Blood for the Baron!

Ha!
Think I've found it!
http://theswca.com/index.php?action=dis ... m_id=43782
Does anybody know if these were produced by he same people who were responsible for the clearance packs?

those Irish clearance multi packs must of been produced in a factory other than Palitoys.


They were possibly packaged by Hasbro in their Waterford factory , where they manufactured the :maf: era vehicles.

Hi Martin.
Am I correct in thinking that there's also Star Wars figures packaged & sold ...

Man, my eyesight must be getting bad.

It's all very nicely displayed, a unique slice of history, it'd be absolutely amazing if this display could possibly be loaned out or recreated @ the next R.O.R.C. event in any form.

Hi R.B.

Do you have copies or would it @ all be possible to get some nice clear pictures of the information boards & design sheets?

There's a couple of prototypes illustrated that I've never seen before, a prototype of the Sealion & (behind the carded :kiwi: ) a large playset.. it could be :qforce ...

Fantastic stuff!
Thanks for sharing these

It's never particularly bothered me, I adore the series 1 simply for being smaller versions of V.A.M.
I know it was never on the cards but I think & could of led into many other possible, civilian themed, avenues much like Fisher Prices' Adventure People toys.

Cheers Steve :-D
It's hard to tell, without resorting to a tape measure, but they certainly appear to be in the same positions as Star Wars bubbles.

It makes you wonder how or why these were produced, it's not as if Palitoy were closing due to bankruptcy & needed the cash or were clearing out the ...

In my experience, the single bubbles were used at the end of the line where Palitoy threw random figures onto random cards with no weapons. The bubble marks certainly look to line-up with a Star Wars bubble so chances are it could have been the same machine in the end.


That's my line of thinking ...

I just looked in my card collection.. both of these I've owned from new,

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/11843860136_4f1d24c217_b.jpg


This one I definitely know it contained the correct figure, but no weapons, & from the broken seal it as lot as if might of been (what the Star Wars people ...