Action Man

For what started as a GI Joe ripoff, this toy seems to have evolved its own complex mythology. Not sure about propriety of "Bulletman," since that was and is a DC Comics character.

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Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 16, 2016
Category: Toys | 1960s | Europe

Comments

I don't know when things got all messed up.. Guys want "dolls" not dolls. You know, like a young Kimmy Basinger, Bambi Woods, Sofía Vergara, or even Jessica Rabbit. Those are "dolls".

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/16/16 at 10:08 AM

Looks more like Inspector Gadget's long lost sons. I mean, really? One with an atomic eye?

Posted by KDP on 02/16/16 at 11:28 AM

Reminded me of some old toys. Anyone else remember Jane and Johnny West stuff ?

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 02/16/16 at 03:26 PM

Does Action Man look eerily like Sly Stallone or is it just me?

Posted by Puptentacle on 02/17/16 at 11:51 AM

I had an action man.

He was shite.

Posted by Richard Bos on 02/21/16 at 05:38 AM

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