Jet-packs came up recently, and someone mentioned Gilbert having mae the James Bond version. A little digging turned up some photos, and it seems the Jet-pack used the same set of tanks as the Scuba diving set, but with different fittings.
I do not know anything about Action Figures, so these notes are all based on photographs. There may well be other variations.
The Jet-pack seems to have been moulded in light blue, and have a silver bar across the top for the exhausts. The Scuba tanks were either light blue or yellow, and had a gauge on the back of the tanks, with an air-hose.
Here are the rest of the Gilbert photographs. This time, of the Scuba tanks, for comparison with the tanks of the Jet Pack.
Four photographs from Worthpoint.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Paul
Ah Ha! I always thought Gilbert reused items across their 12" figure range! I was pretty sure some of Moon McDare's space equipment was repurposed scuba stuff! Nice to see such definitive pictures!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am glad you found this interesting. I was just looking for photos of the Jet Pack, when I saw the Scuba tanks, and thought they looked very familiar. Gilbert did a good job with the chance of roles, by just changing the accessories.
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