"Vintage Sci Fi Toy Soldiers After Star Wars" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Apr 2020 1:12 p.m. PST |
"After Star Wars was first released in the 1970s the look of most science fiction toys changed forever. Battlestar Galactica also seems to have had an influence, particularly on English companies like Britains and Airfix. Timmee was the last American company still producing figures in the USA, and continued under the name Processed Plastics Co for a couple of decades. I am splitting a fine hair on what I call vintage on this page. These are figures made before or during the 1980s that were not made in Asia. I am going to do a another page all about the wild sci fi figures that did come out of Asia in the 1980s and after. The figures below are the last cheap figures that I know of, made in the USA and Europe, that show influences from Star Wars, Battle Star Galactica and other 70s/80s Sci Fi franchises. I must admit that I didn't much care for these figures as a kid. I wanted army men that had the Star Wars look and not the old pulp look. These figures tried to have it both ways and I only came to appreciate them as I got older. Timmee/PPC put them out for what seems like at least 20 years in various bags and playsets. They have been re-released by the new Timmee in bagged sets. There are also a lot of bootleg figures from Mexico and South America…"
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Amicalement
Armand
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Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 10 Apr 2020 3:06 p.m. PST |
Fascinating. I've never seen the Airfix or Atlantic miniatures. My brother had the Timmee, which I sold off on eBay a few years ago for about $1 USD per figure. I guess I owe my brother a few beers next time we're together (he lives on a different continent). There were a few Britains in the Timmee toys. |
| Bunkermeister | 10 Apr 2020 9:53 p.m. PST |
link Tim Mee is still in business, still making figures right here in the USA! The are also making the old figures in new colors, and are re-casting many long out of production sets. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 11 Apr 2020 5:35 a.m. PST |
Hadn't seen the Atlantic figures before and some of the Britons stuff was new to me. Real shame the Airfix figures have never re-surfaced as I always thought they were rather nice – I cam across them as a kid but even that was way after they must have been discontinued. Would have made a great budget entry for getting into rockets and rayguns pulp games! |
| Tango01 | 11 Apr 2020 11:41 a.m. PST |
Happy you like them boys!. (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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 20thmaine | 11 Apr 2020 2:40 p.m. PST |
At the time wished Airfix had done a HO/OO version of the Space Warriors. |
| Your Kidding | 12 Apr 2020 12:47 p.m. PST |
Great blog. Brings back memories as a kid. |
| Tango01 | 12 Apr 2020 4:47 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| irbaboon | 14 Apr 2020 2:47 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys. I am happy you like it. |
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