Panosh Combat Commandos (1980's)

[defzombie]

The 1980's were an awesome time for military figures. While GiJoe was by far the most popular, there were also a few smaller lines that I remember having as a kid. One of these is the awesome assortment of military mini figures called COMBAT COMMANDOS. They were made by panosh place. When I was younger I obviously didn't know who made them, but my brothers and I had quite a few of them, but they are mostly all lost. I did, however, keep two of them, but I did not know where they were stored. As the years went by, I thought about them from time to time, and always wondered who made them and how I could get some more. They are hard plastic and swivel at the waist.


Last Easter while at my parents house I was searching through my boxes and came across the two that I had saved. I quickly learned that Panosh place made them and they had a date stamp of 1987.

Once I had a manufacturer name and date. I searched on google and there was actually hardly any information on these little guys. I also searched eBay for some more, but for several months I couldn't find any auctions worth buying. (some were quite expensive for very few figures.) Then last summer I hit a jackpot, because there was a seller on eBay with 2 seperate auctions. He had one auction with new carded 2 packs and another with an open 2 pack with the backer card. I had the highest bid on both and scored. The packaging is awesome, and now I have plenty for my collection. These have hardly shown up on eBay since then, and I doubt they will pop up often.



I couldnt possibly leave them in the package, so I set them free!




Like I said these rarely pop up on ebay, so the few that I got are in awesome condition. 

The back of the card shows more figures and I know there are a few more I want such as the blue guy in the middle far right.


If anyone has any extras let me know! did anyone else have these as a kid??

[StarRunn]

I picked up a pair of these guys when they went on clearance at 50¢. I zeroed in on these two because of their SF look.

[defzombie]

Ive seen the red one on the right in yellow too. Great pic

[drbo]

Apr 23, 2014 17:21:10 GMT -6 StarRunn said:

I picked up a pair of these guys when they went on clearance at 50¢. I zeroed in on these two because of their SF look.

Great figure, indeed their SF touch is much fun.

Thanks for posting this, it brought me to this whole tread and allowed me to properly ID them - I have a bunch of these guys that lurked their way into Mattel GUTS! lots I got over the years.
SOMA, who made those little chunky ninja, wrestlers and my pet monster k-o als did a decent line of little commandos guys quite similar to those (and GUTS!).

[defzombie]

Here's an updated picture of my combat commandos.