In another shot the cap is placed with an incomplete Action Man and a uniform.
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Lancer Caps Everywhere
Friday, 20 June 2025
Bill's Action Buddy
As this round of our MoonBase International custom toys slowly comes to a close, our latest reincarnation is this 1960's Action Man knockoff.
This was Bill's childhood buddy and along with some of the original kit he totally deserves a new lease of life. The buddy that is, not Bill!
With a good scrub-up and freshly cleaned clothes, Bill's buddy, via the Quartermasters Store, has been sent on one last mission before hanging up his dog tags:
To secure the back garden for the summer!
Thursday, 19 June 2025
To Cap it All
That Palitoy Action Man Lancers cap I found yesterday ( thanks for ID 'ing it Paul) .....
reminded me of an officer I once found at a German flea market and blogged about 13 years ago.
The new cap would have sat well on this fellow, albeit a cheapo I think. The uniform was by Schildkrot.
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Arto's Action Man Lenticular
Arto kindly sent me this image of his latest find, a neat lenticular postcard featuring none other than our friend..... Action Man!
It's fantastic and all new to me.
What do you think readers?
Sunday, 1 June 2025
Chutes Away
Junior and me tried to launch an Action Man parachutist today.
It sort of worked. The chute did unfurl but the height was an issue, not enough of it from the bedroom window.
To check if this was a common problem - which I seem to recall from my childhood too - we watched a couple of You Tube clips. Even the guy from Palitoy said kids would struggle to get it to work.
Another clip confirmed that more height could create a decent billow and a full chute, as a drone dropped the figure from a great altitude.
Interestingly it was a solid figure called Desert Rat that was used. Not an Action Man I know at all. You?
Have you succeeded in launching the Action Man parachute?
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Dressed for Action
Spent a happy afternoon with a friend dressing Action Men.
The Grenadier, the uniform bought in Otley vintage toy shop. The man is a modern Duke GI Joe.
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Mooch Ado About Bedale
A recent visit to the lovely North Yorkshire town of Bedale found me mooching in a toy shop.
This display of military action dolls and vehicles drew me in.
Would you have readers?
Monday, 21 April 2025
Dave Barnacle, Palitoy Box Artist
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Vintage Otley Outing
With the Missus and a mate, visiting my favourite vintage toy shop round here, in Kirkham Arcade in Otley, I was really pleased to bag a few great collectables for the Moonbase collection.
The haul comprised of a smart loose JR21 FAB1, a neat re-issue Corgi Black Beauty and an Action Man Rifle Rack along with the golden grenade launcher. I had all of these as a kid and it was great to get them back and a snip at £30 the lot.
In the town's charity shops I bagged an old hardback copy of Brave New World, a paperback horror by Shaun Huston and a hardback Adventure Annual with Pyro toy designs on the cover.
My final item was a cool multi-rotational tin globe. It rotates on two axes!
All in all a great day out.
What do you reckon?
More on all of them to follow.
Monday, 24 March 2025
The Rugby Post!
I've had this idea for ages, how else to use a shop rack I have.
Eh voila!
Action Man rugby conversion!
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C'mon Castleford Tigers!
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Lips Manlis and the Sunny Smile
A recent car booting trip proved fun. I bagged this trio of vintage toys that came back to Moonbase with me.
The two carded figures are the only two carded figures I own and at £15 for the pair I couldn't resist.
I've been aware of Playmates' Dick Tracy figures for decades, including the fabled Blank and this Lips Manlis is a trip down memory lane.
Captain Power is not a line I know at all really but this carded Chase figure was in such fab condition I got it as well.
The huge green Action Man tank is not the Cherilea original but the later Sunny Smile release, which I think is the same as Strike Force. It just needs a dusting and some of the decals re-glueing before going on maneuvers. A snip at £4 I thought.
Are these toys you know readers?
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