Your First Action Man?

[fuzzchile]

Which One was it? Mine happened to be the Mountineer guy with a beard in a blue sweater blonde hair(and beard) ..kung fu grip .. guess my dad who bought it for me didn't like the militaristic type (in a way good for him) could alway buy uniforms with pocket money anyhow .. but he was a beatnik action man none the less looking back

[Chopper]

Mine was the Toltoys chap, came with green overalls, boots, floppy green beret and a M16. He can be seen here in a Ground assault uniform, he is the early flocked feller;



Oohhhh, VAM rules. You still got him, Fuzz?

[fuzzchile]

sadly no we are talkin' 1977 here .. i'm no collector or anything dude but he was mc'queenesque after a few a night out on sunstrip with the doors and stooges .now that i thinkabout his appearence .the dude had a name?

[fuzzchile]

toltoy ozzy action man cool .hoping for a tolstroy action man lol maybe there should be Genius action men lol ..James Joyce , William Burroughs Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerrouac action men.. now there's a thought lol.. they made a action man of George Best..he belongs in that group too )

[fuzzchile]

Oh I see Vintage Action Man is "VAM" .. but 4real best toy's ever .. always wished they bought out a Star Wars Range too I remember Boba Fett 12 inch figure in catalouge .. a must have not sure it ame out coz of rocket pack may of taken kids eyes out ... wished they made Action Force Figures full sized ..but no one is that rich to collect the lot .well not in 1982

[Chopper]

Actually they did. All the series 1 AF are based on VAM uniforms. I never wished for 12" Star Wars because it meant the ships would be ridiculous. Imagine a Millennium Falcon for 12" SW. OHHHH f*cking WOW.

My original VAM is KIWI Toltoys and the EE Sharpshooters are Aussie Toltoys. There is a difference The new 3 are escaped cons

I'd like a HG Wells, George Orwell or Jules Verne VAM

[Double-Tap]

my first AM was the deep sea diver.
my parents werent fond of military style figs either

[SteveD]

My Dad was fond of me playing soldiers, but not of me "collecting dolls", so he was cool with me having AF and He Man etc it was years before he gave in and got me "a dollie" (typical North East bloke!).

Pleased to say that birthday I got three - SAS, Space Patroller guy, and Orange Frogman. SAS saw most action though, and they now live on top of MOC Corner with the one or two I've bought since!

[Thundershot]

Helicopter Pilot...a present from my (now late) Grandmother, the person who kick started my life long love of toys.

[Sundance]

dunno. i know i had the deep sea diver and the policeman on the motorbike and a soldier with the 'tank'.

parents weren't bothered about me having 'war' toys seeing as Dad's ex-Army.