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PostSubject: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 10, 2015 10:31 am

I very unexpectedly stumbled across a Toy Museum in Prague castle.

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Two floors of toys from every era. After browsing through cases of dolls, tin plate, railways, etc I finally found what I was hoping for...some Action Man!

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Hank was even there to greet me.  cheers

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..but so was that ugly mug that Reddragon has entred in the 'Best looking VAM' competition!! Evil or Very Mad

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Action Man's sharing the cabinet with some 'Big Jim'...

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..and the Rolf Harris disguise is from the Marx Mike Hazard secret agent set.

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Both design's of Field Radio.

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The cabinet wasn't a bad token effort to display some examples of Action Man but with 500+ Barbies in 5 or 6 cabinets. I did feel a sense of bias! lol!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 10, 2015 2:02 pm

Nice examples there ! at least the chap was represented and in Prague and in the Castle of all places !

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 10, 2015 7:25 pm

Excellent display! cheers

If only there was a 20p coin slot and mechanical arm grabber, i would be there all day nudging the machine when no one was looking pirat

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...glad to see some of the guys have proper attire... Razz

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...like some of my guys!

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Who is the scary man behind Hank? I think I'm going to have a nightmare tonight... affraid

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 10, 2015 10:05 pm



That's a 'Big Jim' Ralph. Sold as 'Mark Strong' in the UK. At 8 inches tall he's shorter than a Redbox so nothing for Tom to worry about! lol!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeSat Jul 11, 2015 10:50 am

Its good to see Action man , Gi Joe and his cousins getting international acknowledgement for their place as an iconic toy that spanned three decades.
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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeSat Jul 11, 2015 9:30 pm

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...glad to see some of the guys have proper attire...

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It's the influence of Mattels' 'Big Jim'. That figure came in a pair of shorts as standard!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeSun Jul 12, 2015 8:48 pm

A few other pics from the museum..

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeSun Jul 12, 2015 8:53 pm

Very nice mate, made the whole trip worthwhile!

Interesting mix of figures they have in there, you could have given advice to the curators about what they were displaying!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeMon Jul 13, 2015 7:07 pm

Some nice figures there:) thanks for sharing Very Happy Very Happy
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Tom is in love!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeMon Jul 13, 2015 9:00 pm

What a great museum I'd like to go and see it cheers cheers cheers

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeTue Jul 14, 2015 1:11 am

Wow, what a pleasant surprise this must have been. Great find Steve and thanks for all the pics!

Hey, they have an IU cheerleader Barbie!

Notice they put Trump in with the Barbies and not AM. Laughing

I'd say somebody at that museum is having fun setting up these displays.

My guess is they displayed the AM's in their boxers to show the articulation...not sure why the Barbies were shown in their undies as they have no articulation, but I'm not complaining...

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TheOneManKid wrote:
Tom is in love!

He likes the older (1950's) woman does he? She has over a decade on him but I'm sure he'll make a great toy boy!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2015 3:29 pm

What a great place to discover Steve, some of those barbies are a bit near the mark they almost look quite hot .
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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2015 4:44 pm

I was looking though the The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle photos once again and one thing noticed is that this guy sort off looks like Dal's Joe 'Smiler Laughing

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What do you guys thing?

I really really love this bald guy with the chest tattoo.
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These two girl dolls give the creeps A LOT, most the girl on the left.
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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2015 4:56 pm

Ackie,

There's a definitely a similarity between the 'Big Jim and friends' figure and Dal's figure (beard and happy looking eyes) Wink

The female doll on the left has an evil grin, sunken dark eyes, and some wicked looking raised eyebrows affraid lol!

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I really really love this bald guy with the chest tattoo.
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Those Big Jim's were from a range called Wolf P.A.C.K produced long after 'Mark Strong' the UK version had vanished from the toy shops!

http://www.big-jim.eu/bigjim_pack.html

Also memorable for the great Jack Kirby art they used!

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2015 7:07 pm

I've seen that artwork before, it's the type of classic/vintage style i like, it reminds me of the good days of comics cheers

I'll check out that Big Jim site again, thanks for the link.


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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeWed Jul 15, 2015 7:39 pm

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, it reminds me of the good days of comics  cheers

It's the full page ad that appeared in US comics in 1975 to launch the Wolf P.A.C.K.

A few comic book artists did do work for toy companies, Kurt Schaffenberger of Lois Lane fame did some GI Joe manuals for example, but I think this is the only one Jack Kirby did.

It's right when he left DC to return to Marvel so maybe he was 'between assignments' and took on a quick commission.

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Great ad and artwork, can't believe I've never seen it before Steve!

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Intresting intel, Steve! cheers

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PostSubject: Re: The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle.   The Toy Museum, Pargue Castle. Icon_minitimeFri Jul 17, 2015 2:40 pm

Some of the Wolf Pack vehicles were recycled into Mattel's money making 1/6 "Action Figure" line:

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Take the "lazers" out and give it a paint job:

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This wasn't the only example. Notice any similarities between these two trucks?

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Very intresting info, Nate cheers

It was a smart move by Mattel to save a bit of money. If only Mattel could release Big Jim again, but upscaled to 12", or they could use Max steel's body with an upscaled 'Big Jim' head sculpt, that would be so good!

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