Blood for the Baron!

Well, it's a bit odd as the Vortex and Blast Off still have their 'pegs' so in theory would be able to combine, but on the set with Swindle and Brawl (I think that's what he is called - the tank, anyway) these have been omitted. The weapons do seem to be identical to the G1 versions and strangely ...

And he's nice and minty too .

... found some knock off G1 Transformers in the pound shop!

ODB wrote:

First big laugh of the day - cheers !

Well I caved in and wandered over to TRU. Liked the look of the new SW figs but for £8.99 I can wait (although I would have grabbed Boba Fett if they had him). To be honest I would rather save my cash right now and put it towards the new At-AT which they also had in. Now £120 sounded expensive to ...

The Lesser-Spotted Variant Hawk?

Sorry ...

Speaking of Alistair Maclean, what about 'Bear Island' which is also based on one of his books I believe. Maybe not strictly a war movie per se, but it's all about Nazi gold buried in Alaska.

tintinlostsnowy wrote:I always thought they came out in 1981 too, probably because of the 1981 date on the bottom of the vehicles but that's probably just when they were starting to develop them?

Ah yes, that must be where I have got my wires crossed.

Just been doing that.

I stand corrected, they were both indeed '82. I still have my suspicions that Palitoy may have been the ones to come up with the idea of shrinking Action Man aka GI Joe down to 3 3/4", especially when you also consider it was they who first developed Kung Fu Grip, life like ...

But wasn't the first wave of AF '81?