DID YOU HAVE THE ACTION FORCE IN THE 80s ?
In the early 1980s, the European toy company Palitoy released a line of military 3 3/4" toys called "Action Man : Action Force". The figures in this line were articulated like Kenner's Star Wars toys.
By the mid 1980s, the Action Force revolved around several special forces - the SAS Force, the Z Force, the Q Force, and the Space Force - all fighting against the Enemy, Baron Ironblood and the Red Shadows. At this point, many early G.I.Joe figures and vehicles were recolored, renamed, and incorporated into the Action Force line. However, the original Palitoy figures were still articulated like Star Wars figures.
By 1985, Palitoy ceased making original Action Force figures and simply repackaged the American G.I.Joe toys as "Action Force".
In 1987, the Action Force comic book was released by Marvel UK. Released every two weeks in an oversized "magazine-size" format, it had a run for about 50 issues - many of which made it to the United States. They were an eclectic mix of original stories and serialization of the U.S. Marvel stories.
In 1990, the line became named "G.I.Joe - the Action Force". By 1991, the label "Action Force" was dropped altogether.
This is the original advert for some of the action force toys.
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