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@fawlty7981 6 күн бұрын
Very informative. Ty
@Randomgijoecollector 6 күн бұрын
@fawlty7981 thank you for your comment and watching
@stumbler10462 8 күн бұрын
short fuse and zap
@Randomgijoecollector 8 күн бұрын
@@stumbler10462 🌟🌟
@andersholm675 8 күн бұрын
Malmö, Sweden, not Switzerland :) Thanks for clearing this up, never understood why all this SF stuff the first I saw of action force.
@Randomgijoecollector 8 күн бұрын
@andersholm675 yeah sorry, 🤦♂️ brain fart on my behalf. I am happy you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and your comment
@EditorVJAS 9 күн бұрын
About the comment about somebody making Red Shadows. You might want to take a look at the Monster Force and Order of the Crimson Moon lines from Fresh Monkey Fiction, as there are definitely shadow "influences" in these lines.
@Randomgijoecollector 9 күн бұрын
@EditorVJAS thank you. I will have a look, I recently saw something about the Crimson moon on Facebook. Thanks for the heads up and watching 👍🏻👍🏻
@MrChristopoop 10 күн бұрын
In 1987-88, I had a friend in school that was able to get issues of the oversized (compared to our comic book standard size here in the states) Action Force comic magazine. It seemed very exotic to us young American kids at the time, what appeared to be a UK based team (which at the time was filled with what appeared to be Joes). What I remember most about that magazine was the oil panted covers. They were of the same high quality of the card and box art for the figures and vehicles here in the states. I don’t believe I even knew about the whole Action Force line overseas until I was much older. Nice video.
@bilplaymo6121 10 күн бұрын
A lot of nostalgia for this Palitoys bright scenario about Baron and Action force group, I like a lot Baron, Z force ( a strange taste now since UA invasion ), and SAS of course ! Mills new owner of palitoys is who has kill the action force, always in my heart ! long life to them, thanks for sharing, take care Bro : )
@Randomgijoecollector 10 күн бұрын
@bilplaymo6121 Yes, they were nearly everyone's, poor old Q force and space force lol. What happened with palitoy was very sad as they bought a lot of happiness to many people. You, too, thank you for watching and your comment
@stevecherney1612 10 күн бұрын
Zap!
@Randomgijoecollector 10 күн бұрын
@@stevecherney1612 🌟
@andrewgrant6516 11 күн бұрын
I remember how confusing it was when the story changed. I preferred it before.
@Randomgijoecollector 11 күн бұрын
@andrewgrant6516 as did quite a lot of people, Imagine how the fans of Action man felt, when they replaced him with Action force. And when the change happened, I still continued playing with both using them as one big Action force against cobra and the shadows just like in later issues of the comic. The writers were the same as before, it's when marvel took over that the style changed, but I will save that for another video. Thankyou for you comment and watching
@Retrotoyguysi 11 күн бұрын
Great video! I remember when AF became Joe, but I never realised they came in AF packaging. My first Joe AF figures were the Cobra Trooper, Airtight and Bazooka, all of which came on the Hasbro packaging. I'm guessing the old AF figures would have been discounted for clearance at that time and so making the perfect gifts for my family to get me. Thanks for the great history lesson 👍 😀
@Randomgijoecollector 11 күн бұрын
@Retrotoyguysi Thankyou, that would be around 1987???? Yes that's right , there was ALOT of stock leftover from palitoy, so to save pennies and help with product recognition they used them, then about a year later once everyone had got used to the change they went to the Action force you mentioned, good choice of figures also! 👍🏻 I am happy you enjoyed it, thankyou for your comment and for watching
@taryntessrog7588 11 күн бұрын
Zap and Short Fuse. Short Fuse was the first G.I joe figure I ever got. Small correction: G.I. Joe was an afterschool cartoon. It was never aired on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. (Although it was made for syndication, so some local station might have aired on the weekend). I remember when the first 5-part series came out, it aired Monday through Friday in a single week. It seemed like a long time after that before the ongoing series started; but I was little, so it might have only been a few months. Really interesting to see how they matched appearances with nationalities in the Action Man line. I'll have to find those comics and give them a read.
@Randomgijoecollector 11 күн бұрын
That's right 🌟🌟 As for the cartoon, I will go with what you say on that👍🏻when it was aired the u.k under the name of Action Force it was on a Saturday morning. I thought it was part of that whole Saturday morning cartoon thing, like He man and transformers! now I know! Thanks you for watching and your comment
@taryntessrog7588 11 күн бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollector Ah, you might be surprised to learn that He-Man and Transformers weren't Saturday morning cartoons either. Neither was Thunder Cats or Voltron. I don't think any of the cartoons that were closely related to toy lines were. Saturday morning cartoons were developed by the big three TV networks (ABC, NBC & CBS) to compete with each other. There was this other ecosystem of syndicated cartoons that were bought by local stations across the country and usually played on weekday mornings and afternoons. And a subset of those were cartoons that toy companies had either pitched to animation studios, or just hired them outright to make. Although, I do remember Transformers being aired on Sunday mornings on a local station in my area when it first came out. Maybe because the first season didn't have enough episodes for a weekday rotation.
@Randomgijoecollector 11 күн бұрын
@taryntessrog7588 your joking!!! Well you definitely know your stuff, i know where to go next time i need the info lol! Thankyou 👍🏻 How strange, I suppose it had a lot to do with the fact over I the u.k we only had 3 channels BBC 1 BBC 2 and ITV, later being the only one to show cartoons from over seas like transformers and He man. I suppose it highlights the difference between the countries and the way they program stuff??? Thanks again for the comment 👍🏻
@gordonchung1099 12 күн бұрын
“Lift those lids!”
@Damien-u2x 12 күн бұрын
The real cause for the change was in the begining hasbro and palitoy had an agreement they would not sell their products in the others market....however when Alfred Pallet (founder and owner of Palitoy) died hasbro bought the company which gave them the rights to sell Gi Joe in the u.k. and europe.....to maintain brand recognition hasbro renamed it action force and changed the bios of a lot of characters (in Gi Joe they were all American but the A F versions were truly international) and as time would go by hasbro would change the name to "action force ,international heroes"....then rename it "Gi Joe the action force" and then simply "Gi Joe" dropping all pretence to the action force name /brand.
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@Damien-u2x thank you for the info, yes you are right, i know about the history between the two, but I didn't go into too much detail to save time and just gave a very brief description, I have mentioned it in other videos. My plan is to work up to when the name changed to gi joe. Thank you for watching and your comment
@Damien-u2x 12 күн бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollector thank you for the video and the reply.👍👍👍
@HankyPanky44 12 күн бұрын
Malmö, Switzerland? Really?
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@HankyPanky44 yes dyslexia and too much partying in the 90's I am afraid, I did correct, but I also messed up ace aswell ! Lol 🤦♂️ thanks for watching and your comment
@techshebeen 12 күн бұрын
What a great trip down memory lane! Thanks a million for this!
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@@techshebeen thankyou . I am glad it brought back some memories for you. Thank you for watching and your comment
@johnbartle7081 12 күн бұрын
Ps all way's there for you love jb xxxx
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@johnbartle7081 thanks man ❤️
@Chris23513 12 күн бұрын
Have you ever done anything on Skeletron? I can't find anything really on him besides he is was a mail-away figure and orginally scheduled to come with the Red Shadow Skull figher thing. I am curious was he supposed to be a robot? A living skeleton? Or something else? Was he a troop builder or a one off? Thanks
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@Chris23513 if you check out my all you wanted to know about Action force video, I give an explanation. yes your right there with your history, he was originally just a troop builder and was a robot. I hope that helps? Thanks for watching and your comment
@georgeaitken2719 12 күн бұрын
I remember what happened in 86 when palitoy closed down their action force stock ended up in discount stores I ended up buying 200 cobra officers for 59p each the following year we got action force international heroes
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@georgeaitken2719 yes there were a lot of bargains to be had, I nabbed a few cobra troopers, but not that many lol! Thanks for watching and the comment
@jonathanstempleton7864 12 күн бұрын
Did anyone else laugh when you said Snow Job 😄
@Randomgijoecollector 12 күн бұрын
@@jonathanstempleton7864 I am now you have said it
@mamunestor 13 күн бұрын
At 9:54 they look like short fuse body with flash and grunt heads.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@mamunestor oooh close, you can have a 🌟it's shortfuse and zap all they did was paint them grey. Some of the original joes did look a bit samey, but they soon worked that out. thankyou for your comment
@mamunestor 13 күн бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollectorconsidering that zap and short fuse used the exact same body except the head. 🤷♂️ one had the grunt head the other had the flash head.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@mamunestor I think it was more the kit that they came with that sets them as zap and short fuse. as with the heads, I didn't know that. Thankyou
@Gripen90 13 күн бұрын
Malmø is Sweden not Switzerland 😊, and Ace was from Chicago not Boston. Otherwise great video.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@Gripen90 damn, you spotted it, lol. Yes, I noticed Ace. Once I uploaded it 🤦♂️ I corrected Malmø tho! One day, I will get it right! Thank you for your comment and watching
@patrickstralko 13 күн бұрын
Sweet
@allenniumfalcon 13 күн бұрын
Action Force was always a more hard-core and cooler title than "GI-JOE" was
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@allenniumfalcon yes it was. The stories were also a lot grittier than the joes too
@yaboym3247 13 күн бұрын
Another great video. Also worth mentioning that S.A.S Stalker and the Panther Jeep were Palitoy repaints which looked far better than the G.I Joe originals, especially the Panther with the yellow rollbar thingy.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@yaboym3247 yes they were I had the attack jeep, I was a big fan of sas force. Yes the colour scheme really worked with the black and yellow! Thanks as always for watching and your comments 👍🏻👍🏻
@yaboym3247 13 күн бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollector btw, loved how you went through all the figures in this video and then went into the comic at the end. You are the king of Action Force videos on KZbin 🤴
@derekmcmanus8615 13 күн бұрын
I got the Panther and Stalker for my birthday one year
@yaboym3247 13 күн бұрын
@@derekmcmanus8615 Stalker looks so much better as a figure than Snake Eyes v1. A little bit of grey paint as contrast worked wonders on that figure.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@yaboym3247 thankyou!! man that's very high praise indeed, I just love Action force, it was a big part of my childhood. Thankyou and have a good day buddy 👍🏻
@sowhatdidithink4205 13 күн бұрын
Here in Cork Ireland , the new AF never turned up and the old Palitoy figures (SAS and Z force in particular with the shadows were on sale until the Autumn of 86...a few weeks before Action force ended in Battle , that Christmas I got the Roboskull ( still Have it) and the SAS Wolverine as my parents got them on stock clearance deals from the shops.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@sowhatdidithink4205 well I never knew that, thankyou for the info 👍🏻 There was alot on sale around that time , I was lucky as lived near the palitoy factory so like you had the pick of the crop that was left, Roboskull, command center etc. Thanyou for you comment it was very interesting 👍🏻
@Harry75 12 күн бұрын
I remember a shop in North Main Street, think it was a small Dunnes, selling figures like Doc or Snow Job or Blowtorch (my brother and I personally had all of those three) on the Action Force style cards as shown here, before the rebranding to make the packaging more similar to G.I. Joe. Never knew that the version of Deep Six released here was from Cork, knew that the European Lady Jaye was from here. We did okay out of it to have two characters from Cork!
@sowhatdidithink4205 12 күн бұрын
@@Harry75 yeah it was weird they made them both from Cork. I must have never got to that dunnes, but I do remember getting those figure packs that were packaged here that had all the excess figures when palitoy finally folded.
@Harry75 12 күн бұрын
@@sowhatdidithink4205 I was more of a Transformers kid...even if larger figures than mini Autobots or combiner limbs were birthday or Christmas treats...but Action Force figures were affordable also on the odd trip to town so we amassed several. I do remember disappointingly never getting Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow, and I never even saw Cobra Commander.
@sowhatdidithink4205 12 күн бұрын
@@Harry75 I started collecting the New Action force but I stopped after a year or so...not because I was getting older( I still have the Snowcat) they just weren't the same as to me the Original for Force Action Force and Red Shadows.
@joecam5130 14 күн бұрын
Your videos are excellent routes back to my childhood and my love of all things Action Force. Thank you
@Randomgijoecollector 14 күн бұрын
@joecam5130 thankyou🙏 I am happy it's brought back some memories! And yes Action force was awesome
@Justin-l6z9n 14 күн бұрын
hi mate, i like your channel and love cobra! have a great weekend.
@Randomgijoecollector 14 күн бұрын
@Justin-l6z9n hey! Thank you, and who doesn't like cobra... Maybe Action Force! Have a great weekend yourself
@Justin-l6z9n 14 күн бұрын
@Randomgijoecollector lol, yeah I'm a huge collector of the gi joe 25th anniversary figures, cobras only.
@Randomgijoecollector 14 күн бұрын
@@Justin-l6z9n nice 👌
@Justin-l6z9n 13 күн бұрын
@Randomgijoecollector o yeah they also have the destro mask coming out soon too. I know you like destro.
@Randomgijoecollector 13 күн бұрын
@@Justin-l6z9n that's cool! Who from?
@darren2514fv 14 күн бұрын
Zap and Short Fuze were used for Moondancer and Dolphin
@Randomgijoecollector 14 күн бұрын
@@darren2514fv 🌟 🌟
@cobraking1419 Ай бұрын
I would like to see a war between Cobra Command and the Red Shadows
@Randomgijoecollector Ай бұрын
@cobraking1419 it's does happen later on, in a issue called school for snakes, which I will cover eventually! Lol! Thank you for your comment 🙏
@cobra4life324 Ай бұрын
Lol
@WeerdWulf 3 ай бұрын
Action Man and Action Force were some of my favourite toys and I had most of the Red Shadows and SAS Force toys
@Randomgijoecollector 3 ай бұрын
@@WeerdWulf likewise, It was a big part of my childhood on more 👍🏻
@ThatGuyStephen-zx7pc 4 ай бұрын
Still looking for this one myself
@Randomgijoecollector 4 ай бұрын
Really? Over there? Yeah you can't get him for love nor money over here! Well done hasbro....again lol
@ThatGuyStephen-zx7pc 4 ай бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollector they are good about that lol I think he is still on @Bigbadtoystore for retail
@docteurgag749 6 ай бұрын
Merci , vos vidéos sont trés bien, c'est un régal.
@bloodforthebaron 6 ай бұрын
Love it! Thank you.
@matotoole3791 7 ай бұрын
That was great , bought back a ton of old memories,
@Retrotoyguysi 7 ай бұрын
Great video sir, some fantastic info there, thanks for sharing 👍 😊
@Randomgijoecollector 7 ай бұрын
Thank you Sir! I am happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for your comment 🙏
@manofaction1807 7 ай бұрын
BLOOD FOR THE BARON!!!
@Randomgijoecollector 7 ай бұрын
BLOOD FOR THE BARON!!!
@jimkhana007 7 ай бұрын
Really good video and extensive delve into what I think is a very underrated and overlooked toy range
@Randomgijoecollector 7 ай бұрын
Thank you I am happy you enjoyed it! And yes I can't disagree with you more on that point! Thankyou for watching and your comment 🙏
@darren2514fv 7 ай бұрын
Hasbro were able to integrate the Red Shadows into GI Joe through the acquisition of Palitoy/Kenner in 1991 hence the Devil's Due revival in 2005
@Randomgijoecollector 7 ай бұрын
Hey Darren, thank you for that bit of information, I knew they had a distribution/licensing agreement back in the day. You learn something new every day! Thank you for the comment 👍🏻
@banzaibobA7V 7 ай бұрын
The Red Shadows are my favourite baddies of all time (well, maybe just after The Empire from Star Wars). My wife got me the brilliant 7" Red Jackal from Super 7 for Christmas last year. It's a fantastic tribute figure. Pity he's likely the only Red Shadow they'll release. And he's bigger than Classified and Valaverse figures so won't fit in with those displays. I absolutely dig him though. I'm still waiting on the 4" and 6" Eagle/Monster Force figures that are coming out this year. Along with the not-so-far-off-now Roboskull Mk II, these should scratch my Red Shadows itch.
@Randomgijoecollector 7 ай бұрын
That's cool! Yes, both were very good! Nice, I have seen that figure. He does look good, it's a shame about the size being bigger like you say, but I bet he makes a great stand alone figure! The Roboskull Mk 2 looks amazing ❤️ That's some itch you have lol! Thank you for watching and your comment 🙏
@cliffwoodbury5319 7 ай бұрын
So Action-Force is within the G.I.-Joe universe.
@Randomgijoecollector 7 ай бұрын
Yes! If you check out my Cobra conversion videos it all becomes clear! Thank you for your comment 🙏
@manofaction1807 7 ай бұрын
YES.
@AllTheCoolStuff 8 ай бұрын
Interesting perspective :)
@Randomgijoecollector 8 ай бұрын
Thankyou 🙏
@joecam5130 8 ай бұрын
Yes a really great video. Thank you for putting it together. Is there anyway to get the volumes made of the original comics?
@Randomgijoecollector 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment 🙏. Jim has said he can only do it if he can find another publisher. Which he is working on
@yaboym3247 8 ай бұрын
Another fantastic video 🙏
@Randomgijoecollector 8 ай бұрын
Thankyou 🙏
@darren2514fv 9 ай бұрын
This is very close to the Hasbro version as Duke only came out in the Hasbro line the same year the USA invaded Grenada first as a mailaway and in 1984 as a carded figure and the Palitoy and Hasbro origin stories with Duke as one example can be merged into one backstory to fill the gaps
@Randomgijoecollector 9 ай бұрын
Yes they only tweaked a few things with the Action force origins, mainly to make it more European. I hope you enjoyed it. Thankyou for your comment 👍🏻
@darren2514fv 9 ай бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollector With that you could do The Baroness origin next as again Palitoy fills the gaps in the Hasbro backstory with her Austrian background and maybe her parents could be linked to the Hasbro version of Destro
@Randomgijoecollector 9 ай бұрын
@darren2514fv are you a mind reader???? Lol yes I have her major blood, storm shadow and firefly in the works! Yes her AF story is quite different to say the least
@robertobassetto885 9 ай бұрын
"The old skyjacker trick"... Please do NOT tell me that these heavily stereotyped "insurgents" wanted to set a course to Cuba... Maybe this was an U.K. comic, but it's Reaganism at its best, nonetheless. Eat your heart out, Chuck Norris !! :D
@Randomgijoecollector 9 ай бұрын
Well it was the 80s lol
@zandorvorkov7257 9 ай бұрын
This was very enlightening. I didn't know about any of this.
@Randomgijoecollector 9 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoyed, thank you for watching 🙏
@coloradoco12 9 ай бұрын
So interesting to hear this history, thank you
@Randomgijoecollector 9 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏 I am glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
@sparkster1701 10 ай бұрын
I may have to look into making some of these in LEGO form. I've built the HISS tank and the HAL, and have designed the SNAKE armor so making recolors of those as Red Shadow versions should be simple. All that would be missing is a way to see some of their stickers so I could make them.
@Randomgijoecollector 10 ай бұрын
That sounds amazing, i love lego. I like to see what you have done, do you have an I.G account.? As for the stickers check out B.F.T.B.com and look under toys and then AF 1983-84 then look up the vehicle and scroll through the pics and the stickers are there on most vehicles! Good luck 👍🏻
@sparkster1701 10 ай бұрын
@@Randomgijoecollector I have a playlist for some of them on my KZbin channel, and would love for you to check them out and leave your thoughts. I hope to post more videos of my fleet, but having the time to film them has been a chore lately.
@Randomgijoecollector 10 ай бұрын
@sparkster1701 Great I will have a look and check them out!👍🏻 I am in the same position, it's tricky finding the time, hence why my output of videos isn't great lol.
@eenawes 10 ай бұрын
7:46 “…Eskimo pu55y is mighty cold.” ??!! I spent eight years in the U.S. Navy. I hadn’t heard that one before!
@Randomgijoecollector 10 ай бұрын
Yep you can blame Lee Ermy for that one!
@robertobassetto885 10 ай бұрын
Awesome. Clearly the struggle, here, was not between Red Shadows, Action Force and Cobra, but between Palitoy and Hasbro. But let me say that Baron Ironblood is, by all meanings, a better villain than the Cobra Commander. His narrative is far more ruthless, merciless, and realistic. And did he kill Allende? Really?
@Randomgijoecollector 10 ай бұрын
Thankyou for your comment 🙏, yes it did seem to me that palitoy got done over somehow. And yes the baron was more ruthless than C.C to me also. Thanks for watching
@CB-ke7eq 9 ай бұрын
He literally wears a bucket on his head. 😂
@robertobassetto885 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I know. Many members of the A.I.M are still very angry with him for this copyright infringement@@CB-ke7eq