The first time I saw the Boy Scout action figure was on Roxanne's Dolls! She had a great post about the BFF Ink doll Calista doll and Boy Scout Bob. The running posts were in a dear dairy style about a young girl. Calista's love interest was Bob the Boy Scout. I looked him up and he was made by Kenner!
Nerd Rage did a great video on the action figure and I posted it below.
"A brief history of Kenner's Boy Scouts of America Line
A.K.A. Steve Scout. which came out in 1974, and ended in 1975."
One of the points made in the video is that Bob and the other scouts' heads might fall off with play. So if you have them, be careful or have glue! Also, since these action figures are 40 years old, the uniforms aren't always in the best of shape. Many are pretty faded. The shirts on my uniforms have holes. They are made from cotton. The pants are made of twill and have seemed to hold up better.
Boy Scouts Steve and Bob are 9 3/4 inches tall. Cub Scouts are Craig and Dave are 8 1/2 inches tall.
In their uniforms, Craig in the blue and Steve in the khaki green.
Craig is the blonde and Steve is the redhead.
In their uniforms AA scouts, Bob in the khaki green and Dave in the blue.
Bob is the tall one and Dave is the shorter one.
The Boy Scouts do a three-finger salute and the Cub Scouts do a two-finger salute.
Warning! Nude bodies!
The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts are definitely action-figure bodies! They have broad shoulders and narrow waists. They are more muscular than other kid dolls of the same size.
They are more than Stacie-size dolls.
Thighs, calves, and arms are beefier.
Steve and Bob can wear some Stacie-size boy clothes and CreateableWorld world doll clothes depending on the cut.
The Cub Scout body is a better fit in Stacie-size clothes.
Bob and Dave with their mom and dad.
Mom is Christy and dad is Joe. Meet the Jacksons.
Roxanne does a video at the end of Calista's diary post of Bob and Calista dancing. It is super cute! I had to share it with you guys.
This month Video of the month features something for Roscoe!
He has a great face with a lot of character! So Roscoe will will a character or cutup around here!
Roscoe: That's right! Bald is beautiful baby!
Roscoe is a GI Joe Roadblock Action figure Hybrid.
My figure is has been placed on a Joe body that doesn't have the painted on orange top.
He needed a business. He will own a gun range. He has a contract with the military and the police force for them to come to practice at his range. Also anyone purchasing a gun licence must spend some time at the range and get certified. Roscoe does that at his range. This will keep him in business for a long while.
I saw this video and knew it would be a good start for Roscoe's business! The video is from
I want to do more dioramas/stories. What I realized is that I need more props,
backdrops and items that give detail to dioramas because I have tons of stories
The first thing I do when looking at a story is look at the background
the clothes and the little details in the post! I feel these things give the
dioramas/stories texture and interest! I sometimes find things that I didn’t
know were available 1/6 scale! Then I am on the hunt for those items.
One of my plain shots! Hiroshi Takada
I often take a plain picture while planning out my diorama to see what it looks like
and what I need to add to give it that texture that I want and love.
I have been blogging long enough to up my game on dioramas
and other things doll related. I am taking this time to also organize my 1/6 items.
I can’t tell you how many times I want to do a post and can’t find the items
I want to use. So I will organize and remember to put things
back after I am done too!
* I am still waiting for my AA Signature Looks male to arrive.*
One of my favorite male characters is Hiroshi
Takada.His character and storyline
is well developed in my mind! If he is to be ready for my next series of post
for Chinese New Year, he is going to need a dojo!
So here is a simple post of a story as I take some test
shot of the layout of the dojo. Hiroshi is joined by a few others of my
favorite characters Thomas J. and Chet Chang.
DoJo Test Shots
Hiroshi gives martial arts instruction at his dojo!He has be working with Chet as one of his
private students.
Chet: Good morning Sensei!
Hiroshi: Good morning Chet!
Chet: I have been practicing my forms.
Hiroshi: You are been working hard and it shows.
You still
need to do some running to build up your wind! You need to spar with a
partner.
Chet: I have been doing sparring with you!
Hiroshi: No, I have been instructing and correcting your form! I will be better able to do this if I can
observe you with a partner...an opponent.
Thomas J. Woo
Chet, meet Thomas J.He is also a student of mine.
I
think having you two spar together will be good for both of you!
I am trying to decide if I will want the walls black and a light floor.
I have seen wooden floors but not sure if that is what I want. I want to add some art work,
posters and a trophy case to the scene. I like the idea that My Froggy Stuff had
of the free standing punching bag. I have my shampoo bottle ready. I am also thinking
about a mirrored wall. I want to be able to have more than one thing going on in the dojo
at the same time. So one of the walls will fold out for more space.
I am making them cousins!
