helmet card, SP helmet card, Flamethrower card, Scramble Air Vest card
8002.83: Jungle Fighter card, Marine Basics card, Navy Dress Parade card
And again in 1969 with different contents:
8000.83: Ski Patrol Snowshoes card, LSO Card, M-1 Rifle card, Life Ring card
8001.83: MP Helmet card, Ski Patrol Helmet card, Flamethrower card, Communications card
8002-83: Bazooka card, Navy Dress Parade card, Marine Basics card, Paratrooper Small Arms card
Below, the 1968 8000.83 locker, still sealed. Image courtesy of Jay Lee. You can visit his fantastic blog here!
Below, 8001.83, courtesy of eBay seller littlemarz.
The 4-Services-in-1 Special packs (below) were like the Special Value Sets in that they used a standard box top with an additional tab in the corner that showed the contents. This tab was just shrink wrapped to the box, whose edges were not even joined, like the other boxes in this series. Inevitably, these side panels were lost and I am unaware of an example currently in the collector's market.
There were four varieties, each with a different corner tab listing its contents:
- 8005.83: MP Ike pants card, LSO card, Marine M-1 Card, Scramble Parachute Pack card
- 8006.83: MP Duffle bag card, Navy Attack Machine Gun card, Marine Medic card, Pilot Communications card
- 8007.83: MP Ike Jacket card, Navy Attack helmet card, Marine Paratrooper Small Arms card, Pilot Basics card
- 8008.83: Command Post Small Arms card, Life Ring card, Marine M-1 card, Air Police card