Yeah, those guns did sort of let the side down a bit. They work better with the Red Shadows, but for something like Z-Force they're a bit tacky. The Z-men would be more likely to have 50 caliber machine guns mounted up there.
Why did Palitoy use them? Can't imagine really, except that back then they presumed that, to a kid at least, a 'gun' was a 'gun'. As long as it resembled a basic weapon of some kind, accuracy didn't matter (althought that theory is spoiled by the super realistic guns given to the figures themselves!).
I think the ammo and detonator deal was a direct follow-on from the "mini Action Man" concept. Those guns were originally found on the cardboard base so I suspect that's a similar thing.
I wonder if the plastic itself was cheaper for those ammo and detonator things, or maybe they where incorporated on to another mould and where produced 'for free' as a by-product. I'm sure it must have been cost, "we'll add these bits of tat to make it seem like better value"... the softer plastic items where the only ones I used as a kid, always wanted a 'useable' detonator (no not one that made mini explosions! just one out of the soft plastic).
I guess the fat gun's hinge joint had something to do with it looking the way it does... has anyone customised them to look half way decent?
As a child I found the gun on the jeep rather dissappointing. Why some parts were orange I did not understand either: f*cks up the camouflage of the rest of the vehicle.
I think Barto is spot on when it comes to detonators and ammo cases being a by-product of for instance vehicle parts.
Hello mates new guy here but while a very toylike representation it is close in style to the 30 caliber machine gun of ww2 which would fit as a vehicle mounted gunner's weapon on a jeep or truck (like the shadowtrack) or as a commanders weapon on armor
Tracks wrote:Hello mates new guy here but while a very toylike representation it is close in style to the 30 caliber machine gun of ww2 which would fit as a vehicle mounted gunner's weapon on a jeep or truck (like the shadowtrack) or as a commanders weapon on armor
Tracks wrote:Hello mates new guy here but while a very toylike representation it is close in style to the 30 caliber machine gun of ww2 which would fit as a vehicle mounted gunner's weapon on a jeep or truck (like the shadowtrack) or as a commanders weapon on armor
Hello there, and welcome to the pit!
Come to think of it, it makes sense for the gun to be a fusion of old and new as that's how the Action Force line was when it started: German Stormtrooper alongside a modern SAS soldier...?
