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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5788

    Unarmed Parachuting Apes!



    Very happy to have finally tracked down this tough as nails variant in one of my favourite toy themes of all time, Parachutin' Rack Toys.

    For some reason, Azrak Hamway made a running change to the their Planet of the Apes parachute figures. They came armed and unarmed, which is befuddling considering they probably only made these for a year or so.


    I'm guessing by the fact that the armed Apes are so much easier to track down than the "pacifist" versions (seriously this took me ten years to find one) that they came later but honestly, I don't know much as to why they'd make a completely new figure for a dime store toy.




    Another "Unsolved AHI Mystery", stay tuned.....






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  • thunderbolt
    Hi Ernie!!!
    • Feb 15, 2004
    • 34211

    #2
    Nothing scarier than gun toting apes in the sky.
    You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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    • Confessional
      Maker & Whatnot
      • Aug 8, 2012
      • 3410

      #3
      The reason we can't find them anymore is that they are all still stuck in the gutters and down spouts on the houses we used to live in.

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      • thunderbolt
        Hi Ernie!!!
        • Feb 15, 2004
        • 34211

        #4
        Originally posted by Confessional
        The reason we can't find them anymore is that they are all still stuck in the gutters and down spouts on the houses we used to live in.
        I know my Batman parachute guy was on a drive-in roof in Peoria
        You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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        • Obibob
          Museum Super Collector
          • Jul 27, 2007
          • 222

          #5
          The unarmed ape is a much nicer looking figure; the sculpt and the paint job looks to be 100% better than the ape packing heat. Honestly, it really reminds me of the differences between the "hero" ape makeup and the background extras. Nice find!

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          • Klosterheim
            Persistent Member
            • Mar 23, 2013
            • 1121

            #6
            Those are incredible toys, with a function!

            It makes me want an Ape Sky Army.

            I wonder if that unarmed Ape would fly straight up if there was a model rocket engine taped to it's back.

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            • Hedji
              Citizen of Gotham
              • Nov 17, 2012
              • 7246

              #7
              I'd pay real money to see this concept fully realized in the new Apes films.

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              • Mr.Marion
                Permanent Member
                • Sep 15, 2014
                • 2733

                #8
                So this was the grail item that came before the toy buying break.

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                • palitoy
                  live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                  • Jun 16, 2001
                  • 59200

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Mr.Marion
                  So this was the grail item that came before the toy buying break.
                  No i bought this at Mego Meet actually. First thing in the door.
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                  • PNGwynne
                    Master of Fowl Play
                    • Jun 5, 2008
                    • 19444

                    #10
                    I'm always surprised at how minty these are, that you nab. They seem like such disposable toys.
                    WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                    • darkmonkeygod
                      Career Member
                      • Sep 5, 2005
                      • 850

                      #11
                      Congrats! Wildly difficult.

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