ACTION FORCE GERMAN VARIANTS ROTE SCHATTEN

TERROR BANDE ROTE SCHATTEN

Codename: Rote Schatten

Primary Speciality: Destruction

Secondary Speciality: Total obedience

Birthplace: Baron Eisenblut’s laboratory

In Baron Eisenblut’s army, the Red Shadows are completely identical to one another. By means of his fiendish matter-division process, which continually duplicates both living things and inanimate objects, the Baron can new Red Shadows at any time and so make up for severe losses effortlessly. The Red Shadows are totally soulless beings and recognise only absolute obedience and destruction.

The Rote Schatten was the German version of the Red Shadows. You will notice that unlike the Red Shadows the German versions had the skull and eagle motif on the left breast removed. The Rote Schatten came with a black ammo box and a black bazooka.

In 1983 Germany released their versions of Action Force as Anti-Terror Teams and Terror Teams. In Germany the logos on the figures were all changed and instead of replica guns they had weapons that looked less-real! The German toy boxes were all cardboard and did not have plastic windows like in other countries

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Body Mould

The Rote Schatten body mould was the same as the other European Red Shadows figure. It was a repaint of the first series German Stormtrooper body. He has a belt with stick grenades attached at the front. He has a pouch and water bottle in the small of his back. He has two black boots. The skull emblem was removed from the helmet.