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Post by defzombie on Mar 26, 2012 0:21:16 GMT -6
I have been a big fan of plastic army men and figures since I was a kid, is there anyone else out there who collects the plastic army men, ninjas, fantasy characters etc. I have here some pics of my collection of unique and interesting army men as well as a few common pieces.    |
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Post by cyberwolf76 on Mar 26, 2012 20:53:38 GMT -6
I used to have a huge collection when i was a kid back in the 80s . You could buy them in clear bags at my local shop. Each bag had a different country ...from memory the colours of the countries were usa = dark green , Australia = kaki , german = dark grey, japan = light grey, france dark blue...each set came with a tank a jeep , a flag and a sandbag wall thingy... I also had 5 different sculpts of the large scale figures (same as the one you have on the back left of your picture) ..i don't know who made those cause i only ever bought them from swap meets, garage sales etc. Later on the released boxsets which came with plastic playmats showing rivers hills etc and they came with larger tanks that looks more in proportion with the figures...these came with bridges too ...
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Post by defzombie on Mar 26, 2012 23:28:42 GMT -6
I have two other of the large ones, a grenadier and a Mine Sweeper. The one pictured there I found at a thrift store with a bag of smaller army men.
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Post by cyberwolf76 on Mar 27, 2012 5:41:10 GMT -6
If you have more pics please put them up . I always like seeing stuff from my the 80s .
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Post by funkyterrance on Mar 27, 2012 6:22:43 GMT -6
I had TONS of army guy type plastic cheap-o figures. We had a discount store called Zyla's where they had tons and tons of outdated toys and cheapy awesome crap. I didn't usually go for the traditional army guys but I had a lot of robots, knights, monsters, aliens, etc. I think my favorite were some bags of knights that were very slim in stature and were only two solid colors, black and white. Their poses were awesome and they were very detailed. I also had some monster ones that were fluorescent colors including a grim reaper, a mummy, a witch, vampire, etc, etc. Was always cool to get a whole bag of figures for a buck or two. Sadly this place closed in recent years but I'm not surprised as I remember the roof of the place used to leak when it rained and a lot of the food and clothes were pretty scary lol.
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Post by defzombie on Mar 27, 2012 9:13:29 GMT -6
I still have ALL my childhood army men they are up by at my parents house. If you look in the first picture there are some galaxy laser team in there and some ninjas. In the second picture the tiny tan guys in front were from my dad when he was a kid, they must be from the 60s I think. He painted the tiny oil drum himself too. The little blue guys to the left of those are tiny civil war soldiers, and of course I added some GUTS in there. Ill have to add more pics!
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Post by funkyterrance on Mar 27, 2012 9:20:29 GMT -6
I still have ALL my childhood army men they are up by at my parents house. If you look in the first picture there are some galaxy laser team in there and some ninjas. In the second picture the tiny tan guys in front were from my dad when he was a kid, they must be from the 60s I think. He painted the tiny oil drum himself too. The little blue guys to the left of those are tiny civil war soldiers, and of course I added some GUTS in there. Ill have to add more pics! That's awesome man, especially the part where you've got a piece your dad painted back in the day  . I like the blue wizard most of all! |
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Post by defzombie on Mar 27, 2012 17:47:27 GMT -6
Mine Too! They are from DFC toys is what muckmonster told me. I have 2 of those blue wizards, and I seriously have had them since the early 90s. They came in a bag with the gargoyles and the green worm and they were some of my favorites growing up, especially if they were included in army men battles! lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 18:00:52 GMT -6
By far m y all time favorite bath time toy was green army men. You could bet I would take a bath and defend the waters all at the same time. My personal favorite was the guy kneeling with the bazooka. It brought a tear to my eye when Pixar had these guys in the Toy Story franchise. What's better than green plastic army men? GUTS! Slightly bigger and more detailed.
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Post by defzombie on Apr 1, 2012 23:20:21 GMT -6
I promised more pictures! Micro Machine Army men  |
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Post by defzombie on Apr 1, 2012 23:40:46 GMT -6
Heres some more! Set of DFC Gargoyles  Recent find of new Ninjas!  Recently found Jeep too!  |
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Post by funkyterrance on Apr 2, 2012 9:13:51 GMT -6
By far m y all time favorite bath time toy was green army men. You could bet I would take a bath and defend the waters all at the same time. I used to add green army guys to the bath mix too. It's all fun and games until you sit on one though.. Ooch!!! |
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Post by toyworks on Apr 2, 2012 15:12:27 GMT -6
wow, that jeep is awesome! by far one of the coolest lil' army guy vehicles ive ever seen!  |
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Post by figurecollector on Apr 2, 2012 16:17:35 GMT -6
What size figures would work with the jeep?
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Post by funkyterrance on Apr 2, 2012 16:45:17 GMT -6
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Post by mrjayberry on Apr 2, 2012 17:00:05 GMT -6
Those Ninja bowman are very cool, I wonder why they were never in the bags I got as a kid.
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Post by defzombie on Apr 2, 2012 18:41:36 GMT -6
The jeep is awesome! The axles are metal too. So its sturdy, its 2 1/2 inches high.so its small. I should try and fit my military muscle men, ill take more pics.
@funky-that ninja is awesome, im sure i have that one somewhere
@ mrj-the bowmen are tight. Got them at the thrift store in a bag with army men, the bowmen caught my eye.
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Post by funkyterrance on Apr 2, 2012 20:36:25 GMT -6
Defzombie what's the green snake looking thing in your third pic? Is his face melted or is he facing the wrong way or what? Can you take a close up of it? Also, in the fifth picture is the goblin looking thing actually two colors of plastic (sea green/lime green) or is that another of your dad's paint jobs?
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Post by 80s Action Figures on Apr 2, 2012 20:55:12 GMT -6
Those are DFC Naga. For some reason about every second one I see has a melted face. Here is a photo of him:  These guys (virtual toy chest) have a pretty good web page showing most of the little plastic guys with alot of the color variations as well...all my Naga are green this one seems to be yellow? |
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Post by defzombie on Apr 2, 2012 21:14:58 GMT -6
They are dfc naga, i didnt know theyre faces were melted lol i just figured they were giant worms. As for the 2 colored gargoyle, i think its just warped plastic discolorization. I didnt even notice it till you mentioned it lol
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Post by toyworks on Apr 2, 2012 22:01:31 GMT -6
dude, that picture is epic! Love the scenery!  |
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Post by toyworks on Apr 2, 2012 22:15:03 GMT -6
The jeep is awesome! The axles are metal too. So its sturdy, its 2 1/2 inches high.so its small. I should try and fit my military muscle men, ill take more pics. hmmm, wonder if you could squeeze an Eagle Force figure in there? Theyre about 2.5" i think  |
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Post by funkyterrance on Apr 3, 2012 6:17:45 GMT -6
dude, that picture is epic! Love the scenery! Hehe, thanks bro. That one's taken on a boulder in my back yard. One of the benefits of living out in the sticks I guess . 80's, thanks for the lead, I'll check it out. |
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Post by defzombie on Apr 3, 2012 9:30:09 GMT -6
Heres some more shots  As you can see its too small for Military Muscle Men and GUTS! lol This one is interesting too. It can fit 3 3/4 figs ok, but is too big for GUTS!  |
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Post by funkyterrance on Apr 3, 2012 15:44:18 GMT -6
Heres some more shots Its so nice to see a toy company that's not body-fascist. Those guys could audition for the oompah loompah roles in the next Willy Wonka movie. |
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Post by defzombie on Apr 6, 2012 15:44:49 GMT -6
I would also like to see more pictures of your guys army men , military, ninja and fantasy figures and vehicles!
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Post by rihia2k on Apr 6, 2012 23:10:52 GMT -6
It's weird, there's no rhyme or reason to the few 'army men' and 'plastic dinos' I've kept over the years. I mean, I come across them everywhere but never pick 'em up, it's just a matter of what's trickled into my collection, usually from found or childhood items. I now hafta wonder why I've never stumbled across ninjas... A bucket o' Cowboys n' Indians, 1 big scale army man, Arco space robots, tiny scale Afghanistan dudes, Xenomorphs even, but no ninjas!! Deprived!! Come to think of it no fantasy theme 'army men' type figures at all  (I would've gone gaga for them as a kid) Gimme a barbarian o'er a robot ennyday! |
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Post by defzombie on Apr 9, 2012 14:38:32 GMT -6
heres some more Ninjas!  |
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Post by defzombie on Apr 9, 2012 14:43:24 GMT -6
My favorite Army men vehicle as a kid. This truck  Majorette Green Camo  Tan |
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Post by thekurgan81 on Apr 10, 2012 15:25:08 GMT -6
Did you ever seen or collected Zero Hour? They were tiny army men with vehicles and playsets I still have 3 sets of them I'll try and get some pics up soon. I think you would like them. I had those black ninjas In the 2nd pic of ninjas I remember they came with seperate black and red weapons.
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. I like the blue wizard most of all!
(I would've gone gaga for them as a kid)