Dreadnought's Collection

Nice day today so I got my recently rebuilt 2nd issue Aussie out for few photos.




Rebuild being the operative word.
This fellow was a collection of body parts and a wrecked heavily worn head that I stripped, cleaned and re-flocked.

The eyebrows were more or less worn flat so very hard to get a reasonable effect, might actually redo these though as I am not too happy with how they look.







Uniform is a set of second issue vintage fatigues, original knuckle knife, machete and sheath, vintage sterling with replacement sling and clip.

The bush hat, flame thrower and grenades are from a couple of Timeless reissues that i had acquired loose some time ago and were lying around in my spares box.



Bit of builder's bum syndrome that I didn't notice as I took this shot...

Outstanding adventurer figure! Very cool to learn that this is a "complete restoration," brought back from the dead for many more years of exciting adventures!

Impressive flock work; very thick and full and even.

EXCELLENT re-build Kev!
Eyebrows apart, I wouldn't worry too much about him having "builder's bum".
It's considered a natural feature here, although we call it "plumber's crack"!

Fantastic looking figure Kev!

Fantastic outdoor pics Kev!

Great work on the rebuild, looks fantastic mate

Really like the shots of him with his leg up on the rock, ....on top of your wheelie-bin no less! 

Fantastic rebuild and great shots Kev!!!

Top work!!!




...butt cleavage...

Superb outdoor shots of you Aussie!

Here's a few shots of my vintage EE Talking Commander..









Got him a nice 40th display box

Do the Action Man talking figures speak with a British accent, or do they use the same voices as American GI Joe?

This figure looks like he should speak with a very distinct, upper-crust British accent.

I’m liking the pictures of your new recruit the vintage EE Talking Commander.

Very smart indeed Kev! Just as Jake came out of the box all those years ago! These guys will always hold a special spot for me, probably because Jake was my first brand new out of the box action man! Great pick up!

SCU_HQ wrote:

Do the Action Man talking figures speak with a British accent, or do they use the same voices as American GI Joe?

This figure looks like he should speak with a very distinct, upper-crust British accent.

It's a bit early in the morning for a full answer but I'm pretty sure the Talking Commander had three different voice actors during it's production run and I seem to remember Patrick Allen was one.



US audiences probably remember him for the Hammer film 'When Dinosaurs ruled the Earth' which was a cash in on Raquel Welch's dinosaur flick 'One Million Years BC'

The talking commander is in great condition , I bought a 40th boxed one a few weeks ago...I don’t think you could tell which one is the new one ..

Rustygun wrote:

The talking  commander is in great condition , I bought a 40th boxed one a few weeks ago...I don’t think you could tell which one is the new one ..

Thanks lads.

He wasn't in really bad condition when I acquired him a couple of years ago.


Just really needed a head cone restring and a mild clean - nothing towards some of the rebuilds I've had a go at.




I think you're on the money Steve, Patrick Allen is one of the voices used I think I read somewhere.

They are very British tones on the AM Talking Commander SCU_HQ.

Figure looks great Kev!!!

Well...he wouldn't be Action Man if he didn't have a posh British accent.

I know guys who say they can distinguish between Action Man and G. I. Joe. Except for the name on the blue undies, I could never tell.

But, I think it's very cool that they have the correct accent.

Happy Halloween all. A very strange one in a very strange year.

Finally got round to divesting the recent 'T-Rex  Action Man' of his far superior head-sculpt.







Jammed it on a Chad bod similar to what other members have tried..









It's certainly an improvement over that ill-thought out recent figure iteration which was made made all the more glaring due to its usage of a really fine 'classic' style head.
Not totally convinced this is the body for it though myself.
Might look around for a more suitable donor?

Great work

I've put 2 on chad valley bodies ( 2 on the left ) and 1 on an action man repro body ( the one in the far right )....not really sure which I prefer.

Great work Kev!

Great work!
And nice talking Commander..

Just going visually I think the Chad body has hands that look too big for the more refined features of the headsculpt.

LeStryge wrote:

Just going visually I think the Chad body has hands that look too big for the more refined features of the headsculpt.

Thank you all chaps for your comments.

Barry, I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head. I think that's exactly what I don't like about it.
It's not just the hands, there's an overall chunkiness that doesn't seem to fit with the sculpt.
Maybe it's just a biased impression I have, having looked at and collected a fair few of the classic figures.
I'll leave him as is for the present but I will change the bod when the opportunity to get a suitable one arises.

Chris your lads look great. That's a Cotswold donor bod you have on the extreme right I think?

You Fellers wouldn't be any relation to the famous pair Burke and Hare by any chance?  

LeStryge wrote:

You Fellers wouldn't be any relation to the famous pair Burke and Hare by any chance?    

'Grave-robbers R' Us'???

All components sourced locally?