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Post by 10incher on Jun 9, 2008 9:05:56 GMT -6
To be honest I have never run into any Silverhawk figure variations (at least that I know of). I am sure there are some out there though.
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Post by jeffcorrell on Sept 18, 2008 20:56:09 GMT -6
The figures made in Argentina by Antex have significant paint variations from the Kenner counterparts. Some of them are bizarre infact. For example the copperkid figure from Argentina has a totally grey face instead of the blue and white. You can see some of those on this guys website. This (link below) is the quicksilver figure. Notice the unpainted tallyhawk and the red symobl on his chest. totally unlike the Kenner version. Some of his pictures are regular Kenner stuff though and not Antex (the copperkid is not Antex on his site). www.amosdelretro.com.ar/index.php?opt=Detallefig&Codigo=214Also if you are talkign about carded figures there are two versions of each figure for the first series figures only. First release figures have the blue/purple triangle in the right lower corner with the figure descriptions in yellow type. The second release figures just have white type in the lower corner and no bluish shape, just plain type. Also figures were released in France and have generic green starfields on black back ground cards with a huge silverhawks logo. All the cards are the same. As for losoe variations on Kenner stuff I think the steelheart is about it. You might find some slight paint varitions like different flesh tones on some figures but nothing major. -Jeff
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Post by shuptrine on Sept 27, 2009 13:44:11 GMT -6
I just wanted to share pictures of my collections of silver hawks, I recently just finished them earlier this year, but just got around to taking pictures, so please enjoy. . . . .
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ryan0001
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Post by ryan0001 on Sept 27, 2009 14:11:24 GMT -6
Sharp looking set. I like the Steve Miller figure (Bluegrass).
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Post by muckmonster87 on Sept 27, 2009 22:03:02 GMT -6
looks awesome! if anyone has a loose windhammer or hardware, let me know!
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Post by bowspearer on Jan 22, 2010 9:14:16 GMT -6
Just started to get into Silverhawks again. Scored a sealed Stargazer a while back and the christmas present from the folks was a mint boxed Sky Runner. Kind of dreading the prices I'm likely to have to pay for alot of them- especially now that alot of the figures are going for around the $60 mark sealed.
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michaelmensinger
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Post by michaelmensinger on Jan 24, 2010 6:45:15 GMT -6
Great to see the Silverhawks thread resurrected! I'm an avid collector of prototypes from Silverhawks amongst other lines, so I thought I'd share a photo of the Windhammer 2-up unpainted hardcopy from my collection (shown next to a production loose figure and carded figure for size comparison). For those unfamiliar with the toy production process, an unpainted hardcopy like this is used to generate tooling aides for creation of the steel production mold (also referred to as tooling). A number of Silverhawks figures were sculpted at a 2:1 size ratio (twice the the production figure's intended scale), thus the term "2-up".
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Post by 10incher on Jan 24, 2010 15:01:20 GMT -6
Great looking proto, thanks for posting it Mike!
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Post by jongernaut on Jan 24, 2010 18:35:09 GMT -6
I always wondered how they shrink the figures back down to size. Does anybody know?
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Post by toygiant on Jan 25, 2010 1:50:25 GMT -6
Now a days it's a lot of scanning and digital output. But the old tried & true method was a machine called a pantograph. Esentially, the machine consists of a turntable and an arm with a "needle" side and a "carver" side. You'd put your piece on the turntable and this needle on an arm would follow the contours of the piece from the bottom up at the rate of a 1000th of an inch a revolution and an attached carving arm would copy the contours, in a pre-set scale, into a soft material (the name escaped me now) and it would make a scale replica. The new part always has some rough spots which would need to be worked by a sculpt/model tech. Then some quick molds are made (silicone or plaster) of these new parts and a special heat resistant resin is poured in to make casts of the part. Some more refining happens before the casts are molded in aluminum or steel to make the production molds.
It's late so this might not make any sense, so let me know if this seems vague or if I missed something. There's obviously more detail in how this works but this is sort of bare-bones operation.
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Post by jongernaut on Jan 25, 2010 9:22:20 GMT -6
Thanks! Very interesting.
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jeffcorrell
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Post by jeffcorrell on Jan 30, 2010 16:55:11 GMT -6
I never get bored of seeing that awesome Windhammer 2-up. Very cool!
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Post by steelwill on Nov 16, 2010 10:50:17 GMT -6
hi, i recently got married and wanted to post pics of this grooms cake my wife surprised me with at our rehearsal dinner, woot the copperkid! there's some cracking and flaking on the detail but i had it in the fridge for about 10 days before i decided to eat it and cut it.
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Post by toy tracker on Nov 16, 2010 14:37:09 GMT -6
That is awesome!!!
It reminds of my slimer birthday cake I had when I 6 or 7
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Post by bowspearer on Nov 17, 2010 0:18:17 GMT -6
I bet the guy was in two minds about eating it with how amazing the deocrating job was.
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Post by victoryleo19 on Feb 26, 2015 9:05:48 GMT -6
Umm.... Holy Crap. This would have been awesome! I wish we could see what the interior might have looked like.
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Post by retroplaymo on Feb 27, 2015 5:35:43 GMT -6
I also collect Silverhawks figures and have most of them except for Quicksilver with Ultrasonic Suit as well as Airshock for Mumbo Jumbo. It seems these figures also show up more often MOC than loose. Anyone know if the second version of Monstar with Laser Lance was ever produced? They show a graphic of him in the 1988 toy catalog but not a pic of an actual figure. I don't think I ever saw him on Ebay. Check out the main Website for a picture gallery of loose Silverhawks figures at www.action-figures.ca/silverhawks.htm. Also,i noticed on the the list....that not exist an action figure of Melodia!!!! Does anyone know what happen with this figure? Friendly Steve
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Post by sharpfork on Mar 30, 2015 10:36:14 GMT -6
Melodia, Poker face, etc. were never produced.
Theres also Korean variants, such as the Gold Chrome Mon-Star.
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Post by jeffcorrell on Apr 28, 2015 11:29:56 GMT -6
The Korean gold and red Mon*Star is a bootleg (aka unlicensed figure), not really a variant. Super cool though and really well made.
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