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poncho said:

Seasons greetings new and old members

Not really a purchase but I fixed up beaten broken death squad commander that had its head missing.

Customised it into a garidan the imperial spy.

I fixed the broken torso made a new neck post put on potf2 garindan head, resculpted its belt grafted on a gun holster given it a leg strap and of course made it a vinyl cape and a communicator accessory made by chopping up a nasty repro weapon. Repainted all the black with a nice gloss.

A popular old school custom

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Love the Custom!

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Cazza said:

Ruby2511 said:

Cheers Cazza, any pics of the new MOC

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Here you go- Space Pilot. I'm trying to do the same as my SW, but getting every MOC I had as a kid. Only one to go now- Desert Rat, which is impossible to find and is crazy money. Have a cardback, so may so something with that instead

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Nice Christmas Present. I never realised Action Force was Action Man, I don't remember having them as a kid were they available at the same time as Star Wars?

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Thanks mate. Yeah, they came out in 1982, made by Palitoy. They eventually merged with GI Joe in the mid-eighties, after Hasbro bought out Palitoy. Loads of the designs were by the legendary Bob Brechin, who designed a tonne of Action Man stuff and the Palitoy Death Star. Some of the Death Star parts are shared with the Action Force HQ. The Series 1 figures were based on the best selling Action Man designs. Series 2 introduced various squads and the Enemy forces and had a comic that ran alongside. Absolutely loved them (up to Series 2) as a kid.

db94 said:

Hope you all had a great (and vintage) Christmas
Santa brought me a beautiful boxed Palitoy tauntaun and ESB annual

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Nice! Love the Tauntaun, Colin. The annual is cool too 8)

poncho said:

Seasons greetings new and old members

Not really a purchase but I fixed up beaten broken death squad commander that had its head missing.

Customised it into a garidan the imperial spy.

I fixed the broken torso made a new neck post put on potf2 garindan head, resculpted its belt grafted on a gun holster given it a leg strap and of course made it a vinyl cape and a communicator accessory made by chopping up a nasty repro weapon. Repainted all the black with a nice gloss.

A popular old school custom

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Awesome custom, mate! A figure that should've come out in the original line. Hopefully there will be a Retro Collection version at some stage...

Some great pick ups guys! Loving that garindan!

Just sharing a couple of December arrivals!

Surprised to grab this Kenner Falcon on eBay uk from a childhood collection. Must've been imported to meet demand!

Then thrilled to finally get a bib fortuna with the anakin offer to complete the ROTJ new releases with the offer. This guy has been so hard to find, then ended up with 2 in a month!

Nice Falcon! Can't believe you've finally finished your Anakin run! Really chuffed for you mate- I know it's been a labour of love and taken along time! 8)

Cazza said:

Nice Falcon! Can't believe you've finally finished your Anakin run! Really chuffed for you mate- I know it's been a labour of love and taken along time! 8)

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I still can't believe he started his Anakin run!

Just joshing! Congrats mate!

Arrived today.
Bit of veining but a really nice card and bubble.

quins said:

Arrived today.
Bit of veining but a really nice card and bubble.
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Really nice card and the bubble is so clear.

roundster said:

Some great pick ups guys! Loving that garindan!

Just sharing a couple of December arrivals!

Surprised to grab this Kenner Falcon on eBay uk from a childhood collection. Must've been imported to meet demand!FEE3BB9C-39F6-4E44-8B13-3E58B6128DC3.jpeg4B9F3F8F-FE29-4CD5-9D85-48A2288C8030.jpeg

Then thrilled to finally get a bib fortuna with the anakin offer to complete the ROTJ new releases with the offer. This guy has been so hard to find, then ended up with 2 in a month!

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Superb Falcon and congratulations on finding the last piece for you Anakin run.

Lovely Falcon. Congratulations on completing the Anakin offer run.

roundster said:

Some great pick ups guys! Loving that garindan!

Just sharing a couple of December arrivals!

Surprised to grab this Kenner Falcon on eBay uk from a childhood collection. Must've been imported to meet demand!FEE3BB9C-39F6-4E44-8B13-3E58B6128DC3.jpeg4B9F3F8F-FE29-4CD5-9D85-48A2288C8030.jpeg

Then thrilled to finally get a bib fortuna with the anakin offer to complete the ROTJ new releases with the offer. This guy has been so hard to find, then ended up with 2 in a month!

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Congrats Paul great run but surely that run isn't complete until you've got a nice mint Anakin mailer? Come on Arthur Job, you're better than that

Stuart Skinner said:

Congrats Paul great run but surely that run isn't complete until you've got a nice mint Anakin mailer? Come on Arthur Job, you're better than that

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Top row 5th figure from left! Anakin mailer in a lovely GW acrylic case

Thanks all for the comments!

roundster said:

Some great pick ups guys! Loving that garindan!

Just sharing a couple of December arrivals!

Surprised to grab this Kenner Falcon on eBay uk from a childhood collection. Must've been imported to meet demand!FEE3BB9C-39F6-4E44-8B13-3E58B6128DC3.jpeg4B9F3F8F-FE29-4CD5-9D85-48A2288C8030.jpeg

Then thrilled to finally get a bib fortuna with the anakin offer to complete the ROTJ new releases with the offer. This guy has been so hard to find, then ended up with 2 in a month!

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Great stuff. Congrats on the run.

That's a great looking run roundster, glad you finally finished it! Now I can stop sending you links to ones you already have :lol:

edd_jedi said:

That's a great looking run @roundster, glad you finally finished it! Now I can stop sending you links to ones you already have :lol:

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Well that part of it is done...theres a few I'm missing from the star wars/ESB issue figures that I need (Kenobi, Tie Pilot, Han Bespin, Yoda and Bossk). I'd also quite like to get them all on 77 back cards so i guess keep sending me those links :lol:

Fantastic run 8) 8) congratulations

roundster said:

Stuart Skinner said:

Congrats Paul great run but surely that run isn't complete until you've got a nice mint Anakin mailer? Come on Arthur Job, you're better than that

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Top row 5th figure from left! Anakin mailer in a lovely GW acrylic case

Thanks all for the comments!

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Bugger.

Can't believe you haven't got a sealed one. Arthur. :roll:

quins said:

Arrived today.
Bit of veining but a really nice card and bubble.
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Awesome MOC! One of my fav ROTJ figures 8)

Very nice indeed.

So the first bit of vintage for 2021 for me, spotted it on ebay and thought id make a cheeky offer. Hopefully the box isnt to bad, its a Palitoy box though so i'm happy.

Need a ramp, both guns and one of the gun mounts if anyone has some spares?