Before we pitch back into vintage space toys and the big Summer of Sword, I thought id just get back into the swing of things with a spot of guerilla blogging - quick and dirty.
The eighties were a great time for action figures and GI Joe and Action Force could always be relied upon to churn out some fine examples. The Star Brigade put Duke, Destro and the BAT legion into powered spacesuits. Action Force, before it was combined with standard Joe figures, introduced a couple of more unusual figures such as the amphibious green Kraken figure, complete with trident blaster and catch net. The chief inspiration for this bloglet was my finding a rare Skeletron figure on ebay. This was a special mailaway figure from the Kraken cardback.
Similarly, Mattel brought an amphibious robot figureinto its Commander Power line in the form of Triton, an articulated droid with underwater lance and special fins. To combat Triton, commander power had his aquatic friend Stingray Johnson at hand in his lovely turquoise wetsuit! Bathtime was never so much fun!
Before we pitch back into vintage space toys and the big Summer of Sword, I thought id just get back into the swing of things with a spot of guerilla blogging - quick and dirty.
The eighties were a great time for action figures and GI Joe and Action Force could always be relied upon to churn out some fine examples. The Star Brigade put Duke, Destro and the BAT legion into powered spacesuits. Action Force, before it was combined with standard Joe figures, introduced a couple of more unusual figures such as the amphibious green Kraken figure, complete with trident blaster and catch net. The chief inspiration for this bloglet was my finding a rare Skeletron figure on ebay. This was a special mailaway figure from the Kraken cardback.
Similarly, Mattel brought an amphibious robot figureinto its Commander Power line in the form of Triton, an articulated droid with underwater lance and special fins. To combat Triton, commander power had his aquatic friend Stingray Johnson at hand in his lovely turquoise wetsuit! Bathtime was never so much fun!
7 comments:
Nice collection there Woodsy.
Middle picture, left hand figure...very Stingray fish-manish!
I had a figure back in the 70's, a much smaller sort of action man, fully articulated.
Sure it was called "Madle Man" or "Maddle Man" or something very similar.
Ring any bells? Would love to find any info on them.
I liked him better than my full sized action man because I could make all sorts of vehicles and crafts for him out of my Lego...space capsule, speedboat, underwater craft etc. Those things were prohibitively expensive back then so it was cool to custom build them!
Oops, sorry, I meant "nice collection Wotan."
Love the skeleton figures too, they look pretty scary!
Quick and dirty, I like it. I had one of those Kraken figures about ten years ago and flogged it never knowing what it was Wote! And Ed, Madelman was, as far as I know, the spanish version of Little Big Man from Bradgate/Lion Rock. I adored my Little Big Man [can I say that!] as a kid especially the cool arctic set with skis. I occasionally find naked Little Big Men [can I say THAT!] at boot sales.
here's a link to some Little Big Man pics on the blog
http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2010/03/tri-ang-games-sharna-toys-thomas-salter.html
Thanks for the info on the "hombrecito" Woodsy, I knew it was from a foreign clime, I remember undecipherable writing on the package...had it in my head it was French for some reason, but Spanish eh?
Nice one.
hmm - 'adoring little big men' eh ? Have to think twice about inviting you over for tea again!
:-D
reminds me of Neil Young's homage to LBM - "A Man needs a Made-lman"!
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