S.R.L. Heroes / Tiny Tuffys

[gort]

S.R.L. Heroes were made by Hestair in the late 70's and early 80's. I don't have a huge amount of info on the history of the line but I had several as a child and own a few now.

From what I can work out the initial range consisted of:-
Astronaut
Cowboy
Indian Brave
Indian Cheif
English Soldier
German Soldier
Army Medic
Policeman (British Bobby style)

I think they were initially available as boxed single figures and later as carded twin-packs.

Later they added two styles of alien that were sold in the twin-pack packaging (two white/red or two black/gold)

There were also vehicles. To date I know of a space buggy, British army jeep, British army ambulance and German army jeep.

[gort]

Yeah there seem to be some others out there I’ve not managed to identify yet. Toyboxraider has some parts and colour variations I hadn't seen before.

Unsurprisingly the aliens and astronauts are my favourites but I like the military guys as well.

Good luck with the astronauts

[clambo]

Are the red/white & gold/black guys from this line?

[gort]

Yep, at least I think so. I bought both as twin packs in the 80's and while I can't remember if they were actually released under the Heroes name their weapons are the same as the astronauts and their construction is the same. The white/red set came with yellow guns and the black/gold with black.

[THE KNOCK-OFF MESSIAH]

i have a couple acc of the astronauts.

[toyboxraider]

I love this line and collect them when I can find them. That is usually at toy shows in NC.

[80s Action Figures]

Those are sweet, reminds me of Action Jack!

[gort]

Just found some more info (thanks to sf1378 over at Visible Innards visibleinnards.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3873#3873 )

The Heroes figures were also released as Tiny Tuffys by Barter Toys (from Brazil?)

This explains some of the colour variations Toyboxraider has



www.loucoporbonecos.com.br/index2.htm Follow the DYNA MAN link (near the bottom)

[toyboxraider]

Ah, that explains things, thanks for the info, also I have a female figure constructed the same way. She is a Cowgirl and I will submit pics to get your input guys!

[toyboxraider]

Here she is











Any thoughts on her Ladies and Gentlemen? Is she a S.R.L. or something else? If she is, is she common and I just have not seen her before? And does anyone have her hat for trade?

She has a similar design all around, such as a whole and peg in head, similar feet design, and arm joints. I do not see any markings on her though.

[toyboxraider]

Just wanted to see if the SRL experts had any information on this figure above or if she is from another series?

[gort]

I'm no expert, but I don't think it's from the Heroes line. The construction is similar so it could still be made by Hestair but this style wasn't unique to them. Arco used it for their Space War line and I'm sure there are others.

I can't shake the feeling I've seen her somewhere before, or at least another figure like her. The flat bottomed waist secton is really familier from somewhere

[toyboxraider]

Cool Gort thanks for the info. I kinda thought she may be from another line, maybe Hestair, Arco or Nylint did a Western themed series. I would like to find them if they did. I wish WAFA was still a running site. It was awesome, info on all sorts of Western figures!

[billygalaxy]

[gort]

That is just what I needed! That confirms what sf1378 from Visible Innards said, my mystery horses do look like they're from Heroes. Thanks a lot!



Nice carded Tiny Tuffys astronauts as well.

[sf1378]

Has anyone got any other Tiny Tuffys SRL Heroes pics they could kindly post up?

[turnbolt]

Was just rechecking out this thread. Any updates on you guys' collection. I love these figures.

[tycoontoyboy]

I had a boxed set as a child with two Black and Gold Cylon aliens and a hover land speeder type vehicle.

[scoth70]

hi all new to the forum and ive started collecting the tiny tuffys figures had these in my younger days
not sure how to post pictures of my collection though
have some carded figures and boxed british and german soldiers

[scoth70]

Aug 20, 2007 17:34:11 GMT -6 gort said:

S.R.L. Heroes were made by Hestair in the late 70's and early 80's. I don't have a huge amount of info on the history of the line but I had several as a child and own a few now.

From what I can work out the initial range consisted of:-
Astronaut
Cowboy
Indian Brave
Indian Cheif
English Soldier
German Soldier
Army Medic
Policeman (British Bobby style)

I think they were initially available as boxed single figures and later as carded twin-packs.

Later they added two styles of alien that were sold in the twin-pack packaging (two white/red or two black/gold)

There were also vehicles. To date I know of a space buggy, British army jeep, British army ambulance and German army jeep.

here is my uk police officer

[scoth70]

Apr 22, 2011 12:30:26 GMT -6 turnbolt said:

Was just rechecking out this thread. Any updates on you guys' collection. I love these figures.

I have a very large collection of these ...I can post pics if your still active on here...

[Thor Laserpunch]

scoth70 please do!

[scoth70]

Feb 28, 2020 15:34:19 GMT -6 Thor Laserpunch said:

scoth70 please do!

heres my rare astronaut super set this set contains 2 orange buggys and 6 orange astronauts ...

 
heres the basic astronaut set with 4 white astronauts and 1 white buggy

 

heres the single white boxed buggy




orange astronauts



 



i have lots more stuff boxed and  carded  figures  and  army  vehicles soldiers medics ..western cowboy indians horses  police and  police van ..space warriors and space craft  and many more i will post more if there any interest  thanks

[Thor Laserpunch]

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing!

And astronauts with machine guns are more relevant than ever now that the U.S. government is finally going to have a Space Force.