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scribbler614 14th Jan 2009 14:11

Got to get me one of these...
 
He's back: MoD launches own 'Action Man' range of toys to boost profile of Armed Forces | Mail Online

Hmmm. So who posed as the model for that pilot on the right?

talk_shy_tall_knight 14th Jan 2009 14:44

They didn't make one of the scribbly in 'Warzone' then.

A2QFI 14th Jan 2009 14:56

Judging from the eyebrows I would say it is our unloved Chancellor! Give us some money!

Len Ganley 14th Jan 2009 15:13

Do you think they will initially only be available with some kit missing due to supply shortages and difficulties within the procurement chain?

Remote controlled hovercraft does sound fun.

anotherthing 14th Jan 2009 15:16

surprised it wasn't Bolly!

Mr C Hinecap 14th Jan 2009 15:20

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/...84_468x545.jpg

I'm not being bitchy, but the aircrew figure looks a little camp and rather startled - or is it inquisitive?

NutLoose 14th Jan 2009 15:25


I'm not being bitchy, but the aircrew figure looks a little camp and rather startled - or is it inquisitive?

Then they have got that one spot on then.

LateArmLive 14th Jan 2009 15:34


surprised it wasn't Bolly!
It can't be - the fingers don't look like pigs tits.

Lord_Flashheart 14th Jan 2009 15:47

Is this the Nu Labour post-credit crunch 2012 defence plan?

We buy thousands of these blighters, set up up in our back garden in various 'warry' poses, then take blurry shots of them with a 1970s instantmatic camera, and then mail said shots to the Taleban/Russia/Argies etc as a deterrent???

effortless 14th Jan 2009 15:52

Lord you have all got it so wrong! Did you never see the film "Small Soldiers"?

Shadwell the old 14th Jan 2009 15:57

How insensitive
 
I am disgusted to see that the models are only available in white skinned men versions.

Where are the Asian, Black, Chinese and femail members of our armed forces who we value so much. These models would never make me consider joining todays military - it makes you think it is full of homophobic racists.

If the only PC version is the camp aircrew guy that is not good enough!

Tyres O'Flaherty 14th Jan 2009 16:02

Surely to god the MoD has got better things to be spending its time on

or am I missing summat ?

scribbler614 14th Jan 2009 16:06

Detail on the infanteer is suspiciously good, if you ask me.
I suspect a cunning plan - buy a few hundred of these and place them in realistic poses a few feet from Taliban positions (SF tasked with night-time insertion).
Given heat haze and reasonably featureless stretch of desert, optical illusion will do the rest...
Bit like those exploding parachute dummies in 'The Longest Day', but smaller. And not exploding.

TiffyFGR4 14th Jan 2009 16:50

I think the MoD misunderstood the British Armed Forces when they said they wanted more, better equipment to be supplied with...:suspect:

I can't wait when, (YES, WHEN...Or...."IF") the F-35B (B for Brick) enters service. Headlines: "Royal Navy Take Delivery Of Their First F-35B", Pilots Say: "Very Nice, But Wheres The Real Ones?". "Royal Air Force Pilots Laughter And Mockery At The Royal Navy Is Short Lived When They Realise They Have The Same Ones".

sunshine band 14th Jan 2009 16:53

Don't they come in No 2 dress???

Is he still "fighting G" in the flying suit??? At last, life sized Harrier Pilot dolls... now they will never be lonely again...:E

SB

charliegolf 14th Jan 2009 17:34

Ten inch dicks!:ok:

Double Zero 14th Jan 2009 17:55

The pilot seems to be missing his kneeboards; but judging by his expression I think I know where they've been inserted.

The only lot likely to buy these are the Taliban, that is in the unlikely event they have a single sense of humour between them...

Airborne Aircrew 14th Jan 2009 18:33

Let's see, he's wearing his oxygen mask while in a standing position and having his pistol drawn... He's obviously a tad confused...

It's probably accurate portrayal of a pilot then... :E

Double Zero 14th Jan 2009 18:43

Wasn't it Robin Williams commenting on the unveiling of the F-117, " I've got nothing on radar except a guy in a sitting position at 40'000 ft ! "

scarecrow450 14th Jan 2009 18:50

I am a gay action man figure thinking of joining the RAF ! Can you help !! :ugh:


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