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PAINTED FIRST SHOTKENNER DEVELOPMENT INDEX · PROTOTYPES

Rebel Soldier Painted First Shots

YEAR UNKNOWN · Action Figures (3¾-inch)

Two documented painted first shots, including one with notably different pre-production paint treatment and both lacking normal copyright/COO markings.

Development OriginUSA

Developer / LicenseeKenner

Development PeriodUnknown

Research ConfidenceHIGH

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Development storyRebel Soldier Painted First Shots comes from the moment when a Kenner design had already moved beyond sculpting and into actual injection tooling. First shots were working test pieces: they let the development team see whether the molds functioned correctly before normal colors, decoration and full production took over. Two documented painted first shots, including one with notably different pre-production paint treatment and both lacking normal copyright/COO markings. Both documented figures lack copyright and…

How to identify itPainted first-shot figures. Both documented figures lack copyright and country-of-origin markings; one has substantially different brown paint, face coloration and chest-emblem treatment.

Production outcomeReleased product development · This prototype record is linked to the corresponding V2 production family/listing.

Surviving evidenceDocumented survivors · Two documented painted first shots.

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