Short Fuze - Stars & Stripes
as he should have been in 1997

Parts Used - 1983 Short Fuze figure and accessories, Zap bazooka

Ah, what we could have had in 1997.  Here you see what was initially planned for what eventually became a Toys R Us exclusive.  As with many of my customs using more valuable parts, this figure is an amalgam of spare parts accumulated over the years, including reissues of existing molds.  No intact 1983 Short Fuze figures were harmed in the creation of this movie figure.  Yojoe.com identifies this figure as Zap.   Me, I think that it's Short Fuze, but nobody asked me.  But I did make a custom of Zap too, based on the figure from the back of the Stars and Stripes box.  So, I actually have a total of 9 Stars & Stripes - As They Should Have Been figures.  To confuse things slightly, the proto from the promotional photo has Zap's bazooka and does not have the Short Fuze mortar launcher.  So follows this custom.  But the actual release figure included both figure's accessories.   Confused yet?

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