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Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket variant

Posted: 31 May 2014 19:34
by Hopper
Evening all.
In the process of pulling everything AF related out of boxes, comparing and contrasting, photographing variants, and working out exactly what I need to buy to complete, and sell to finance this (prepare for the great Hopper sell off), I discovered this little beauty.

the one on the right has 7 blobs along the edge, the one on the left only has 6, larger, blobs, and is a little larger. The one on the right seems to be the more common (using my collection as a rough guess, it's so far a 1:7 ratio).

Just thought it might be of interest.
In terms of accessory and gun, we overlook the variants, but so far we have Ironblood's helmet (2 types), Red Shadow bazooka (2 types), and Steeler's goggles (2 types), now this... might be worth a closer look.

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 06:51
by Chopper
Jeez, Hopper. I don't think you are drinking enough. Now I have to get all my Choppers out.

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 20:34
by paul463
Hopper your attention to detail is superb. Thank God I'm not a variant collector...............

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 21:24
by Thundershot
Have you catalogued the detonator box moulding variant yet?

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 22:09
by Hopper
Thundershot wrote:Have you catalogued the detonator box moulding variant yet?
:shock:
No... What variant?
Where?
Let me at it.
:panic:

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 22:11
by Hopper
Chopper wrote:Jeez, Hopper. I don't think you are drinking enough. Now I have to get all my Choppers out.
It's worrying that I don't even have to be that drunk to get my Chopper out...

paul463 wrote:Hopper your attention to detail is superb. Thank God I'm not a variant collector...............
Thank you kind sir, and yeah, I know - blessing and a curse

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 00:10
by Chopper
Just another thought for the variant obsessed, have you checked to see if the series one parts and/or figures fall into the same patterns as series two? That might be interesting.

The life jackets may be the difference between series one and two.

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 00:16
by redrage
Ah bugger!

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 00:22
by Hopper
Yeah, sorry about that redrage.
I'm sure you've got one somewhere.

Re: Just when you thought you had it all... a lifejacket var

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 00:24
by Hopper
Chopper wrote:Just another thought for the variant obsessed, have you checked to see if the series one parts and/or figures fall into the same patterns as series two? That might be interesting.

The life jackets may be the difference between series one and two.
I have, as it happens!
All seems to tally so far, though I suspect you may be right with the Series 1 vs Series 2 lifejackets.
We need some MOC obsessives to check.