1977 saw Gabriel Toys try an interesting experiment in action figures.
Instead of licensing a hollywood movie, they sought to captilize on the making of a movie by creating a set based on then legendary stuntman Hal Needham.
The unique concept had a child filming a stunt sequence in a movie and was actually one of the more inspired (and sadly forgotten) toy concepts of the 1970s.
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Well, a very clever concept indeed.
Never heard of this before!!! wish i've had this one back there in the 70s…
Kind of funny to see this as I primarily only know Hal Needham for directing a bunch of 80s b-movies and being the father in law of Connie Needham, who I was a big fan of on Eight is Enough..