BAM HQ's Smaller Troops and figures

Joe's on the move! by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr

Bob! by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr
Minions in Dinosaur Valley?? by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr

(Okay, the minions belong to my wife, but they are good fun to photograph! )

Rider - Francis Drake figure

Rider - Francis Drake - Fate Extra by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr

Great shots Dal!
Those minions sure brighten up the pics though..

inntruderr61 wrote:

Great shots Dal!
Those minions sure brighten up the pics though..

Cheers Jim, yeah those minions are funny little characters!

Are the guys in the heavily armed rigs hunting Minions? (I hope so; those annoying little things... annoy me. Maybe they'll bag a few Ewoks while they're at it!)

I don't really need to Google the Rider - Francis Drake figure, now, do I? Just out of curiosity, maybe....

[EDIT TO ADD] I shouldn't have done that. She's a pirate! And the pirate version figurine is seriously cool!

I do NOT need another pirate girl figurine in a totally odd scale, right? Right?

Hunting minions! I never thought of that!

Great alternate of Rider! Might have to look for one now!

Fun shots Dal! Always enjoy seeing humour used creatively in photographic shots.
I am currently seeing a lot of those Minions in the charity shops here.

SCU_HQ wrote:

Maybe they'll bag a few Ewoks while they're at it!)

George Lucas' MOST annoying creation, ......but now thanks to Disney, we have porgs! Oh and Admiral Holdo!

SCU_HQ wrote:

I don't really need to Google the Rider - Francis Drake figure, now, do I? Just out of curiosity, maybe....

I shouldn't have done that. She's a pirate! And the pirate version figurine is seriously cool!

GOOD GRIEF! Seriously?        
Francis Drake and those sort of pirates are from the 16th century right? Elizabethan England?
Who knew that way back then they had access to mammary augmentation? Silicone wasn't even invented till 1943!

Sorry Dave, I'm NOT believing those massive frontal flotation devices she's showing off are in any way real!    
My car tyres have less pressure!

Funny how history tells us that there were indeed a couple of female pirates, but in the main (pun intended), they dressed as men and were hardly beautiful, and yet all the modern movies and representations have them as surgically enhanced Playboy Centrefolds, full make-up, conditioned and salon styled hair, perfect teeth (HA! NO cosmetic dentistry back then!) and all outfitted (well just!) by Fredrick's of Hollywood that wouldn't last five minutes out at sea. Yet male pirates tend to be more realistically portrayed. Why?

LeStryge wrote:

Fun shots Dal! Always enjoy seeing humour used creatively in photographic shots.
I am currently seeing a lot of those Minions in the charity shops here.

SCU_HQ wrote:

Maybe they'll bag a few Ewoks while they're at it!)

George Lucas' MOST annoying creation, ......but now thanks to Disney, we have porgs! Oh and Admiral Hodo!

SCU_HQ wrote:

I don't really need to Google the Rider - Francis Drake figure, now, do I? Just out of curiosity, maybe....

I shouldn't have done that. She's a pirate! And the pirate version figurine is seriously cool!

GOOD GRIEF! Seriously?        
Francis Drake and those sort of pirates are from the 16th century right? Elizabethan England?
Who knew that way back then they had access to mammary augmentation? Silicone wasn't even invented till 1943!

Sorry Dave, I'm NOT believing those massive frontal flotation devices she's showing off are in any way real!    
My car tyres have less pressure!

Funny how history tells us that there were indeed a couple of female pirates, but in the main (pun intended), they dressed as men and were hardly beautiful, and yet all the modern movies and representations have them as surgically enhanced Playboy Centrefolds, full make-up, conditioned and salon styled hair, perfect teeth (HA! NO cosmetic dentistry back then!) and all outfitted (well just!) by Fredrick's of Hollywood that wouldn't last five minutes out at sea. Yet male pirates tend to be more realistically portrayed. Why?

Just to clarify: that photo above is of a One Piece - Boa Hancock figure that I own.

The Rider – Francis Drake figure is here (stolen image from some web site):


As you can see, both figures are similarly buoyant. They say most pirates couldn't swim, but in this case it wouldn't matter.

It amused me to no end to see Chewbacca eating porgs. I'm sure that Ewoks eat them, too. Best to let the Ewoks wipe out the porgs before we start hunting Ewoks, I suppose.

so...

are they the pirates...




.....or the booty???





...I think booty!!!

gibri wrote:

so...are they the pirates.....or the booty???

Well they sure as Hell aren't hidden treasure!
Maybe they're res-pirate-ters?

LeStryge wrote:

gibri wrote:

so...are they the pirates.....or the booty???

Well they sure as Hell aren't hidden treasure!
Maybe they're res-pirate-ters?

Works for me!

SCU_HQ wrote:

It amused me to no end to see Chewbacca eating porgs. I'm sure that Ewoks eat them, too. Best to let the Ewoks wipe out the porgs before we start hunting Ewoks, I suppose.

If only somebody or thing had eaten that self-important Admiral Holdo early on in the movie!
The longer she lived the more I hated that purple haired dippy dragon.

On Patrol with Joe! by Blonde Actionman, on Flickr

Really nicely photographed Dal.

I love it

Thanks Alex & Chris! pleased you liked the shot

Nice shot Dal!!!

There was some discussion about the new 6" military and Phicen figures, and I do think they look really nice and offer some interesting possibilities for dioramas, but I just can't let myself get sucked into another scale...

gibri wrote:

Nice shot Dal!!!

There was some discussion about the new 6" military and Phicen figures, and I do think they look really nice and offer some interesting possibilities for dioramas, but I just can't let myself get sucked into another scale...

I have to agree Bri, although they do look cool, for me,as a kid, it was either vam scale or Joe size.

Cracking shot Dal
I've always been a big fan of the 3 3/4 figures and used to collect them many years ago

I like them too, but for me now their invariably moulded on clothing and weapons limit the scenarios you can create with them.
I do have some tiny vintage blokes that actually have sewn removable clothing but they are now far too fragile for any rigorous adventures and remain relegated to the display shelf.

Jet- wrote:

Cracking shot Dal
I've always been a big fan of the 3 3/4 figures and used to collect them many years ago

Cheers James! Yeah,, I collected them too as a kid, Action Force, star wars and I even tink I had a few star trek and A team men? no idea, what happened to most of them, Although I gave all my Star Wars figures and Joes to my son, who has them with all his own

LeStryge wrote:

I like them too, but for me now their invariably moulded on clothing and weapons limit the scenarios you can create with them.
I do have some tiny vintage blokes that actually have sewn removable clothing but they are now far too fragile for any rigorous adventures and remain relegated to the display shelf.

Sounds great Barry!

Nice smaller versioned soldier!