Gi Joe: Official Identification and Price Guide 1964-1999 by Vincent Santelmo (1999, Paperback, Illustrated)

This book has some useful information on uniform and figure variations, but it is far from being a complete guide to G.I. Joe. For a more complete reference to every vintage boxed and carded figure and equipment set, check out this authors other book, The Complete Encyclopedia to G.I. Joe (1997 Krause Publications). Although it is primarily black and white, it is the most complete and comprehensive guide to in-package G.I. Joe stuff. When I first heard Vinnie was doing this book, I assumed it would be as complete and comprehensive as his previous book, only in full color, with a focus on individual and out of package stuff. While there are values for individual pieces of equipment, and many sets are photographed out of package, not every set and piece of equipment is covered, mentioned, or even listed in the book. This is obviously not due to a lack of knowledge on the authors part, but may be due to publishing considerations. I can only speculate. Perhaps Vinnie only had a limited number of pages to work with and realized he wouldn't be able to get it all in. If that's the case, perhaps he should have omitted the sections on 1980's and 1990's Joes and focused exclusively on the vintage 60's and 70's stuff. I like the format and the idea of the book, it just seems as if it's only about 1/4 complete. As a supplement to Vinnie's other book, this is okay, but don't expect to gain a comprehensive knowledge of Vintage G.I. Joe from it. This book was not licensed or approved by Hasbro, so the term "Official" in the title is somewhat bogus.

excellent information,Very accurate percise information!Recommend this to all gi joe collectors.Helped me desribe many itms that I purchased threw the years,Thank you again

All you need to know about gi joe, great guide, exellent pictures and great value to any gi joe collectionists.

As a good book about a specific toy and is evaluation in time, defines with a nice detail, some of the latest and oldest action figure named GI JOE, but a little incomplete regarding all the different models that this toy had in time – 1964/1999.
As a collector of GI JOE and Action Man action figure, I think that a book with a overview in time about a toy, should show more of the different accessories and more of the different models that have existing in time.
Any way, a work as this has all ways my biggest consideration and my congratulations.
Very nice book.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE BOOK IS MONEY WELL SPENT,AS IT HAS LOTS OF PICTURES WITH GOOD INFORMATION. ALSO IS IN MINT CONDITION.