Comments on: Action Force http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/ Child of the 1980's - If you grew up in the 80's, then here you'll find TV, films, toys, games, music, sweets and much more you'll remember... Time to get nostalgic and remember all those childhood memories! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:46:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-10144 Big Boo Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:03:53 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-10144 Action-Jack! That's typical of the kind of imagination that goes into naming rip offs of kids toys. Action-Farce would have been a much better name! ;-) Action-Jack! That’s typical of the kind of imagination that goes into naming rip offs of kids toys.

Action-Farce would have been a much better name! ;-)

]]> By: Glenn http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-10124 Glenn Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:17:26 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-10124 I used to buy the rip-off versions with my pocket money. I'm pretty sure they were called "Action-Jack". Had the same effect when throwing them out of upstairs windows! ;-) I used to buy the rip-off versions with my pocket money. I’m pretty sure they were called “Action-Jack”. Had the same effect when throwing them out of upstairs windows! ;-)

]]> By: Iain Bell http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Iain Bell Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:35:52 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-6499 Hi again guys. Thanks for the link Philip, this indeed was the figure that my friend Dan had. It came with a special command file (which all the AF figures had on the back of their retail boxes), which had his codename & real name on it etc. You had to provide this information when you sent away for it & he called it 'Tomahawk'. I saw Dan recently & for my birthday back in October, he got me the DVD of the "G.I Joe" movie! It was good to see Jinx without her hat on in it! Lol Also, I was going through some old boxes of stuff over my Gran's house & found an AF annual from 1990! Happy memories!... Iain Hi again guys. Thanks for the link Philip, this indeed was the figure that my friend Dan had. It came with a special command file (which all the AF figures had on the back of their retail boxes), which had his codename & real name on it etc. You had to provide this information when you sent away for it & he called it ‘Tomahawk’. I saw Dan recently & for my birthday back in October, he got me the DVD of the “G.I Joe” movie! It was good to see Jinx without her hat on in it! Lol Also, I was going through some old boxes of stuff over my Gran’s house & found an AF annual from 1990!

Happy memories!…

Iain

]]> By: Philip Ayres http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 Philip Ayres Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:24:26 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-5376 Nice to see you can now put links in posts ! Nice to see you can now put links in posts !

]]> By: Big Boo http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-5375 Big Boo Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:29:45 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-5375 Glad you enjoyed the post Iain, and no apology needed for the pun! Pleased we could bring back some happy memories. Was the Steel Brigade figure that Philip found the link to the one you remember your friend winning? We'd love to know! Glad you enjoyed the post Iain, and no apology needed for the pun! Pleased we could bring back some happy memories.

Was the Steel Brigade figure that Philip found the link to the one you remember your friend winning? We’d love to know!

]]> By: Philip Ayres http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-5368 Philip Ayres Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:47:04 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-5368 Direct Link http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/steelbrigade.shtml Direct Link http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/steelbrigade.shtml

]]> By: Philip Ayres http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-5367 Philip Ayres Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:46:26 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-5367 The figure you mention above is probably a Steel Brigade figure. Have a look on Yo Joe . com it's in 1987 under the mail aways The figure you mention above is probably a Steel Brigade figure.

Have a look on Yo Joe . com it’s in 1987 under the mail aways

]]> By: Iain Bell http://www.childofthe1980s.com/2008/10/10/action-force/comment-page-1/#comment-5355 Iain Bell Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:59:40 +0000 http://www.childofthe1980s.com/?p=773#comment-5355 Good article Big Boo, I always wondered why nobody else seems to remember "Action-Force" figures, when I used to love them as a child of the 1980's! (Sorry about the pun btw!). I had quite a number of figures, my favourites being Snake Eyes (with his pet wolf, which for years I mistakenly thought was a dog!), Shipwreck (with his parrot) & Flint. I also had some vehicles, such as the Hydrofoil boat thing, which took ages to put together! I also had a few annuals at various Christmases. A friend of mine used to buy the comic & around 1990-ish, there was a special competition in it and the prize was to have a special limited-edition figure named after you! My friend entered it & won of these figures, I was so jealous of him at the time! The figure was green & blue I think. I remember renting out the video of "Action-Force" the movie & liked it, so for my next birthday, my Mum bought me another AF video, called "Sink The Montana", which is a one-off story & about 30 mins long. I've still got it now (minus the box sadly) & it's got some AF adverts on it too! It was on the Tempo video label & also have some trailers for their other video releases, such as "Spot The Dog" etc! I remember the name-change to "G.I Joe" around 1991 or 1992, which I wasn't too pleased about & slowly lost interest in it all soon after, as by then I'd got into playing videogames or something! Still, for a good few years, AF was a big part of my life, so good to relive some childhood memories again!... Good article Big Boo, I always wondered why nobody else seems to remember “Action-Force” figures, when I used to love them as a child of the 1980’s! (Sorry about the pun btw!). I had quite a number of figures, my favourites being Snake Eyes (with his pet wolf, which for years I mistakenly thought was a dog!), Shipwreck (with his parrot) & Flint. I also had some vehicles, such as the Hydrofoil boat thing, which took ages to put together! I also had a few annuals at various Christmases. A friend of mine used to buy the comic & around 1990-ish, there was a special competition in it and the prize was to have a special limited-edition figure named after you! My friend entered it & won of these figures, I was so jealous of him at the time! The figure was green & blue I think. I remember renting out the video of “Action-Force” the movie & liked it, so for my next birthday, my Mum bought me another AF video, called “Sink The Montana”, which is a one-off story & about 30 mins long. I’ve still got it now (minus the box sadly) & it’s got some AF adverts on it too! It was on the Tempo video label & also have some trailers for their other video releases, such as “Spot The Dog” etc! I remember the name-change to “G.I Joe” around 1991 or 1992, which I wasn’t too pleased about & slowly lost interest in it all soon after, as by then I’d got into playing videogames or something! Still, for a good few years, AF was a big part of my life, so good to relive some childhood memories again!…

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