True Heroes 9 inch Military figures

[thunderbolt]

Picked one of these up at TRU yesterday for 10 bucks. Body sucks, but there are some really good headsculpts in the line and lots of accessories. Most are oversized, but there is a nice revolver oversized enough to use for a custom Hellboy.

[david_b]

Actually, they've been around for a while. Had a nice recipe to turn a 9" 'Talking Cyberman' (with limited articulation) into a walking, articulated figure using these figures.

Never got around to it, but looked easy enough; I'm VERY happy with the Cyberman and Talking Dalek for my Denys Tom Baker as they are..

david_b

[thunderbolt]

First time my TRU ever had them. Hope they apply the format to the other True Heroes lines. 9 inch Vikings would be cool. That headsculpt is cool, and the creepy eyepaint keeps making me think I've found a head for my evil Superman, Ultraman.

[spamn]

Just first time found these as well last week. Bought two. The body's crap, but well articulated. Swivel biceps and all. Check out the feet on them, they're very dainty compared to the rest of the figure.

The figure stands at 10". The torso might be suitable for reuse in a 9" frankenbody, if you had a broken Mego 9" body you wanted to bulk up. The clothes, head, and accessories are worth the $10 alone, though. Especially that little harness thing. One of the ones I got came with a little box of grenades.

I guess the head could be transferred to other 9" bodies - I haven't investigated. They're definitely too big for an 8".

[TrueDave]

Swat team, woods camoflauge, Desert Camo and some other guy. Thats all?

Is everything Modern or did they try WW2?

[spamn]

Swat team, woods camoflauge, Desert Camo and some other guy. Thats all?

Is everything Modern or did they try WW2?

Just those four pictured figures, so all modern.

[thunderbolt]

Just first time found these as well last week. Bought two. The body's crap, but well articulated. Swivel biceps and all. Check out the feet on them, they're very dainty compared to the rest of the figure.

The figure stands at 10". The torso might be suitable for reuse in a 9" frankenbody, if you had a broken Mego 9" body you wanted to bulk up. The clothes, head, and accessories are worth the $10 alone, though. Especially that little harness thing. One of the ones I got came with a little box of grenades.

I guess the head could be transferred to other 9" bodies - I haven't investigated. They're definitely too big for an 8".

They are a tad taller as my Hasbro 9 inch figures. The heads pop on like Mego ones, but could be adapted to 9 inch figures, they are about the same size once you cut down the giraffe neck.

[LadyZod]

TB, are they at Eagle Ridge?I'll be driving by tomorrow on my way to Megacon, and may check them out.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

Sweet! Nothing I love more than more junk in my scale. I have about 100 bodies lying around (in various states of undress) and I still salivate when I see new fodder.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

Anybody know if the 'special forces' guy's head is a molded mask or a cloth one?

[Captain]

Wowzers!

When you first mentioned these Tbolt, I was thinking they were some rip off of the old Real Heroes figures. That figure I have seen before. Back when I did some work with M&C Toys, I used to beg and plead with them to do 8" Mego sized figures. They did make a cut down prototype using their 12" gen II body (same as the Hasbro Star Wars/Action Man body pretty much) that ...if built would have stood at a bit over 91/2" tall. At the time (approx 2000-2001) 12" figures were king, and they had a gen III superarticulated body in that scale coming out, so the smaller figures were axed (if ever really considered).

I need to dig our the pictures, because from what I can see, that is the head sculpt/body that line would have used. The clothes and gear look like M&C designs as well.

I have to get ahold og gordon and the guys and find out for sure!!



Anybody seen these in Canada?

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

As far as Ultraman goes, I have a head from reissue of the aurora model kits. The head is not a great superman. Ugly and ****ed. Ultraman.

[thunderbolt]

TB, are they at Eagle Ridge?I'll be driving by tomorrow on my way to Megacon, and may check them out.

yep, piles of them, bottom shelf under the 3.75 inch true heroes stuff.

[thunderbolt]

As far as Ultraman goes, I have a head from reissue of the aurora model kits. The head is not a great superman. Ugly and ****ed. Ultraman.

Well, you know me and my wierd crap, its not gonna look like the comic Ultraman, more like a Nazi Superman.

[BlackKnight]

Boots probably too big for 8inch huh ?.