Mobile Support Vehicle 1972

The MSV Club wants you, Slack!!!

sorry for the hijack...

That's a great vehicle Slack! A nice addition to the collection!
Us Limeys can only imagine what it must have been like to get one of these for xmas, although didn't Bob Brechin once say a green VAM version was under serious consideration at Palitoy?

Take good care of it as there aren't many of these this side of the pond.

Joe and Hank tried to steal one once...







..Until the MP's turned up!!



...and didn't you own one once Dal...until you're wife found it in the shed??

PS...

Love the MSV owners club!!

It definitely needs a UK branch!

Nice shots SKAJ great set!!!

GiBri.. that was a thorough hijackin'!! and well worth it!


I can't believe I got it off ebay US and posted all in for £77!!! That's a frickin' result with a box!!

Plan was to customise my existing one for the 'Evils'... and have a full on makeover...

I can't believe it came with the Salesmans Sample ultra rare drawer stand!!! I mean how rare are those!!!... only given to Hasbro employees who had personally sold over 1000 samples.... unbelievable!!!    








Great photos chaps.. and I'm up for MSV membership Gibri! !!

Captian action wrote:

fan-bloomin-tastic addition slackers !

thanks CA!

Thanks, Slack!!!    

An MSV Club UK branch would be awesome!!!      

Great pick-up, fantastic condition and amazing low price, shipped from the US no less. Gotta be one of the best eBay hauls ever! And with that stand -- outstanding!!!

I was going to ask about that stand. I never knew there was one. Pretty sure mine doesn't have a stand. Thanks for the info on the salesman's sample. That makes this deal really out of this world excellent!!!

Ebay buy of the year!!!

There is a little oddity on mine. If you notice the figure laying on the roof looking down on the maps. Some of them had the maps mounted on the frame upside down so they couldn't be installed right side up. Not sure how many had this mistake.

gibri wrote:

Thanks, Slack!!!    

An MSV Club UK branch would be awesome!!!      

Great pick-up, fantastic condition and amazing low price, shipped from the US no less. Gotta be one of the best eBay hauls ever! And with that stand -- outstanding!!!

I was going to ask about that stand. I never knew there was one. Pretty sure mine doesn't have a stand. Thanks for the info on the salesman's sample. That makes this deal really out of this world excellent!!!

Ebay buy of the year!!!

There is a little oddity on mine. If you notice the figure laying on the roof looking down on the maps. Some of them had the maps mounted on the frame upside down so they couldn't be installed right side up. Not sure how many had this mistake.

Forgive me old bean but I made up the story about the stand... Slackademy  Humour Team  do like to get involved
The uprights were in the box and I took a dremel to a bunk bed end frame for the cross member... no idea what the uprights belong to...Little bit more bendy than hasbro plastic but same colour..?

You can probably just about ease the map frame out of its housing and turn it the other way up if you stress the roof up...I did it today as the map wasn't even in the fixings.. but I wouldn't risk it if it was already in... might crack the plastic... and that would be a real shame...

I'm deciding on whether to chop the box and frame the artwork together in a large frame... it's not a great box so wouldn't be a crime against VAManity but... I need to think it over... I've framed other 'rough' boxes...and they came out nice....

Cheers chap... and I'll keep you posted on more rare items!  

...so naive... ...you got me on that one.    

Is it April 1st?

RE: the maps, you're more or less stuck with them. They only mount one way and they're riveted in, but it wasn't too hard to get another set that was right side up.

gibri wrote:

...so naive... ...you got me on that one.    

Is it April 1st?

Keeps your flock from falling out fella!!

I'm thinking sinister James Bond villain grey for the custom paint job and my trademark scorpion tank tracks...what do you think?

I hate to say it, but this vehicle is almost too nice to put under the knife. Scorpion tracks sound very cool though, it would be an awesome project!!!

I sure hope to be able to snag one of these on the cheap one day

JohnnyE4 wrote:

I sure hope to be able to snag one of these on the cheap one day

Why not try Joeman?

who what and where ?

JohnnyE4 wrote:

who  what  and where ?

He is a member here, and you can also find him on Fb (Rick Pell), If you send a pm from here, I am sure he will get in touch mate

okay I sent him a PM

gibri wrote:

I hate to say it, but this vehicle is almost too nice to put under the knife. Scorpion tracks sound very cool though, it would be an awesome project!!!

This one isn't the one I'm customising. .. it's my other one... and it's coming along great... it will be worth the remodelling chap, for sure!

Looking forward to it slackers!

JohnnyE4 wrote:

who  what  and where ?

Mine was £77 in the box and posted to UK... off eBay. .. recent... so keep an eye out... you can get a decent deal if you're patient 

Beautiful Grand master slacksparov.....beautiful indeed.

Very nice Slack!

@ Gibri

SlackElastic wrote:

gibri wrote:

I hate to say it, but this vehicle is almost too nice to put under the knife. Scorpion tracks sound very cool though, it would be an awesome project!!!

This one isn't the one I'm customising. .. it's my other one... and it's coming along great... it will be worth the remodelling chap, for sure!

That's good to hear and I'm really looking forward to it! Believe me, I don't have anything against some nice custom work, I've done plenty of plastic surgery myself, it's just that this one looks like new.

One of my favourite vehicles, great buy Slack!

somekindajoe wrote:

That's a great vehicle Slack! A nice addition to the collection!
Us Limeys can only imagine what it must have been like to get one of these for xmas, although didn't Bob Brechin once say a green VAM version was under serious consideration at Palitoy?

Take good care of it as there aren't many of these this side of the pond.

Joe and Hank tried to steal one once...







..Until the MP's turned up!!



...and didn't you own one once Dal...until you're wife found it in the shed??

Take me to Cuba !