Test Shot Prototypes

Action figures usually start as "Hard Copies". These models are used to create the molds, that are used to press out a run of "First shots" or "Test shots". These test shots are done in many different colors and lack a date stamp until the production run begins.

Pictured above are three test shots - (from left to right) Major Storm (1990), Bulletproof (1992), and Mutt (1992). The bodies are molded in several colors, the entire figure is unpainted, and there are no date stamps.