#1062 HOOK - SWASHBUCKLING PAN and LOST BOY RUFIO (1991)

Slowly and with great difficulty, I managed to get and complete further figures of the Hook toyline. It is a minor toyline that includes many accessories and small pieces that are very hard to find. Maybe not very expensive but scarce. And with the current shipping costs it “hurts” to pay to get them. I have to wait for certain opportunities and/or combined shipping which only happen rarely.

I'll start with Rufio. This character is one of the lost boys and also one of the coolest figures on the first wave, because it came with a windsurf-skateboard minivehicle, whose sail part can also be used as a delta-wing or something similar. This accesory looks great and is a lot of fun to play with it.

That sail part has a sticker on it which is sometimes damaged. The figurecan be attached to the board by means of pegs that fit in its feet and stays firmly on it, so you can play jumps and other stunts. The figure itself is mostly black, but has nice paintwork details in red.

 

I bought this figure in its blister, but the packaging was in very bad shape. Later I got another figure, complete, in good shape and with its original cardboard, so I decided to resell the blister and keep only the loose figure. This was the blister.

The second figure today and the second figure of Peter Pan that I show in this blog is also quite cool. It carries a green and black outfit, which is not it´s most iconic one, but still looks nice, and includes a sword that the figure handles and sweeps in the air as you twist the body of the figure. That is its action feature. It also includes a scabbard for it (not practicable, it is just a piece of plastic) and a small knife. The accesories were attached to a plastic frame or sprue, although, this one is nicely done and resembles wood. I guess some imaginative children found an use for it after removing the accesories.

  

Both figures belong to the first wave from 1991, which is the only one still affordable and broadly available in second hand markets. Have presented other figures in the past, but I still have more to show. See you next time!

FACTS and FIGURES:

• Name: SWASHBUCKLING PAN and RUFIO (LOST BOY) (Ref. 2849 & 2818)
• Toy Line: Hook (Wave 1)
• Year: 1991
• Company: Mattel (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: Around 12 cm

#1061 FIGURAS EN ACCIÓN (F.E.A.) Nr. 31 + OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

Back to work after Christmas? Maybe some entertainment will make you good. Try downloading the latest issue of Figuras En Acción, and read it. In these pages you will find interesting and well documented articles about Exin toys, Sgt. Savage and the Screaming Eagles (by Hasbro), The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (by Galoob), promotional die-cast and plastic vehicles from Spain.

After some issues without, we interviewed Pablo García del Río, author of the published book: "Masters del Universo. Guía visual de la película", which you may want to buy if you are a Cannon Films or Masters of the Universe fan, or if you simply loved the movie from 1987. The book depicts a huge collection of merchandising and memorabilia from that movie, something worth having and reviewing every now and then.

There are also a series of smaller sections, as usual, with a huge variety of topics. The magazine ist a gift to all fellow collectors and toy or action figures enthusiasts throughout the world.

Find it HERE.

Among other publications, I have read, there are these two catalogues I received for Ferrero Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs. They are much newer than the ones I had until now, and also much thicker, they include more details and more comprehensive lists and foto collections. Still, they do not cover all Kinder Surprise toys, because there are further books to be bought. The one on the left is only for plastic figures, while the one on the right side is only an addendum to the 6. Edition.