Sgt. Rock...a new collecting adventure!

[enyawd72]

I've admired these for years...never owned any as a kid, but fondly remember the comic book ads and Christmas catalog photos.
So I decided to take the plunge...they're relatively inexpensive and actually quite detailed. Funny how many Joe collectors call them knockoffs when they actually came first, beating ARAH by a full year.

[Werewolf]

The 1981 on the backs of the figures is not the release date. Masters of the Universe figures were also stamped 1981 even though they weren't released until 82. I don't believe The Sgt. Rock figures hit the market until RAH did in 82.

[Red Hulk]

I had Two of these guys when I was a kid Sgt Rock and Ranger.I always thought they were cool.

[palitoy]

I never had these as a kid but found myself collecting them as an adult, it was that Joe Kubert card art I tells ya!

[Earth 2 Chris]

Besides Rock himself, did they make any of the actual Easy Company characters from the comics? Bulldozer, Wild Man, Ice Cream Soldier, etc?

Chris

[enyawd72]

Besides Rock himself, did they make any of the actual Easy Company characters from the comics? Bulldozer, Wild Man, Ice Cream Soldier, etc?

Chris

I don't think so...I'm still researching the line but it looks like they are all generic soldiers. There are dozens of variations of most characters also, different figures with the same name, the same figure with different names...it's all very confusing.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Yeah, that's what I recall. Honestly, it's what put me off of them back in the day, because all I ever saw were fairly "generic" soldiers. I can appreciate them for what they are now, but back then, they weren't "Sgt. Rock" enough. But it's been 40 years now, and they are nice military-style figures, made by a company that is important in the history of toys, so they definitely deserve some love!

Chris

[sprytel]

If Sgt. Rock is a separate license than the superheroes... and it clearly, it at least WAS... I wonder if Mego has explored it. It seems like its mix of comic and military would be popular with toy collectors. And I don't think much has been done other than the Remco line, which as mentioned, bares little resemblance to the comic beyond the name and card art.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^I think Cotsworld did those GI Joe Rock/Blackhawk/DC Military collector dolls about 15 years ago or so. And there's at least one DC Direct figure of Rock (which I own). That's about it.

Chris

[powersthatbe]

i had a few as a kid and a playset had fun with them. I have the 13 inch DC Direct Sgt Rock.

[Klosterheim]

Those are cool.

I'm not sure if the ones I had were from the same line, but I liked the Remco martial arts guy for the Enemy side, and I had another bad guy that I think had something similar to a German World War II submachine-gun.