![]() One has to wonder whether he started and ended his search in his "special place". and through another door.".Īmong his real-life successes, the not-at-all-ironically-named Armes successfully found the kidnapped son of Marlon Brando. The Centre for Anti-crime and Marksmanship Preparation could only be accessed "through a secret door in JJ's garage. This was described in the catalogue as "Jay J. Ideal’s JJ Armes has to be one of the more interesting licensed action figures of the 1970s, mainly because it’s not based on a TV or comic series but on a real person. The accessories available as part of the line were a Mobile Investigation Unit - a sort of milk float, with a big hook on the back, for "investigations" and scooping up stolen money - and the C.A.M.P. These were represented in his toy incarnation by a variety of gadget-style prosthetic attachments, described as "bio-kinetic". His most notable features were his twin prosthetic hands - which he gained after losing his real hands in a botched torpedo-theft, aged 11 (not a lie. Armes? According to Wikipedia, he was an "American amputee, private investigator and actor". ![]() Armes got his own range of figures and vehicles. Piggybacking the success of the Evil Knievel toy line, Jay J. ![]()
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