Today the family and I visited the Gulf Coast Toy Show in Deer Park, Tx. While there I spotted what I believed was an unbelievable find, a set of 4 vintage Marvel plastic figures from the 60's! I talked the guy down 25% on the cost and left feeling very pleased with myself. As I prepped for this post I found this article: http://spidermancollector.net/wordpress/?p=177. Here I found that, though the original Marvel figures were released in 1967, they were light gray. Subsequent releases followed until, finally, bootleg versions were released in the 80's and are easy to spot do to their hard, red plastic. Today I bought a set of bootlegged 80's reproductions. That being said, the figures are very cool and I still feel like I got a decent bargain. Check out the pics below. I LOVE the sculpt on the Iron Man.
You win some, you lose some. I had hoped to have snagged a set of the first Avengers figures produced, but at least I got a cool retro-looking set of figures for a decent price.
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