Hopper wrote:How in the name of great Zeus's holy cock and balls have I never seen that M.F. picture before?
I mean, really. What the actual frick is wrong with me?
*hangs head in shame*

That's the one. But where did it come from, and for what purpose was it built?

Wow that is epic!!

Interesting. Reading the first part of that description of the base immediately brought this image from the 1984 Action Man annual to mind. Looks like maybe they've transposed 2 descriptions together?

Thundershot wrote:He's there but "No image available"
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4743 ... re-airfix/


http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4772 ... e-palitoy/

That tank is awesome!

Is that the Adventure Team logo on the side of the rescue copter?

It still says 15 figure set but there's bound to be a lot of doubles or triples. *edit* Just seen this in the con brochure: This special edition set includes: SKY PATROL (six figures): DROP ZONE, SKYDIVE, CLIFF “AIRWAVE” MEWETT, STATIC LINE, ROBERT “AIRBORNE” SIX, JOHN - EDWARD “ALTITUDE” JONES. COB...

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=26033
Sky Creeper and Skydive revealed so far.
It's a pass for me (although they're good looking figures). Not much chance of any AF love in this year's con exclusives then.

A bit off topic but the 2000AD podcast often has interviews with the early creative team who often worked on other comics and talk about their work on them. Garth Ennis has been on it and Steve MacManus who was the editor on Battle for a bit. No huge revelations in the podcasts but they're still int...

I've spotted a variant! My copy of Flint's Holiday says "85p Net" on the back and the one in the archives says "90p Net"...

I used to get BAF delivered every week. I'd started reading Battle Action and kept going when Action Force appeared and continued well in to the Storm Force days. I'm slowly building up my collection of back issues. Johnny Red was always a favourite but Charley's War was easily the highlight until A...