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05-14-2018, 05:09 PM | #1 |
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Hey everyone! I hate my first post to be a request, but it is, so I guess I'll just have to live with it.
To introduce myself, I'm a Joe collector from the UK who is primarily interested in the vintage ARAH line. I used to have a large MOC collection, but sold it all several years ago out of necessity. I'd love to have that back, but it's way, way too expensive for me these days so now I'm into loose figures only, and the odd vehicle here and there. Anyway... the requests. Basically, as part of an eBay lot I recently received a 1983 Zap and Flash. The odd thing is the accessories. Zap has a black bazooka rather than a green one, and Flash has a bright blue rifle and hose rather than black. I've looked everywhere online for references to this to no avail. I'm assuming it's maybe an international variant? If pictures are needed I can take some, but hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about by the description alone. Thanks! |
05-14-2018, 05:34 PM | #2 |
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Welcome to Hisstank.
As for your question, I have no idea. Have never heard of it, but based on the colors you mentioned, I would not be surprised that they are actually Funskool (India) versions of them as I do not know any accessory packs that have those two items in those colors.
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05-14-2018, 05:41 PM | #3 |
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Hey everyone! I hate my first post to be a request, but it is, so I guess I'll just have to live with it.
To introduce myself, I'm a Joe collector from the UK who is primarily interested in the vintage ARAH line. I used to have a large MOC collection, but sold it all several years ago out of necessity. I'd love to have that back, but it's way, way too expensive for me these days so now I'm into loose figures only, and the odd vehicle here and there. Anyway... the requests. Basically, as part of an eBay lot I recently received a 1983 Zap and Flash. The odd thing is the accessories. Zap has a black bazooka rather than a green one, and Flash has a bright blue rifle and hose rather than black. I've looked everywhere online for references to this to no avail. I'm assuming it's maybe an international variant? If pictures are needed I can take some, but hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about by the description alone. Thanks!
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05-14-2018, 05:54 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the reply. That was my assumption too to be honest, Funskool seems the most likely explanation. However, the figures themselves are definitely original, and the pack for Flash is identical to the original, it's only the laser rifle that differs. I'll have to look more into the Funskool variants to see if I can find an exact match.
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05-14-2018, 05:59 PM | #5 |
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Hey, thanks for the welcome! As I stated after your post (but before reading it) the rest of the accessories are correct for the figures, it's only the weapons that aren't. It's not a big deal as the figures themselves are in great condition, and as part of a larger lot they were a great find as I didn't own either, or indeed any of the original 13 otherwise.
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05-14-2018, 06:31 PM | #6 |
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Did you get your Zap from a UK seller? I might be a Red Shadows bazooka.
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05-14-2018, 06:40 PM | #7 |
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The thought hadnt occurred to me, but that's very obvious! They were based in Ireland, so as good as UK so far as figure availability goes. It might even be the case that the blue Flash laser rifle is connected in some way too. It is literally exactly the same but in bright blue. I can't see that Funskool produced Flash, at least not according to YoJoe, so maybe it isn't from them despite the obnoxious colour.
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05-14-2018, 06:45 PM | #8 |
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05-14-2018, 07:05 PM | #9 |
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Yep ^^^ There you go.
I could use that black bazooka if you're not interested in it
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05-14-2018, 07:12 PM | #10 |
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Thank you! The lot also came with two of the blue uzis, so that adds up. I suspect a quite a few of the unidentified weapons and vehicle parts I have belong to the Palitoy Action Force range. I'm just not knowledgeable about them at all, unfortunately. As for the black bazooka, I don't have a use for it as such and I'm unlikely to collect the range in future!
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