I'm a big fan of Joe knockoffs, and I've spent a lot of time hunting for them. But I've never come across one of these: it's clearly based on a Remco American Defense/U.S. Forces/etc. mold, but the leg pads and the molded-on holster are something I haven't seen before. Is this a knock-off of a knock-off? If anyone here has seen one of these fellows before, I'd love to know where you found it and where it comes from.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mystery-3-3-4-GI-Joe-Like-Figure-No-Markings-Unknown-Origin-European/382818409467?hash=item5921c15bfb:g:zHQAAOSw1UdcceOj

Im leaning towards knockoff of a knockoff. Its pretty great though. I love weird knock offs. I just got a Hat Trick Lemonade the other day and its easily my favorite weird figure.

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Those weird elongated elbows are probably going to be the identifier, I can't think of any lines that had ones like that.

It's certainly an interesting mystery figure.

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Oh yeah, that's a neat one.

There's a good Bootleg/Knockoffs Facebook group that might be able to help.

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The more I look at this guy, the more I fall in love with the figure. I'm very tempted to buy it and examine it in hand, just to see if I can get any more hints about its origins. I'll definitely check out that Facebook group; thanks for the heads-up to its existence!

I'm thinking it's a knock-off of a knock-off, too, and if so, that makes it even cooler.

And, Hat Trick Lemonde is an amazing figure! Lanard got into such a weird area with the designs (and the names) around that time; they really turned out some masterpieces.

Yeah man, Ive been living on ebay for the past couple weeks and there are so many crazy Lanard figures Ive never seen. I also saw a Remco I want. Slugger! meme figure for sure.

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Hell yes: Slugger is a personal favorite, too. Nothing says "elite fighter" like a skin-tight shirt with your own codename on it. The batting gloves were a nice touch. The Remco guys are definitely my favorite knock-offs, and there are still a ton of them that I don't have.

I always loved the covert ops guy with "Spy" on his shirt.
Nowadays that would be seen as ironically meta.

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Yeah, that Spy dude is one of the funniest figures I've ever seen. I rarely keep figures on their cards, but if I ever find a carded one of those, I'm displaying the living hell out of it.

Nice figure!
Just found some of that stuff too, does anyone have some more info on them? viewtopic.php?f=10&t=47188