Thursday, July 13, 2017

Unarmed Parachuting Apes!


Very happy to have finally tracked down this tough as nails variant in one of my favourite toy themes of all time, Parachutin' Rack Toys.

For some reason, Azrak Hamway made a running change to the their Planet of the Apes parachute figures. They came armed and unarmed, which is befuddling considering they probably only made these for a year or so.

I'm guessing by the fact that the armed Apes are so much easier to track down than the "pacifist" versions (seriously this took me ten years to find one) that they came later but honestly, I don't know much as to why they'd make a completely new figure for a dime store toy.


Another "Unsolved AHI Mystery", stay tuned.....


Azrak Hamway Index on PlaidStallions/AzrakHamway.com
1976 AHI Toy Catalog 1976 AHI Toy Catalog 1977 AHI Toy Catalog 1979 AHI Toy Catalog 1981 AHI Toy Catalog

Universal MOnster toys by AHI
Monster Gallery		 Batman Toys by AHI
Batman Gallery		 Star Trek Toys by AHI
Star Trek Gallery		 Planet of the Apes Toys by AHI
Planet of the Apes Gallery		 Spider-Man Toys by AHI
Marvel Comics Gallery		 Space:1999 Toys by AHI
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4 comments:

  1. Gamera9777/14/2017 11:39 AM

    Anyone know if there was ever a Dan 'D.B.' Cooper paratrooper figure? Sounds like a natural...

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  2. Anonymous7/14/2017 5:53 PM

    On Amazon .com, there is an ad from 2011. Maybe the artist, Rick Lynn, made a limited edition [bobblehead doll], of the famous crook: D.B Cooper.

    I think the company that made this B. doll, only made 100 of them. Maybe the doll is 10 inches long.

    Here is a link to this toy:

    https://www.amazon.com/Cooper-Limited-100-Bobble-Head/product-reviews/B005FYT13I

    Have a good one. :)

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  3. Gamera9777/15/2017 9:46 AM

    Oh wow, thanks!!! That's hilarious. You just made my day!

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  4. Anonymous7/17/2017 2:05 AM

    Hi Gamera977,

    No problem. :D

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