Reader’s Contributions Part One April 2018 Untouchable Conversions More Andy Keliar starts it off with his Untouchable Conversions. Erwin Sell share photos of local display of Corregidor Bataan Area Defense preparation.
Reader’s Contributions Part One April 2018 Untouchable Conversions More Andy Keliar
Andy has shared with us some of the Untouchable figure conversions he did.
Here Andy changed the head of the gangster with machine gun. He then made him part of a figure diorama.
This conversion is two men helping a third man
Andy did a head change on the Untouchable figure with no coat.
Here we have one of the Marx 54mm miner with a head change turning into a fighter.
Andy’s last photo show two conversions. The figure on the left has a new head. Also the figure’s left arm has been changed. Also the Al Capone’s head has been changed.
Andy is willing to sell these conversions as he sold his Untouchable Playset a few years ago.
Reader’s Contributions Part One April 2018 Untouchable Conversions More Bataan
Erwin Sell sent these photos of a display made of real true 1/32 scale with metal figures at a mall near him. It show Corregidor Bataan area defenses preparation in 1941/42 for the approaching Japanese offensive.
It is super well done. Because of pacifist protest,it be will be taken down and stored away. Erwin went to see it before taken down. It is very sad that history can be erase from everywhere today.
Reader’s Contributions Part One April 2018 Untouchable Conversions More Odds and Ends
While most people know about Lido Aliens. Less people are aware of Thomas Toys aliens or space figures. The set has six different figures. The figures were made also in UK using the Thomas Toys molds.
I keep running into these Hong Kong swoppets. The figures are very simple with three colors. Blue for the body and hat. Flesh for the head. Brown for the hair.
Thanks for posting the Untouchables conversions pics, kinda blurry though.
That diorama is fantastic. It never occurs to the people objecting to the diorama that the struggle it depicts helped to defend and protect their right to protest?
I like all conversion,the miners mix parts used are great ideas.
First time ever see those chinese swoppet US odd cavalry but i can tell they are copies of italian brand ISAS as i have few ,of course not that off but same coats as they used the Red shirt italian soldiers as canadian and US cavalry ,pretty much same way NARDI did.
Thomas toys- Tudor or Poplar space figures are in my want list …
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Think the PT diorama is when Dugout Doug split for Australia.
Though same but looking closely the officers are low ranking in exhibition ,so i do not know ,was very well done display and huge ,over 24 feet long ,split in two sections.Best
Sorry but Erwin’s comment will have to have a slight edit.
The US cavalry figures were made in the 1970s in Hong Kong and if you look closely they are solid versions of ELASTOLIN swoppet figures. The heads are direct copies.
They were sold in England in tiered boxed sets by JHT Ltd, the boxes were made to look like comic pages with “Blam” “Pow”, etc. printed on the card in flash bubbles.
Native Americans were also available, never saw cowboys. The other series were modern US Infantry in a Mid Green – Paul has shown this particular figure on his site in the past
I had a box each of the cavalry/indians and the modern US which I got in the mid-late 70s. I had two different poses of cavalry than the ones shown, and an Indian with a rifle at his waist. I always liked the shape of the cowboy hats on the cavalrymen better than the Timpo cowboy hats. My US infantry had a man kneeling with what looked like a WW2 era rifle and a standing man firing an M16 and a sec0nd standing man with M16 at port arms. The modern US did not have separate hair, but rounded heads with a hole to fit the peg in the helmet. As Peter says, they are definitely Elastolin swoppet clones which I found out as an adult when I discovered Elastolin swoppets on eBay. Did they ever have an enemy set for the modern US?
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I have those modern Gi’s ,if not mistaken the bases are attached and solid minus head with helmet ,three poses have M16 ,three are with what looks WW2 but they come along in one window box HK from Welo that was a distributor of many .
I also got two lose poses from adim-stads no long ago same poses but with berets instead helmet
The other modern i know are variants of Cherilea and herald made in HK and some rare hybrids make to looks as Germans but body are else.
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Yes ,sad, it was a donation made my veterans collectors to a private museum that after years got fired and was pass to this mall,then after few complain will be taken down and storage who knows where .Probably few yeas x now will show in ebay x sale all split and else.
Next to me there were few young tens (16-18) approx they all were admiring it but were confused as to where Batan a/Corregidor were and what US did there back then !? I point it to small short plate explaining in vague words what events were those so they could read a bit and told then just grab your phone google and it will come pretty much quick more data x you to read.
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The power of “pacifist protest ” these days,,,think like me or you are finished
NICE conversions ! Thanks to Erwin for the photos , sad, lessons will be harder to learn from by History being ignored !