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Laird Henderson September 11, 2012

bloodforthebaron:

The classic Action Force series two advert from Autumn 1983 introduced the Red Shadows, SAS Force and Z Force to an unsuspecting world.

Including the first teams to hit the shelves, the advert hit the gogglebox at the same time the first copies of Battle Action Force were available free in toyshops. Palitoy had clearly opted for shock and awe on the marketing front.

Best viewed on ITV as the children’s programming ended and the ever dramatic trailer for the News at 545 was played, we’re still waiting for ‘more news … as it happens’.

BLOOD FOR THE BARON!

EPIC.

Action Force is an extension of G.I. Joe I know very little about. It looks like they were pretty cool.

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Waiting for the graduates! #OCADU2018

The Canadian resin toy crew ( #toyronto ) is having a show in Philly @mothershipartgallery ! It's an impressive group of artists including most of the line up from last years Action Statue and several new additions. It's curated by @labmonkeynumber9 and @trashbury Have a great show dudes and dudettes! @greatbeard_sculptures @modulicious @miawcomic @rawzzzy @liege_toys @squiggly_mcpickins @darth_salesman @blughost_productions @toxicfumestoys @naomiknaff @theangrybeast @ericclementart

Check out Zombie Lab on Kickstarter. It's in it's last 12 hours. It's a 1:18 scale (4") action figure line of Survivors vs. Zombies. The sculpts are all by Boss Fight Studios and are compatible with their HACKS line of figures. http://kck.st/2wZicj5 (I will put this link in my profile as well) The project is spearheaded by Andy Wu, Boss Fight's chinese factory liason and distrubutor. He also has experience working for Mattel and Hasbro. The project is in good hands. The campaign is fully funded but has a few more stretch goals to hit. The "All In" option is an incredible value at this point. I can't wait to get my horde and pit them against my Joes. It will also be nice to finally have some civilians in this scale. Pictures courtesy of @toyark (I hope it's cool that I used them. They are by far the best images of these figures)

Bob from Twin Peaks by @originalfunko #twinpeaks #actionfigures

My birthday present from @tarakrebsart back in April. The Boglins pin I was coveting from @cavitycolors comes in a tiny reproduction of the original toy box. The (incredibly comfortable) undies and socks from @sockittomeinc came in a delightfully personalized package complete with a sketch and a retro Mr. T card!

Tony is having a little misunderstanding with my new Synthetic Humanoid by @1000toys.

I got this for @tarakrebsart for her birthday a couple years ago. She kept recognizing the Princess of Power characters that I was getting through MOTUC, and we tracked it down to one of these old Colorforms Vinyl Play Sets. I found one still sealed from 1985. It is in perfect condition. #colorforms #princessofpower #shera #mastersoftheuniverse #pop #motu #vintagetoys

The MOTU library is growing! At this point it seems like Dark Horse has covered almost everything. I think one book based solely on documenting all the toys (in order of release) would finish off the set. #motu #motuc #mastersoftheuniverse

I am Groots #marvellegends #gotg2 #actionfigures #groot #babygroot

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