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04-14-2011, 10:45 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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Was chatting with Zartan UK and a few of the other British Joe fans about scanning in my copy of the Battle Action Force annual 1986.
It's a really weird time frame - It's post Red Shadows/Baron Iron Blood era, with Cobra Commander, Destro and Duke etc... BUT, it's pre Hasbro bringing GI Joe as 'Action Force' to the UK. I've scanned in the Cover, first story and a few of the catalogue pics from the centre for now. There's two more 'Action Force' stories to scan - 'Death Beam' which includes Moondancer, Duke and Scarlett in a Triad battling with Red Wolf in a Roboskull - and 'Snake Hunt' which has Snake Eyes picking off a Cobra squad led by Destro after they shoot down the C130 he was in... Lots of other stories in there as well - all very 'British' in feel...
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04-14-2011, 10:46 AM | #2 |
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04-14-2011, 10:48 AM | #4 |
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Here are the really interesting bits... the product photo's from the centre of the annual;
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04-14-2011, 10:51 AM | #5 |
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04-14-2011, 10:52 AM | #6 |
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If people are interested I can scan in the rest!
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04-14-2011, 11:54 AM | #7 |
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Love the vintage late 70's/early 80's font on the words "Cobra" and "Gold" on pages 2 and 3! Reminds me of the kids' magazine "Dynamite".
I also forgot about the UK Cobra logo. Looks a little like the logo used on REMCO's "Bad Guys" packaging from their Sgt. Rock line, circa 1983.
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04-15-2011, 01:29 AM | #8 |
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These are great! Thanks for posting. I love seeing stuff I didn't even know existed posted here. It'd be great if you could scan a few more pages. I certainly want to know more about this "Moondancer" character. With a code name like that, you can't go wrong.
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04-15-2011, 03:57 AM | #9 |
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Cheers! Will get a chance to scan some more stuff in this afternoon I hope!
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04-15-2011, 05:09 AM | #10 |
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Yeah, got that one (got everything!)
The BAF Annuals aren't the best examples of ACTION FORCE stories from that era - They were simplified and 'kidified' compared to the weekly comic, but it's important to remember that to us Brits who were into this at the time, "Action Force" is the real deal and most of us didn't even know what GI Joe was.
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