We all know about the black skinned 1997 Rock and Roll variant. But, the set that included the most famous variant in the repaint era also included several other variant figures and accessories. These have not gotten the press of the race changing figure. But, they are equally frustrating to find. Below you will see a Short Fuze figure with much darker (nearly brown) pants and his cream colored weapons.
The cream colored bazooka and pack are the most distinguishing features of the figure. They are an easily recognizable tip to help identify this figure. You see that the entire pack is painted. But, just on the front. It seems very much like these weapons were meant for a paint application that was just removed to save cost by casting the gear in the proper green color.
The figure itself is definitely darker than the production release. It was noted that there is a Breaker variant in the black Rock and Roll sets. This Short Fuze adds another. It's likely that many of the figures feature some type of production change just due to the continuous quality changes that the 1997 line underwent as it was rushed to retail.
As variants go, the bazooka is interesting. But, the figure is pretty banal. But, it's also the type of thing that few people know about and you can track down just by perusing various Short Fuze figures that might be available. But, if it exists in similar numbers to the Rock and Roll, that could still take quite a while.
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