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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeFri Oct 04, 2013 7:37 pm

Yes very intresting set of books, I'm on the look out for The ultimate collectors guide by Alan Hall volumes 1, 2 and 3 have given my wife my early christmas list (she rolls her eyes lol! ) see what happens, think snowball hope in hell come to mind lol! 
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeFri Oct 04, 2013 8:01 pm

Hope you get them mate. They really are a good reference books and ones I come back to frequently :-)
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeFri Oct 04, 2013 8:20 pm

Sparkys6887 wrote:
Hope you get them mate. They really are a good reference books and ones I come back to frequently :-)
Cheers Sparkys6887
Yes they look really interesting mate, I'll get a set as soon as I can find some at a good price, what the wife doesn't know she can't moan about lol! 
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 2:05 pm

My VAM library is now starting to look pretty good.
Just before Christmas I got the NG Taylor book which is a great resource with regard to uniforms but is let down slightly by the exclusive use of painted head hard hands VAM. I know it has been debated before, but I personally like the uniform to be of the matching time period to the doll.
Santa brought me Volumes 2 and 3 of the Alan Hall Ultimate Collector guides which are another great sorce of info. I sit and look at the books if I have an idle moment - my wife hid them on Christmas day so I wouldn't just sit and look at them when we had the family around for lunch.

All good, but I stick by my earlier posted view that the Francis Baird book is the poorest of the VAM books readily available, but any VAM book is better than none!
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 2:09 pm

fantastic mate, you will have some happy hours looking at those books  cheers 
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 2:53 pm

Hi Dal. I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. My first day back at work today and I am struggling to get back into the swing of things (hence all the posting on here).

The problem is the more you know the more you want! Before I got the NG Taylor book I thought there was just two versions of the German Stormtrooper. I now am in the process of putting together four different versions of the trooper and a Colditz commandant!

I am having to take a step back as I am spending far too much money on E bay buying VAM when I should be paying off the post Christmas credit card bill!!
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 3:38 pm

lol! , I know the feeling well my friend. Thesame thing happened to me when I discovered Joe, the more I see the more I need !! pmsl  Very Happy 
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 4:06 pm

I often look a my books, at least once a week and more when I'm planning a new figure like my talking space ranger or cowboy, yea haaaa. I think Alan Halls books are fantastic to flick through.

As for overspend my next purchase really will be my last ;-)
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 4:24 pm

These are all fab books, which I now have, thanks to my better half  Very Happy 

What I would like is a GI Joe book showing all the outfits and uniforms and all the gear, I wonder if there is such a book!!

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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 4:32 pm

not so much a book PJ, but a great place for you to start

http://picasaweb.google.com/100342510174176121969
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 4:45 pm

Now that is cool, cheers Dal

Now I'm gonna want everything I see and spend all my time surfing the net for it!!! I love it  lol!   lol! 

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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 4:48 pm

you are more than welcome PJ  Very Happy 
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 8:48 pm

action bob wrote:
What I would like is a GI Joe book showing all the outfits and uniforms and all the gear, I wonder if there is such a book!!

the James De Simone one is pretty good!
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 10:25 pm

great link
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Jan 06, 2014 10:51 pm

That is a brilliant link Dal. I'd live one of those Gi Nurses. Think the only one I have seen on ebay went for over £3,000 yikes
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeTue Jan 07, 2014 3:38 am

Cool link Dal!


actionman2272 wrote:
not so much a book PJ, but a great place for you to start

http://picasaweb.google.com/100342510174176121969
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeTue Jan 07, 2014 9:20 am

Thanks fella's Very Happy , the credit for the link is all beetlefan, he passed it on to me a while back  cheers . I am so pleased everyone is making great use of it too  cheers 
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeTue Jan 07, 2014 12:27 pm

PH5121 wrote:
My VAM library is now starting to look pretty good.
Just before Christmas I got the NG Taylor book which is a great resource with regard to uniforms but is let down slightly by the exclusive use of painted head hard hands VAM. I know it has been debated before, but I personally like the uniform to be of the matching time period to the doll.
Santa brought me Volumes 2 and 3 of the Alan Hall Ultimate Collector guides which are another great sorce of info. I sit and look at the books if I have an idle moment - my wife hid them on Christmas day so I wouldn't just sit and look at them when we had the family around for lunch.

All good, but I stick by my earlier posted view that the Francis Baird book is the poorest of the VAM books readily available, but any VAM book is better than none!
thanks a lot ph5121 i have both the taylor and baird books , now i learn from you i have to spend more money on buying more books to learn more about the hobby , then spend more money on buying more outfits ,  then spend more money on figures to put the uniforms on , then i will probably have to spend more money buying another display case  Very Happy 

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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeWed Jan 08, 2014 1:53 am

PH5121 wrote:
I recently got the Francis Baird book 'Action Man - The Gold Medal Doll for Boys 1966 - 1984'. Excuse my lack of knowledge compared to many on this forum, but to a newbie like me I must admit that I am not overly impressed by it. There are useful images, but it reads as though it was written by an author undertaking a commercial venture, rather than a knowledgable enthusiast.

I am sure there are people on this forum who could lay their hands a better selection of VAM to be photographed, and that have more indepth knowledge of the subject matter.



I'd have to agree with you. I have Hall's vol.3, Taylor's book, Harrison's and Baird's. I find Baird's to be the least impressive of the lot. The images are poor, the poses are poor and some of the stuff is just wrong! Whilst I am glad I have them all, and intend to add to my AM reference collection, I find this forum to be the best source of information.
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeThu Jan 16, 2014 2:35 pm

I have the N.G.Taylor book a great book in my opinion.The Ian Harrison book looks very interesting.
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeFri Feb 07, 2014 11:17 am

actionman2272 wrote:
not so much a book PJ, but a great place for you to start

http://picasaweb.google.com/100342510174176121969


Nice link Dal
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeFri Feb 07, 2014 11:34 am

pleased you liked it sid  cheers 
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That link is great thanks for sharing it.
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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeSat Feb 08, 2014 11:34 pm

I'm glad you posted this link Dal, there's a few more that I have forgotten about, sites come and go  Sad 

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PostSubject: Re: Reference Books   Reference Books - Page 2 Icon_minitimeMon Apr 07, 2014 9:19 am

I have just won the Kevin King book 'Action Man - The Real Story'. I have been after this for a while but it has been bringing silly money on E bay when I have been searching for it.

I won an e bay auction last night, but went over the notional limit that i had set myself of £20, (but only by a £1). I am looking forward to getting it as I have read that it is one of the best VAM books.

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