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Offline lostshakerassault

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need help ID'ing this non metal figure
« on: 21 April 2014, 10:50:42 PM »
Hi All,
   So I found this figure on the ground at work one day and I have been trying to figure out what it's from. To me, it looks like a freighter captain or such. Someone suggested a game but I can't find anything that looks like this. Any help?

Thanks
Morgan

Offline Emir of Askaristan

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Re: need help ID'ing this non metal figure
« Reply #1 on: 21 April 2014, 11:00:40 PM »
It looks like a copy of a 1/32 scale Matchbox 8th Army officer figure. He's wearing a sleeveless jerkin, hence the freighter captain look.

IIRC they were originally in tan/beige plastic but the poses were copied quite a bit.

..takes me back...... ;D

Offline Lowtardog

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Re: need help ID'ing this non metal figure
« Reply #2 on: 21 April 2014, 11:04:22 PM »
I thought that but wasn't it a sheepskin? Good call though  :)

Offline lostshakerassault

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Re: need help ID'ing this non metal figure
« Reply #3 on: 21 April 2014, 11:08:25 PM »
Good Call! That appears to be it. I never would have suspected that for a jerkin. It just looks like a jacket to me.

Thanks!

Offline Emir of Askaristan

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Re: need help ID'ing this non metal figure
« Reply #4 on: 21 April 2014, 11:23:25 PM »
Original fig top left above Monty
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/toysoldierhq/Vintagebritish.html

This is the sort of thing I always thought he wore -
http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Hoofd/A/PhotoLarge.php?Keuze=CaineBridgeFar

Horrocks as played by Edward Fox in A Bridge To Far

Offline Dolmot

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Re: need help ID'ing this non metal figure
« Reply #5 on: 21 April 2014, 11:40:50 PM »
It looks like a copy of a 1/32 scale Matchbox 8th Army officer figure. He's wearing a sleeveless jerkin, hence the freighter captain look.

IIRC they were originally in tan/beige plastic but the poses were copied quite a bit.

Looks like the originals were indeed supposed to be all beige, but Chinese copies are still in production, and it wouldn't be surprising to find some in green. See this link and scroll down for the clones section... http://alejandro40.blogspot.fi/2012/06/matchbox-132-scale.html

(Would also explain the quality, which looks quite awful to me.)

 

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