I have always wanted one... got a pretty decent one for Christmas. Looking at how basic the lower shell is I wonder what trouble the "club" had with their maulers.

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They didn't have Quality Control Cat on the job...

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Wasn't the problem that there was some unfixable issue with the tools?

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I believe the tooling for the wheels was damaged beyond repair and would have cost too much to replace.

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see i recall that too, but now i wonder was it the working wheels for the mauler that were the problem? If so why not use the non working treads of the equalizer.

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The non-working Equalizer treads are probably part of a completely different tooling set and not available at the time the Club was making the Maulers.

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I was thinking it had to do with the turret itself......

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I thought it was the wheels, too. I remember something about the bogey wheels being cracked or something.

It was the wheels which the Club was going to cover the price on the remake but the turret mold was broke and would cost too much to remake...
http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-t ... auler.html

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I knew there was more to it than just the bogey wheels but I couldn't recall exactly what it was.

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Well, maybe the Equalizer mold was lost in its entirety?

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Forget the club, that is a great Equalizer.
I always liked it too, but haven't ever gotten one. Loved seeing it taken out of the box and finally assembled all these years later. Fantastic!

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yeah it was a lot of fun. brought back some great memories. Though I will say I was worried about breaking parts of it t times.

That is too bad about the turret, anyone know how many parts are in that sucker?

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Really one of my favorite vehicles now and I only discovered it as an adult.

I customized one to look like the Chinese Type 95 anti-air vehicles in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

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I've always liked the Equalizer. It was like a more bad@$$ version of the Mauler, with all that additional stuff on the turret. and that certainly fit the motif for a team led by Sgt. Slaughter! Congrats on getting such a cool tank, danielb!

It's a shame the Club was unable to produce the Mauler, but it's a sad fact that molds go missing or get damaged over the years, especially when there's no apparent prospect of future use. And I've even heard of some instances of intentional -- well, call it sabotage.

Although I've never been directly involved with the Club insofar as getting parts and molds rounded up for use in a Convention offering or whatever, some of the stories I've heard over the years indirectly have made me very glad that I HAVEN'T been involved.