The beginners Guide to Collecting Action Man
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2018
- We have compiled this short guide to Collecting Britains best loved toy, Action Man. You will find useful suppliers, UA-cam Channels and books which will help you start your journey. Below are the links we used in the video:
Our Website: vintageactionmancollectors.com
Our Face Book Page: / vintageactionmancollec...
Analog Toys: / @analogtoys
Toy Palloi: / @toypolloi
String Fellows: / vintagerestring
Toy Planet UK: / toyplanetuk
Sales/wants/trades: / 494245784248965
VAMAN Build a figure, re-flocking and Decals: www.vaman.co.uk
Eagle Eyes Action Stations: www.eagleeyesactionstation.co.uk
Action Man HQ: actionmanhq.co.uk
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Thet animated sequence was awesome!
Thanks for the shout out! Keep up the good work on your videos.
Action Man was my favourite Toy when I was young kid , now I'm an adult and I collect Hot Toys figures and statues, I guess figures never left me
I’m a kid and want this stuff. These collectibles look better then games to be honest.
Very well done! I love the advert. I still have some Action Man figures and a few other types. 45 years later and I am going to play with them. Bye!
Thanks for doing this vid so many great memories ❤️🏆👍🏾
Some very good tips here! Another top tip for ebay buying is BE PATIENT! Unless you're dealing with something very rare, you'll often find that missing piece that you're desperate to get hold of, will eventually show up for a much more reasonable price than that ridiculous Buy It Now price you've been tempted by and don't get involved in auction battles that often end with the winner paying twice its real value!
it's true !!!
When I think of the collection of seven Action Men and various uniforms I had as a 12 year old in 1967, compared to the absolutely fantastic sets that came out later, I could get green with envy ! Tanks ? Motorcycles ? Jeeps ? No way, only in my wildest dreams ! Therefore I Jerry built a tank for my men out of cardboard boxes, but like you said in the introduction, we were imaginative in those days and learnt to improvise and make do with what we had. But those later uniforms were so excellent in detail, I must say that I sometimes regret growing up !!!
I was the same, cardboard shoe boxes were best! Finally my gran bought me the space capsule. It became any vehicle I wanted it to be!! In 1967 my dad sent my figure to Palitoy or whoever to repair a damaged arm. The company were amazing, they sent the AM back with a letter that was made to look like a military order, it gave instructions on how to give him route marches and marching drill etc. Such attention to the customer.Fantastic for an 8 year old boy to receive.
@@michaelkane1819
Excellent, Michael!
I had a similar experience with them in 1967. As a naïve 11 year old, I sent them a batch of detailed instructions for making all kinds of uniforms and equipment, for example for a Japanese Infantryman, including spectacles with slit eyes !!!
They thanked me for the advice and sent me a free Action Man figure, which was fantastic! I really appreciated their reaction and was stunned when in 1968, I think, they started producing some of the uniforms that I had 'invented' in early 1967, the German Infantryman etc. !!
I couldn't be bothered about potential copyright, I had my free Action Man and was then just very happy to be able to collect fantastic new British and other brilliant uniforms !
Great video, in charity shops found a couple from the 1990's
Roller man, and a few other casualty figures, top brand, wish kids could stay a few hours off phones, etc for play (unless they're doing online schooling.) Can't get these quality toys today. Sadly...🇬🇧👌❤👍
Another Awesome Video, This is a good one, very informative and great for the new collector, Thank you :-)
omg once again a brilliant video great for the beginners
excellent video, very good information, thanks
Great information, thank you! :D
Great vídeo and nice memories thanks for the information.
Great gift idea for young and old
Thank you so much for this great video.
I am long past collecting Action Man for display but I hope to be able to piece together some bits and pieces for sale that will interest folks.
Big shout out to Dave at Toy Polloi for his restoration videos on Action Man as well as the many other wonderful toys he has amassed over the years.
0:43 Wow! There’s a blast from my past - a Galaxy Invader 1000 handheld game!
I don’t remember the exact details, I believe there was a competition in Look-In (THE teen magazine in the 70’s) and I won one of these games. I played with it for ages then my best friend borrowed it, the batteries ran out and he plugged in a mains adaptor which was the wrong polarity and it never worked again. I think it was thrown out many years ago.
And Ladybird books. Proper reading for children. I read as many as I could from the early series of Peter and Jane (and Pat the dog) right through to the later stories where Peter and Jane would visit cousins at the seaside and explore caves or go water-skiing. Our local library (closed many years ago and currently under planning permission for ‘residential apartments’) had so many of these Ladybird books and I spent so much time there, even after I went to ‘big school’ after primary education.
Great vid, thanks!
Hello friend. Pete from Atlanta here. Your production quality is exquisite and I am a new subscriber to your UA-cam channel! Bravo Mate, BRAVO 👏
Fantastic, simple as that!!! :-)
😃GREAT VIDEO!!
😂❤- SOOOOO FUNNY, the stop/ action motion clip!! 😅💦❤️😎👌
I'M A KID BUT I WANT TO COLLECT THE NEW ACTION MEN AND I SUBSCRIBED TO TOY POLLOI
fantástico parabéns!!!
Me as a 9 year old now I wish I could get action man
hello from France !!!!
Nicely done
Stuart founder of Action man Gi Joe collectors group on facebook
I COLLECT GI JOE..PALITOY..GREAT MEMORIES OF THE 60S!❤
I get dreams about my action man toys
You guys should check Mercari and Mercari JP. I just got an unreal deal on an Action Man Eagle Eye Soldier and German Action Team Adler Auge with box.
My first one was action man “battleforce”
How do you buy off of action man hq ??
I just started but from Belgium it’s not easy. Collected 1 catalogue mint and the training tower with box. The figures are the problem...
Ace.
Has anyone tried getting battlefield casualties before? If so I could use some tips
When i was little i had a vintage action man with that cool hair that feels real and my mom threw him away.
Why did she throw it away
So I've just purchased my first action man 1964 original...the hands are discoloured and are becoming brittle ,I would like to get a new pair of grip hands and replace them ...would this effect its price or is something that's excepted and not a big deal ...its a German officer and cost me 65 quid...so not the most expensive but its good condition
@markveganism5003 Hi just to let you know Action man was released in 1966 the stamp on his back that says ( under licence from Hasbro 1964 is because that's when they realised Gi Joe .And if yours has hands that are going brittle they are Gripping hands that came out in 1973. Hope this helps. Lee.
I am different I may be gen alpha but I still had action men and no internet
Could some of these tips be also applied to collecting 2000’s max steel figures?
Future is now old man
0:14 Social media have destroyed our way of talking to eachother….
Estrela from Brazil has been producing these Action man since 2017,in Brazil is called Falcon,brand new ,pretty much the same compared to action man,very good quality, access www.estrela.com.br
Sorry but I have to hand it to England, they have the best commercials
I love gijoe sskskskkskk
It's like If you want to learn about vintage GI JOE you need to look up action man this baffles me was GI JOE not that popular I highly doubt it so strange that I find more content about action man than GI JOE and Joe came first!
I personally thought that TV action man advert was disturbing
Peace to all I thought it was gay 🤣 🤣
@@CRYSTALSDAD100 I think you were supposed to watch it with tongue in cheek, like the makers!!!
@@michaelkane1819 I was 🤣 🤣
Shame toys like this arnt around anymore kids these days just want game consoles and the latest phone and PC
This isn't a guide, it's a bunch of adverts!