I bought a lot of figures on eBay that cosisted of two comic packs, one was the Spirit, Hannibal, Cover Girl set the other the Tommy, Lonzo, classified set. All I wanted was the Cover Girl. since I had no use for the other five figures, I added them to my for sale box. When I sold the Tommy, Lonzo, Classified set, I realized what a cool figure sculpt Classified really is. I made the commitment to sell it, so I bought anohter one on eBay.
I realized that Classified actually is a pretty useless character, unless you're reenacting the trio's time in Viet Nam, so I figured I repaint him and make him a custom character.
Below is a picture of the figure I got. There are a few differences I noticed right away...first and most obvious is the lack of shading around his eyes. I thought this was an inovative idea by Hasbro to replicate his appearance in the comics. In this case, I was glad it was lacking the shading, as it kept me from having to come up with a new head and trying to pry that boonie cover off.
The next thing is the camo pattern on his cover. I seem to recall there being a bit of black in the pattern, this is only yellow. It does have the picture in the headband though.
The ammo belt isn't painted as well as the first figure I bought.
The other thing about this figure is some markings located under his left breast pocket and the same marking on his back. It looks like "VM."
I bought the figure from a Chinese seller and I know I've read something about those markings, I just can't remember what they're for.
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Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, food, or drugs...I turn not to any of those...I collect action figures. Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.
