. . . yesterday (Sunday) I found (courtesy
of Peter Evans) these copies of Galoob's Xpanders
looking for something else, so a quick photo-shoot ensued. The running figure
is 28-mil. I think they came together with the dino's and there was a larger
sample overall.
Compared with the larger (32mm for same
figure sculpt) and - I think - commoner set of equally poor rack-toy copies
which came with hollow M2/M3
Bradley/ACAV type things in tubbed sets about 12/15 years ago, although
probably still findable in seaside type discount stores.
From the archive - I don't have the Xpanders which are the basis for the
china-troops, but I do have a small sample of the similar Galoob Starship Troopers,
with the Micro-Machine size above and
the Action Fleet size below, I don't
think either is a particularly complete sample, and as is often the case with
these things; Shaun has covered them in far more depth, and his repaints must
be where I got the Halo idea from!
The larger set's figures are - like the Star Wars Action Fleet (and similar Playmates Star Trek) - semi-action
figures, with two points of articulation - through/across the shoulders and at
the waist; they also have a magnet in the base, the use for which I haven't
looked-up!