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Cotswold Collectibles

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is the exclusive U.S. distributor of Action Man, and just received the final wave (Wave 14). Inventory is running low--don't wait too long!Mood: busy busyPosted at 12:54 PM Apr 22 view more

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  • Cotswold Collectibles

  • 38 / Male
  • Freeland, Washington, US
  • Last Login: 12/22/2009

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    G.I. Joe: Real American Hero, Adventure Team, Action Man, Action Joe, Geyper Man

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    The Ballad of the Green Beret

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    Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Stalingrad, Enemy at the Gates, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Full Metal Jacket, 84 Charlie MOPIC, The Green Berets, Pork Chop Hill, Battle of the Bulge, Attack Force Z, When Trumpets Fade, The Story of G.I. Joe, Jarhead, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, We Were Soldiers, A Midnight Clear, Das Boot, The Big Red One, The Dogs of War, Bat 21, Saints & Soldiers, Bravo 2 Zero, The Great Raid, Too Late the Hero, Merrill’s Marauders, Kelly’s Heroes, The Great Escape, The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, Anzio, The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of Navarone, Force 10 from Navarone, Patton, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Wild Geese, To Hell and Back, Bridge at Remagen, Battleground, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Sands of Iwo Jima, Stalag 17, Iron Cross, The Terminator, Terminator 2, Predator, Alien, Aliens, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bladerunner, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Red Dawn, Batman, Batman Begins, Donnie Darko, Clerks

  • Television

    Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, Rescue Me, Lost, Over There, The Unit, CSI, Criminal Minds, Miami Vice, NYPD Blue

  • Books

    The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Neuromancer, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

  • Heroes

    Albert Einstein, George S Patton, New York City Firefighters and Police, Our US Armed Forces, Nicolai Tesla

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  • Cotswold Collectibles

    • Freeland, Washington US
    • Director: Marketing, New Products

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About me:

Cotswold Collectibles - Your 1:6 Scale Action Figure Shopping Source!



Cotswold got started in the mid-1980s as an antique auction in Seattle, importing fine British antiques (hence, our name... based on that lovely region in the southwest of England). As you might guess, it wasn't a straight path from armoires and dining tables to specializing in 12-inch action figures. But by 1989 we had branched out into lots of English collectibles including Action Man (the brand name for GI Joe in England), and we sent out a sales list of vintage Joe parts we'd found in a warehouse in Uruguay (true story). Our GI Joe/Action Figure mail order service for collectors was born!

Fast forward to the mid-nineties. We were knee-deep in the US Vintage Joe as well as Action Man and began manufacturing replacement parts and figures to complete and use all of the vintage gear that was around. We named our line The Elite Brigade. Before long we started to expand on Joe's legacy, adding additional uniforms and periods of history and expanding the hobby past vintage Joe. By the late nineties several other large manufacturers joined us and together the 12" figure hobby that spans interests from the earlier '60s figures right up to the most incredibly detailed figures we see today, evolved.

Today there's not a stick of antique furniture to be seen anywhere in our business and we've dedicated ourselves entirely to the creative fun of the 12" action figure hobby. Military figures form the core of what we do... but following our customers' creative leads... we offer all kinds of 12" figures... to collect complete in their boxes, to display or to "morph" into whole new combinations.

Our headquarters is north of Seattle on beautiful Whidbey Island, one of the larger islands in the Puget Sound. We have a friendly, helpful staff and enjoy being a person-to-person business, so call when you have questions or need help.
Our office (and phone) hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, West Coast Time
Toll free: (877) 404-5637
Direct Dial: (360) 331-5331
Fax: (360) 331-5344

EliteBrigade.com

Who I'd like to meet:

Fellow action figure collectors, any scale!

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