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Rambo figure in existence?
long_tom
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 10:02 AM UTC
Years ago I remember seeing in a hobby shop a set of two vehicles-a baot and a helicopter, used in the second Rambo movie. Is/was there an actual 1/35 figure of the Rambo character as well?

P. S. In the book the Rambo movies were based on, the Rambo character was not a big hulk who looked like Sylvester Stallone, but a pipsqueak who looked weak but was actually quite strong, like the protagonist of the movie "Bad Day at Black Rock."
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 10:11 AM UTC
Andrea produces this one in 54mm:
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 10:15 AM UTC

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Years ago I remember seeing in a hobby shop a set of two vehicles-a baot and a helicopter, used in the second Rambo movie. Is/was there an actual 1/35 figure of the Rambo character as well?"



Something like this :

If so the scale is 1/48, and there's no Rambo figure included Both kits are rather basic (especially the river patrol boat) and show their age...

HTH
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 11:57 AM UTC
Thanks, that brought back memories! (Though I never intended to buy that old kit... )

It would be neat to do a Rambo scenario, once I finish with the Hogan's Heroes set (which will take some time; I decided to have them with a captured KV tank taken to Germany for technical analysis. Something that could never have been done in the original TV series. )
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 04:27 AM UTC
If my memory serves me correct I think Barton Miniatures did a white metal Rambo type vietnam era special forces guy.
I think he had bare torso, long-ish hair and carried an M60 in one arm and a machete in the other.
Whether or not you could find one nowadays is different matter though!
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Posted: Monday, August 04, 2008 - 12:01 PM UTC
everytime i see that picture of rambo (from part 2 i think) i laugh , "dont shoot that 60 johnny , someone has stuck and rpg in your barrel somehow". how did everyone sign off on that ?
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