After all these years my first Tommy Gunn figures

Here's my very first pair of Tommy Gunns after all the years I've been in the hobbu I never got round to picking one up, These two are starting to take shape but I'm on the lookout for a pair of arms and hands for my radio operator he's got a makeshift arm and a half at the moment so if anyone has a spare pair I'm willing to pay or trade cheers

They look great ian. They have some nice kit.

I got one some years ago, he was missing a foot. I couldn't find one, so I decided to get a pair
of repro Joe feet to try them. I'm thinking I got a uniform for him, but it's been so long I can't
remember where I put him.

There was some good kit in the Tommy Gun range , I hope you manage to complete them .

Nice Tommy Gunns! I’ve only seen one in the states. Like Marx’s Buddy Charlie in the US and Dynaman in Europe; they were less knockoffs than legitimate competitors.

-Nate

TNshooter wrote:

They look great ian. They have some nice kit.

I got one some years ago, he was missing a foot. I couldn't find one, so I decided to get a pair
of repro Joe feet to try them. I'm thinking I got a uniform for him, but it's been so long I can't
remember where I put him.

Nice one Daryl I'd like to see him if you find him out it's good to see our chaps across the pond it's taken me 61 years to get around to picking one up for myself haha

Chip wrote:

There was some good kit in the Tommy Gun range , I hope you manage to complete them .

Thanks Chip and yes but I always looked at them as a knock off so didn't bother to get any but now wanted a fresh figure to look into it's a bit of a minefield as these are both VAM berets I've been told but I think they work ok by the way did I say minefield well thats my next Tommy Gunn mission

Glidah Drivah wrote:

Nice Tommy Gunns! I’ve only seen one in the states. Like Marx’s Buddy Charlie in the US and Dynaman in Europe; they were less knockoffs than legitimate competitors.

-Nate

Thanks Nate and yes I always looked at them as knock offs and didn't bother with them its taken me all this time to finally see how good they were

Tommy Gunn Radio Mission Minefield

Hawkeye I’m really loving the pictures of your Tommy Gunn Radio Mission Minefield set. Let’s hope they got though the minefield safe and sound.

Hi Ian my friend    ,
I hope all's well with yourself and life is treating you well. The there really nice looking Tommy Gunn figures Ian . I've thought about buying these figures before but never taken the chances,
Maybe at some point 
Speak to you soon my friend .
Very kind regards ,
Allan

Those look good , Ian .

Nice set up on the mine field, I really like the barb wire, did you or your son make it?

They look terrific Ian, well done

Hi Ian , I posted pics of My Tommy Gun stuff here , like you it`s all a bit cloudy for me as to what is and what isn`t . Anyway thought you might like to take a look .

https://actionmanmobileops.forumotion.co.uk/t12255-tommy-gun-and-knock-off-i-d-please?highlight=Tommy+Gun

Professor Gangrene Fan wrote:

Hawkeye I’m really loving the pictures of your Tommy Gunn Radio Mission Minefield set. Let’s hope they got though the minefield safe and sound.

Thank you Alex I enjoyed setting this up and tried to get a few bits of Tommy Gunn equipment in the pictures and hopefully other members will put me on the right track if anything isn't TG Cheers Ian

Scottish.Actionman. wrote:

Hi Ian my friend    ,
I hope all's well with yourself and life is treating you well. The there really nice looking Tommy Gunn figures Ian . I've thought about buying these figures before but never taken the chances,
Maybe at some point 
Speak to you soon my friend .
Very kind regards ,
Allan

Hello Allan I'm ok thanks, how are you doing my friend? Cheers on the Tommy Gunns it's taken me 61 years to finally start to get them haha but it's quite a neat figure, I got the Pedigree Captain Scarlets years ago and they used Tommy Gunn bodies for these so when I started to make the Spectrum team I thought I'd have to get a TG to be at least one of these, ot's like every other figure though they al cost and always need something else Take care mate Cheers Ian

TNshooter wrote:

Nice set up on the mine field, I really like the barb wire, did you or your son make it?

Thank you Daryl, The barb wire set is original Tommy Gunn I've had it for years now in my boxes but finally got my own TG to set it up with by the way the plastic mines and some of the card signs are also TG Cheers Ian

BAMComix wrote:

They look terrific Ian, well done

Thanks Dal it took a bit to set up especially the TG holding the phone to his ear as they arent as flexible as VAM it had to be done with laggy bands and editing haha

Chip wrote:

Hi Ian , I posted pics of My Tommy Gun stuff here , like you it`s all a bit cloudy for me as to what is and what isn`t . Anyway thought you might like to take a look .

https://actionmanmobileops.forumotion.co.uk/t12255-tommy-gun-and-knock-off-i-d-please?highlight=Tommy+Gun

Thanks Chip I took a look and Wow nice TG collection, some nice stuff you have there mate

I was looking for something else, and found my Tommy Gunn in a place I didn't think he was in.

The reproduction feet I got for him was with him, but not the uniform and helmet that I'm pretty
sure I picked up.

His legs were a bit floppy, so I pulled at one to see how it was connected, and the band broke.
And I found that the one original foot I got with him was cracked up the middle.





I will need to find a way to restring him. Then I will need wrap the foot pegs in plumbers tape to
keep them on.

Looking at the body, and since you are looking for arms, I'm wondering if you couldn't put
VAM arms on yours? But the hooks are reversed, the hooks are attached to the limbs instead
of the inner bands.

TNshooter wrote:

I was looking for something else, and found my Tommy Gunn in a place I didn't think he was in.

The reproduction feet I got for him was with him, but not the uniform and helmet that I'm pretty
sure I picked up.

His legs were a bit floppy, so I pulled at one to see how it was connected, and the band broke.
And I found that the one original foot I got with him was cracked up the middle.


I will need to find a way to restring him. Then I will need wrap the foot pegs in plumbers tape to
keep them on.

Looking at the body, and since you are looking for arms, I'm wondering if you couldn't put
VAM arms on yours? But the hooks are reversed, the hooks are attached to the limbs instead
of the inner bands.

Nice one Daryl he doesn't look too bad and if you can get a set of original Tommy Gunn feet and a restringing kit you will have a great figure, I usually re-string my own figures, you can buy the kits over here on eBay, I wonder if you can get hold of them from Cotswold Collectables on your side of the pond, be careful if you attempt to restring him as the chest can break under too much pressure, also if you chose to try GI Joe feet you could end up splitting the legs as the Tommy Gunn foot pegs are smaller than the Joe and Vam pegs
Good luck and let me know how you get on Cheers Ian

Cotswold has restring kits for Joe, I looked to see if it might fit but the band is too long.
I tried finding original feet, but couldn't, that's why I picked up a set of Cotswold Joe
reproduction feet. The pegs on the Cots are actually thinner, they go into the legs but
won't stay. That's why I plan to wrap tape around the pegs to get a tight fit. They are
a different skin tone (lighter) than Tommy, but I figure they won't be seen when he
has boots on. And I will be using Joe boots since I don't have original TG's.

I think I may have a way to restring him, but I will need to figure out how to hook
the elastic to the hooks that come out of the leg.

Thanks for the tips Ian. I know about chest breaking, I busted the chest on
the first Joe I restrung. I learned from that mistake. Luckily I had a spare.

TNshooter wrote:

Cotswold has restring kits for Joe, I looked to see if it might fit but the band is too long.
I tried finding original feet, but couldn't, that's why I picked up a set of Cotswold Joe
reproduction feet. The pegs on the Cots are actually thinner, they go into the legs but
won't stay. That's why I plan to wrap tape around the pegs to get a tight fit. They are
a different skin tone (lighter) than Tommy, but I figure they won't be seen when he
has boots on. And I will be using Joe boots since I don't have original TG's.

I think I may have a way to restring him, but I will need to figure out how to hook
the elastic to the hooks that come out of the leg.

Thanks for the tips Ian. I know about chest breaking, I busted the chest on
the first Joe I restrung. I learned from that mistake. Luckily I had a spare.

Hi Daryl and yes I thought that Cotswold did some stringing sets maybe you can shorten them a bit by tying a knot or two in a set, good on the feet I wasnt sure if they would be tight but good idea with the plumbing tape to take up the slack, it sounds like your in a similar stage to me and trying to make bits fit, that works and you can always add the original stuff if or when you get it by the way I was looking on ebay and found a set of the Barbed wire all round defence that you asked about, heres a couple of links to the ebay pages

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195998957827?hash=item2da272c103:g:VxYAAOSwSxdlEZBp&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4LHshwTHd7sCoJaxWZK7zDsnNMaBXtbBkJSFr5BGqEGcUN%2BCz2cPak1zVNAr2ufMe56yTMvC9gedcEfQdr5SIVgv7AknmPnuGrF7TSiNJfltbNWw3GSEuxtrPKdTV7o5S%2Ffmoa0YH11kRpvZgtc4cb1EoW3RiNomUk1aTgNbJ6y7beW98Bmr266Uh8MjEKAa%2BQeUDD1%2BTOAxrP2AUEG75AHpPRxYn774oMjVrpY%2F%2FfHf%2FvKr2XWXTrgGw7BXTWVW1OeaPziTLhndbM%2BhMNKSBrw8pJBFUaNJWgCMJ5CAV9Db%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR7K2y93aYg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314011332874?hash=item491c88b10a:g:oTsAAOSwfztijjqi&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Op8ZPrxgDWXBVuI01tbANfbvwCFq5wYoFSJom7mOsNsysARR60WWlYTFPyT2iiznPq4aJU2XNVUNeioHXG3rodBOO3J3zEG6jWPbuC1ivU3MumyjLUYkxyoBX3I3Zjk9oQy1OaO81F18D47fj2e5RvyJ76MvobBoAekIOstiYJuwBmOwE9ARnvTSaegbv%2BQWMNJyjm9T2IxWUeW7Ajjz3bbLIyrQG0%2FwHogT5i2B%2B21aa%2BsFPYAN8iu3l5u54%2BVq1RtV4I3eykt8Wma5AubcR%2BBdNR5h1SQwTZyqs1i4d4y%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR46q8t_aYg

My Vintage Debenhams Exclusive Tommy Gunn has finally got a new set of arms and hands thanks to Terry Hall from the Tommy Gunn Facebook page for the help with this and the Captain Scarlet boot Cheers Mate

He looks great Ian.