The first Venezuelan Mortal surfaced at an auction back in August 2003.  The auction lot had several other figures that were made by a joint effort with Hasbro and the Venezuelan toy company named Rubiplas.  All of the other figures were released in Venezuela.  Note in the original auction picture below the 2 other rare exclusive figures, Manleh and Shimik.  From there, the seller contacted me and a couple other well known people in the Joe Community.  I had never seen this figure before and told him not to sell it until he knew exactly what it was.  If it was a fake, then definitely don't sell it, but if it is real, it could be one of the rarest G.I. Joe figures of all time.   I suggested that he send the figure to a number of reputable and trustworthy dealers who could authenticate it.  The seller did one step better, he contacted the original manufacturer and they were kind enough to research their records and issue a certificate of authenticity in October 2003.  The owner decided to keep this figure and for about 20 months, then contacted me when he wanted to raise some money to buy a house.  So he asked me how much I thought it was worth.  I would love to have purchased this figure for myself, but I had recently I made an investment in the original pencil sketch art to the Mortal and all the others characters from that rare 2nd Series figures ("Argen 7").  So owning the original art to the Cobra Mortal is enough to keep me very happy (see the art prints that were done HERE).  Anyways, that figure sold bringing the most money ever paid for a single GI Joe 3-3/4 action figure in June of 2005.  Finally, the original seller has located another White Mortal and several other rare figures from Venezuela.   Those are being offered for sale now.  So don't miss your chance to own a rare piece of G.I. Joe history!

click to enlarge the original 2003 auction pic

Below is the original White Mortal that sold last year at a RECORD PRICE!  It was in very nice shape and a perfect example of a figure to examine.  Please let me explain each image.  Pictures 1 & 2 are both the inside and outside of the figure.  I disassembled it in order to examine the plastic body more closely.  The body is made from white plastic.  The figure has a black paint mask (note the factory overspray).   The Cobra symbol is highly detailed.   Pictures 3 & 4 is a copy of the file card (original owner kept the file).  The most impressive evidence is on the back side of the file card.  Note the Hasbro logo and the Rubiplas logo.  I show in the picture my Argentina (Plastirama) file card for comparison (not for sale).   Picture 5 is the original Certificate of Authenticity by the toy company Rubiplas in Venezuela!  How cool is that?!?!   This second White Mortal we are selling now does come with a copy of the file card and a copy of the certificate of authenticity (C.O.A.).