Elite Brigade Normandy Ranger
Rare Tom Hanks Head by Hasboro
Metal Weapons
Stand
Exact replica of Tom Hanks character in Saving Pvt. Ryan Movie.
Less than 100 of these Hasboro Heads of Tom Hanks were saved and made it to the secondary market.


When the movie "Saving Private Ryan" was about to be released in 1998, it was rumored that a 1/6 scale World War II US Army 2nd Ranger military figure with Tom Hanks as Captain John H Miller head sculpt was to be released. There were even pictures circulated and it got collectors excited. Apparently the film producer and director Steven Spielberg did not sign off on it and the G.I. Joe Normandy Ranger was released without the Tom Hanks head. However, the Tom Hanks head with five o'clock shadow did appear on the secondary market and I got hold of it.

It was a matter of replacing the Elite Brigade Second World War Normandy Ranger head with the Tom Hanks John H Miller head sculpt to get a "Saving Private Ryan" 1/6 scale Captain John H Miller military figure. I also replaced the M1 helmet and M1A1 Thompson sub-machine gun.

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