Saturday, September 4, 2010

Sonic Action Hummer

The "Majorette´s Hummer" for comparison with the Robocop Hummer version.


Contents view... and box cut of the original package. Besides the pictured vehicle, there was also the Tank, an M1A1-inspired one .


Included accessories. Not pictured, the pair of binoculars.


The figure. One of the worst figures done by a big company. And for those who know "SOS COMMANDOS" ... the head will seem familiar.


The helmet is interesting. Looks like a combat pilot helmet with cammo paint scheme.


"Alright, our business is toy vehicles... now find a figure. Anything. At all".


Now the Humvee. Yes, a nice one. Those lights... yep, right on!


4 views of this cool looking H1. As you can observe comparing to Robocop´s, it is the exact same platform. Variation come by the form of the L&S system.


Detail shots. Engine detail is very basic, but a little love will correct that.


And the cannon. Spring-loaded, vibrates when activated by that orange switch as the lights flash. Very cool.

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Sonic Action - Tank - Update!

This was for many years (long before Chap Mei) my favorite tank only topped by the "Mauler". The Abrams tank has always been that "so G.I.Joe" vehicle of all armies. And this was as close as it got.


The Sonic Action Tank. M1A1 Abrams inspired, as it seems.


Included accessories. Plus (and not pictured) the set of binoculars.


To confirm the "SOS COMMANDOS" influence (to say the least). If you look closely, the neck is awkward, since it was made for a wider "neck hole" torso. Really ungraceful, but so is the rest of the "trooper".


The camouflage scheme of this vehicle and the humvee´s gives them a cool looking realistic detail.


The tank´s main gun recoils (manually). Probably for packaging purposes and not playability of the toy. The fume extractor (middle of the main gun) is a nice detail.


Some other nice details. Hatch views, optics, and the light emplacement. When activating the orange switch, you can hear the sound of the moving turret (that 80s cartoon sound of mechanic stuff moving... DIC used it a lot during the G.I.Joe cartoon series in the late 80s/ early 90s). And the light flashes. Once we have all the videos ready, you´ll have the chance to see how cool in its simplicity it really is.


Scale shots with a RAH G.I.Joe. Pretty nice.

Status: Unavailable