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Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 23:05
by Shaunyboy
I just received these from eBay and I wanted to show someone! All 1984 moulds but with alternate colour schemes. Scrap Iron and Firefly keep the same name, but the guy in green is Thunderwing, not Thunder.
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I wouldn't go as far as saying I prefer them to the original Scrap Iron, Firefly or Thunder colours but there is something about these particular colour schemes that really appeals to me.
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Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 15:08
by The UK GIJoe
I think a new paint job on old figures is a good idea as long as the colours aren't too bright-also an updated file card makes a difference.Would love to see Action Force,Argen 7 & Red Shadows reissued on updated cards & colours :-D

Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 15:14
by The Kraken Wakes
Nice pics and love those moulds / colour schemes... Have all those myself - got to say my favourite Scrap Iron was the one that came with the 6 pack in black / red / gray.

Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 23:03
by Golden Puma
The tag Comic Book Pack strikes me as a bit odd because the ones that look most like their comic ocunterpart are the original issues, aren't they?

Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 23:29
by The Kraken Wakes
Golden Puma wrote:The tag Comic Book Pack strikes me as a bit odd because the ones that look most like their comic ocunterpart are the original issues, aren't they?
in some cases they were pretty close to the comic book that came with the figures and some of them were brilliant. in other cases they were f***ing awful due to poor choice of body parts coupled with new sculpt heads...

Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 00:20
by Golden Puma
were the comic books that came with them recent stories etc, I always thought they were reprints of some of the old marvel stories.

Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:30
by The Kraken Wakes
Golden Puma wrote:were the comic books that came with them recent stories etc, I always thought they were reprints of some of the old marvel stories.
they were reprints some of the colour schemes in the comics was sometimes a little bit out

Re: Old figures, new paint job ....me like

Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:28
by DAMartin
There were some original stories (written by Hama himself) in the 25th annivesary packs, along with more Marvel reprints.