Thursday, December 30, 2010

Sgt Rock : Remco Toys 1982 - 1983

There are a hundred toy lines I could kick off this adventure with. My favorite figures as a kid were easily Star Wars, Masters of the Universe and GI Joe, so any of those three would make perfect sense considering my familiarity with them. But, in the spirit of this quest, since so many of the toys I will be searching for will be completely new to me despite being nearly 30 years in age, I'm going to start off with a fun little line called Sgt. Rock.

"Sgt. Rock and his Tough Action Soldiers" was an action figure line based on the popular comic book hero of the same name who first appeared in DC Comics all the way back in 1959. Remco Toys, Inc., a smallish toy manufacturer that was headquartered out of New York City, produced the line in the early 1980's to capitalize on the popularity of Hasbro's GI Joe. The figures are the same 3-3/4" size as the Joe figures, but have a much more generic look across the line and lack the personality from figure to figure that made the Joes so cool. Still, the figures do have a simple charm about them and when in good condition they display quite nicely! The biggest challenge with these figures is finding ones that don't show massive wear. They were made of a much cheaper plastic than GI Joes and so they tend to have dents, chips and major paint loss if they were ever thrown into battle.

My favorite thing about this line? - I think there were only about 16 of these guys to collect! There are additional bad guys that were issued under a sister line called... Are you ready? ..... "The Bad Guys," but I'm going to address those later. For the time being, the Sgt Rock figures alone should be challenging enough to track down. There weren't a ton made, they broke or wore out easily and most people don't know what they are so they were mixed in with GI Joe collections or discarded all together.

The figures I need to get are as follows:
  • Sgt Rock - Complete Gd Condition - Machine Gun #1, Walkie-Talkie, Dog Tag
  • Airman
  • Chutes - Complete Ex Condition - Machine Gun #1, Walkie-Talkie
  • Cowboy - Complete Ex Condition - Machine Gun #2, Knife, Dog Tag
  • Doc
  • Gunner - Complete Ex Condition - Machine Gun #2, Shovel ( Not sure which accessories he came packaged with originally - Can't find any pictures MOC )
  • Gyrene - Complete Nr Mt Condition - Machine Gun #2, Shovel, Dog Tag
  • Leatherneck
  • Mack
  • Marksman ( Light Green no Mustache ) - Complete Nr Mt Condition - Machine Gun #2, Shovel
  • Marksman ( Dark Green w/ Mustache ) - Complete Very Good Condition - Machine Gun #2, Shovel 
  • Mil Police
  • Raider ( Light Green - Light Green Sleeves )
  • Raider ( Light Green - Black Sleeves )
  • Raider ( Camouflage ) -  Complete Nr Mt Condition - Machine Gun #2, Knife, Dog Tag
  • Ranger- Complete Nr Mt Condition - Machine Gun #1, Walkie-Talkie, Dog Tag
  • Snow Force
  • Special Forces
  • Tanker
  • The Instructor
  • Action Machine Gun Nest Soldier

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