| Given up for good | 17 Nov 2009 1:40 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know if picture has any details on the back (e.g. tail). Though I love the figure ranges for what they are I wonder if they could be converted to 'regular' troopers with a chop of the ears and trim of the feet? Any one a picture of the back? Thanks
Andrew
blog.kings-sleep.me.uk |
| Top Gun Ace | 17 Nov 2009 1:44 p.m. PST |
Sorry don't know, but that is an interesting photo of Duck Wader reviewing the troops! |
| Toaster | 17 Nov 2009 1:53 p.m. PST |
As I understand it the manufacturer got a C&D for unlicensed stormtroopers so added the ears to hide behind the parody laws but they are fully convertable back to std stormtroopers. Robert |
| ttauri | 17 Nov 2009 1:53 p.m. PST |
Surely it's impossible to convert the parody figures into Star Wars figures as that would be a serious breach of Lucasfilm's intellectual property. ;) |
| Mehoy Nehoy | 17 Nov 2009 5:10 p.m. PST |
Why would you want to convert them back? They're much better like that! |
| Farstar | 17 Nov 2009 5:26 p.m. PST |
Agreed. Even back then, Stormtroopers were boring, but Stormtroopers with big rabbit ears were hilarious. These were also Archive/Arkiiv, and were HUGE. They would probably fit in better today with all the 30-32mm out there, but back when you were looking at true 25mm Ral Partha and hydrocephalous Grenadier, the Archive stuff was very, very large. It only matched the (frankly hideous) Dragontooth stuff for size. |
| Rudysnelson | 18 Nov 2009 8:17 a.m. PST |
That was the whole purpose. I was a client of the original sponsor of the range. it was presented to Star Wars within a year after the start of the movie series. I saw the master sculpts that he took to LA. Some beautiful sandmen and a few others that never made it to production moulds. The Lucas people rejected the concept as they had already signed a deal with Kenner. And Kenner rejected to notion that gaming miniatures were different than action figure toys. That is when they researched patent and copyright issues. At that time in the 1970s, there had to be at least 7 differences in original sculpts to avoid infringement. I do not know what current guidelines were. They decided to add changes such as changinf heads (R2d2 is upside down, Storm Bunnies created. Additions were made so that could easily be shaved and altered to present near to an originally intended casting. So convert away. |
| Steve Hazuka | 18 Nov 2009 12:49 p.m. PST |
those are from the mid 70's aren't they? |
| Farstar | 18 Nov 2009 1:42 p.m. PST |
Yup. The dawn of fantasy/SF miniatures. |
| Rudysnelson | 18 Nov 2009 1:54 p.m. PST |
Yep, Between 1977 and 1779, they were done by the guy who also did the Martian Metal 15mm LotR. A generic range of 15mm Fantasy I think under the name DragonSlayer (before the movie of the same name). And the Star Wars range which was given for distribution to another Texas company called Archive. The packaging had a green background and the castings were blister sealed onto the card (which was a great system to prevent theft). he also had a B&M store until he left to work for one of the big manufacturers. |
Col Durnford  | 18 Nov 2009 2:10 p.m. PST |
They were later packaged just in heavy plastic bags with Green paper tags. I have a bunch of the Jawas that I may paint up someday…. |
| Steve Hazuka | 18 Nov 2009 5:12 p.m. PST |
R2D2 was fixed up like Micky Mouse is that the same company? |
discovers a lost dinosaur.
