Saturday, November 19, 2022

2017 Red Laser Army "The General" - Around The Web

It's sad that Red Laser Army is no more.  While they did feature a lot of repetition of both molds and color schemes, those similarities dissipate over time and collectors come to appreciate each figure on its own merit.  While some people fawn over army builders, I found that my most used Red Laser Army figure is The General from 2017.  This figure is based on a comic appearance of Hawk.  And, it's a huge upgrade for Hawk's pre-1986 look.  The black shirt with brown and green highlights offset against the green pants makes for a stark visual presentation.  And, it makes Hawk worthy of his rank.  Fortunately, there's a good amount of content out there on the figure as he was pretty popular at the time of his release...which, unbelievably, was more than 5 years ago!

The General Profile

The General at The Attica Gazette

The General by 00zxcvb at ARAH Gallery

The General by billykessler

The General by froggneal

The General by gvilla74

The General by gen_liederkranz

The General by actionfigurefotos

The General by specialmissionforce

The General by The Dragon Fortress

The General by gen_liederkranz

2017 Red Laser Army The General, General Hawk, Factory Custom, Sightline, 1984 Firefly, Slugger, 2000 Wild Bill, ARAHC

2017 Red Laser Army The General, General Hawk, Factory Custom, Sightline, 1984 Firefly, Slugger

2017 Red Laser Army The General, General Hawk, Factory Custom, Sightline, Redmack, 1988 Mean Dog


2017 Red Laser Army The General, General Hawk, Factory Custom, Oktober Guard, Horrorshow

2017 Red Laser Army The General, General Hawk, Factory Custom, Funskool Flint, 2004 VAMP, Steel Brigade


4 comments:

  1. Horror Show is confused.

    You not real Joeski...

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  2. I replaced his head with the comic pack Hawk. I took a few pics of it about a year ago.Looks MUCH better. I thought RL's head sculpts were kinda soft and lacked detail.

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  3. Didn't Red Laser Army take people's money and never deliver product? I mean, not as a scam but his factory in China screwed him over or something? A good lesson for collectors about putting money upfront for a shaky enterprise. But people still do it.

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    1. RLA lost his money when the molds "disappeared". But, he didn't do pre-orders, so no collectors were out money.

      The COIL Con guys did take pre-orders. But, they were a third party and really screwed over a lot of people...me included.

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