I'm re-posting this since evidently some folks missed it in the other thread
I posted it to-
I contacted a guy in Brazil about this rumor, and the news ain't good.
Here's the straight scoop straight from a Brazilian joe guy (corrected for
spelling, otherwise verbatim)-
Now...about the Joes from Brazil...well, I don't know where someone's heard
such thing, but it's untrue.
Estrela indeed released 3 figures in 2000 with the name "Força de Ataque" or
Atack Force : the pilot, the Combat soldier and the enemy. They're reissues
of the 94 Falcon classic collection. If you don't know, Falcon is the name
GI JOE received here in Brazil by Estrela in the 70's/80's. So, those Força
de Ataque figures are made from the old molds Estrela still has, so they
have vintage style muscle body (or life-like body), blue molded underpants,
vintage style kung-fu grip hands and vintage style head. Those heads,
unlikely what you've heard have painted light brown hair and no beard. No
signs of flocking. Zero. Also, the eyes are molded, not the eagle eye type,
and they changed the eyebrow pattern to a more angry looking style.
It was a limited edition, so, only two big toy dealers received the rights
to sell them: Lojas Americanas and Lojas do Gugu, and except for the Enemy
(who's awful), they're already sold out, unfortunately.
What I know about "Hombres de Accion" is that they were the Mexican version
of GI JOE in the 70's / 80's (like in UK GIJOE was Action man and in Brazil,
Falcon). It's strange someone would post this item as Brazilian related, as
the name "Hombres de Accion" is not even portuguese....its's Spanish. In
Portuguese it would be "Homens de Ação".About flocking, just be careful if
any Brazilian offers any flocked figure: either the figure has a new body
with vintage head (quite impossible, as nowadays, a vintage head is never
sold for less than US$40.00), or are custom flocked heads. The fact is,
there're not any currently sold flocked GIJOE figures in Brazilian Toy
Market. If so, it would be a dream come true to all of us Falcon collectors.
So there ya go. Better to know than to get taken for a ride I guess...
Ralph <8^}
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