some advice needed on AM

[gung-hoeddie]

you'll be safe i only want a coulple no more than that.

[paulitoy]

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Eds, there's all good advice here in this thread, but VAM is big old world!

I've said before, you may only want 3 or 4, but the likelihood of sticking to that is slim no matter how strong you feel atm.

I originally wanted 6. I had a little space on some shelves, so I bought 6 VAM's that were larger versions of Series 1 AF figures. I wanted no more.

9 months later and I had 80/90?, so many that I don't really know.

Once you get a few, you will almost certainly want more.

Buying-wise, I completely agree with Paul463. Buy some 40th from Modellors Loft or Lucy Quipment on ebay. You'll be paying fair prices and the stuff will be mint.

There's a tonne of old VAM on ebay and some of it is very well played with and knackered. VAM is cloth-based and wears away/baubles/stinks. 40th will avoid all that whether you buy it loose or moc....

Also, buy Volume 3 of Modellor's Loft's AM guide. It's all eagle-eyed stuff that you grew up with as a kid and will really help you decide what you want:

http://www.modellersloft.co.uk/showitem ... emid=23730

[The Kraken Wakes]

do you have any spare material from the af curtains? you could make a nice am suit...

[Thundershot]

I started off by buying one Actionman to wear the one uniform that had survived my childhood (R.A.F. fighter pilot)..

[gung-hoeddie]

Thanks for the advice Paul you may have swung the descision,

Kraken I'm afraid the curtains have made several pairs of pants a pair of daps and a very nice hat.

[Thundershot]

How big are these curtains, are we talking "Dad sized" pants here?

[Double-Tap]

Thanks for the advice Paul you may have swung the descision,

Kraken I'm afraid the curtains have made several pairs of pants a pair of daps and a very nice hat.

speakin of pants.........

forgot to mention this at xmas but while doin a bit of shopping found a shop sellin action man boxer shorts.
forgot all about them until i saw your post Ed.

if anyone wants i'll call back in see if they've any left.

hmmmmm possibly my strangest post yet

[gung-hoeddie]

Ha! Cool action force pants proper ones, they would have to quite large for me to get my big ass in them.

[Double-Tap]

Ha! Cool action force pants proper ones, they would have to quite large for me to get my big ass in them.

likewise.

its funny, was 1 of those trendy shops staffed by 12 year olds wearin their jeans round the bottom of their arse

[gung-hoeddie]

Last time I went in a shop like that I tried a t-shirt on it was meant to be xtra large it looked more like a chuffin boob tube,