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robin craig

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You lot sound like you had the 'second ' generation Action Man. Some of us had the Original! There are clips of Action Man TV adverts on the net. The original stuff was very expensive but beautifully detailed. Which brings me to a book: Achtung Schwienhund! by Harry Pearson, an great light hearted romp through the military toys of our youth. :coffee:

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You just need to get the others now

 

Scorpion

Spartan

Motorcycle

APC with minesweeper, bazooka & mortar

Land Rover Trailer (might still have one of these knocking about)

Helicopter

Power hog Argocat

Jeep with machine gun

Jeep with recoilless rifle

D.U.K.W

German Armoured Car with revolving turret

German motorcycle Combination (Desert Afrika korp)

Assault craft (got one of these somewhere)

Parade Horse

 

BTW I've got the book, Action Man, The Gold Doll for Boys 1966-1984

A must have if you collect Action Man.

 

Here's the updated verision 1966-1996 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACTION-MAN-1966-1996-COLLECTORS-BOOK-SUPERB-296-PAGES_W0QQitemZ370290440036QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN?hash=item563707b764

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Had 14 original (1960s) action men, with almost every bit of kit, and a Tommy Gunn action figure-IMO he was better detailed and uniformed than his american cousins.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HPIM1758.JPG

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Gunn_%28action_figure%29

 

http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/D.Higson/classic.htm

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...still got my Ferret, sadly minus it's wheels, and some of my Action Men, fuzzy haired, but mine were the ones just before the 'gripping hands' version... shame they never did an Action Man 'Saracen'...!:-(

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