@@bastianlaursen5086 Honestly, it would be very interesting to see Barbie in more dangerous jobs like, J.I. Jane tipe or Ripley and Cortez from Alien!! OMFG!! can you imagine a Xena Barbie??? give her to me now!!!!
Donald Duck is also up there. From all the cartoons and comics, he's done close to it all. And that includes soldier, paratrooper and the navy since during WW2 they did some cartoons when he joined the military to fight. As well as historical works such as cowboy, knight, samurai, Roman senator, and viking since there's a lot of alternate comics set in different geographical and historical.
“Action Man - the Inaction edition. Complete with hammock, sunglasses, flip-flops, and mai-tai.” That’s gonna be the final Action Man collectible. I used to have those GI Joe toys from the 60s and 70s, and as a kid I don’t think I ever had a cooler toy with all those accessories.
In starting to think he time travelled back to WW2 and fought the other versions of himself as a long bloody clone wars by the same sychopathic war glutton. Now we need an action man multiverse movie.
I would like to see a show where action man is really old telling stories about himself without saying it him self and even once in a while he still goes on missions
5:20 There's also "Larry Törni" a Finnish man who fought for defended Finland against the Soviets, went to Germany and fought in th invasion of the USSR and later became a green beret and fought in Vietnam for the US
Funilly enough, there was actually another man who fought for three armies during WW2. His name was Lauri Thorni/Larry Thorne, who was served under the Finns, then he fought for the Germans, then he finally fought for the Americans in Vietnam
"... and of course no action man collection is complete without the new action man, Alcoholic war hero father! Comes with voice lines of drunken rambles about the glory days and built in quick action arm to beat his wife whenever she burns dinner!"
You joke about the time travel, but that might not be far out; I vaguely recalll in the 90s there was one that was dressed as a 60s soldier (think it may have been like a 25th or 30th anniversary set?) and the little story bit on the back of the box was something like Dr X brought the 60s Action Man forward in time for some bullshit reason, so canonically Action Man is a time traveller.
@@aaronbarrett5061 I didn't unfortunately. It's a while saga but long story short I'm doing a clinical trial to get some money and they don't let you do one if you've had a tattoo in the last three months
I had the VR trooper Action Man from the 90s. He’s probably the reason I fell in love with the Real Adventures of Johnny Quest intro because of all those green squares on a black background…
Another example of a soldier of three armies: Lauri Allan Törni. A finnish soldier that also fought for germany and later for the US, where he changed his name to Larry Thorne. Started out as a reserve Soon promoted when deserved And the legend has begun
My Headcanon: Actionman is constantly time traveling to correct the mistakes made by others. He fights for multiple armies at the same time, in multiple roles, to insure that they don't go astry from their intended wins and losses.
Romania in World War 2... started off fighting for Germany, then Russia reached the border and we put down our arms and picked up hammers and sickled. "Da, tovaras."
As a kid I had my own head cannon to explain away why they all resembled each other was because each action man was a clone of the original action man.
There was also a man called Lauri Törni in Finland who fought for Finland, Germany and the US. Basically wherever he could find communists to fight. It's quite a story I definitely recommend looking him up.
As an American who had never heard of Action Man I greatly enjoyed this video and would absolutely watch a part 2 of you going through the rest of them
My favourite Action Man was the one with the roller blades and grappling hook he could slide down. I also had the car that spat out a bike. Action Man - The Greatest Hero of Them All!
There was also a Finnish soldier, Lauri Törni. He fought against the Russians when they invaded Finland, when that war ended he joined the SS so he could fight Russians in that army and then when that war ended he ended up becoming a green beret in the hope that the US would... wait for it.... fight Russians.
Action Man went back in time to fight in WW2 so many times that I'm will to bet that most of the soldiers from all the different armies are just different versions of Action Man from across the timeline.
I'm pretty sure in one of the Action Man story books I had as a kid "Action Man" and "Eagle Eyes" were presented as two characters... Or maybe that was just how my brother and played it as we had one of each?
You absolute legend, I’ve been waiting for the action man vid since your tonka video. Fortunately I’ve been collecting action man for my son (3) and he’s been more than happy to play with them.
Here my headcanon; Action Man has a resurrection point stuck in WW2, he fights through the war, gets new jobs, dies and wakes up in WW2 again...tries a different army this time, dies, repeat ad infinitum
I have a mixture of G.I.Joe and action man, though mostly g.i.joe. I love all the different poses and small pieces that can be attached to them. The older ones were always better and more playable? I guess would be the word
You just made me realize something, in the David Bowie song Ashes to Ashes is the line "They got a message from the Action Man I'm happy. Hope you're happy, too." well surprise I guess that is him.
Two possible ways to interpret this exist as I see it: 1.) Action Man is one of untold numbers of identical clones that all sides got ahold of. 2.) He is literally the only person in each battle, running around back and forth using weapons and changing uniforms to fit the side he's roleplaying as at any given moment.
Another guy that fought for 3 armies was from finland and fought in 2 wars for them, captured by and forced to fight with the nazis in WW2, them emigrated to America and fought then died during the Vietnam War
Playing all sides in WWII gives a new wistful dimension to the lyrics to Ashes to Ashes. "I've never done good things, I've never done bad things, I've never done anything out of the blue." It's almost like he discounts the effects of his many contributions to what he perceives as the inevitable force of history. In any case the message he wishes to share with us remains the same "I'm happy, hope you're happy too."
As a kid, I lived on a caravan site and my mate lived on a farm next door. A stream ran through the caravan site and the farm. We decided to put our action men in the commando boat and set it off down the stream and ran to the other end of the farm to wait for then. They never turned up. We walked back up the stream and found a fork in the stream, that we never new was there, it went out into the new forest... they were gone forever!
The GI Joe toys here in the Netherlands were these really small (10cm or so) figures whereas Action Man was like 30cm tall. I had the 90's parachute figurine and one other. Lots of fun tossing it out of tall buildings and seeing it barrel towards the ground. IIRC there was even a cartoon.
on the soldier of 3 armies, there is a guy called Lauri Törni who fought for both the Finnish and Germans in WW2 and then fought for the US in Vietnam under the name Larry Thorne, where he died. He had also received medals in every army.
Anyone else here in the US remember the 2 cartoons they made, 1 had live action parts at the beginning & end of the show & the other was a CG reboot years later
There is like a comedy gold of an series here if someone manage to write a story of Action Man, using all these figurine's release order as template for the timeline. And if done well and in serious matter, it could be like one of the best action series ever. Sorry, I mean Action Series. 😃
With all the military prowess Action Man has and his obvious yearning for battle and combat, I can already imagine the crossover battle between Action Man and Big Boss :P
I think it's crazier to think that there is no time travel in the AMU (action man universe), and WW2 ended but the Nazi reign over Germany didn't Every couple of months Action Man goes back to Germany to fight for the Nazis
that one's possibly the most sold action man figure out there, and pretty much one of the few that is still around in the homes of the once-kids that owned it
There was an Onion News video about a man that had hundreds of part time jobs, including being the camera-man at the news studio showing the video; I feel like Action Man is the inspiration for that video.
Can't believe he forgot to mention that action man has cool math superpowers that let him basically do what doc strange did in infinity war but on a smaller scale (looking at possible courses of action and deciding on the one with the best outcome) Man that cartoon was a trip, but what a fun trip it was.
Far Away Lucas is a very important individual in the FF canon ty for your service Far Away Lucas you are close to our hearts despite your literal spatial distance.
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They tried to name a bridge after action man, but then realized that no one would cross action man
The canonical history is that action man is an opportunist psychopath, he doesn't care who is fighting he just wants to shoot people.
Want to like but.... Nice
@@richardarriaga6271 Oh boy!
I read this in Rick's voice
Blood for the Blood God.
You heretic
Action Man is the guy Barbie tells Ken not to worry about.
Action man the greatest hero of them all
That cartoon was hideous yet glorious
“Hero”, right…
No, Action Man is the guy Ken tells Barbie not to worry about.
@@lanapowell Action Man is the guy they tell each other not to worry about, without ever realizing that their having an affair with the same man
@@wiggitywackwack Action Man: Alpha Bull
Action man returns home to host a youtube show called “Fact Fiend” under the alias “Karl Smallwood”
And then goes to play football before going back in time to WW2 to commit war crimes.
Of course, nothing beats Action Man: Battlefield Casualties.
Action man: brutal trench warfare
Action man: improvised battlefield amputations
He'll never see those military pensions because he'll never retire.
The Action never stops.
And if he somehow dies he’ll just fight in the afterlife
@@alexls1923 he'll go to Valhalla and fight for eternity
Despite all of his careers during WW2, one thing Action Man never did was become a Japanese Kamikaze pilot.
He tried, but Japan got freaked out when he kept coming back for more missions.
@@RetroTaylor94 omfg
@Taylor Maple Lmfao! I laughed so hard. XD
Forget Kang, Action Man is the master of the multiverse
"Forget Kang, Action Man!" sounds like an advertisement
Action man, when you are the peak of humanity and you just yearn battle.
I would be interested to know who had more jobs, Action Man or Barbie, because it could be close
Barbie has probably had more diverse jobs. Action Man is mostly a soldier or athlete.
@@bastianlaursen5086 Honestly, it would be very interesting to see Barbie in more dangerous jobs like, J.I. Jane tipe or Ripley and Cortez from Alien!! OMFG!! can you imagine a Xena Barbie??? give her to me now!!!!
Donald Duck is also up there. From all the cartoons and comics, he's done close to it all.
And that includes soldier, paratrooper and the navy since during WW2 they did some cartoons when he joined the military to fight.
As well as historical works such as cowboy, knight, samurai, Roman senator, and viking since there's a lot of alternate comics set in different geographical and historical.
Then battle Hello Kitty for jobs lol
@@porfiriodiazcarrillo7551 clearly Action Man/G.I. Joe should try some of Barbie's previous jobs.
“Action Man - the Inaction edition. Complete with hammock, sunglasses, flip-flops, and mai-tai.”
That’s gonna be the final Action Man collectible.
I used to have those GI Joe toys from the 60s and 70s, and as a kid I don’t think I ever had a cooler toy with all those accessories.
In starting to think he time travelled back to WW2 and fought the other versions of himself as a long bloody clone wars by the same sychopathic war glutton.
Now we need an action man multiverse movie.
turns out all solders are just action man in different points of his personal time-line.
I would make a joke about Action Man being a SS officer and then it came the part of the video that he literally was a member of the SS
Dude has been in more wars than Wolverine.
action man has doublecrossed more countries than revolver ocelot
Dose anyone remember when they held a vote to see if action man would save Dr X from falling into a volcano or let him fall?
It sounds like action man is really training to be Task Master.
I would like to see a show where action man is really old telling stories about himself without saying it him self and even once in a while he still goes on missions
Donno how many people here would get this reference but it kind of reminds me of Higgins from Magnum PI lol
5:20 There's also "Larry Törni" a Finnish man who fought for defended Finland against the Soviets, went to Germany and fought in th invasion of the USSR and later became a green beret and fought in Vietnam for the US
Started out as a reserve
Soon promoted when deserved
@@tjalvehansen5459 And the legend has begun
With a bounty on his head
The Red Army wants him dead
Soviet enemy number one
@@andrearossi6564
CROSS OF MANNERHEIM
ADDICTED TO THE WAAAAR GAME
NEVER ENDING FAME
VICTORY RECLAIMED
Aaaaaaaand here come the Sabaton fans
My favorite theory I just learned about is that Action Man is a unit and you get the scar as initiation for joining
Never thought id hear anyone with more job skills than Mario
I think that some of the Action Man figures are supposed to be different characters.
My mind read that in paradots voice
@@THEBLACKRIGHTWINGER I may or may not do the same
Just wait for "Action Man: Veteran with the worst ever PTSD."
Funilly enough, there was actually another man who fought for three armies during WW2. His name was Lauri Thorni/Larry Thorne, who was served under the Finns, then he fought for the Germans, then he finally fought for the Americans in Vietnam
he fought for the Americans during Vietnam, not WW2.
@@undeadponylord3344 slight error, thanks for the correction
@@OssaLuctus no prob
correction, its Lauri Törni, get Finn´d :DD
Action Man retired to be known as Alfred Batman's mentor and Butler.
Action man doesn't get much from his military pensions on account of having to pay war reparations to every country he's fought against
"... and of course no action man collection is complete without the new action man, Alcoholic war hero father! Comes with voice lines of drunken rambles about the glory days and built in quick action arm to beat his wife whenever she burns dinner!"
You joke about the time travel, but that might not be far out; I vaguely recalll in the 90s there was one that was dressed as a 60s soldier (think it may have been like a 25th or 30th anniversary set?) and the little story bit on the back of the box was something like Dr X brought the 60s Action Man forward in time for some bullshit reason, so canonically Action Man is a time traveller.
Action Man probably: "Ah yes, the only one who can challange me properly, is me."
I'm starting to think Action Man is The Watcher, taking part in world events to chronicle them.
When I was 4 years old I said I'd get the Action Man logo tattooed on my arm where the character has it. I'm booking it for next month
It's been a month, did you get the tatt?
@@aaronbarrett5061 I didn't unfortunately. It's a while saga but long story short I'm doing a clinical trial to get some money and they don't let you do one if you've had a tattoo in the last three months
I had the VR trooper Action Man from the 90s. He’s probably the reason I fell in love with the Real Adventures of Johnny Quest intro because of all those green squares on a black background…
Another example of a soldier of three armies: Lauri Allan Törni. A finnish soldier that also fought for germany and later for the US, where he changed his name to Larry Thorne.
Started out as a reserve
Soon promoted when deserved
And the legend has begun
My Headcanon:
Actionman is constantly time traveling to correct the mistakes made by others. He fights for multiple armies at the same time, in multiple roles, to insure that they don't go astry from their intended wins and losses.
Action man : he who remains
so... he's Loki?
Eventually he will travel enough times to take the position of every person on the planet in any given chronology. WE ARE ALL ACTION MAN
Romania in World War 2... started off fighting for Germany, then Russia reached the border and we put down our arms and picked up hammers and sickled. "Da, tovaras."
I like how the background changes colors throughout the video.
Didn't even notice the it at first
God I remember spending hours trying to put clothes on my action men. Not playing with them, the jackets took all my play time
The way your junji ito shirt blends with the green screen actually looks really cool
As a kid I had my own head cannon to explain away why they all resembled each other was because each action man was a clone of the original action man.
In germany the SS-Uniform and Wehrmacht toys would´ve been forbidden. Other ones would have been fine, but most likely not even published.
There was also a man called Lauri Törni in Finland who fought for Finland, Germany and the US. Basically wherever he could find communists to fight. It's quite a story I definitely recommend looking him up.
As an American who had never heard of Action Man I greatly enjoyed this video and would absolutely watch a part 2 of you going through the rest of them
My favourite Action Man was the one with the roller blades and grappling hook he could slide down.
I also had the car that spat out a bike.
Action Man - The Greatest Hero of Them All!
There was also a Finnish soldier, Lauri Törni. He fought against the Russians when they invaded Finland, when that war ended he joined the SS so he could fight Russians in that army and then when that war ended he ended up becoming a green beret in the hope that the US would... wait for it.... fight Russians.
Now that's some dedication right there.
So he was a fascist running dog. Hitler's favored son.
the mexican jingle for Action Man ended with the phrase: Action Man the real man of action!!!!
and as a kid I love that jingle
I did same thing with my sister just throwing action man's in tree's And I had that same ninja action man. Love you're videos mate.
If there is ever an Action Man movie, it better be as batshit insane as the toy line canon, I’d watch that in a heartbeat
"Chuck Norris? Never heard of her."
-Action Man
Action man is an eldritch guardian of chaos, forever seeking more action.
Action Man went back in time to fight in WW2 so many times that I'm will to bet that most of the soldiers from all the different armies are just different versions of Action Man from across the timeline.
I'd love to see a sketch about Action Man - a very talented (especially physically) individual, who just can't keep a job for more than a week
I'm pretty sure in one of the Action Man story books I had as a kid "Action Man" and "Eagle Eyes" were presented as two characters...
Or maybe that was just how my brother and played it as we had one of each?
Action Man, Started out as a Reserve, Soon promoted well deserved.
You absolute legend, I’ve been waiting for the action man vid since your tonka video.
Fortunately I’ve been collecting action man for my son (3) and he’s been more than happy to play with them.
Here my headcanon; Action Man has a resurrection point stuck in WW2, he fights through the war, gets new jobs, dies and wakes up in WW2 again...tries a different army this time, dies, repeat ad infinitum
I have a mixture of G.I.Joe and action man, though mostly g.i.joe. I love all the different poses and small pieces that can be attached to them. The older ones were always better and more playable? I guess would be the word
"o hey, now his arm won't turn invisible.....OH WAIT!!"
Action Man clearly has the Time Stone.
I like to think that Action Man was actually the character from the movie The Rock played by Sean Connery lol
The quality content I love from thus channel, gotta love that hard contrast shift right at the end
I had the CD game in the late 90s and loved the theme song "The greatest hero of them all! Action Man!"
You just made me realize something, in the David Bowie song Ashes to Ashes is the line "They got a message from the Action Man
I'm happy. Hope you're happy, too." well surprise I guess that is him.
Damn and here I was thinking he was a stuntman with a weird power.
I'm pretty sure that Action Man fought as like 85% of the soldiers in WWII, just Action Mans fighting Action Mans.
Two possible ways to interpret this exist as I see it:
1.) Action Man is one of untold numbers of identical clones that all sides got ahold of.
2.) He is literally the only person in each battle, running around back and forth using weapons and changing uniforms to fit the side he's roleplaying as at any given moment.
Another guy that fought for 3 armies was from finland and fought in 2 wars for them, captured by and forced to fight with the nazis in WW2, them emigrated to America and fought then died during the Vietnam War
Action man feels like something you’d see in an scp article. About some immortal being that just lives for combat
Batman?
With all the different time periods, he's closer to Dr. Who.
Dragon Island? I guess we finally know who The Nameless King is.
Action Man finally retired to take care of Master Wayne.
Playing all sides in WWII gives a new wistful dimension to the lyrics to Ashes to Ashes. "I've never done good things, I've never done bad things, I've never done anything out of the blue." It's almost like he discounts the effects of his many contributions to what he perceives as the inevitable force of history. In any case the message he wishes to share with us remains the same "I'm happy, hope you're happy too."
I want to imagine Action Man fighting for all countries in WW2 is like Bugs Bunny being every single player in the baseball game at the same time
As a kid, I lived on a caravan site and my mate lived on a farm next door.
A stream ran through the caravan site and the farm. We decided to put our action men in the commando boat and set it off down the stream and ran to the other end of the farm to wait for then.
They never turned up. We walked back up the stream and found a fork in the stream, that we never new was there, it went out into the new forest... they were gone forever!
Imagine a robot chicken skit where Action Man just fights himself in WW2 by turning around and re-dressing himself every 2-3seconds
The GI Joe toys here in the Netherlands were these really small (10cm or so) figures whereas Action Man was like 30cm tall. I had the 90's parachute figurine and one other. Lots of fun tossing it out of tall buildings and seeing it barrel towards the ground.
IIRC there was even a cartoon.
on the soldier of 3 armies, there is a guy called Lauri Törni who fought for both the Finnish and Germans in WW2 and then fought for the US in Vietnam under the name Larry Thorne, where he died. He had also received medals in every army.
Anyone else here in the US remember the 2 cartoons they made, 1 had live action parts at the beginning & end of the show & the other was a CG reboot years later
Yeeeees!!!! The CG show theme song is stuck in my head!!!!! Lol
There is like a comedy gold of an series here if someone manage to write a story of Action Man, using all these figurine's release order as template for the timeline.
And if done well and in serious matter, it could be like one of the best action series ever.
Sorry, I mean Action Series.
😃
I was born in the
70's Action Man was my jam.
With all the military prowess Action Man has and his obvious yearning for battle and combat, I can already imagine the crossover battle between Action Man and Big Boss :P
Fun Fact: Action Man trained Batman and Captain America, plus the entire GI JOE team
I think it's crazier to think that there is no time travel in the AMU (action man universe), and WW2 ended but the Nazi reign over Germany didn't
Every couple of months Action Man goes back to Germany to fight for the Nazis
4:31 i like how the german storm trooper looks like hes about to throw his gun an not the gernade lol
I'm fairly sure I actually had Action Man DVDs. It was a whole thing
that one's possibly the most sold action man figure out there, and pretty much one of the few that is still around in the homes of the once-kids that owned it
There was an Onion News video about a man that had hundreds of part time jobs, including being the camera-man at the news studio showing the video; I feel like Action Man is the inspiration for that video.
I just always thought he kept getting fired, and all the worlds military forces kept forgetting who he was, and kept inexplicably getting rehired
Taking the saying one man army to a whole another level.
Things only get crazier when you get to the 90s/ 2000s where he becomes the world's top secret agent and an all around sports star.
I loved the Action Man spy TV show as a kid. Didn't know he had such a huge backstory in the UK.
Action Man - Space Force
We are going to start making up branches in the military so satiate Action Man’s love of combat, or else suffer his wrath.
I remember watching the action man cartoon back in the 90's.
every war is just action man fighting himself
So, Action Man is essentially just Chris Redfield...
Parachute apparently would work but throwing down the stairs wasn't high enough.
Alternative title: Karl lists most of Action Man's jobs
Can't believe he forgot to mention that action man has cool math superpowers that let him basically do what doc strange did in infinity war but on a smaller scale (looking at possible courses of action and deciding on the one with the best outcome)
Man that cartoon was a trip, but what a fun trip it was.
I remember the Action Man cartoon as a kid. Loved that show.
Rambo, a skilled soldier and a dangerous man
Action Man: Hold my Beer
Far Away Lucas is a very important individual in the FF canon ty for your service Far Away Lucas you are close to our hearts despite your literal spatial distance.
What about lorï torni the finish soldier who fought for Germany Finland and America