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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15366 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
| Subject: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:19 pm | |
| So to kick off this new section, I have selected the basic soldier .. I believe everyone must have had a basic soldier in their collection at some point, and is arguably the most iconic of all Action Man uniforms?. The fuzzy head version came with a basic green jumper, trousers, boots, beret and of course his rifle. When the Eagle Eyes version came out, the changed his trousers to camo, although I believe earlier ones still came with the green trousers?, I also believe a belt was added. This still one of my personal favourites, and I had many happy hours playing and sharing in his adventures as a kid. What do you guys think?, and do you have any more intel?? Please also, lets see your basic soldiers too? | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:43 pm | |
| a classic so much you can do with it but looks great as it is |
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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15366 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:47 pm | |
| - snow white wrote:
- a classic so much you can do with it but looks great as it is
I agree with you snowy!, a classic | |
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| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:54 pm | |
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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15366 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:58 pm | |
| Terrific!, are the talking Commanders too? | |
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| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:01 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:03 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:08 pm | |
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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15366 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 5:12 pm | |
| Fantastic upload snowy! Those pages are fab! I believe when the EE version came out, he came with this paperwork | |
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somekindajoe French Resistance
Posts : 2199 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 63 Location : London
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:04 pm | |
| Fantastic pics!!
_________________ Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. | |
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inntruderr61 Moderator
Posts : 8049 Join date : 2012-11-27 Age : 63 Location : Pennsylvania USA
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:43 am | |
| Great thread! _________________ JIM...
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Sparklebudgie Sabotage
Posts : 876 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 62 Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:58 am | |
| Can't have enough basic soldiers. _________________ Brian.
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Sparklebudgie Sabotage
Posts : 876 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 62 Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:04 am | |
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Walter1965 Eagle Eyes (Gripping Hands)
Posts : 320 Join date : 2012-11-16 Age : 59 Location : Norwich Connecticut USA
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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15366 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
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clivvers HOME OFFICE MINISTER
Posts : 3581 Join date : 2013-02-08 Location : Between here and saving another MAM again! "That's one small step for a MAM, one giant leap for MAMkind"
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:05 am | |
| Nice start! These photos are a link back to the 1970's, great photos guys!!!! Here's one of my scorpion tanks that support the Action Man basic soldiers.. And a few of my Basics mixing with the heavy mob.. Old photo (repo box).. There's more Basics (camo trousers) in my boxes somewhere. _________________ clivvers - saviour of the huMAM race @ MAMageddon 2009 - 2099 @ clivvers MAM Nation:
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Sparklebudgie Sabotage
Posts : 876 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 62 Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:08 am | |
| Last picture from me of eagle eyed basic. _________________ Brian.
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Sparklebudgie Sabotage
Posts : 876 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 62 Location : Evesham Worcestershire.
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:17 am | |
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BAMComix Admin
Posts : 15366 Join date : 2012-11-07 Age : 52 Location : Birmingham, England
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:26 am | |
| Very nice indeed | |
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peterodgers Mine Detection
Posts : 551 Join date : 2013-06-07 Age : 54 Location : Isle of Wight
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:42 pm | |
| My very first VAM was a basic soldier as in the first picture in this thread with the plain trousers, but mine had eagle eyes and a beard. Snow White - thanks for posting the old catalogue pages! I can't count how many hours I spent flicking through them, dreaming about getting at least one of every figure and vehicle! _________________ | |
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blueboxier Arctic Explorer
Posts : 1193 Join date : 2013-08-08 Age : 65 Location : northern ireland
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:54 pm | |
| what puzzles me is why did the basic soldier have a tank cap badge , i would have thought an infantry 1 would have been better . _________________ cheers jim
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Captian action Moderator
Posts : 1679 Join date : 2013-08-26 Age : 53 Location : Kent, The Lorry Park of England ! Some call it the garden of England , it is ,if your garden is covered in wheelie bins and dog doo !
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:34 pm | |
| - blueboxier wrote:
- what puzzles me is why did the basic soldier have a tank cap badge , i would have thought an infantry 1 would have been better .
maybe something as simple as one of the design staff was in the tank regt. during his service ? | |
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somekindajoe French Resistance
Posts : 2199 Join date : 2012-11-14 Age : 63 Location : London
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:40 pm | |
| The 2nd Issue Basic Soldier. This is my era of basic soldier. 'Joe' and Theonemankid's 'Tom K' were 2nd issue basics. This is how Joe reported for duty at SKJ HQ in 1970. The 2nd issue was a watershed for Palitoy as it was their 1st attempt at a soldier of their own as opposed to the 1st issue which was just a GI Joe clone. The new soldier didn't have any new kit but used existing item combined to give him a new, unique feel. He came with a gun, which was an improvement on the 1st issue and something they'd got in trouble for on the basic soldier's release in 1966. The gun, a sten from the SOTC British Tommy, was probably choosen as it was small and cheap, and gave the new soldier a UK feel. Unfortunately it's probably the worse gun ever to pair up with hard hands! After using a black version of the rubber beret from the Green Beret set for their Talking Commander, Palitoy probably thought a blue version would go well with the new soldier. It probably would have if the big news for the new figures that year hadn't been flocked hair. The beret designed for PH figures just didn't fit! (Handsome chap isn't he? You'd think he'd do well in a good looking VAM contest! ) All in all the 2nd issue soldier represents Palitoy's break from just reproducing copies of GI Joe and was great trial run for their iconic 3rd issue 'British' basic soldier. First released in 1973 and with only a few minor changes over the years, the 3rd issue design would run for another decade and is the archetypal Action Man Soldier but many of us carry a torch for the guy who went before, and held the fort for 3 years.. Palitoy's '1st' soldier, the 2nd Issue! _________________ Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. | |
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Walter1965 Eagle Eyes (Gripping Hands)
Posts : 320 Join date : 2012-11-16 Age : 59 Location : Norwich Connecticut USA
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:47 pm | |
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Captian action Moderator
Posts : 1679 Join date : 2013-08-26 Age : 53 Location : Kent, The Lorry Park of England ! Some call it the garden of England , it is ,if your garden is covered in wheelie bins and dog doo !
| Subject: Re: September 2015 - Basic Soldier Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:05 pm | |
| A basic soldier was my first action man back one Christmas in the 70's | |
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