ACTION FORCE 1983-1984 (second SERIES)
RED SHADOWS KRAKEN
Codename: Kraken
Primary Military Speciality: Underwater Combat
Secondary Military Speciality: Deep Sea Sabotage
Birthplace: Frozen wastes of the North Pole
Discovered in suspecnded animation, frozen solid in the Polar ice cap. Baron Ironblood took the Kraken back to his secret laboratories and munufactured an army of clones. Equally dangerous on land or in water, possessing super-human strength and a stun-net that can knockout even the toughest troops.
“A fearsome undersea creature. Strikes terror into the heart of anyone he encounters!.”
Kraken was discovered in the Frozen wastes of the North Pole. Baron Ironblood took him to his secret laboratory and cloned him. He was able to create an army of these fearsome creatures!
Kraken appeared in a television advert manning the gun on the Hyena tank as it battled Hunter and the Wolverine. You can view this here.
IMAGES
Ready for battle!
Body Mould
The Kraken figure was a wonderful figure mould. His arms and legs were covered in green scales, the sides of his head had apparent gills and the back of his head resembled a fin. In the comics the Kraken’s were quite fearsome but the figure almost looks like he is smiling! The red and black uniform also has a Red Shadows emblem on the chest. He has a dagger on his lower left leg.
ACCESSORIES
Kraken came with an electrified net and a Tri-phase pistol.
GALLERY
PACKAGING AND MAIL ORDER OFFER
Kraken came as a carded figure. He was also initially available in a mail order offer by collecting the team badges on carded figures (badges of Red Shadows, SAS, Q Force, Space Force and Z Force. The mail order offer came in a leaflet in the vehicle boxes and is shown below. There were different variations of the leaflet.
File Card
Information about the figure could be found on the back of the figures file card (the Datafile information). Each figure also had an individual medal number for the mail order offer. Kraken’s number was 45.
VARIANTS
The first version was made of a softer plastic and had a paler chest logo. The second version had a harder plastic.
Although not a variant, a number of Kraken’s were sold that had factory errors. Some had one leg longer than the other and could not be stood up.
FACTORY ERROR WITH INCORRECT LEGS
DATAFILE
Datafiles could be found in the Battle Action Force comics. They contained lots of information about the characters and had some great artwork.
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