Vectis Palitoy Employees Auction - details up

[Chopper]

So are you going to get any moulds made?

[LDR]

Lol..nope

Though i have a bag of heads which has some duplicates. So may sell those

[martandvicki2010]

Hi my name is Martin and are new to the group, i recently got chatting to one of your moderators, Jim as i was successful in some of the vectis auctions, whilst unpacking my wins i noticed a strange red shadow as his head was an unusual mould and he had black gloves. I immediately began to search for images of the figure i was holding and could not find any, thats when i decided to contact Jim . Its taken us a couple of days , but i am delighted as a 30 year long action force collector to unveil my holy grail. What you are looking at is a prototype red shadow on a pre production mock up card with preproduction weapon and ammo. Jim very kindly contacted Bob Brechin who the lot came from and he confirmed this is 1 of 1 produced and the first carded prototype on pre production card to ever be discovered, enjoy the images, thanks, mart.

[The Baron]

INCREDIBLE!!!

[The Kraken Wakes]

Lovely stuff, count me jealous

[LDR]

Wow...that is amazing.

However....looking at the auction yours isn't the only one!

Lot3496 which sold for £60 has this red shadow....as does lot3499 which sold for £35!

See pictures attached. So who has the other? Have you checked the backs of other figures you won to see if any others are pre-prod?

[martandvicki2010]

The 4 enemy figures was the lot i won the red shadow in the other lot is darker red i don't believe it is a prototype

[martandvicki2010]

Also on the one with space figures the front black straps dont stay back all the way to the trouser top as mine is because it was hand painted

[LDR]

You could be right. But be nice to check them all out.

Is yours resin or metal? What about the weapons?

[martandvicki2010]

Resin i believe , weapon and ammo hard to tell they are hand painted in gloss black not the normal mould either the lines are not so distinguished as on production bazooka