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Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:15
by dublinjeff
Hi
As a bit of a newbie to AF collecting, I was just wondering which carded figures are very hard to find/rare etc...? Is there some figures that are more difficult to find? Appreciate any help, thanks
Jeff

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:57
by The Kraken Wakes
Series 2 I suppose would be the Minesweeper with maybe the Medic in the medium range.

Series 3 would be Snow Job, Flash, Doc, Scrap Iron with a fair few others close behind but people with larger collections than mine would probably add more into that list.

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:06
by gung-hoeddie
your pretty close to spot on.

series 1, helicopter pilot, night patrol, 2 para, aussie jungle fighter, desert rat all seem quite hard to find.

series 2, as above not so much on the medic i don't think they are quite readily available but folk tend to overprice them, i got one for £15 and one for a £5

series 3, they are all quite difficult to find really a part from ripcord, roadblock and gungho they always seem to be buyable.

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:08
by dublinjeff
Thanks for that.....so what series are the figures Baron and Black Major from?

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:12
by gung-hoeddie
series 2.

series 1 are the various figures modelled on Action Man

series 2 are the stiff limb teams IE red shadows, z force, q force, space force and sas

series 3 multi-jointed figures that cross over into the Hasbro GI Joe range.

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 15:12
by The Baron
Yep, the Toys archive is divided as such, 1982 (1), 1983 & 1984 (2), 1985 (3).

This is worth a read if you've not seen it: http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/toys/in ... index.html

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 17:18
by dublinjeff
Great, thanks again lads

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 17:44
by SteveD
And, bizarrely, for a variant obsessive like me - the Black gloved version of Baron Ironblood MOC. It's eluded me for years!!

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 18:28
by SteveD
Oo - and the smooth legs no camo version of the SAS Commando.

(ducks down as Baron throws things....)

Re: Hard to Find MOC

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 18:43
by The Baron
'No-camo Commando' is Stakeout. STAKEOUT! STAKEOUT!!!!