Hasbro brought back GI Joe in the Mid-90s with its 12 inch Real American Hero recreation and its Classic Collection. With its popularity, other companies jumped into the fray, and thank goodness.
Cotswold Collectibles had been keeping the hobby going for awhile -starting by selling vintage Action Man figures around 1989. Check out their
history. They sold plenty of custom equipment (weapons and supplies) and also came out with their own line of figures called the Elite Brigade
What was great about Cotswold is they made figures from obscure battlefields, and paid homage to the soldiers who fought those battles. Two in particular stood out to me right away since I was in the Army at the time - Grenada and Panama.
PANAMA - 1989 - 7th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division patch - is on sideways.
Marine - Modern Dress
Army Ranger Medic (I lost his medic bags - he came with two)
Grenada - 1983
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