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05-28-2021, 10:58 PM | #41 |
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Maybe I'm just not understanding your question, or maybe I just don't know the answer to it. Probably the latter.
The first version of Special Weapons F prototypes included Boffin, but Bombardier might not have been thought of at that same time. I don't really know, but I seriously doubt it. I know others would disagree with me about that, because of the trade magazine pictures. Bombardier was created for the second version of the Special Weapons team, by my estimation. It's for that reason that I only desired to have two Special Weapons Force modern figures in my Action Force collection... Boffin to symbolize the first figure of Special Weapons F, and Bombardier to be the last one. The colors of the Bombardier prototype you have in that picture looks to me like the prototype discovered at the toy store in Florida, which started this whole mystery in the first place. The story behind the blue colored version of Bombardier, I'm not certain about, so I'll let somebody else explain that one, and then I'll learn something new along with you. Edit: additional information that may help to answer your question... Dave Tree had once mentioned that two older photographs were shown to him of the Special Weapons F team (maybe it was Bob Brechin who had them), and they showed Bombardier in a light blue color. The style of those pictures were thought to be intended for a trade magazine. Upon inspection of a gray Bombardier prototype figure, some of that light blue paint was detected underneath the gray. That started a theory that Bombardier was at first colored blue, but was later changed to the gray version we all know. For this reason, I don't even consider the blue version of Bombardier to be a thing, but I'm sure some collectors might.
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05-29-2021, 10:45 AM | #42 |
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46 Zone, Playful,
I kinda guess no one will ever really know, not unless we get Bob Brechin himself here lol, and get it straight from the horses mouth, anyone got his contact info? I guess really, the only official color of the SWF team is grey though.... I wonder what still is out there prototype or not Action Force that’s undiscovered? Last edited by LEEE777; 05-30-2021 at 03:03 PM.. |
05-30-2021, 08:29 AM | #43 |
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Thanks for the photos Lee, it is interesting to see the red cape that Baron Ironblood is wearing in the second picture.
46 Zone, Playful. I guess that is the mystery/beauty of the SWF, that there are very few people who know anything for sure. There is a bit of info/speculation about the change in Bombardier's colour in the video in my first post. |
05-30-2021, 03:05 PM | #44 |
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AF ;)
Yeah, kinda diggin’ that red cape now, kind of grows on ya! :P |
05-31-2021, 09:01 PM | #45 |
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Many thanks HIT, glad you like all the customs on this thread dude! :P
Yeah, don’t know what come over me buying so many Bombardiers lol, I’m not even a MOC collector really, just had to with that one. Hey, got a special mission for ya, howz about making a SWF figure and posting it here and your thread of course? Be cool to see, no rush haha. Haha, mission accepted! Been browsing the figures so I’ll definitely try to put one together for the thread. No idea when it’ll be but as soon as one calls to me I’m on it!
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06-01-2021, 03:12 AM | #46 |
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Never heard anyone else really talk about him before so glad to hear he has his fans. I really liked him from the Club but using older parts & charging a premium, seemed like I was the only fan. Haha. Then just so cool seeing some official stuff of him in fan pics because I never really saw him outside of some stock photos online.
Haha, mission accepted! Been browsing the figures so I’ll definitely try to put one together for the thread. No idea when it’ll be but as soon as one calls to me I’m on it! Awesome , looking forward on what your gonna do, you the man! ;) |
06-05-2021, 12:42 PM | #47 |
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06-05-2021, 02:10 PM | #48 |
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Awesome!!!
The Total AF Battle Years KS book funded, and they are adding 16 pages of SWF!!! I ended up subbing on Friday.
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06-05-2021, 03:46 PM | #49 |
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Yeah, shame it was a few grand short of the whole section of the SWF, but hopefully we’ll get some gems in those 16 extra pages! |
07-24-2021, 04:43 AM | #50 |
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Been away for a while working on another project, this may give you clue what I have been doing:
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