Tony's action guys are quite superb so here's two more divers to add extra fizz to bath-time.
Below is my boxed Deep Sea Action Diver by WF, which I had as a young spelunker and fortunately still have one.
It looks like a relative of the action astronaut, which Tony featured today and has the same triangular box along with the side card art.
A quite beautiful toy full of detail and accessories and clearly inspired by its dearer Action Man original, which I also adored as a kid.
Reader Ferryman has another type of Action Deep Sea Diver of the diver.
This carded figure set was the much simpler blow-moulded Deep Sea Diver by Ary.
I like the look of the backing card art. This was on Ebay years ago.
This one co-branded Laurie Toy appeared on Worthpoint revealing the attractive backing card art.
I actually sold a loose version of this for a friend years ago too.
His face normally looked like this courtesy of Worthpoint.
and this one featured on Marianadieti.com and looks almost Action Man like!
Did you have any divers?
Your WF Deep Sea Diver is fantastic, Woodsy! I've not seen this particular version before. It's bright, colourful, and packed with the essentials for deep sea adventure. Just what kids wanted back then. I'd imagine few survive. The triangular box is beautifully illustrated with a dramatic underwater battle. A stunning example and surely a relative of the triangle box Astronaut. The Ary Diver also appeals to me and typifies many of the cheaper adventure toys from that time. Is it a HK toy as well? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tone. I'm looking forward to bringing the diver and the astronaut together in the same shot. They are currently on different levels of the house, bedroom and attic!
DeleteI'm looking at the close-up pic of your triangle box diver, Woodsy. Behind the helmet face plate, I'm sure I see the same wonderfully cheap generic figure used for the Action Parachutist set and Triangle box Astronaut. It's in the eyes :)
ReplyDeleteI shall open the faceplate and let them see each other soon Tone. You may well be right.
DeleteI've enjoying your posts. I have the Ferry Toys Deep Sea Diver version loose, but would love a boxed one. The artwork is fantastic. I also have the M-Toys version of the Action Deep Sea Diver and Astronaut boxed and a loose Parachutist.
ReplyDeleteSend me a pic for the blog Clemso, of your divers. Email for me , Woodsy, at the bottom of the page.
DeleteHello from Spain!!! Do you know if there is an astronaut version of Ary? A year ago I saw an astronaut on eBay very similar to Ary's diver. He had a different body but the head was the same. It was also made of blown plastic just like the diver. Since I saw him I'm looking for him but I don't know anything about him....
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