Woolworths sets?

[tintinlostsnowy]

I sold one of the Hasbro 3 pack but it had been opened which contained snake eyes v3 and topside the free figure was a rock viper.
The owner of it now is Airedevon.

[buddusky]

I think there the ones Dan's asking about, Aire Devon....says it all super rare!

[volleydan]

Yeah, I was asking about the GI Joe 3-packs that came out in the early 90s....here is a pic from the YoJoe archive:

http://www.yojoe.com/international/unit ... ack1.shtml

According to YoJoe, three different assortments were available, and all came on the same cardback. I guess if Aire is in the market for these, I can forget about getting one. I can't compete with either the time she spends looking or the amount she can pay once she finds them.

Oh well, I guess I'll just add it to the list of stuff I won't likely ever have.

[airedevon 1]

Tintinlsotsnowy (great name!) Thanks again for selling me that set!
I just clicked on to your "my collection" link - but the pictures don't appear to be loading... I'd love to see your collection!


Jon, ah... rare and common... all the same to me I am a true completist... It's not the rarity that counts for me, it is the simple fact that an item was released for the Action Force/GI Joe line!!! And that it was played with by a generation of kids!


Dan, hi! No worries, I am not looking for any of these sets! And I've pretty much run out of money anyway!

(I had to sell all my Transformers and a bunch of other stuff so that I could continue buying the pieces I need to photograph... It's been very difficult to say good bye to cool stuff - but... it had to be done....I'm commited to finishing this Action Force/GI Joe project

That said, I also have less and less time to search for items... Every once in a while a fellow collector will let me know about stuff that has come up for sale - It is thanks to these cool collectors and friends that I have had some success over the past few years! I owe so much to people on this and other boards!

As for the Woolworth sets. I do have some. I can confirm 5 different sets (and there may be more):

Snake-Eyes Annihilator Budo
Low-Light Scoop Frag-Viper
Toxo-Viper Storm Shadow Shockwave
Bullhorn Pathfinder Night Creeper
Snake Eyes Topside Rock Viper

Dan, I look forward to talking with you!
Action Force rocks!
Aire

[rcm1234567]

Here is some information about the pictured Action Figure Four Pack & the Woolworths exclusive Triple Packs.

Action Figures Four Pack

I think the four pack of Action Force figures was produced by a company that bought up excess stock & end of lines etc & re-packaged them.

I do not think it had any connection with Palitoy, Kenner or Hasbro.

Somewhere I have one of these packs with three of the Steel Monsters figures by Tonka, I bought this pack in a small toy shop in Norwich years ago, I think it cost either £0.99 or £1.99.

Steel Monsters was a series of Metal vehicles which came with a 3 3/4 inch tall Star Wars syle driver. The drivers & vehicles were sort of a childrens saturday morning cartoon "post apocalypse" type.


Woolworths Triple Packs

I know of six Woolworths exclusive Hasbro Action Force Triple Packs but there may have been others, I found all of these in the Norwich Store, the first three in 1991 & the second in 1992.

If I can find them (they're buried somewhere!) I will try & take some pictures.

There were two different backing cards, one for the 1991 sets & one for the 1992 sets.

The packs consisted of a single large blister, inside this was a clear tray with four sections.
The top three sections contained the figures, along the bottom of the tray was the fourth section containing their personal equipment & accessories all jumbled together.

NB The dates I have used for the figures are the year of their first USA release. All of the figures come from the 1989-1990 USA series.

One figure, the 1989 Snake Eyes, was released in both the 1991 & 1992 Woolworths Triple Packs.


Woolworths Triple Packs – 1991

Set One
Snake Eyes (1989), Budo (1988) & Annihilator (1989).

Set Two
Low-Light (1989), Scoop (1989) & Frag-Viper (1989).

Set Three
Shockwave (1989), Storm Shadow (1988) & Toxo-Viper (1988).


Woolworths Triple Packs – 1992

Set Four
Snake Eyes (1989), Topside (1990) & Rock-Viper (1990).

Set Five
Dee-Jay (1989), Ambush (1990) & S.A.W. Viper (1990).

Set Six
Bullhorn (1990), Pathfinder (1990) & Night Creeper (1990).

I hope this helps.
Robert "the infamous" rcm1234567

[airedevon 1]

rcm1234567,

Thanks so much for your post! It is great to know that there were six 3-packs altogether! I had always wondered exactly how many there were. Awesome! Thanks again!

Aire

[volleydan]

Thanks so much Robert and Aire - this was exactly what I wanted to learn.

Now all I have to do is figure out how much I would have to pay for one of these - and then actually try to find one!

[rcm1234567]

I managed to dig out the box with the Woolworths Triple Packs, here are the pictures.

I don't know if there were any others, I do know that these ones sold out very quickly & if i hadn't just happened to go in at the right time I might not know they even existed.

Woolworths Triple Packs - 1991

Above Left to Right
Set One - Snake Eyes (1989), Budo (1988) & Annihilator (1989)
Set Two - Low-Light (1989), Scoop (1989) & Frag-Viper (1989)
Set Three - Shockwave (1989), Storm Shadow (1988) & Toxo-Viper (1988)

1991 - Set One - Snake Eyes (1989), Budo (1988) & Annihilator (1989)

1991 - Set Two - Low-Light (1989), Scoop (1989) & Frag-Viper (1989)

1991 - Set Three - Shockwave (1989), Storm Shadow (1988) & Toxo-Viper (1988)

1991 - Sets One to Three - Card Back

Woolworths Triple Packs - 1992

Above Left to Right
Set Four - Snake Eyes (1989), Topside (1990) & Rock-Viper (1990)
Set Five - Dee-Jay (1989), Ambush (1990) & S.A.W. Viper (1990)
Set Six - Bullhorn (1990), Pathfinder (1990) & Night Creeper (1990)


1992 - Set Four - Snake Eyes (1989), Topside (1990) & Rock-Viper (1990)

1992 - Set Five - Dee-Jay (1989), Ambush (1990) & S.A.W. Viper (1990)

1992 - Set Six - Bullhorn (1990), Pathfinder (1990) & Night Creeper (1990)

1992 - Sets Four to Five - Card Back

I hope this helps
Robert (the infamous) rcm1234567

[airedevon 1]

VERY nice!!! Cool collection! THANKS for posting!

[Chopper]

Fantastic Pics, thanks for posting. that Lowlight is probably the Euro variant, important in my next step of cataloguing. Fantastic thanks. Good pics too.