GI Joe was for me as a kid the ultimate toy. I loved it. My little brother and I had just gobs of them. We played with them for so long that when we got board with GI Joe we began to play Post nuclear apocalypse / Road warrior with all of the trucks and wheeled vehicles. I had no idea that many of the toys had been given the Lend Lease treatment to our brothers across the pond. This is a fantastic video. Its really interesting to see the two companies design and marketing choices with the vehicles and figures. The stories for the characters and how the toys interacted with one another. I have to say I like the Action Force camo and uniformity a little better than the Joe's which always were a polyglot of colors and patterns. Only much later did Hasbro decide to theme the figures and vehicles when they would do repaints of older toys. I like that look much better. Thank you for showing these.
The Z force tank was an amazing toy. I had one as a boy and loved it. The fact it was battery controlled and moved on its own, could change the direction and run over your enemies was always fun.
I’m American so idk about AF until recently. I like how they made 4 separate teams within AF. Where the Joes were all just one team and all lumped in together. Everyone did water missions, air missions, and so on.
Superb and glad I kept my collection. I loved the attack cannon, a present from my dad when I was about 9 for having my back teeth removed under general anaesthetic! I remember buying it now from the Co-Op in Blackburn, still with a swollen mouth days later. As a nine year old I always thought it was strange that Quarrel had a big face and didn’t wear a helmet when riding a bike. Anyway, I was lucky enough to have a foot in the other camp as my cousin in Canada used to send me over GI Joe too. Thanks for this series of brilliant videos. I loved action force and this fantastic video series made me look fondly back and also discover some items I didn’t have/couldn’t afford/never saw in the shops (yes toy shops, remember those?).
I had a Captain back in the day. My aunt had bought it on a swamp sale. The thought he was a star wars figure and I was quite puzzled when she gave it to me. I knew it was no star wars figure, but I added him to the collection and made him a kind of rebel commander. It was always difficult to find him, when I was done playing in the backyard. His camo was to good :-D
I cannot thank you enough for this series as I had so much of this range and still have some in storage although heavily played with and the action force figures have lasted longer than the Gi joe ones. The action force range was just amazing
i didnt stop playing with action figures until about 86 or 87 when i was a freshman or sophomore in high school, in 90 i graduated and immediately started collecting action figures when i stumbled onto a used collecting store in a local flea market. not knowing such shops were actually a thing i was instantly hooked when i saw nice condition examples of my favorite childhood figure that i had beat to hell and instantly wanted to replace them , as well as the opportunity to get the figured i had wanted as a child but didnt received. so for years all through the 90s every weekend i would go to the shop and check out what new inventory had come in, he always kept a large box of loose figures that you could dig through and get pretty cheap if you saw something you wanted. one day i was digging through it and found a pretty cool what i thought was some diving figure in all black that i didnt recognize at all and just assumed it was probably from one of those Remco knockoff lines. a few years later in about the mid 90s i was in his shop and saw the coolest looking red stormtrooper or something looking figure. i asked him what it was and he told me its a Red Shadow from Action Force, that was the first time i had ever seen a Red Shadow or heard of action force. i had to wait about another 5 years till i got my first computer in 2000 before i could finally look Action Force up and start learning about it, at which point i found out that black diver figure i had had all that time was an Action Force Squad Leader, and the mystery green soldier i had also found years earlier in that random loose figure box was an Action Force sapper figure. and then i learned about the awesome Quarrel repaint of one of my favorite Joes, and finally i earned about the totally cool looking Baron Iron blood and other bad guys and knew i needed them to go with my lone Red Shadow. so you dont need to convince me of anything, Action force are awesome.
It's been fun watching and learning all about Action Force. You have an impressive collection and I am happy that you were able to finally finish. Thank you for sharing with us. Action Force is definitly a line that deserves more recognition and rereleases.
Ooh!! As a kid, I had two loose figuars that I got from a bargan bin but I never knew what they were from. 34 year old mystery finally solved for me. Thank you for this vid.
I only had a few of these, when Battle comic became Battle Action Force they gave a figure away now and then, still got all the comics. Great vid and a blast from my childhood past...
I've Zed it before and I'll do it again...Bravo! Magnificent! Fantastic! (As an aside, including the Red Jackal update MUST be a nod to him originally being a member of Z Force as a jeep driver before his accident and turning by His Nibs!)
That was great Tony, thanks! The ATC and the command centre are awesome! I was firmly entrenched in Star Wars toys, and I was a little older when the G.I Joe figures came out in the U.S. I admired the line, but wasn’t interested. I had to collect Star Wars toys. Thanks for sharing man!
I have only just discovered Tony and Actiin Force. As an kid from 1972 in Australia I just dont recall this toy in rural Australia and I feel I missed something special. Now I shall put my vintage Star Wars to ine side, and start looking for Action Force. Well done Tony, you alone have created a new fan!
Great finale to the Action Force series. Its a good thing you took your time to properly & correctly present each segment, giving each section equal time. I also appreciate that you've ALWAYS been Objective in ALL your videos. Again, the British take on the New Shadows is superior to the way DDP ever did when they had the Joe license (no wonder Hasbro Disavowed their entire output). The Z Force is essentially the 'open' military side of G.I. Joe & S.A.S. is the covert/spec ops arm. Nice! Quarrel's a revised Scarlett. In G. I. Joe lore, the R.A.M. (RApid Fire Motorcycle) is strictly Rock 'n Roll's ride, just as the later Silver Mirage Turbo Motorcycle is Lady Jaye's. The aborted Mobile Command Center seems better than the G. I. Joe version (which seemed based after a Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler). The one flaw of both the Joe and Action Force HQs was that it lacked rear wall panels.
I find it absolutely fascinating that a WELL trained bad-ass special forces soldier is into toy collecting. Tony could kick in a front door and clear out an entire terrorist cell then go home and reinact his exploits with his Action Force SAS toys. It's literally amazing!!🤣🤣🤣
Really enjoyed this series of videos as I grew up in Ireland in the '80's and had a lot of the series 1 and 2 toys. Trying to kickstart my collection as an adult now so this has given me back my mojo, cheers mate!
I literally just got my Gaucho figure in the mail today! Bought him for myself for my Birthday which is 9/9/85. He is very rare and expensive, paid $145 for him. But he’s super clean, no stress marks, paint wear, cracks and or breaks! Came in from Malta! He was definitely on my grail list for ages. I can check that box now. Great review! 😎👍🏽
Thanks so much for posting this! The command HQ, ATC and tank were pride of place among my toys. My house was burned and all was lost except the tank. My dad rescued it from ruins of our house and it still sits in my study today. It is missing the machine gun and figure. I would love to track down the missing peices. I also loved the rebranded Gl Joe range.
Great video thank you! I think the SWF Big Trapper pics may possibly be from my visit along with Bob and Jim Marshall. Certainly looks like my photo booth and the pics i have. That was an amazing day.
Wow, this toy line is epic..gives GI JOE a run for their money...Palitoy hats off to you...very well done..I love that the legendary SAS was represented in the line..hands down the best military special forces unit in the world..never heard of this..the British were at the top of their game...Excellent video..love it..
When i was a kid here in the U.S.A I always picked out the vipers and more scifi looking G.I. Joes, but now i have much more appreciation for the more realistic troops. I wish we had these in the U.S. Excellent collection.
Tony, between you and the Retro Blasting team, These videos have inspired me to find some more of the Z Squad figures and get that sweet SAS Panther. Great series!
Greetings from Ecuador, your videos are great. I have been watching the videos recently but became a big fan immediately. Lived in the UK (in Chester) in the mid nineties love your country
A superb conclusion to Tony's Action Force documentary series, with a comprehensive run down of the incredible Z Force product range and a special cameo appearance by Michael French, from the excellent RetroBlasting TH-cam channel.
I love this channel, thanks Tony. So many lovely memories both remembered and forgotten. Thank you to all involved in bringing this channel to the public.
Your videos are always so entertaining and educational and I love 'em! As a 3 3/4" G.I. Joe fan from the the beginning, I would stumble across the occasional Action Force figure and comic over the years and I loved hearing about their complete history. You definitely put in a LOT of work into these videos and it shows. Just seeing all of the figures makes me wish I had them all and what an awesome collection you have! Keep up the excellent work, man!!! ^_^
Hi Tony, I've been a subscriber for a couple of years now. I don't comment often, but I wanted to let you know that you're love of Action Force, compares directly to mine of the G.I. Joe line. And while I'm one of those who dislikes 5 POA figures...it's not just AF...lol. But you've made me a fan, and I'd love to learn more by reading the original comics and I'm currently trying to obtain the characters and vehicles that will fit in with my vintage Joes. Thanks Tony...cheers M8.
Awesome, great collaboration again and some wonderful insights, glad you've got the collection together at last...really gets the memories flowing back 👌👍
Absolutely fantastic video and what a collection!! I had some Action Force stuff as a kid, (but I always preferred Action Man). I used to cross over with my Star Wars stuff and have battles. The figures were compatible and I think I actually had the SAS Trooper piloting a Snowspeeder at one point!! Personally, I always thought the Action Forces figures were better quality than the Star Wars figures. I love your videos, Tony... a real trip down a memory lane of when toys were proper toys!! How I wish I still had all that stuff now. Little did we know eh?
Antonio Vistcoatis funny thing the action force weapons were a mix of ww2 guns like the Thompson sten gun and the grease gun with the modern for the time the mp5 the m60 and the self loading rifle
Brilliant video! I've collected GI Joe for a long, long time and the Palitoy Action Force figures and vehicles are very intriguing and to me are the elite toys of the 80s. Very tough to collect though, the prices have skyrocketed in the past few years. That is one of the main reasons I stay away from that rabbit hole. Maybe one day I'll find an offer I can't refuse.
What a great conclusion to a very enjoyable series! Nostalgia wheels were turning at full speed as the 5 year old me remembered all those combat teams as well as the truly menacing presence of the RoboSkull - a superb piece of toy design. To this day I can still recall my best friend's horrified response when we found out that the Z Force base was going to cost us £40 - a huge amount back in 1984 when the likes of Optimus Prime was retailing at a still expensive £20. Well worth it in the end.
I was never privy to this toy line. Now looking back at 45 years old, I wish I would’ve had this as part of my G.I. Joe lineup. I absolutely love the use of uniform colors throughout
Tony, You and Michael did a amazing on this one!😁👍. I really enjoyed this entire series and learned a lot about Action Force and now have a greater respect for these toys!😁.
Thank you very much for the great videos you have made on action force I didn’t realise when I donated the toys that it would spawn such great videos and lead to such great friendships with Gary jody scuba Pete Micheal french and of course yourself and look forward to seeing more and possibly helping out in the future
@@georgeaitken2719 I believe the correct response from me to you is "No sir, thank YOU". I have already been emptying my coffers into ebay purchases on the start of an epic SAS squad, and having a service man son currently stationed away from me, but who can share this new passion, is an unexpected bonus!
They look awesome. I was too old for these but if I was younger then I would have loved them. But, Canada, eh. And I don't think we got them. Thanks again.
Great video Tony thank you for this brilliant series. I’ve wonderful memories of picking up these figures as a kid. They slotted in so well with my other action figures.
Great and highly informative series of videos, I loved the history and actual toy set-ups throughout. Definitely will keep my eye open for some of these figure over here across the "big pond" in the future. Keep up the good job!
Excellent video. About those grenades; apparently the Italian army used red grenades during World War II, so that may have been the inspiration for the ones on the Sapper figure.
The US forces initially used grenades painted yellow in the early stages of WW2. I seem to recall that this was changed after(?) Guadalcanal because the Japanese troops could easily spot the ones thrown immediately at them, without waiting second or two, and were able to throw many back at the US troops.
Great video series, Tony. And a great collection. What's particularly nice about it, is that when you watch each episode, each one takes time to go over every figure, vehicle and accessory, and each one ties into the series as a whole, while also working as a standalone video in it's own right. And you've made me want to complete my Action Force line up. I'm starting with the SAS, as they were always my favourite. I did own Z-Force's Skip, though. He often did double duty as the Brigadier from Doctor Who, along with a Bespin Luke as the fifth Doctor, and a General Madine of the Rebel Alliance as The Master. Or Emperor Palatine as the decayed Master, and a Lego-built TARDIS, K9 and Daleks. Yeah, I was a kid sorely in need of a decent Doctor Who action figure series in the early 80s 😅
Hi Tony, a great video to complete the series and a worthy companion piece to your Action Man feature. I discovered the channel with an Action Force toys search and I couldn't have picked a better time. Each new video in the series has been a rare and much anticipated treat which has transported this toy fan back to the happy days of the early eighties. Palitoy achieved so much in a few short years and although I am a huge GI Joe fan, I have to wonder where Palitoy could have taken the line. I'm lucky enough to own most of the line apart from a few big ticket items, although the command centre takes pride of place in my collection. Congratulations Tony for a fantastic tribute to a wonderful toy line. Perhaps you could do a vehicle versus vehicle video, World Cup knockout style, based on a series of categories to decide which Action Force vehicle is the greatest of all time. Keep up the great work.
Ah George, we were spoiled when we knew Tony always had another Action Force video on his to do list. I reckon he should combine Top Trumps and a knockout tournament for the ultimate AF vehicle face off. Categories like wow factor, playability, value for money and military realism could be used. It could be a livestream with fan votes but I reckon it could be epic! You'd love it George.
THIS. IS. AWESOME.
Excellent job Michael! :)
A great analysis of the atc I didn’t know that the gi joe apc didn’t have a tow hook
Love your channel
Yes i agree
Always a great team, if you listen to Michael and Tony when they team up *Swedish Chief kiss*
My dad bought that tank for me, when I was about 5 in 1983. Brings back some memories seeing this video.
GI Joe was for me as a kid the ultimate toy. I loved it. My little brother and I had just gobs of them. We played with them for so long that when we got board with GI Joe we began to play Post nuclear apocalypse / Road warrior with all of the trucks and wheeled vehicles. I had no idea that many of the toys had been given the Lend Lease treatment to our brothers across the pond. This is a fantastic video. Its really interesting to see the two companies design and marketing choices with the vehicles and figures. The stories for the characters and how the toys interacted with one another. I have to say I like the Action Force camo and uniformity a little better than the Joe's which always were a polyglot of colors and patterns. Only much later did Hasbro decide to theme the figures and vehicles when they would do repaints of older toys. I like that look much better. Thank you for showing these.
The Z force tank was an amazing toy. I had one as a boy and loved it. The fact it was battery controlled and moved on its own, could change the direction and run over your enemies was always fun.
I’m American so idk about AF until recently. I like how they made 4 separate teams within AF. Where the Joes were all just one team and all lumped in together. Everyone did water missions, air missions, and so on.
Awesome video 👍👍👍 @Retroblasting and @AnalogToys
Superb and glad I kept my collection.
I loved the attack cannon, a present from my dad when I was about 9 for having my back teeth removed under general anaesthetic! I remember buying it now from the Co-Op in Blackburn, still with a swollen mouth days later.
As a nine year old I always thought it was strange that Quarrel had a big face and didn’t wear a helmet when riding a bike.
Anyway, I was lucky enough to have a foot in the other camp as my cousin in Canada used to send me over GI Joe too.
Thanks for this series of brilliant videos.
I loved action force and this fantastic video series made me look fondly back and also discover some items I didn’t have/couldn’t afford/never saw in the shops (yes toy shops, remember those?).
I had a Captain back in the day. My aunt had bought it on a swamp sale. The thought he was a star wars figure and I was quite puzzled when she gave it to me. I knew it was no star wars figure, but I added him to the collection and made him a kind of rebel commander.
It was always difficult to find him, when I was done playing in the backyard. His camo was to good :-D
I cannot thank you enough for this series as I had so much of this range and still have some in storage although heavily played with and the action force figures have lasted longer than the Gi joe ones. The action force range was just amazing
Oh perfect, I've been loving this series.
Love your channel as well!
i didnt stop playing with action figures until about 86 or 87 when i was a freshman or sophomore in high school, in 90 i graduated and immediately started collecting action figures when i stumbled onto a used collecting store in a local flea market. not knowing such shops were actually a thing i was instantly hooked when i saw nice condition examples of my favorite childhood figure that i had beat to hell and instantly wanted to replace them , as well as the opportunity to get the figured i had wanted as a child but didnt received. so for years all through the 90s every weekend i would go to the shop and check out what new inventory had come in, he always kept a large box of loose figures that you could dig through and get pretty cheap if you saw something you wanted. one day i was digging through it and found a pretty cool what i thought was some diving figure in all black that i didnt recognize at all and just assumed it was probably from one of those Remco knockoff lines. a few years later in about the mid 90s i was in his shop and saw the coolest looking red stormtrooper or something looking figure. i asked him what it was and he told me its a Red Shadow from Action Force, that was the first time i had ever seen a Red Shadow or heard of action force. i had to wait about another 5 years till i got my first computer in 2000 before i could finally look Action Force up and start learning about it, at which point i found out that black diver figure i had had all that time was an Action Force Squad Leader, and the mystery green soldier i had also found years earlier in that random loose figure box was an Action Force sapper figure. and then i learned about the awesome Quarrel repaint of one of my favorite Joes, and finally i earned about the totally cool looking Baron Iron blood and other bad guys and knew i needed them to go with my lone Red Shadow. so you dont need to convince me of anything, Action force are awesome.
Oh WOW. I LOVE..LOVE those British Action Force commercials!!!!!!!
It's been fun watching and learning all about Action Force. You have an impressive collection and I am happy that you were able to finally finish. Thank you for sharing with us. Action Force is definitly a line that deserves more recognition and rereleases.
Ooh!! As a kid, I had two loose figuars that I got from a bargan bin but I never knew what they were from. 34 year old mystery finally solved for me. Thank you for this vid.
You're welcome!
I only had a few of these, when Battle comic became Battle Action Force they gave a figure away now and then, still got all the comics. Great vid and a blast from my childhood past...
*standing ovation*
Bravo!
Had most of these as a kid. Thanks for the uploads
I've Zed it before and I'll do it again...Bravo! Magnificent! Fantastic!
(As an aside, including the Red Jackal update MUST be a nod to him originally being a member of Z Force as a jeep driver before his accident and turning by His Nibs!)
That was great Tony, thanks! The ATC and the command centre are awesome! I was firmly entrenched in Star Wars toys, and I was a little older when the G.I Joe figures came out in the U.S. I admired the line, but wasn’t interested. I had to collect Star Wars toys. Thanks for sharing man!
You had to be in Action Force to get the red grenades! They’re like the paint shells in Kelly’s Heroes! 😂
I have only just discovered Tony and Actiin Force. As an kid from 1972 in Australia I just dont recall this toy in rural Australia and I feel I missed something special. Now I shall put my vintage Star Wars to ine side, and start looking for Action Force. Well done Tony, you alone have created a new fan!
Thanks Brendan!
Great finale to the Action Force series.
Its a good thing you took your time to properly & correctly present each segment, giving each section equal time.
I also appreciate that you've ALWAYS been Objective in ALL your videos.
Again, the British take on the New Shadows is superior to the way DDP ever did when they had the Joe license (no wonder Hasbro Disavowed their entire output).
The Z Force is essentially the 'open' military side of G.I. Joe & S.A.S. is the covert/spec ops arm.
Nice! Quarrel's a revised Scarlett. In G. I. Joe lore, the R.A.M. (RApid Fire Motorcycle) is strictly Rock 'n Roll's ride, just as the later Silver Mirage Turbo Motorcycle is Lady Jaye's.
The aborted Mobile Command Center seems better than the G. I. Joe version (which seemed based after a Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler).
The one flaw of both the Joe and Action Force HQs was that it lacked rear wall panels.
I find it absolutely fascinating that a WELL trained bad-ass special forces soldier is into toy collecting. Tony could kick in a front door and clear out an entire terrorist cell then go home and reinact his exploits with his Action Force SAS toys. It's literally amazing!!🤣🤣🤣
Love these toys....prob inspired me to join the Army.
Really enjoyed this series of videos as I grew up in Ireland in the '80's and had a lot of the series 1 and 2 toys. Trying to kickstart my collection as an adult now so this has given me back my mojo, cheers mate!
Fantastic trip down memory lane. Thank you for a great set of videos.
Loved these as a lad. Had the tank and jeep.
I literally just got my Gaucho figure in the mail today! Bought him for myself for my Birthday which is 9/9/85. He is very rare and expensive, paid $145 for him. But he’s super clean, no stress marks, paint wear, cracks and or breaks! Came in from Malta! He was definitely on my grail list for ages. I can check that box now. Great review! 😎👍🏽
Thanks so much for posting this! The command HQ, ATC and tank were pride of place among my toys. My house was burned and all was lost except the tank. My dad rescued it from ruins of our house and it still sits in my study today. It is missing the machine gun and figure. I would love to track down the missing peices. I also loved the rebranded Gl Joe range.
Hey... I am seeing Coleco corrugated Rambo HQ walls in background ;) awesome vids , thanks
Well spotted!
I was not at all familiar with these until I saw your video series. Thank you for shinning a light on this amazing toy series!
Great video thank you! I think the SWF Big Trapper pics may possibly be from my visit along with Bob and Jim Marshall. Certainly looks like my photo booth and the pics i have. That was an amazing day.
Amazing collection
man, such a great line. LOVE the color schemes..
Wow, this toy line is epic..gives GI JOE a run for their money...Palitoy hats off to you...very well done..I love that the legendary SAS was represented in the line..hands down the best military special forces unit in the world..never heard of this..the British were at the top of their game...Excellent video..love it..
When i was a kid here in the U.S.A I always picked out the vipers and more scifi looking G.I. Joes, but now i have much more appreciation for the more realistic troops. I wish we had these in the U.S. Excellent collection.
Superb as always mate!
So rad! I never knew. Cheers to all involved!
I became a action force fan I have made modern customs of sas and z force good work with this action force series well done.
FANTASTIC!!!! BEAUTIFUL LIKE NEW
Great One Tony ! You truly out did Yourself!
Thanks Tony for the vid!!
Brilliant series again chap, thanks for making. Total quality
These kind of videos make me wanna dig out my old joes and action force customs and display them again
You should do that!
😎Thanks for sharing your collection so we all can enjoy seeing it. 👍
I REALLY appreciate how much TIME and EFFORT u put into these videos. Thank you
Outstanding, Tony & Michael. An absolute pleasure to watch and like you a bittersweet ending. Great job, guys.
Thank you Joseph!
Excellent job Tony! :)
Oh my goodness - this takes me back and I’m only 5 mins in and yet so excited I have to comment 🤩🤩 I’m 48 now and this was my childhood right here !!
Tony, between you and the Retro Blasting team, These videos have inspired me to find some more of the Z Squad figures and get that sweet SAS Panther.
Great series!
Glad to hear it!
Greetings from Ecuador, your videos are great. I have been watching the videos recently but became a big fan immediately. Lived in the UK (in Chester) in the mid nineties love your country
Thanks for checking us out!
Ah yeah! I got a drink and got cozy once I heard the Retroblasting theme.
Great video, very informative and so nostalgic. 👍
Outstanding finale to the series! Well done!
A superb conclusion to Tony's Action Force documentary series, with a comprehensive run down of the incredible Z Force product range and a special cameo appearance by Michael French, from the excellent RetroBlasting TH-cam channel.
I love this channel, thanks Tony. So many lovely memories both remembered and forgotten. Thank you to all involved in bringing this channel to the public.
Glad you enjoy it!
@@AnalogToys Do you have a channel on Rumble?
Your videos are always so entertaining and educational and I love 'em!
As a 3 3/4" G.I. Joe fan from the the beginning, I would stumble across the occasional Action Force figure and comic over the years and I loved hearing about their complete history. You definitely put in a LOT of work into these videos and it shows. Just seeing all of the figures makes me wish I had them all and what an awesome collection you have! Keep up the excellent work, man!!! ^_^
I’m gonna need a bigger display shelf! Excellent conclusion to this series. But now I’m hooked! I need my regular Action Force fix.
There will be more Action Force videos!
Love it man great description!
Loved it brought back some happy memories forgot some of the toys I had well done
Tony - Thanks to your brilliant AF series, I have started my own collection. Love your passion and vast knowledge. Excellent channel. Thank you. 🙏❤
Dummy grenades are sometimes red so they are easy to find after use.
Congrats on the milestone, that’s amazing
Hi Tony, I've been a subscriber for a couple of years now. I don't comment often, but I wanted to let you know that you're love of Action Force, compares directly to mine of the G.I. Joe line. And while I'm one of those who dislikes 5 POA figures...it's not just AF...lol. But you've made me a fan, and I'd love to learn more by reading the original comics and I'm currently trying to obtain the characters and vehicles that will fit in with my vintage Joes. Thanks Tony...cheers M8.
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesome, great collaboration again and some wonderful insights, glad you've got the collection together at last...really gets the memories flowing back 👌👍
Absolutely fantastic video and what a collection!! I had some Action Force stuff as a kid, (but I always preferred Action Man). I used to cross over with my Star Wars stuff and have battles. The figures were compatible and I think I actually had the SAS Trooper piloting a Snowspeeder at one point!!
Personally, I always thought the Action Forces figures were better quality than the Star Wars figures.
I love your videos, Tony... a real trip down a memory lane of when toys were proper toys!!
How I wish I still had all that stuff now. Little did we know eh?
Great series, thanks.
Glad you liked it!
The Z force is the best looking to me with the camo colors and realistic weaponry. Great video!
Antonio Vistcoatis funny thing the action force weapons were a mix of ww2 guns like the Thompson sten gun and the grease gun with the modern for the time the mp5 the m60 and the self loading rifle
Thanks Tony for the show.
I am envious that we never had this toy line stateside. Green. With. Envy.
Awesome work, thank you
This video series is amazing.
Brilliant video! I've collected GI Joe for a long, long time and the Palitoy Action Force figures and vehicles are very intriguing and to me are the elite toys of the 80s. Very tough to collect though, the prices have skyrocketed in the past few years. That is one of the main reasons I stay away from that rabbit hole. Maybe one day I'll find an offer I can't refuse.
What a great conclusion to a very enjoyable series! Nostalgia wheels were turning at full speed as the 5 year old me remembered all those combat teams as well as the truly menacing presence of the RoboSkull - a superb piece of toy design. To this day I can still recall my best friend's horrified response when we found out that the Z Force base was going to cost us £40 - a huge amount back in 1984 when the likes of Optimus Prime was retailing at a still expensive £20. Well worth it in the end.
CMDR Grey Wolfe mines cost 45 quid from John Menzies in Glasgow got it the week before Christmas in 84
Another great history lesson very enjoyable
GREAT video, Tony! I need to start adding some Action Force to my collection.
I was never privy to this toy line. Now looking back at 45 years old, I wish I would’ve had this as part of my G.I. Joe lineup. I absolutely love the use of uniform colors throughout
These figures are bang on! I've started collecting them. I have them proudly displayed. Most of which are Z Force.
Very inspiring series
Fantastic content. Love action military toys.👍
Bravo Zulu Analog Toys!
Well worth the wait. Really enjoyed this series.
Excellent. Must have been hard work but enjoyable. The z force command centre must have been an amazing toy. Great video, thanks.
What a video. Thank you for your hard work in making it.
Wow just wow, awesome work. all of the action force videos were a joy to watch :) ..thanks for all the hard work .
Great feature -- a great tribute to the guys that worked on the range!!!
Great reviews of all of Palitoy AF figures Tony!!!! These are awesome!!!
Tony,
You and Michael did a amazing on this one!😁👍. I really enjoyed this entire series and learned a lot about Action Force and now have a greater respect for these toys!😁.
This is outstanding! Such a fantastically detailed & informative video! I wish I had the complete set of Action Force toys! Great stuff!
Great work Tony! I've thoroughly enjoyed this series!
Thank you very much for the great videos you have made on action force I didn’t realise when I donated the toys that it would spawn such great videos and lead to such great friendships with Gary jody scuba Pete Micheal french and of course yourself and look forward to seeing more and possibly helping out in the future
Thank ypu George for your part in this series. You have created one new fan as a result of your kindness!
Thanks Brendan it means a lot to me to know this toy line is been loved all over again
@@georgeaitken2719 I believe the correct response from me to you is "No sir, thank YOU". I have already been emptying my coffers into ebay purchases on the start of an epic SAS squad, and having a service man son currently stationed away from me, but who can share this new passion, is an unexpected bonus!
Great finale Tony, you own a fantastic collection and it’s been a great journey. Awesome toy line.
They look awesome. I was too old for these but if I was younger then I would have loved them. But, Canada, eh. And I don't think we got them.
Thanks again.
Great video Tony thank you for this brilliant series. I’ve wonderful memories of picking up these figures as a kid. They slotted in so well with my other action figures.
Great and highly informative series of videos, I loved the history and actual toy set-ups throughout. Definitely will keep my eye open for some of these figure over here across the "big pond" in the future. Keep up the good job!
Excellent video. About those grenades; apparently the Italian army used red grenades during World War II, so that may have been the inspiration for the ones on the Sapper figure.
Adam Harris I think they just made the grenades red to keep with the colour scheme of the z force
The US forces initially used grenades painted yellow in the early stages of WW2. I seem to recall that this was changed after(?) Guadalcanal because the Japanese troops could easily spot the ones thrown immediately at them, without waiting second or two, and were able to throw many back at the US troops.
Phenomenal series .
Beautiful video Tony please keep it up.
Great video series, Tony. And a great collection. What's particularly nice about it, is that when you watch each episode, each one takes time to go over every figure, vehicle and accessory, and each one ties into the series as a whole, while also working as a standalone video in it's own right. And you've made me want to complete my Action Force line up. I'm starting with the SAS, as they were always my favourite.
I did own Z-Force's Skip, though. He often did double duty as the Brigadier from Doctor Who, along with a Bespin Luke as the fifth Doctor, and a General Madine of the Rebel Alliance as The Master. Or Emperor Palatine as the decayed Master, and a Lego-built TARDIS, K9 and Daleks. Yeah, I was a kid sorely in need of a decent Doctor Who action figure series in the early 80s 😅
Hi Tony, a great video to complete the series and a worthy companion piece to your Action Man feature. I discovered the channel with an Action Force toys search and I couldn't have picked a better time. Each new video in the series has been a rare and much anticipated treat which has transported this toy fan back to the happy days of the early eighties. Palitoy achieved so much in a few short years and although I am a huge GI Joe fan, I have to wonder where Palitoy could have taken the line. I'm lucky enough to own most of the line apart from a few big ticket items, although the command centre takes pride of place in my collection. Congratulations Tony for a fantastic tribute to a wonderful toy line. Perhaps you could do a vehicle versus vehicle video, World Cup knockout style, based on a series of categories to decide which Action Force vehicle is the greatest of all time. Keep up the great work.
Mick Mo I suggested a couple roboskull vs triad fighter hyena vs the wolverine
Ah George, we were spoiled when we knew Tony always had another Action Force video on his to do list. I reckon he should combine Top Trumps and a knockout tournament for the ultimate AF vehicle face off. Categories like wow factor, playability, value for money and military realism could be used. It could be a livestream with fan votes but I reckon it could be epic! You'd love it George.