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| M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) from Galoob company |
The M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) for the Aliens Action Fleet from Galoob is a 1/48 scale model of a futuristic vehicle. It was first produced in 1996.
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Details - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
Miniature vehicle: M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet)
Product name: Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)
Product code: set: 73400
GN Code: ?
Sprue: -
Kit: -
Set:
- Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) set: contains 1
Range: Aliens Action Fleet range (Futuristic / Futuristic fantasy)
Setting: Alien & Predator universe
Company: Galoob company
Production: 1996-1998-? (out of production)
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Type: Wheeled military vehicle
Size: Ultra Giant (S8)
Technology: Futuristic (Advanced)
Based on: Alien & Predator likeness - M577 APC likeness
Features: Ultra Giant (S8) Futuristic (Advanced) Wheeled military vehicle with double-barrelled gun (large firearm) in front, and double-barrelled large cannon in turret
Category: ?
Accessories: -
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Scale: 1:48 scale (38mm)
Proportions: Realistic
Size: Length: 178mm?. Width: ?mm. Height: ?mm
Material: plastic & probably transparent hard Polystyrene
Priming: Primer is not necessary
Assembly: Multi-piece, No cutting required (Pre-cut), No assembly (Pre-assembled)
Posing: Hard
Paintjob: Painted
Base: No base
Conceptual design: ?
Sculptor: ?
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"Features include:
- Rotating Gun Turret
- "Grinding" Rear Transaxle
- Opening Personnel Hatch
- Slide-Open Access Panel
- Rolling Wheels"
image © Tim DuPertuis
image © Tim DuPertuis
image © Tim DuPertuis
image © Tim DuPertuis
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Review - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
The turrets rotate, and the wheels are turning. The side door can be slided open. You can open the top of the model to get to the interior.
There's an alien warrior body sculpted onto the bottom of the chassis.
The size
I have conflicting reports on the size of the model.
On a photo, compared to the (probably) 109mm long Leading Edge APC, I've measured it's length as 153mm. As that would fit the 1/56 scale, I assume it's a probable size. (Or it could be that the measurement of 109mm in the Dragon Magazine review article was a typo.)
However, on other photos, it's shown that it's at least 10-20mms longer than the NECA Cinemachines APC, that was measured 166mm long. That would make this APC ca. 180mm long.
On a webshop, they've said it's 178mm long, that sounded plausible, compared to the NECA Cinemachines APC, so I went with that size for deciding its scale. (Although that's still a question whether they've measured the model with the turret up or the turret behind the chassis...)
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Size comparison photos - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
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| Size comparison of 1:48 scale M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) from Galoob company. From left to right: 1:56 scale Hudson and Alien Warrior from Galoob company. |
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| Size comparison of 1:48 scale M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) from Galoob company. From left to right: 1:56 scale Dietrich from Leading Edge Games company, Trooper Sub Leader with Beret armed with a SMG from eM4 Miniatures company, Terminator Robot from Copplestone Castings company, 1:56 scale Alien Warrior from Leading Edge Games company. |
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| Size comparison of 1:56 scale M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) from Galoob company with 1:79 scale (1:72 scale (20mm)) M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Leading Edge Games) from Leading Edge Games company. |
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| Size comparison of 1:48 scale M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) from Galoob company with 1:54 scale (1:56 scale (28mm / 32mm)) M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (NECA Cinemachines) from NECA company. |
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Using the miniature - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
Possible uses
- 1:100 scale: A mech carrier. Mobile command centre.
- 1:72 scale: A small mech carrier. Mobile suit carrier.
- 1:64 scale: A large APC.
- 1:56 scale: An APC.
- 1:50 scale: An APC.
- 1:35 scale: A small APC.
Uses for games
- Alkony Wargame: Tech artifact
- Cthulhu Wars: ?
- Kings of War: Height N XXX
- Deadzone: Very large APC
- Warhammer Fantasy Battles: ?
- Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: ?
- Warhammer 40.000: Astra Militarum troop transport. Adeptus Astartes troop transport for Primaris marines.
Uses on the website
- none yet
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Resources - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
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Buying the product - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
Price
Base price (Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) set)(1998): GBP / EUR / 10 USD, Price/model: GBP / EUR / 10 USD
Where can you buy it?
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Possible substitutes - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Action Fleet) miniature vehicle from Galoob
1:50 (35mm) scale - 1:56 (28mm/32mm) scale:
Gale Force Nine - Aliens (Gale Force Nine) - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (GF9)
NECA - Cinemachines - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (NECA Cinemachines)
Prodos Games - Alien vs Predator - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Prodos)
1:40 scale - 1:50 (35mm) scale:
Eaglemoss - Alien & Predator - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Eaglemoss)
TimeSlip Creations - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (TimeSlip Creations 28mm)
1:35 scale - 1:40 scale:
Halcyon Models - Movie Classics - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Halcyon)
Lanard Toys - Alien Collection - M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier (Lanard Toys)
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