Good to see, maybe shrinkage?

Did you see my PM to you?

FU

Congrats on completing your 'Fortress of Fangs' set mate
The various traps/trapdoors look well cool, i've never seen that set before,
Thanks for sharing

Nice one, James, on getting your Fortress of Fangs  It looks like a fun playset! Gotta love that advert as well, "A face only a child could love" congrats and thanks for sharing.

So much to collect... lol I'm a sucker for the ad&d figures since some years back. Want to get into these but know it's a hard line to collect.
You got an impressive collection.

How much is that cave fisher worth now? saw there was an AFA on ebay for 1000usd.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Advanced-Dungeons-and-Dragons-1984-CAVE-FISHER-Wind-Up-MOC-AFA-60-RARE-/161060146300?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item257feecc7c

That playset is the coolest I've seen so far very impressive collection.

FU

FU

 
 
I've been adding a few items to my AD&D LJN collection lately. :-)
 
Thanks to James, I now have a nice shiny Silver armor Strongheart figure!  
 
Strongheart (Silver armor variation)
 
Strongheart group shot
 
And I also was able to purchase a very nice Battlematic Warduke on eBay!  
 
Warduke (Battlematic variation) - Group shot
 
Warduke (Battlematic variation) - Back
 
That Warduke figure came with his Shield but without his sword, but I did have a 2nd sword from a double 1st variation Warduke I had displayed on his Nightmare horse. Lucky me!
 
Next items to come to my doorsteps: a nice PVC 5-Headed Hydra and some missing accessories from James!   

You're on Action Figure Archive forums aren't you, Patrick? The shelves look familiar

Josh wrote:

You're on Action Figure Archive forums aren't you, Patrick? The shelves look familiar

Hi Josh! No, I've never been or posted on Action Figure Archives Forum. I used to post on the French SithClan forum a few years back, in fact I've been acting as a moderator for a few years there. Then I moved to the Canadian Snowtroopers.ca forums, posting once in a while for the past 4-5 years, but not very frequently. I'm not really into forums that much nowadays due to time constraints, the job, family and kids takes most of what time I have free these days... LOL

Really. I could of sworn it was the same collection. Either way it kicks are. I love this line. Always thought about collecting it.

Josh wrote:

Really. I could of sworn it was the same collection. Either way it kicks are. I love this line. Always thought about collecting it.

Hahaha! Guess my shelves are not that different after all. Oh well...   

I really like this line of figures when I was a kid. They were colorful, they were knights in armor, barbarians, monsters and creatures from a fantasy universe that really captivated me. I could play hours with them imagining lots of adventures. In my plays, a huge pillow would become a slimy monster, a plant would become a gigantic flesh-eating plant and the 7 cats I had back then were monsters roaming out the land. The red carpet in parts of the house was flowing lava streams, the white carpet was a freezing Hoth0like planet and the dull beige one was a desertic land.

Nowadays, it takes a lot to have our kids play with toys for more than 1-2 hours. BBut back then, all it took was these figures and a lot of imagination and I would spend hours if not days playing without being bored...

 

After seeing your thread James I was inspired to collect at the least the series one which myself and brother owned as children.

Here are a few variants I've managed to pick out so far...

Warduke - No COO / Made In Macao





Differences

- Darker yellow paint on macao belt/chain
- Darker brown paint on macao, small brown eyes on belt buckle
- Unpainted knife on macao (common of factory error?)
- Shields shiny silver / dull silver
- Darker blue plastic on macao

Ringlerun - Made In Macao / No Coo





Differences

- Darker pink on macao face, hands and legs
- Darker orange on macao staff tip
- No white paint apps on no coo eyes

Kelek - No Coo / Made In Macao







Differences

- Darker pink on macao face, hands and legs
- Boots unpainted on top surface on macao's
- lighter green accessories with no coo

great pics and info Stef   

I have been aware of the different coo's but I had only noticed the major paint differences between them   

I had not noticed that they have other more subtle differences too   

Very very charming figures Jimmy, i can see why you love them, i love the sculpts and colours, if i bought 1, id have to have them all, id betta stay away from them lol, for some reason they remind me a bit of the vintage flash Gordon line, another charming line all be it a small one, thanks for putting your pics up, great thread.

I originally planned to buy one set as a replacement for the childhood collection I sold in 2005

Along with my brother we owned all the 1st series except the northlord & mercion figures, both of which I now plan to buy as I'm hooked!!!!

As for the no coo and macao variants, I'm planning to give my brother a complete set as well, maybe for his birthday present.

FU

Very cool piece James    I like that Hook Horror in the booklet, was that planned for the 3rd series as well mate ?

FU

You can see why it's a popular line, the detail is excellent  
Might pick up one or two of them one day   

Founds these from my childhood in my parents loft over the weekend....

This is one of the best threads I have seen on this figure line! Let's keep the pics and info coming...