Action Man Vehicles

Action Man first appeared in the UK in the 1960s and was a perennial favourite for two decades until production ceased in the 1980s. After almost ten years in the wilderness, the 12 inch figure arrived back in the UK, clearly having worked out and with a whole new range of modern accessories.

There are so many vehicles available for the modern Action Man that it's difficult to know where to begin.

I've decided that this lens will be for 'cars' of one kind or another, including jeeps and trucks. The motorbikes and all the other types of vehicles will be on another lens.

I have a ludicrous number of vehicles but I have an even more ludicrous number of Action Men to go with them. I do feel I should point out that the cars etc take up a huge amount of space, they are, after all, 1:6 scale, like the man himself. So if you are considering starting a collection, you might want to dedicate a room to it.

If you do, you'll find a nice range of curtains and duvet sets available with Action Man scenes on them. I expect those to become sought after in the future as well. When you consider how highly prized some of the vintage Action Men have become, with many fetching hundreds of pounds as the nostalgia grows, and that the earliest of the modern Action Men are already fifteen years old, now is the time to begin a collection, while prices are still reasonable.

Parents - please be aware that some of these vehicles have quite a strong firing action and can really sting your leg in a direct hit.

I will be adding more information to all the Action Man lenses as time goes on. I don't have absolutely all the models but should have enough to help with identification etc.