Panosh Combat Commandos

Panosh Combat Commandos

The 1980's were a prime era for military action figures. Although G.I. Joes were the most popular, there were also some awesome obscure lines that I remember from my childhood. Mattel GUTS which I featured before  was one of them

Another awesome assortment of military mini figures is the COMBAT COMMANDOS line by panosh place. When I was younger I obviously didn't know who made them, but my brothers and I had quite a few of them, but they are mostly all lost. I did, however, keep two of them, but I did not know where they were stored. As the years went by, I thought about them from time to time, and always wondered who made them and how I could get some more. For a time I thought that they were Soma military figures and even bought some on eBay. After receiving the Soma figures however, I realized they weren't the figures I was looking for, because they didn't swivel at the waist, and they were flexible rubber. The figures I was thinking of were harder plastic.

  Soma Rubber Military Figures

 

Last Easter while at my parents house I was searching through my boxes and came across the two that I had saved from a possible tragic demise of adolescent destruction. I quickly learned that Panosh place made them and they had a date stamp of 1987.

Childhood Combat Commandos

Once I had a manufacturer name and date. I searched on google and there was actually hardly any information on these little guys. I also  searched eBay for some more, but for several months I couldn't find any auctions worth buying. (some were quite expensive for very few figures.) Then last summer I hit a jackpot, because there was a seller on eBay with 2 seperate auctions. He had one auction with new carded 2 packs and another with an open 2 pack with the backer card. I had the highest bid on both and scored. The packaging is awesome, and now I have plenty for my collection. These have hardly shown up on eBay since then, and I doubt they will pop up often.

Combat Commandos on the card

Released from their plastic prison

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All of them together

 

Overall these figures are fantastic pieces of nostalgia, but kids these days would mostly be bored by them because they don't "do anything".