Zero Sum

Well it was interesting to note Woodsy's comment the other day as to what we were collecting. I said that I had moved away from most space toys due to their inaccessibility. This happened a while ago, and to fil the gap, I sometimes bought unusual army toys. One line which I really enjoyed was the late 90's line from Bluebird, 'Zero Hour'. The basic line was a range of armed forces facing up against a renegade terrorist group, called Bad Brigade. The toys took cues from M.A.S.K toys, allowing commercial vehicles to transform into fighting machines.

Recently, I was really pleased to hear from Richard Dixon who was the chief publicist and photographer for Bluebird and he shared a lot of the displays he built for the model shoots. Richards work can be seen on the blog and on his site which is recorded here:

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2018/05/richard-dixons-zero-hour-in-beginning.html?m=1

It was great to hear Richard's story about how the line was publicised and through him, I was able to get a better picture of the full extent of the line. As a result, I finally managed to secure the last set in the line, a Bad Brigade Ambulance which can be converted into an assault craft for amphibious attacks. The set also comes with troops, a frogman, a sea scooter and an inflatable power boat.

So with this line finally under wraps, I can concentrate on maybe building a diorama like Richard's!