rocky marine paratrooper gi joe prototype

[libby 1957dog]

anyone one know about this guy ,



was a figure every factory produced with this head ,
was he ever bootlegged

asking for a friend

thanks to all or any that can help

[libby 1957dog]

heres what i found via google search

https://joefig.exblog.jp/19590628/

but no word on any factory production status or if he ended up bootleged at some point during the "johnny goes to war "period ,when most joe knock offs were produced

[EmergencyIan]

I can’t add anything, but, wow, I like it!

- Ian

[drquest]

Nothing mainstream was ever produced that I'm aware of, but a collector, and I believe it was Firemarshallbill on the MM site here made some custom ones a few years ago, possibly for the 50th anniversary. This was over on the Trenches and with their database issues, all of that info is now gone.

[SpaceCrawler]

This (and a couple others, also with unique names like "Ace") was simply the prototype figure produced by Hasbro, a mock up to sell the idea of GI Joe. It was never mass produced.

Sean

[libby 1957dog]

hey thanks for the info guys ,the mystery deepens as a guy i know showed me this odd 12 inch figure and it bears more than a passing resemblance to rocky

hes on a odd type gi joe clone body ,which looks vaguely feminine to my eye







anyone recognize him

[libby 1957dog]

[Mikey]

Resembles John Saxon

[drquest]

That looking interesting for sure...

Here's the custom prototype Joe I was talking about.

https://patchesofpride.wordpress.com...h-anniversary/

[libby 1957dog]

Resembles John Saxon

yeah he does ,good eye

they both do

[libby 1957dog]

That looking interesting for sure...

Here's the custom prototype Joe I was talking about.

https://patchesofpride.wordpress.com...h-anniversary/

wow ,yeah thats close

thing is this is vinyl ,no identifying , or copyrighting marks ,slightly waxy plastic for the body ,
but here's the thing ,i've personally never come across this before
your mileage may vary

but the body is strung through the centre of the limbs ,,hip through the knee to the ankle with elastic cord

same with the arm ,shoulder through the elbow to the wrist again one long section of elastic cord

not joe like with nylon push in pegs

hands and feet are gi joe clones ,but with as i said a slightly feminine "hourglass "shape

super odd

[Neutron X]

hey thanks for the info guys ,the mystery deepens as a guy i know showed me this odd 12 inch figure and it bears more than a passing resemblance to rocky

hes on a odd type gi joe clone body ,which looks vaguely feminine to my eye







anyone recognize him

Not a super common figure. This guy has several names and is from Spain. Johnny Bravo and Hombre de Accion come to mind. He's a little taller than Gijoe as well. I had him and is unique constructed. He has Gijoe type hands but one finger fits in trigger guard. Boots were rubber. The back of box shows several outfits : trackstar, Soldier ect. I would google and look at images to find info. Hope this helps.

[KOMonger]

Here are some pics I saved. The red "tag" inside the box identifies him as Daniel Bravo.



There's also a comic-style art ad floating around out there. If I remember correctly, it was a small bottom-of-the-page sized ad.

The blue-outfitted one was sold on Ebay. By dutch-actiontoys, if I'm not mistaken.

I don't have a Daniel Bravo, but I won this earlier this year. It also reminds me of Rocky.

[SpaceCrawler]

If it were made before they made the Rocky Joe prototype it's possible they used this figure's head. But that seems unlikely.

Sean

[SpaceCrawler]

Some more pics found online:

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Sean