Mattel (now owners of the Fisher-Price brand) should reissue these Adventure People toyline. The Adult Market (some who own the toys in their childhood) would definitely pick this up and pass it on to their kids. They’re great for outdoor Toy Photography too.
I always loved The Adventure People. I had them all when I was a kid, up to a certain year anyway. I still have them. Darth Vader was a monster who attacked The Adventure People and Ranger Scott and the others had to stop him. I think the dog's name is Scout.
This was great Steve, as a 51 year old collector I had Adventure People and Micronauts before I fell in love with Star Wars figures in 1978. This video was a great walk down memory lane and I really enjoyed it.
The wholesome and responsible family down the street had loads of Adventure People. The deep sea diver and gummy octopus were my favorite. Fisher Price did an amazing job on this line and would have done something special had they taken on the Star Wars license.
Loved loved loved my Adventure People as a kid. Had the helicopter and the boat for sure. After Star Wars came out adventure people went on missions with them 😂 isn’t that ironic after knowing
Such a great toy line, and I have far too many stories to tell on these... Still have two of those sleeping bags, motorbike and side car, Clawatron, a big blue strike jet, various figures and two daredevil parachutists... those rare space figures must be so rare I've never seen those before? Right, I'm now buggering off!
LOVED THESE!!! The star ship and diver and octopus were my favorites! The greatest detail of the deep sea diver was looking into the helmet and seeing the divers head was wearing a stocking cap like Jacques Cousteau did. They could have so easily cheaped out and just had the diving helmet but that little extra detail made it so cool. . I can still hear the electronic sounds of the star ship.
I was born at the tail end of 1979 so I didn't have alot of Adventure People, but I did have the Deep Sea Diver set and loved it. Great toy line and I'd love to see Fisher-Price make it again today but exactly how they did back then.
Awesome content and history of the toy lines that we loved growing up with. Great job keep up the great videos on your channel brother. Looking forward to watching more of them.
Wow! Your stuff is in great shape! I have a collection too, but am missing a couple. There are a bunch of variants other than the two you mentioned. Yes, they are incredibly well built. Legend has it the president of FP would throw prototype toys off the roof and if they broke, they wouldnt be made. I got a few in bulk purchases that are MANGELED, but the joints still work perfectly. The vehichles are really tough too....that is amzingly good plastic! They really put Star Wars figures to shame. Best toys ever made.
I had some Adventure People as a small lad, but don't really remember them or what I had. Then at the 3 minute 43 seconds point in this video the Alpha Probe pops up and instantly it came flooding back to me. I don't ever remember getting it new, but I remember having that and those three buttons for the sounds (toys that made noises clearly had a huge imapct on me as a child). I remember using it with my Star Wars figures so it was posible it was picked up at a jumble sale or given to me by a friend or relative. Another superb, interesting and fun video with some huge doses of nostalgia. Great to see you back on the Star Wars team at Hasbro too, congratulations dude!
Such an epic line of toys! It’s really interesting how different your favourites are from mine. My Mom kept these for me!!!?? #1 most played with is now gone, the yellow diving bell with cage and octopus. #2 turbo hawk. #3 trail boss. As an adult I discovered the alpha star zx such an epic toy!!!👍🏻
My older brother and I had a bunch of those adventure sets! Lotta baths. We moved from our house in 1984 and the folks who bought it called my parents to say they pulled a fisher price kayak out of the bath drain!
Fantastic episode. I love the way you narrate the episodes. I'm a fan! And I bet that the younger generations are learning a lot from what you are leaving here. Just a few days ago I saw people who were very surprised by an explanation of the red marks that x-wings have on their wings and what they mean.
I really liked the motorbike rider. Was his name "Dean"? Anyway, his bendable knees were so cool. As Kenner's Star Wars figure line kept moving forward I wished the characters had bendable knees and elbows. In 1982 Hasbro did that with their 3.75-inch GI Joe figures.
I never had the dolphin but I did have (and still have) the octopus and the mighty shark, both equally fantastic. Along with the Tonkas, the Adventure People sets, vehicles and figures by Fisher-Price are the best toys ever.
Great episode/history lesson! I can vividly remember playing with the off road motorbike and sidecar, but I'd totally forgotten about the deep sea diver and the Octopus!!
The Adventure People we’re well loved in my childhood. The Deep Sea Diver with his octopus and the sea explorer and the North Woods Explorer and his canoe all went on many adventures with me and blended right into Kenner’s release of the 3.75” Star Wars figures.
Another stellar episode! I remember having around 12-15 of these when I was a kid. I didn’t know how to play with them so I pretended they were a society of spies on different undercover missions!
Watching this I just realized I had that silver spaceship thingy. Fantastic. They were really well made. I remember mine still to this days still intact. Wonderful episode. Thank you!
Awesome video sir! Adventure People were my first toys too. Green motorbike with side car? Yes! Diver? Yes! Weird scary blue alien dude in black and silver space suit? Yes yes yes! Liked and subscribed 😊
The Adventure People were the first toy line I was "invested in" as a kid. And, not by my own choice... I would have gotten my first couple of sets when I was 4 or 5 years old - those years where you don't really know what kind of toys you want, you just take what your parents (or Santa) gives you. My first AP toy was the white race car and driver, and I don't even remember getting it - so I must've been about 4 years old. I then had the dirt bike team, skydiver/daredevil, Firestar space ship and a few other loose figures. I love the aesthetic of them, now - they have a very retro 70's feel to them.
You've got some cool action figure collectibles behind you! I love Star Wars and DC and Marvel Comics Superheroes as well as the Fisher Price Adventure People! I gave you a sub! I heard your name mentioned recently on one of the ZSR livestreams while they were talking about Hasbro and Star Wars toys. Not sure if it was Tez Rowlands(Rowlands Reviews) or Marc Shabby(The Shabby Geek) or Matt(Zero Toy Hunter) that mentioned you, but one of those 3 mentioned you by name.
If I would have been playing GI Joe sooner, I might have wanted some of these to serve as regular people and vehicles. Maybe. I did incorporate the Alpha Probe into my Star Wars play, mostly the smaller shuttle that came with it.
I believe that after japan that made micro man with more articulation points in those small figurines,the smaller joes we had from the 80s was because USA took inspiration from japan! Also helped allot to create much bigger sets for the hero characters and all! Also fisher price is one of the best mattel departments when it comes to kids toys!
Loved adventure people when I was a kid. That black, robotic guy at 4:50 is one of my all time favorite action figures. Always thought that positioning of the left arm on these guys was a really weird design choice, though.
I love the adventure people. Especially the Alpha/space sets. They were incredibly durable and great for outdoor play. I've still got most of mine and we still play with them all the time. My son uses the sea explorer/sea creatures and divers in our hot tub and a lot of my other trucks and stuff are in the sandbox right now. I should probably take better care of them, but they are toys afterall...
Imaginext was a pretty good successor to the adventure people with the early lines (airplanes, sea explorers, space, rescue) but its been going downhill with too much DC and licensed stuff...
Adventure people where so fun to play with I still have them at my parents basement I have the police helicopter and fire truck It sure brought me lots of fun and thanks for your video who brought me nostaligia. I wonder if I should go pick them up and put them in my toy collection
Always wondered why Kenner acted like they invented the 3.75 scale when they used the already established Adventure People toys as kits for Star Wars demo.
You’re right! Kenner used AP for prototypes to pitch the toy line back to LFL. I have a custom Ben Kenobi which you can see in an earlier Star Wars episode of TTT
Adventure people was more of a playset line originally. They didn’t sell figs on their own straight away. But yes AP were before SW but not before MICROMAN. That was the first 3.75” figure.
Adventure Peoplw are the best of all time. Nearly indestructible and kids today love them as much as we did almost 50 years ago.
these were by far my favorite toys as a kid.I had a lot of these. Still have a few.
These were a staple in my family back in the day!
Mattel (now owners of the Fisher-Price brand) should reissue these Adventure People toyline. The Adult Market (some who own the toys in their childhood) would definitely pick this up and pass it on to their kids.
They’re great for outdoor Toy Photography too.
I always loved The Adventure People. I had them all when I was a kid, up to a certain year anyway. I still have them. Darth Vader was a monster who attacked The Adventure People and Ranger Scott and the others had to stop him. I think the dog's name is Scout.
Scout! 🙌🏻
This was great Steve, as a 51 year old collector I had Adventure People and Micronauts before I fell in love with Star Wars figures in 1978. This video was a great walk down memory lane and I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for tuning in!
My favorite is Motorcycle Racing Team with side car. The green one you have on shelf.
Sadly, my Sea Explorer People were eaten many times while waterskiing, by my dastardly Ideal Jaws game shark. Thanks, Jaws 2!
The wholesome and responsible family down the street had loads of Adventure People. The deep sea diver and gummy octopus were my favorite. Fisher Price did an amazing job on this line and would have done something special had they taken on the Star Wars license.
i used the boat and scuba in the pool with the jaws shark from the game... it was great fun in 1978!
Sea Explorer was one of my favourites too, but weirdly I forgot all about it until I saw your video. Thanks for unleashing all those great memories!
One of my all time fave toy lines and a wonderfully produced episode to boot! Great stuff, Steve!
Glad you enjoyed it
I would love a 6 inch modern version of a few of those figures
Bringing so many memory of the 70’s back,
Loved my Adventure People as a kid. Still have a few.
Adventure People, Micronauts… All the feels!
My kids still play with a Sea Explorer in the bath that wasn't complete enough for my collection. These things are invincible.
I had so many more of these than I knew. You reminded me of the diver and octopus, Clawtron, X-ray man and a few more today.
Loved loved loved my Adventure People as a kid. Had the helicopter and the boat for sure. After Star Wars came out adventure people went on missions with them 😂 isn’t that ironic after knowing
Phenomenal research on this Sir fantastic 😊
Thanks a ton
Such a great toy line, and I have far too many stories to tell on these... Still have two of those sleeping bags, motorbike and side car, Clawatron, a big blue strike jet, various figures and two daredevil parachutists... those rare space figures must be so rare I've never seen those before?
Right, I'm now buggering off!
LOVED THESE!!! The star ship and diver and octopus were my favorites! The greatest detail of the deep sea diver was looking into the helmet and seeing the divers head was wearing a stocking cap like Jacques Cousteau did. They could have so easily cheaped out and just had the diving helmet but that little extra detail made it so cool. . I can still hear the electronic sounds of the star ship.
I was born at the tail end of 1979 so I didn't have alot of Adventure People, but I did have the Deep Sea Diver set and loved it. Great toy line and I'd love to see Fisher-Price make it again today but exactly how they did back then.
Awesome content and history of the toy lines that we loved growing up with. Great job keep up the great videos on your channel brother. Looking forward to watching more of them.
Wow! Your stuff is in great shape! I have a collection too, but am missing a couple. There are a bunch of variants other than the two you mentioned. Yes, they are incredibly well built. Legend has it the president of FP would throw prototype toys off the roof and if they broke, they wouldnt be made. I got a few in bulk purchases that are MANGELED, but the joints still work perfectly. The vehichles are really tough too....that is amzingly good plastic! They really put Star Wars figures to shame. Best toys ever made.
Sorry, forgot to mention, each figure has a name, which is pretty cool.
Adventure People were 100% my introduction to 3.75" action figures. #LongLiveRetro
I had some Adventure People as a small lad, but don't really remember them or what I had. Then at the 3 minute 43 seconds point in this video the Alpha Probe pops up and instantly it came flooding back to me. I don't ever remember getting it new, but I remember having that and those three buttons for the sounds (toys that made noises clearly had a huge imapct on me as a child). I remember using it with my Star Wars figures so it was posible it was picked up at a jumble sale or given to me by a friend or relative. Another superb, interesting and fun video with some huge doses of nostalgia. Great to see you back on the Star Wars team at Hasbro too, congratulations dude!
Such an epic line of toys! It’s really interesting how different your favourites are from mine. My Mom kept these for me!!!?? #1 most played with is now gone, the yellow diving bell with cage and octopus. #2 turbo hawk. #3 trail boss. As an adult I discovered the alpha star zx such an epic toy!!!👍🏻
My older brother and I had a bunch of those adventure sets! Lotta baths. We moved from our house in 1984 and the folks who bought it called my parents to say they pulled a fisher price kayak out of the bath drain!
Fantastic episode. I love the way you narrate the episodes. I'm a fan! And I bet that the younger generations are learning a lot from what you are leaving here. Just a few days ago I saw people who were very surprised by an explanation of the red marks that x-wings have on their wings and what they mean.
Greatly appreciate the encouragement. Cheers!
I really liked the motorbike rider. Was his name "Dean"? Anyway, his bendable knees were so cool. As Kenner's Star Wars figure line kept moving forward I wished the characters had bendable knees and elbows. In 1982 Hasbro did that with their 3.75-inch GI Joe figures.
I never had the dolphin but I did have (and still have) the octopus and the mighty shark, both equally fantastic. Along with the Tonkas, the Adventure People sets, vehicles and figures by Fisher-Price are the best toys ever.
Great episode/history lesson! I can vividly remember playing with the off road motorbike and sidecar, but I'd totally forgotten about the deep sea diver and the Octopus!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great figures, plus the octopus got to battle Action Force!
Of course! I’m sure my AF diver had a few entanglements with the Octo 🤣
The Adventure People we’re well loved in my childhood. The Deep Sea Diver with his octopus and the sea explorer and the North Woods Explorer and his canoe all went on many adventures with me and blended right into Kenner’s release of the 3.75” Star Wars figures.
So much fun! I still have some micronauts and adventure people figures and sets.
Another stellar episode! I remember having around 12-15 of these when I was a kid. I didn’t know how to play with them so I pretended they were a society of spies on different undercover missions!
Watching this I just realized I had that silver spaceship thingy. Fantastic. They were really well made. I remember mine still to this days still intact. Wonderful episode. Thank you!
Right on
Awesome video sir! Adventure People were my first toys too. Green motorbike with side car? Yes! Diver? Yes! Weird scary blue alien dude in black and silver space suit? Yes yes yes! Liked and subscribed 😊
Very enjoyable episode, thanks Steve
The Adventure People were the first toy line I was "invested in" as a kid. And, not by my own choice... I would have gotten my first couple of sets when I was 4 or 5 years old - those years where you don't really know what kind of toys you want, you just take what your parents (or Santa) gives you. My first AP toy was the white race car and driver, and I don't even remember getting it - so I must've been about 4 years old. I then had the dirt bike team, skydiver/daredevil, Firestar space ship and a few other loose figures. I love the aesthetic of them, now - they have a very retro 70's feel to them.
You've got some cool action figure collectibles behind you! I love Star Wars and DC and Marvel Comics Superheroes as well as the Fisher Price Adventure People! I gave you a sub! I heard your name mentioned recently on one of the ZSR livestreams while they were talking about Hasbro and Star Wars toys. Not sure if it was Tez Rowlands(Rowlands Reviews) or Marc Shabby(The Shabby Geek) or Matt(Zero Toy Hunter) that mentioned you, but one of those 3 mentioned you by name.
Jabba's autographed sail barge is the stuff that dreams are made of
If I would have been playing GI Joe sooner, I might have wanted some of these to serve as regular people and vehicles. Maybe.
I did incorporate the Alpha Probe into my Star Wars play, mostly the smaller shuttle that came with it.
they were the best support teams for my Star Wars figures and like Twiki hung around in there world
What a great line of toys, still have a couple of figures and the little green ranger vehicle.
Really enjoying the presentation style Steve, already a must watch when you drop a new episode
Most kind. Thank you so much. 😊
The gorilla played a large part in all of my figures adventures. He was a gorilla in gijoe, he was a talking alien in star wars . The list this on
It’s an awesome fig. Especially the expression
My dolphin completely rotted apart. Great video. It's my childhood
I believe that after japan that made micro man with more articulation points in those small figurines,the smaller joes we had from the 80s was because USA took inspiration from japan! Also helped allot to create much bigger sets for the hero characters and all! Also fisher price is one of the best mattel departments when it comes to kids toys!
Very well done video! Thank you. Such a great toy line.
Loved adventure people when I was a kid. That black, robotic guy at 4:50 is one of my all time favorite action figures. Always thought that positioning of the left arm on these guys was a really weird design choice, though.
I believe the raised left arm was to always have one hand available for steering wheels
I had many Adventure People. Used them with Star Wars, GI Joe, whoever I had at the moment.
Awsom line
I love the adventure people. Especially the Alpha/space sets. They were incredibly durable and great for outdoor play. I've still got most of mine and we still play with them all the time. My son uses the sea explorer/sea creatures and divers in our hot tub and a lot of my other trucks and stuff are in the sandbox right now. I should probably take better care of them, but they are toys afterall...
Imaginext was a pretty good successor to the adventure people with the early lines (airplanes, sea explorers, space, rescue) but its been going downhill with too much DC and licensed stuff...
Oh how cool would the sea explorer be in the wild waters of the boiling ‘hot tub’ ocean at the ends of the earth!?!?! Wicked! 🙌🏻
Adventure people where so fun to play with I still have them at my parents basement I have the police helicopter and fire truck
It sure brought me lots of fun and thanks for your video who brought me nostaligia.
I wonder if I should go pick them up and put them in my toy collection
Your answer is, YES! 🙌🏻
Hehe there is a big chance this week or this week end I will haul them 😃
Never owned these, but looks like a really good toy line.
All right I'll bugger off and see next week. This has been fun. Are you and A.I. creations made just for me?
Glad you’re enjoying some tall toy tales. Thanks for joining in🙌🏻
Always wondered why Kenner acted like they invented the 3.75 scale when they used the already established Adventure People toys as kits for Star Wars demo.
Think how much toxic plastic we ingested chewing on our toys!
Did you know that the original Kenner Star Wars figures originally had a base body that had the same body as the adventure people?
You’re right! Kenner used AP for prototypes to pitch the toy line back to LFL. I have a custom Ben Kenobi which you can see in an earlier Star Wars episode of TTT
How high can it go?
How high can you toss it duh.
Hey I had that tv truck.
So Kenner basically ripped off Fisher Price and made Star Wars a play set line instead of an action figure line.
Adventure people was more of a playset line originally. They didn’t sell figs on their own straight away. But yes AP were before SW but not before MICROMAN. That was the first 3.75” figure.
imaginext fp-636 same design
I had not seen this! Looks cool (even with fried egg eyes) - thanks for spotting