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« on: September 20, 2006, 01:59:07 PM »
I've found myself looking at more and more of the 12' figures as of late. My 3 3/4 ARAH is almost complete. I'm pretty much down to the more expensive figures and a few battle corps figures. I guess part of this renewed interest came from the Master Collector group when they initially offered either the very cool 12' fuzzy head Joe or the Nullifier that at first look seemed pretty craptacular (once he was show wearing the armour he looked much better).

I was always under the impression that the 12' Canadian Mountie figure is a hard to get 12'  to get and expensive, yet if you look on ebay  it's not hard to find them and for a fairly cheap price. I won an outfit for the Mountie just last week for GBP 2.70 ($5.08 USD). Shipping was a bit high but that's to be expected from England. Still waiting for the outfit to show up but I think I should get it soon.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

I have to wonder, are there a lot more of these in England and does it really matter if it says "Action Man" and not G.I.Joe? personally to me it doesn't and I think this is a cool piece to add to my collection due if for no other reason than Canadian pride.

My personal favorite 12' figures are the fuzzy head / Kung Fu grip Joes. Anyone else into the classic 12' figures? The newer ones didn't do it for me.
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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2006, 02:39:27 PM »
I'm into the bigger joe as well.

I love the adventure team era. Some wacky stuff came out of this period and some really cool accessories. So much stuff to discover.

Action Man and GI Joe are about the same thing. Some gear only came out under the AM brand and its thanks to England that we got the fuzz heads and the incredible kung fu grip.

As for getting more gear, yes England is full of this stuff, so is France under the name Action Joe or Spain under the name Geyper man.

Action Man has reissued a bunch of figures and sets and they are really cool.

You can check them at modellersloft
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2006, 03:03:04 PM »
Yeah   I'm  getting a few of the 12" figures now as well.   This years convention set  and the Foriegn adventurer  are what really did it for me.

I"m still looking to get a MC Foriegn adventurer... and I know the only way to get one is on ebay now :(

BUt my MC Sea Adventurer is pretty slick.   Also picked up a couple of 12" parts lots   so I got more accs than figures  for once.
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2006, 03:40:05 PM »
Ask Scramble, he told me saturday that he was looking for a buyer for his Foreign adventurer figure. :thumbsup:

Speaking of MC adventurer, I admit that even with the hard hands they are pretty cool. It saddens me to see how much cost the Land aventurer on ebay. Lucky for me I do have two vintage LA and they are in very good condition and I manage to grab a club Air adventurer.

If you say that the club"s sea adventurer is cool, I'll try to buy one from the club before they sold out.
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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2006, 04:32:55 PM »
I've also been looking at those Sea Adventurer figures. I haven't bought one yet but I did buy the talking commander a few years ago. Totally worth owning. I love that guy. As a kid I had the black version of him but he always said the same thing "I've got a tough assigment for you". I ended up breaking him and I guess he was thrown out.  :(

I due to renew my membership but maybe after I do that I might look into getting a Sea Adven.
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2006, 07:28:24 PM »
I've been thinking about getting the Talking Adventurer...hrm.. I"'ll let my ebay sales dictate that prchace.


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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2006, 08:53:45 PM »
Quote from: ""Deadshot""
I've been thinking about getting the Talking Adventurer...hrm.. I"'ll let my ebay sales dictate that prchace.


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If you've got stuff on ebay then post us a link :thumbsup:
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2006, 10:36:22 PM »
done and done.  It's in the  sale trade thread.   there is even one 12" item on there:)
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« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2006, 07:37:45 PM »
Thanks To Scramble  I now   will soon have a Foriegn Adventurer in my collection.  Yay

also Thanks to Redmao for pointing me in the right direction.
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2006, 09:13:41 PM »
As long as everybody is happy then my work is done  :thumbsup:

I strongly suggest that you order the FA accessory set from the club. Its really cool and the figure ain't complete without it.
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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2006, 10:10:09 PM »
Quote from: ""Redmao""
As long as everybody is happy then my work is done  :thumbsup:

I strongly suggest that you order the FA accessory set from the club. Its really cool and the figure ain't complete without it.


100% agree.
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« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2006, 11:05:28 PM »
got it allready at the convention.  Currently its on  one of  the ww1 corporals... and doesn't look half bad... but  not  right.
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