Custom Combat! Action Figures via Marauder Task Force!
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Michael achieves an action figure Holy Grail, that never officially existed! Combat! Starring Rick Jason and Vic Morrow!
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See Hasbro? Its not that difficult to make good shit.
This is the kind of "build your own" figure system I wanted 20 years ago when I bought like thirty of the Universal Soldier Vietnam 1/18 figures to build a rifle platoon.
You should definitely try these out you will not be disappointed!
There was something like this in the 90's or 2000's but I don't remember who made them. They had a lot of interchangeability with equipment, arms, heads, helmets, etc, in WWII era. They had U.S. And Germans (maybe others, as well. I don't remember as I only bought a few as I was going to use for a project that never materialized.)
They have a Vietnam line coming in the future.
@@victorcastle5757 marauders has a Vietnam line coming?
@@hayeshurley2789 rumored to come MAYBE after their second ww2 kickstarter.
Make your own WW2 figures?!!!! Create a whole squad?!!! Fair pricing?!!!! There is a Santa Claus!!! Top notch work and priceless info!! Thanks Michael!
My family and Maruader John's shared a table at the JoeCon dinner in 2012 in New Orleans. The guy is top notch. The reason his product and company are so awesome is he is a fan first. I'm happy to see his business doing well and have been a big supporter.
Hang in there for your British and airborne troops. The WWII kickstarter wasn't able to unlock some of them the first go round, but I'm certain more are planned and there will probably be a second kickstarter. You should NOT miss out. A Vietnam kickstarter is in the works as well.
As someone that's been a fan of Marauder Gun Runners for a while, I highly recommend the rest of their products. I have both WW2 and Modern figures and accessories from them and never had a problem with them. Their custom service is also fantastic. I can't wait for their Vietnam line!
RealMisterE Vietnam line??!?!?!?! Oh man!
I just orderd their 'deluxe M-1 rifleman'
I'm excited to be able to do customizing on it
I first thought these were based on the Big Red One movie when you posted this on Instagram. I mean come on who wouldn't want Luke Skywalker in a WWII uniform?
Don't think I won't try it.
When I was a kid I read "Sgt. Rock"', and "GI Combat" comics. The idea of being able to build action figures of them is appealing to me. I do know that Hasbro did make a "Sgt. Rock" set just before they quit making the cloth uniform 1/6th scale Action Figures, but I never got any. I have a vast collection of the 1/6th GI Joe's, and Star Wars figures, and have kit bashed a few from other companies.
I built a "Salt" II Angelina Jolie from a "Lara Croft" head sculpt, a Perfect Body large bust and completed it with various clothes, bags and weapons that I bought on line or took from other sets in my parts bins .
“Fans doing the best work” well said.
I kid you not that is the best review I've seen on these figures ever! Not only was it informative about the figures but what you've done with them! I would love to see you put together a spy or other modern military line as well. What a great idea you did here! Very much a surprised to me even though I know your knowledge in war memorabilia and such) I very much enjoyed this video!! Keep them coming seriously!!
Thank you for the tag sir, I am glad you are enjoying them!! Can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Best indeed! Thanks for tipping him off too Gil 👍🏽👍🏽
I been a fan of Marauders for some time and they are a blessing ever since Hasbro drop the ball on the GI Joe franchise.
Action figures that are this good deserve vehicles.
Yes
world peace keepers might have a close match
With vehicles, especially jeeps, one could build a "Rat Patrol" set.
21st Century Toys is the way to go.
Give it time
I want to thank you for making this video, and sharing your recipes Michael. I needed the squad on my shelf. Thank You!
When I get my job back Marauder is going to get a lot of my money.
RIP Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen.
John Landis has blood on his hands.
I too loved the show Combat! as a kid in the 60's.
Several years ago, I had the chance to attend a reunion of several of the remaining cast members. Caje, Pierre Jalbert, was there. At one point, we walked around one of the filming locations, and Pierre put on his beret! The very same one that he wore in the show! (He had just taken it home when the show ended). And guess what! It wasn't black like we all thought it would be from seeing it in the B&W episodes, it was green!
Man,remember watching this series with my dad late at night when i was a kid,good memories...miss you dad
I first saw this series over 20 years ago. My Grandparents had access to a satellite dish and got the Nostalgia channel. This was airing on it. My Dad even remembered it when it first aired. Never expected a video like this. Thank you for bringing back some fond memories with my Grandpa & Dad! I WILL share this video!!!
As a child who grew up playing with GI Joe dolls these figures make my eyes light up. After I watched this video I went to the website and picked out some parts for my own WW2 characters. I actually have written some short adventure stories based on tales my Grandpa has told me about his time in WW2 along with his younger brother Tom. I labeled the collection of these short stories The Oiler Brother Chronicles. I think it's fantastic we are at a point where we can create our own action figure like this and that they are better then what Hasbro is trying to sell us for close to twelve dollars a pop. Amazing the world we live in isn't it?
On another note. If you enjoyed these you should look into what Vitruvian Hacks has to offer. I've collected quite a few of those figures and created a lot of my own from the accessories sets and blank figures. The price point on those is a tad bit more then with these but they are perfect to fill that sword and sorcery void
I’ve never heard of this show cobalt. Found all the episodes and now I am binge watching them. Thanks for this video
I've been following Marauders since the days when they were just doing 1/18 scale weapons. Love the variety. Their Task Force and Valkyrie figures helped me recreate modern versions of G.I. Joe characters that I couldn't afford from Hasbro. I've done Scoop, Jinx, Zaranna, and a female Cobra Trooper. Fans really are doing the best work.
I have never seen “Combat”, but I remember “The Rat Patrol”! I will check out this show, thanks Michael!
I was impressed and then when I realized the scale they were in - WOW. Those look fantastic.
Thanks for bringing these to our attention, RetroBlasting. Now, I can finally star to build that The Eagle Has Landed action figure line. And maybe, if they increase their offerings, an Where Eagles Dare set.
I hope they expand their line to offer some civilian figures - or at least, well dressed gentlemen spys and glamours female agents. I would love to own a line of James Bond and The Avengers figures (the cult British 60s TV series, not the Marvel Comics).
I have the boxed sets of Combat and the Rat Patrol , my favorite shows growing up in the late 60s and 70s. I've seen every episode. Thanks for the info on the figures , would love these.
I would love to see my kids outside in the backyard with these basically DIY military action figures instead of in the house all day on the Xbox or computer tbh
These figures just scream make your own backyard playset with them
To quote Michael "reason kids ran screaming to video games is because you effed up."
@@mediawarrior5957 Retroblasting on World-classBullshitters podcast
@@Danno04_9 how old are your kids may I ask?
@@ezgreviews6775 Ah ya this was figurative comment, I'm not an adult nor do I have children
Big fan of Combat! My wife and I watch Combat! reruns every Saturday night. I told my wife I had found a website where I could get figurines of Sgt. Saunders and Lt. Hanley for around $50. “That’s great,”she said. “You can look at them online any time you like.”
DUDE!!!!!!! I LOVE you. THANK YOU OH so much for making action figures from my Favorite show of all time. I LOVED Combat! and would stay up late just to watch it, even with one of my best friends. At times we even pretended our Joe's were the guys from Combat! Doc was always my favorite, but it was always fun to watch.
All of the MGR products are amazing, and the fan base is rabid for everything they put out. The WW2 line was a kickstarter that was amazingly successful . 90% of my "Joe" collection are figures from Marauder based on the franchise characters. Their customer service is absolutely BEYOND
I emailed maraudersinc and asked if they plan on making US Airborne paratroopers and Vietnam war figures, and they said, they plan on releasing them in 2021
Yeah, Marauder knocks it out of the park with this line. I have one figure from their Valkyrie line...and it's really cool. The fantastic selection on all of their stuff..weapons, accessories, figures, and parts is amazing. I have several belts and pouches to use for my Mimban Stormtroopers. They are a great company, and take satisfaction very seriously. You made some great looking figures...way to go, they look fantastic.
I watched the Combat repeats on channel 30 st. Louis, I think. Early- mid 80s late, late nights. Combat, rat patrol, twilight zone, Soap Benson, three stooges, the fugitive, manix, doctor who and a couple more all late hours pushing 2 in the morning several summers in a row. Great television. Loved Combat. Wish they would have offered toys back then of any of those shows.
Thanks for turning me onto this company. I plan on saving up some money and placing some orders and soon!
I would love to get Star Wars figs with Marauders articulation
Man take my money! I am totally on board with these, I too spent buckets of cash on the Modern Soldier and Extreme Fx figures.
Another homerun video Michael!
My dad was a huge fan of Combat. I used to love watching it with him. Good times.
When you dropped your “coming soon” on these...I had to check out the site...and ended up buying 2. Can’t wait for them to arrive!
I want to support Marauder but they have withdrawn sales to the UK because of Brexit :( . I spent several hours working out the figures, heads, accessories and weapons i need to make some modern troops and pilots i want for my collection but i need to actually make a shopping list i can send to a friend who {if he agrees} can buy the list for me before sending them over to the UK. The additional postage and import tax are going to make these figures rather expensive. It is a shame they don't send their products to the UK because like you i also want to buy their WW2 figures and Vietnam figures. Great review that has only made me more determind to obtain Marauder figures.
You know your stuff Michael! After I finish my Magnum PI kick. I think I’m going to watch Combat next. Great review.
Well, Michael, you've absolutely convinced me. I'm going to order the British soldier with the Bren gun and see how this collection spirals out of control. I wonder if I could work my magic and build a few RAF pilots from the parts provided.
hasbro should just sell the gi joe license to maruaders
Would be cool if you could make the Rat Patrol squads!
I am your slightly older brother your mom gave up for adoption? Cause we love sooooo much of the same stuff! And MF’ng Combat figures?! 🤯
I wholeheartedly agree about the Brits... I would buy Paratroopers in a heartbeat.
I had been looking at kitbashing a modern take on Action Force, but they're sold out of the bodies I wanted
This line is awesome. I was waiting for it for the longest time, and it finally rolled around aaaaand
I have no money¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'll get to it after the virus, most likely. I hope they do all the nations of the war, I'd love to see everything from Poland in 1939 to Iwo Jima in 1945. It's good to see a company doing WWII again.
I could get into so much trouble on the marauder website. the really sad thing is these are very affordable for custom figures. Even their stock figures are reasonable compared to 25th anniversary joes.
These look amazing, will buy some soon for sure. Thanks for the video about them, otherwise don't think I would have found out about this.
These custom figures are excellent! A job well done, and a great video.
I'd like to do something similar for the Kelly's Heroes film. I could easily make Pvt Kelly (Clint Eastwood), and Sgt Big Joe (Telly Savalas) but I'd struggle to make Odd-Ball (Donald Sutherland's character) because currently Marauder don't have a tank crewman/bomber jacket figure. I'd also struggle with his head piece as he has a long beard and leather flying helmet. Marauder do a bald headed figure so the Telly Savalas figure would be catered for.
Who knows? Marauder may well release something that could be used for Odd-Ball in the future.
Great job in creating your figures.
All the best, Dave
TBH, the best thing about the WWII bodies is the red German uniform. Instant Action Force Red Shadows troops!
Shame they're so expensive to acquire outside of the US.
The Soviet figures may work good for Oktober Guard build a figure troops.
Mike. Thank you so much for finding this wonderful company. They have so many parts I have been looking for everywhere. They have so much diaroma parts its fantastic. I'm so stoked to place an order with these guys. Only looked at their site for a brief moment. Cant wait to take the time to go through their entire catalog. Many many thanks for doing this video.
I love Marauders! My kids and I play Joes and have a metric butt load of their weapons. I’ve used some of their figures and loved them. I also was very impressed with their K9 series. I bought one in full kit for the K9 handler on my shift, and it was so cool I had to buy me one also. Finally, if you didn’t see them, the G.I. JOE tribute figures they did are absolutely amazing. You are right that these are far better than the modern offerings from hasbro.
Dang now I want to do Lt Winters and all the major characters/soldiers from Easy company of Band of brothers. By the way Micheal, you know your shit when it comes to WWII weapons, gear and history. Nice touch calling at the firearms “weapons” because that’s exactly what we as soldiers are trained to call them. Keep it up bro!
You killed it, job well done. Off to the Marauder website...
I like this. I wish I could make a female navy one for my sister.
I myself have made myself, and a Stormtrooper in a ww2 style
After you said, " The fans are doing the best work.", I started clapping.
Just saw their web page! WOW! Got a great idea to do an updated Action Force fully articulated Red Shadow figure using their German Red Uniform body figure part!
SO COOL, what about NAM (Tour of Duty)????
Seriously bad ass. I'm not even into military and I want these
I made a joker from full metal jacket and soon making a cowboy and animal man
This is incredible. I've been making a lot of custom Doctor Who figs lately. I would LOVE this option for that range. Exactly what adult toy collecting should be. Fun personal passion projects. Love this.
How are these compared to joytoys ww2 figures?
I was waiting for the tagline "FADTBW" and was not disappointed.
Awesome! I customized a line of Hogan's Heroes characters a while back. They're not nearly as poseable, but it was a fun project.
Who were the 14 people who thumbs downed this? Dummies
Combat! Was a good show. If you look carefully, you can see they kept redressing the same village set for different locations.
They also used two stock actors to play German soldiers...they usually got killed in action. And they would have featured actors too. Great shows! I have the boxed set of all 5 seasons.
Dam nice find. I went over there and gave them all my money! That place is awesome, take ma monies now! They have Alien rifles, GI Joe rifles, WWII, Star Wars, I just found my new place to play for a while.
Top quality and so cost effective!
Wow, haven't seen any of your videos in a couple years... needless to say, I am impressed! I always loved that show! BTW, you are SOOOO RIGHT about Hasbro. Merrill Hassenfled is spinning in his grave!
Yeah, uh... you really could have left that first part off your comment.
I have the DVD collection of Combat
Create your own action figures from body to wargear? What a novel idea. I hope somebody will make a Rat Patrol variation. Thanks for sharing, M.
kidbach Rat Patrol was good in an "A-Team action story of the week" thing, but highly unrealistic (I mean four guys in a jeep with a machine gun defeating half tracks and tanks,) but Combat! was more character driven and dramatic.
Wow, this really awesome!😎
21st century toys made 1/18 & 1/6 scale WWII (and Nam) figures & vehicles. A great company that operated out of the USA. Unfortunately they went belly up due to poor business choices and a more accurate 1/6 market from China
Yeah, that's the Ultimate Soldier figures I was referring to.
Until I saw your screenshots, I had only seen Marauder figures on Ebay from sellers asking insane amounts of money for them. When I saw the prices next to the figures and weapons on this video, my jaw literally dropped.
Within a few hours, I had an order in for several figures, and a ton of extra heads and weapons.
I see you have The DVD series.. Me too!
Glad I found this channel
How long did it take to ship
great looking for "green army" p;lastic toy soldier category. But still crude in detail when it comes to the action figure category. For this scale die cast miniature toy soldiers have more detail and accuracy.
Whatever. Enjoy your contrarian sandwich.
I'm gonna go to the Marauder site and see if I can build a figure of myself of when I was in the U.S. Army. I hope my woman doesn't use it as a voodoo doll.
Everything about these figures seem amazing. I don't personally collect soldier figures, but with these might start. The price is great, the options are great and I love that they have stands that make sense for the figures. I love me a good stand.
Did you do fast shipping for $13 or not fast for 3 how long did it take you to get the figures
Standard shipping. Didn't take long. Maybe a week.
Right - I've had a damn good look through their website, and I'm off to order some British Squaddies, some GIs, and some Nazis. These are amazing.
@retroblasting where have you been. I was buying weapons from these guys 10 years ago. I’m glad they have branched out. Also, thanks for highlighting these businesses. It’s much appreciated.
Kevin....I said it in the video. I've been UNINTERESTED IN MODERN MILITARY. Their WWII offerings are NEW. Now put the equation together and you'll have your answer as to where I've been.
RetroBlasting I put that together when I was watching the video. After looking at the website again there product offerings and your video. I’ve been inspired to create my own 25th anniversary version of the October Guard. To complement my collection of 25th GI Joe figures.
This was a cool video
This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. A piece of pop culture I had no idea even existed brought into plastic form with some clever creative work.
Top marks!
My dad named one of their cats Kirby after the show too.
Strange
I want pilots too
They make it look easy. When payday comes I need to get me some Marauder.
Outstanding. I’d love to recreate The Devil’s Brigade, 1st Special Service Force.
They showed that movie to us in Marine Corps basic training. I'd love to see a CPL. Peacock character variation.
I was only watching Once upon a time in Hollywood yesterday & I noticed advertising on a bus for the show Combat, I didn't even know if it was real, that's the 3rd or 4th strange coincidence regarding what you've put out on a video & things I was only recently thinking or had just watched within 24 hours. Thank you for your knowledge & I love what you've done for the characters, quality mate. Regards, David from Manchester, England
Awesome builds RetroBlasting I have a couple of builds from Marauder mostly SF guys
Check the joy toy figures,they're insanely good ...another example of great way to make real articulated figures....great video! Keepthe great work!
Looks cool. Don’t remember this show at all though.
It's pretty good I really enjoy it, on Saturday night/Sunday mornings on the Heros&Icons tv channel this show is on before 12 o'Clock high another pretty cood WWII show about a bomber squadron (think it is like a continuation of the movie of the same name)
Awesome video! I picked up the British rifleman and he's pretty fantastic. Eventually plan on picking up more figures. Great company and figures.
I'd love to see a British Home Guard figure and a British Para with the red beret and Dennison smock. Also, it'd be nice to see more figures representing the Commonwealth forces, e.g. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, etc. The possibilities are endless! Great review! 🙂
Howdy Michael do you think they would ever make late 1930s early 40s fighter pilot figures? I would really like to make my own Sky Captain figure
Why am I not surprised you are into British WW2? Nice work on your COMBAT! Custom build. Sgt Saunders really needs a 1928 Thompson with compensator
Fantastic. I’d love to build some of the men of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne with these.
I watched a few episodes of COMBAT! on another channel, but it was on at an ungodly hour.
That said, I'm was happy to see COMBAT! on the H&I network during their War Heroes block every Saturday night.
Sadly COMBAT! was never carried in syndication where I grew up. (We were stuck with Hogan's Heroes!) I'd never heard of the show until Vic Morrow was tragically killed during the production of the Twilight Zone Movie in the early '80s. These figures are a great way to honor so many memories: The great actors, the great show, and the real life heroes we owe so much to! Thank you for sharing this Micheal!
As a kid I had plastic soldiers 1:32 scale from airfix. They were great to collect world war Ii different soldiers from different countries. From german afrika korps to american infantry. 29 soldiers in a box for 4 Deutsch Mark. You could paint your figures or leave it like they are. We played battles after battles. Wow, pocket Money memories. Awesome. It was so much fun. Ok, we played war. Not ok. I‘m in doubt. But, he we were eight years old. Thanks Micheal for sharing your memories and toys. Keep up the good work. Stay safe.