Equipment and Weapons

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Artist/Maker	Airfix Products Ltd (manufacturer) Hasbro, Inc (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Hong Kong (manufactured)

moulded mid and dark blue, and khaki brown plastic
shovel
ski poles
space gun
angle bar
box,
handle
circular wheel shape

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Object type	Action figure
Titles	Equipment and Weapons ACTION FORCE (series title)
Materials and techniques	moulded plastic Plastic Moulded
Brief description	Palitoy/Airfix, English, 1982
Physical description	moulded mid and dark blue, and khaki brown plastic shovel ski poles space gun angle bar box, handle circular wheel shape
Production type	prototype
Marks and inscriptions	1st SHOTS 29/4/82 (label) 1ST SHOT 30/4/82 (individually labelled)
Credit line	Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history	Part of the Palitoy Archive Action Force Sample Figures, dated 1982 with some signed labelling, representing parts, first and final pre production prototypes. Figures were with the other items in a box dated 1982
Production	parts may have been made in Hong Kong for Palitoy, rather than in England; box dated 6/7/82
Associated object	B.2361-1999
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.2360-1999

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Record created	August 31, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O47475/equipment-and-weapons-action-figure-airfix-products-ltd/

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