Action Casting Vietnam Viet Cong Figures were one of the new figures shown at Chicago Toy Soldier Show. For some reason no one got any photos of the figures. Our very good friend Ed Borris got the figures at the show and was kind enough to share them with us. Ed also did comparison photos of the Action Casting with the new TSSD figures. These figures will great expand your Vietnam scene.
Action Casting Vietnam Viet Cong Figures Photos
Action Casting Vietnam Viet Cong Figures has six different poses. Three of the poses are standing firing poses. The figures have same automatic weapon and have pouches in the front.
The figures are shown with canteens and small pouches. The main difference is two have hats and one is bareheaded.
The other three poses are in coolie hats. The set has one more firing pose this time kneeling firing automatic rifle. The next pose is Viet Cong slightly crouching firing RPG. The last pose is Viet Cong advancing with automatic rifle.
Two of these figures are carrying full back packs.
The figures are action figures which is what collector want. The next question how do the Action Casting Vietcong compare to the TSSD North Vietnamese Army. Ed did a series of comparison photos.
The first photo shows TSSD standing firing figure with Action Casting standing firing figure. The figures are the same height.
This photo shows the TSSD North Vietnamese kneeling firing and Action Casting Viet Cong kneeling firing. The kneeling poses are slightly different.
Ed did another photo showing one of the other Action Casting standing firing.
Action Casting Vietnam Viet Cong Figures The Dead
John Stengel Junior did two other Vietnam sets. Both sets are dead figures which sadly are need for your scene. One set is Viet Cong. The other set is Americans.
Each set contains four figures. The figures will be available at show where John Stengel JR is at. Also Steve Weston and TSSD will be selling them.
Actually, it appears two of the Stengel figures have some type of rifle, I don’t know what it is exactly, but the first and third standing firing poses have this particular weapon while the guy in the middle has the more familiar AK47. One of the dead poses appears to have this rifle too. It is a bit longer than the Ak47’s , people that are familiar with their weapons can probably identify the rifle, or maybe not.
Thank you Ed x sharing pictures and compere.
Figures appear to match well in size with TSSD big scale figures
The weapon in particular appear an SKS semiautomatic carbine or Chinese variant Type 63 assault rifle.
The standing firing TSSD pose has same weapon correct made wile A Casting figure has it more crude depicted with long magazine version more typical of the TYPE 63 cloned Chinese version that used a 20 magazine capacity versus soviet 10 only.
I can barely differentiate much in detail as weapons are not well defined and measures of parts of actual AK47 or type 58 NK model are not well done in Casting figures.
I notice TSSD Vietnamese AK47 not done properly too and very short odd magazine never made x it in then, either a factory mold issue or designed ,their poses appear to still -rigid.
The loose weapons are well done and US TSSD have very well done the weapons in most.
Poses dynamism is better in Vietnamese AC than TSSD in my opinion, wile detail and characteristic,faces are poor and crude versus TSSD .
TSSD Americans are very well done in all overall and one of best in action poses I had seen from them.
My though,my views.
best…
One difference in the kneeling firing poses is the TSSD pose has the rifle butt in the elbow crook while the AC pose has it closer to the shoulder joint.
Well, that would explain partially why the TSSD pose looks so flat.
I noticed that. One sees it too often in toy soldiers. I try to ignore it but admit – even with the relatively light recoil of an AK or an M16 there’s no way I would hold a weapon like that when I fired it.
That is-if I could physically manage the pose…
TSSD’s female Russian sniper was like that too. I think the recoil from a sniper rifle would really leave a mark.
A woman ,small man or young person and amateur may experience it till learn not to. Is painful.
I need add following base in my personal experience please.
You can do both in AK47 .I had done so .However in selective fire better .
When you fire the AK47 with not ergonomic wood downward direction buttstock not straight as M16 it tend to slight from elbow often in rapid fire and end, often forcing you acquire the position. The recoil is stronger with it long strong gas.
The figure poses were correct taken from actual firing action picture. That is why the implement the AKMS models 2 and 3 with more in line butt and folding special shoulder arched end as well downward-folding metal butt-stock .
Now lets not forget that Viet nam was supplied by Chinese and even NK AK models copied that were not exact factories and made with different materials versus M16 done in US at the time only.
Again from 1989-1991 I was train in FART “voluntary”= forced students(Not army) and part of MTT- with it and told how arm , clean ,fire and disarm it .
In shooting range practice there were instructor that told us to do a tide right angle hold in order to acquire more shoulder hold grip. It did work after some long painful experience and take a lot aspirin after.
The later AK74 had less recoil but not much better. To take aim and hit far distance target with AK47 you have to be in expert and do so in first semi 10 rounds.
PROS
It was excellent weapon x jungle rapid action fire, very reliable and no need to clean in very long time as it has a fire selector doubles as a dust-cover when set to “safe. Easy to repair and disarm by any amateur in field within less minute in case jam or malfunction. The wounds cause by bullets are far nasty than early M16.The short medium stopping power ballistic is excellent and size very good x small space action.
CONS
Not much precise, neither accurate at mid or long ranges at all. The long 30 curve mag in prone position give you and odd forced head show target to foe ,it does not carry many add one reliable addition advantages. Loading is rather complicated and require both hand off action momentary …
Those my top head experience as far I recall now.
My left ear is been affected since that age because idiot next to me discharge it at full mag almost in my ear face skin.
I will never forget!!!
I can not speak for old m16 ,never do so. Sorry.
P.S -note-
As AK 47 Does not have a bolt-stop/release and does not lock back on the last shot. After reloading, simply pull back and release the charging handle, and the rifle is chambered and ready to fire.
Please never let finger near it as you pull back it, you can loose a nail all tip finger it lock back in gas pressure
When I got my fisrt shotgun, the stock was too long for me and it would slip on to my bicpes, not only did it affect accuracy, but left a hell of a bruise. I had the stock trimmed and everything was just fine.
The figures look pretty good (to my old eyes) but the weapon casting is lousy. I like the animation on the AC figures. The TSSD NVA were patterned from printed models and seen less “human” than the USMC figures that were patterned from sculpts. I have cut and changed a few of the TSSD NVA and they can be changed pretty easily. I do like the variety of head gear on the “VC” versus the standardized NVA troopers from TSSD. I wish we had enough figure convertors around to be worth somebody making extra heads and hands (look at the beautiful castings from Hornet for 1/35th model figures).
I agree, it would be great if someone did 1/32 (larger than Airfix multi pose) heads. I like how TSSD did the extra weapons. The thing with Action Casting you pay a premium price but have to do some converting like weapons et.. Same with Mars.
We fired AKs in familiarization when I was in the Army and using standard military loads – and have one today I bought to replace the two I SHOULD have had in the past (one my dad wasn’t allowed to send me from Nam and my own souvenir I had to turn in to avoid the UCMJ); even though I think (haven’t looked it up so won’t say for sure) the loads in the commercial ammo I buy (Winchester and Tula for the most part) seem to be less powerful than the military ammo we fired I still wouldn’t fire from the biceps.
I guess one COULD do it with practice, I just think (as others have said) it would be painful and much less control than good support in the crook of one’s shoulder with a good standard site picture. JMO.
I think it seems to me the pose is extracted from the after fire effect not before.
Not even expert should do it.
I had it and happen to me and was very peinful with real russian supplied AK 47 and AKMs.We did it x weeks.
Even biggers guys than me and russian instructor never did but it happen once to him when did full triger in shoulder.
My view is why repeat it as standard way when in is not should be well observed by those designing figures.
But after seen that every single US soldiers or marine made by TSSD,MARS from russia and others with M60 firing like Rambo,it seems accuracy in right way is not important x them.
So …oh well.
P.S.AKMS sold here or imported most have the smaller casing shell balistic,not bigger russian designed,neter later AK74.
They should had done the under armpit pose.that was instructed in training,specially x womans and small pepole.
It work good at short ranges and the shape of it work better as buttstock not straight.
I know there doesn’t seem to be as much kick whem I pop a few rounds through my AK as I remember feeling years ago. I figured that was the reason.
I believe was a company in UK not replicant that was making generic heads.
I know of another that sale heads x hobby kits in 1:30 but can not remember now.
Will check tomorrow.
When I was about fifteen, there was a store in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square that had a Valmet M62/76, Finland’s upgraded all metal version of the AK-47. The store owner showed me how to field strip it…Fast forward about five years later when I’m in AIT at Ft. Benning. We had a range day where we got to play with various things that go, pop and boom, including a half dozen Chinese made Ak-47s.
Well, me being me, the first thing I did was field strip one…The DI was less than pleased. I quote him, “You had better know how to get that back together! And when you’ve done that, just drop! Don’t ask how many!”…lol.