BBi's Jump Gear Equals Ewesome!

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:25 am

As the title says, here is the removable jump gear from the newest WWII paratrooper packs with both open and closed chute options (BTW, BBI officially makes the best WWII figures, IMO):

Here is what they look like in package (they have been out for more than a year but are very rare):

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On Resolute Duke:

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On Captain America:

Also, for $9 per figure, we should be getting this type of gear to go along with the figures. At least accessory packs instead of multiple repaints. Anyway, much like the comics when he is dropping out of a C-47, I hope that you enjoy:

Breakdown:

cranedriver · Post by **cranedriver** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:45 am

These figures continue to haunt me. I have searched high and low to no avail.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:48 am

that's pretty nifty.....when did those come out?

Fritzkrieg · Post by **Fritzkrieg** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:11 am

I love this gear, I've used it for some custom pilots.

By the way, were did you get that helmet, it looks great.

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:24 am

aferguson wrote:that's pretty nifty.....when did those come out?

They came out about a year ago. I am surprised that grunt1 does not have them in the Database.

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:25 am

Fritzkrieg wrote:I love this gear, I've used it for some custom pilots.

By the way, were did you get that helmet, it looks great.

Nice. Also, I have always admired your Captain America custom figure.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:41 am

"They came out about a year ago. I am surprised that grunt1 does not have them in the Database."

well, he's not as young as he used to be..

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:45 am

does it come with two back parachutes?.....one opened and one unopened? That's pretty neat, i'm going to get one of these guys. What's his name so i know how to look for him.

tkjaer21 · Post by **tkjaer21** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:19 am

aferguson wrote:does it come with two back parachutes?.....one opened and one unopened? That's pretty neat, i'm going to get one of these guys. What's his name so i know how to look for him.

Yeah, they do come with both chutes look at the very first pick for the packaging and the the back is in the 2nd pic.

Also, there are four of these guys:

-Two 101st Airborne (Warren Marcus & Paul Burgess).

-Two 82nd Airborne (James Prowse & Joe Ritter).

Fritzkrieg · Post by **Fritzkrieg** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:27 am

I'd have to say these are the best WWII figures to date, unfortunatly they are not falschimjagers. BBI

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:03 am

if they did german paras and redid the red devil, this way, that would be the cat's meow.

This is the way they should have done those american paras in the first place and they would have sold much better than dudes with jump gear molded on.

Thanks for the info, gonna have to get some of these.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:13 pm

just out of curiosity...on the first series bbi paras with the molded on jump gear. Are their parachute packs opened or unopened? I should think they are opened since they are mostly to be used in a 'descending by parachute' mode.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:18 pm

aferguson wrote:just out of curiosity...on the first series bbi paras with the molded on jump gear. Are their parachute packs opened or unopened? I should think they are opened since they are mostly to be used in a 'descending by parachute' mode.

both, you can swap out between opened or closed chutes. It would have been great if the original release figures had the removable harness, or if these newer figures would get distributed in quantity.

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:05 pm

These are awesome, going to pick up a set. Foxhole toys has them for $12.99

http://store.foxholetoys.com/bbi-1-18.html

cranedriver · Post by **cranedriver** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:17 pm

Fritzkrieg wrote:I love this gear, I've used it for some custom pilots.

By the way, were did you get that helmet, it looks great.

Thats exactly why I wanted to find them.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:22 pm

Just a heads up! Smalljoes has the 4 removable chute figures up as well as the 4 Normandy figures and the AB weapons pack with cart for pre-order with a July 20th estimated arrival. Cheapest I've seen them online. Glad to see these are making a second appearance as I missed most of them at TRU last year

http://smalljoes.com/cgi-bin/pgen.cgi?S ... 1&Start=24