McFarlane Action Figures - US Military..
I’m always obsess with the military world, well, most probably due to the fact that almost all my family members were involved in some way related to security forces.. My dad was in Police Force before, involved in hunting down the communist insurgents in the 70s..
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However my dad adviced me to find another career in life and I took the advice. Nevertheless, my interest in army related never die. ‘It’s in the blood’, as some people say, as I love outdoor activities as well.
Recently I went for a shopping with my kid, and encountered a set of toys from McFarlane Corp depicting US soldiers in a great details. Went back and check the net about the infos and realize that they have a list of toys in row. It’s amazed me on how details the toys are. Well, I can’t collect all of them but I can somehow save the pics somewhere on my site.
Also a reminder that I have in no way in promoting this product nor I have any conflict of interest with them 
A little bit about McFarlane and their collection…
McFarlane Toys, a subsidiary of Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc., is a company started by Todd McFarlane that makes detailed models of characters from movies, comics, musicians, video games, and sport figures. Founded in 1994, the company was originally dubbed “Todd Toys,” but the name was changed in 1995 following pressure from Mattel (who feared the new company’s name would be confused with that of Barbie’s younger brother).
Exquisite attention to detail is the most defining feature in a McFarlane Toy. However, it is almost always at the expense of articulation, making them more akin to semi-posable statues than action figures. Still, the line proves popular especially among young adults, and is arguably the most commercially successful toy line at the moment. It has also influenced many other toy lines to try and imitate McFarlane Toys’ style.
McFarlane’s Military
The company gave a modern-day revival to the classic ‘toy soldier’ with the release of McFarlane’s Military in 2005, which capitalized on the fervor and media coverage surrounding the American military and support for its soldiers serving abroad. The figures did not depict actual people so much as it did their professions, named simply by their job descriptions, such as “Army Ranger” or “Navy Seal.” All were of stern-looking males in full military gear, with highly-detailed weapons and accessories modeled after the exact materials each soldier would be carrying in real life. Later the same year, the figures were re-released in a wave called McFarlane’s Military Redeployed, although all the figures were visually different with new sculpting, painting, and packaging. The names of the figures, however, stayed the same, as did their basic articulation, accessories, and posture. A second series was released in November 2005 under the title “2nd Tour of Duty” with six new figures depicting additional professions such as “Army Paratrooper” and “Marine Radioman.” These were followed in April 2006 by a third series with “Army Ranger Sniper” and “Navy Seal Boarding Unit,” among others. Series 2 was also “Redeployed” in July 2006, with resculpts, repaints, etc, but also with changes to the names and nature of the characters themselves, such as the new “Marine Saw Gunner” and a never-before released 2-pack of a grenade-launcher gunner and loader.
Series 3 was released in April 2006 along side the Series 2 “redeployment.” Series three notably made its mark by producing 2 different versions of each profession, one depicting a Caucasian soldier and the other depicting an African-American soldier, except for the Army M60 Machine Gunner, who could be Hispanic or Caucasian. The same concept of having 2 variants of soldiers of different cultures was carried forward again in Series 4, which was released in October of 2006.
So here it is, Enjoy the collection!!!
