Croc Hunter joins Afrika Korp (DAK) & British 8th Army

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:12 pm

While visiting the local Zoo gift shop I found this great figure of Steve Irwin (may he rest in peace).

It seemed to be a great torso for something in the African WWII theater.

A simple head swap and he was in the DAK crewing a PAK..

tosborne3 · Post by **tosborne3** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:17 pm

Crikey! Thats great mate.

scope uk · Post by **scope uk** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:23 pm

That does work well

75th Ranger · Post by **75th Ranger** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:54 pm

Nice!
now get another one and make some British 8th army guys...

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:19 pm

75th Ranger wrote:Nice!
now get another one and make some British 8th army guys...

Funny you should mention that..

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:10 pm

that's a pretty wimpy tank crew; surrendering to a guy with a tommy gun.

Those figures look good. I didn't realize Steve Irwin was killed. Stabbed through the heart by a Ray. Incredible.

elitesaber · Post by **elitesaber** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:01 pm

cool stuff

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:17 pm

aferguson wrote:I didn't realize Steve Irwin was killed. Stabbed through the heart by a Ray. Incredible.

You haven't been in a cave on Mars, have you? It was all over the US and international news, as well as the net

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:29 pm

i've been busy, k?

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:33 pm

ya apparently he would have survived if only he had not taken the barb out. Quite unfortunate that he is killed by the thing he loves (no not painful barbs but animals)

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:15 pm

Great idea!! Are those figures found at other retailers besides the zoo gift shops?

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:30 am

aferguson wrote:that's a pretty wimpy tank crew; surrendering to a guy with a tommy gun.

Those figures look good. I didn't realize Steve Irwin was killed. Stabbed through the heart by a Ray. Incredible.

You do not see what is behind Steve, He has a whole armada of animals behind him. Lions, elephants, zebra, cobras and the like. Kind of like animals against the Axis kind of thing. You also can't see the pee-pee driping out of the all the holes around that panzer either.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:26 am

you'd think he would have known enough not to pull out the barb. Everyone knows if you get stabbed, you don't' pull out the thing that stabbed you, it only makes matters worse.

He may have been more concerned about the toxins on the barb, however and i guess it's easy to say to not pull out the barb but when you get stabbed it may just be reflexive to do so.

Bizarre ending to the man.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:23 am

Dumping a few crocs and gators down the tank's hatches would cause any crew to surrender.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:18 pm

It was probably an instant reaction with out thinking about it! Like when you put your hand on a hot stove and jerk back with out thinking.

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:22 pm

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:04 pm

that's a manta ray.......he was killed by a stingray.

Neat toy though....is that chap mei?

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:58 pm

Hi, yep I found that on the Chap Mei board.

Part of a series.

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:04 pm

Is that a Remora on it's back?
Now that attention to detail!

Poor Steve, I miss him.

I didnt expect hm to die from a stingray.

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:34 pm

Moth, yep,remoras

Aferg, yep I knew it was a Manta

I've caught loads of stingrays over here,they come into Auckland harbor every summer to breed and killer whales sometimes come in to feed on them.
Anyway,there is a chap mei stingray.

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:47 pm

Nice work, Grunt.

Does the package have any website listed on it? I tried our local zoo, and they don't have these guys, so I'm wondering if somewhere online I can pick them up.

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:04 pm

Morian Miner wrote:Nice work, Grunt.

Does the package have any website listed on it? I tried our local zoo, and they don't have these guys, so I'm wondering if somewhere online I can pick them up.

Thanks MM, sorry for the delayed response. Just now saw this..

Found a few online sites that carry the line. This one had the best deal:
http://storeforknowledge.com/Steve-Irwi ... 2C365.aspx

Price is good ($5.95) and they are having a 15% off sale..

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:30 pm

Oh and put the code findgift in for another 10% off..