12 inch world war 2 action figures

By Peter Suciu

For centuries, battalions of enthralled boys—and not a few grown men—have enjoyed playing with toy soldiers. By the end of the Victorian era, these toys included highly detailed three-dimensional soldiers made of lead and accurately painted in the colors of the various armies that would soon engage each other in a European War that engulfed the entire world. In the years between World Wars I and II, toys became cheaper to make. Consequently, more and more children could enjoy playing war with small soldiers.

The introduction of plastics changed forever the imaginary battlefields of play. In 1962 an American icon was born. Conceived originally as a tie-in for the television show The Lieutenant, a self-described “doll for boys” was the brainchild of Stanley Weston, who went on to sell the idea to Hasbro for a lump sum of $100,000—giving up untold millions of dollars in royalties in the process. Based on an artist’s multijointed mannequin, the gender-delicate issue of a boy’s doll had to be addressed, and Hasbro executives decided to market Weston’s idea as a “movable soldier” or action figure. Since it wasn’t possible to trademark the

Besides Germans in the desert (see my previous post), these are some of the 1/6 scale WWII German 12-inch military figures I have in my collection and they were all produced by various manufacturers, from Dragon Models Limited (DML) to BBI (Blue Box International) Elite Force to Hot Toys and DiD (Dragon in Dream). It's always nice to see and compare the various standards and note the improvements that have been made in the production of 1/6 figures.

The first 1/6 scale WWII German 12-inch military figure I chose to feature is most appropriate as it is one of those that started the 1/6 resurgence and renewed interest in 12-inch figures after the exit of G.I. Joe 12-inch figures in 1976 and Action Man in 1984. Hasbro tried to relaunch their G.I. Joe 12-inch figures in the early 1990s through their Hall of Fame figures but it was these 1/6 military figures released by Dragon Models Limited in 1999 that really re-ignited keen interest in 12-inch figures.

Wiking Division Panzer Officer (Obersturmfuhrer) "Fritz"

This 1999 released DML World War II Wiking Division Panzer Officer (Obersturmfuhrer) "Fritz" (pictured above) came with Black field jacket with SS runes &am

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70493AG - 1/6 Dragon Original Action Gear for "Christoph Wenkel", Volksgrenadier 36.Volksgrenadier-Division, Southern Germany 1945 [70493AG]

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70770AG - 1/6 Dragon Original Action Gear for Unterfeldwebel "Bruno Schott", West Wall Feldgendarme, Fg Trupp 82 (Mot.), 2.Panzer-Division, France 1940

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70594AG - 1/6 Dragon Original Action Gear for "Hans Meisser", Panzergrenadier, 12.Panzer.Division "HJ", Falaise 1944 [70594AG]

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70856 - Schütze "Dieter Müller" Wehrmacht-Heer Infantry, Infanterie-Regiment 23, 11. Infanterie-Division, East Prussia 1941

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70854 - Leutnant "Josef Paulus", Gebirgsjäger Officer, Gebirgs-Regt 85, 5.Gebirgs-Division, Gustav Line, Italy 1944

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70851 - Schutze "Heinrich Sager", Totenkopf Light Machine Gunner, Infanterie-Regiment 3, Totenkopf Division, France 1940

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70836 - Grenadier "Diego Lopez-Navarro", WH Spanish Volunteer LMG Gunner, 250.Infanterie-Division "Blue", Leningrad 1942-43

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70830 - Hauptsturmfuhrer "Paul Senghas", Commander, 1./PzRgt-5, "Wiking" Division, Hungary 1945

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