One of the more fun aspects of the Flintstones was the gadgets. Here Wilma is on her Stone Age phone more than likely talking to Betty. The phone not only shows up in several Flintstones toy figures but Empire made a full size version of it as well.
Ed
FOV designated these guys as 82nd Airborne Division - Normandy 1944. Okay. I'll take their word for it. Back when I was covering the figures from 21st Century, many of them had unit patches. However, should one choose to add patches to the uniforms, here's what it would be:
The actual unit patch for the 82nd shows two 'A's side-by-side the meaning of which is as follows:
"The 82nd Airborne Division was first activated at Camp Gordon, Georgia, in 1917 during World War I. Its original members came from all 48 states, representing a wide cross-section of the United States. To foster unity and morale, the division held a contest to select a nickname. Vivienne Goodwyn, a schoolteacher, submitted the winning name, "All American," reflecting the idea that the soldiers embodied the best qualities of Americans from across the nation."
A nice rendition of Fred Flintstone eating a Bronto drumstick (Pterodactyl drumstick???). Good Lord, a drumstick that size would last me a month LOL
Ed
Just yesterday I posted about how there were three different boxes as well as carded sets for FOV's figure sets - all from a company that was apparently only in business for six years. That would seem excessive. Anywho, yesterdat we looked at the boxes, so today we show an example of the blister card packaging. As I only had one of the sets in my collection, the remaining photos are from fleaBay, but they serve the purpose. The sets were numbered 83004 (dated 2003) and 93004 (dated 2004), and have the same contents.
As we go through each set, you'll notice FOV more-or-less stuck with one unit for the American GI's: 82nd Airborne Division - Normandy 1944. There are a couple of exceptions, but for the most part, stuck with the 82nd. I did not research the uniforms to see how accurately they're portrayed. You'll also noticed how FOV recycled the same figure poses over-and-over again with each set, only switching out accessories.
Ed
