A '90s Kid - Action Man

[@sap3055]

So glad i grove up in the 90s action man was my favourite toy, and one year ago at the age of 30 I decided to collect them

[@Matropolis]

They were awesome eh? I hope your collection is going well 👍

[@sap3055]

@@Matropolis indeed ebay haw been a perfect help

[@theunion6024]

The 90s when toys were actually toys and not a political football

[@Matropolis]

Bring back the 90s!

[@theunion6024]

Matropolis Amen

[@dark3rthanshadows]

not political? a army macho dude that fights evil vietcong?

[@dazbri4384]

that tune is buried deep in my brain hahaha ACTION MAN THE GREATEST HERO OF THEM ALL........

[@Matropolis]

And now mine too 😂

[@sap3055]

For me asvel 😃

[@neillenhart6838]

Man this is crazy. I didn’t have any of these toys but I had a book with all the lore behind them for some reason.Totally forgot this existed until I saw the action man casualties of war video. Weird how no one in my family remembers the book but I used to read and re-read the book over and over again at night lol.

[@Matropolis]

Sorry for the late reply, missed your comment! I didn’t know there was a book but that’s something I’m going to look up! Sounds cool!

[@nickysixx2480]

Dam this bring back memories when I was 10 year old kid!

[@deadWu]

Remarkable collection, my friend. I wished I was more careful with my toys, since it seems I displaced my Action Man mission Tiger and the OG Action Man of my older brother... But I had a struck of luck and found a naked Action Man Ninja Kick perfectly functional at a local thrift store... Dunno why but as a 37 years old man it made me really happy.

[@Matropolis]

Thank you! It probably made you happy as it brought back good childhood memories 👍 Loved playing with my toys with my friends back then 👌

[@swagon4545]

Takes me back when my kids were little, I've just give 35 action men to one of my grandchildren... moon buggy & action man motorbikes.. very rare vintage 1996 Action action man stealth jet... & lot more....

[@Matropolis]

Those were the days eh? Sounds like your kids had a good childhood!

[@swagon4545]

@@Matropolis To be honest I was one of 8 children, my brother had action men in 1969.. I had two boys who loved playing with the action men back in the 90s.. We had bad storm & took the roof off the garden shed... Lot of the stuff was water damaged... From old Hot Wheels, Scalextric.. Old game boys, PS1 still boxed, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the 90s.. Old Power Ranger Transformers.. They were all in good condition... Now absolutely ruined.. You may ask why were they in the shed, They were in there temporary because of a recent move... I salvaged what I could but the boxes are well gone.. To be honest I'm just working class guy.. Who worked hard & still dose.. Appreciate Your comment 👍

[@Matropolis]

@@swagon4545 sorry to hear that, not a nice thing to experience

[@shockz16]

Action Man.. The greatest hero of them all! haha. I never got into Action Man Myself, I think it was cos he didn't have a whole lot of villains or sidekicks so couldn't play bad guys vs good guys. I also think the size of him put me off as I liked to blend toys sets with each other so I would have like Ninja Turtles fighting WWF figures etc haha. One thing I think that is iconic though as always the butt of an Action Man joke is all his different variants, I remember sometimes in catalogs they'd have to dedicate a whole page just to his different costumes lol. The diving/swimming one reminds me of Scuba Steve hahaha (Big Daddy reference). Pro tip: Might be worth investing in a tripod or something so that you can fix a focus point and work with both hands free from behind the camera when showing off multiple items, will stop you fucking about struggling trying to hold the camera one handed and having to keep focusing it in :)

[@Matropolis]

shockz16 Haha I used to mix all my Action figures together Infinity War style! Yes Action Man was slightly bigger lol but so where my Power Rangers. What a cross over that was! I didn't realise how many variants and costumes there were until I googled it! Your pro tip is a great tip. I've always meant to buy a tripod lol. Think I'll do that now actually. My plan was to have this video in it though the same style as the Animals of Farthing Wood but they were too big for the area I looked to occupy. Action Mat the greatest boomer of them all!

[@darkwoods1954]

Same reasons I never go into it. Too big and not to scale with all my other figures and not many characters to have him interact with or fight. That and he seemed to have given up his military ways and taken up extreme sports when i was a kid which I found lame.

[@alfioantoniogambino1972]

Sono un collezionista di action figures. E ho tanti Big Jim, Action Man e Max Steel e altri.

[@dazbri4384]

I had the 4x4 green jeep with cannon, but cant remember what me or my mum done with it. i had only 2 action men. its a shame i never kept them, oh the memories, that line was soo large, from 1993 to 2002

[@Matropolis]

It was great wasn't it? I'm happy my parents kept the majority of mine

[@davidparker3834]

Just found mine & it still fires! Still amazing!

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Good ol' Action Man Mat. Doesn't he put a smile on everybody's face knowing he's out there doing what he does best? 8^) Anthony..

[@Matropolis]

Charlie Cat Haha thanks!

[@GasheadSteve]

Great info mate... I did love my action men - errrr lol Had loads of them years ago..

[@Matropolis]

Gashead Steve I bet you did 😉 Cheers Gas Gas

[@brucelaborin2124]

As a kid who grew up in America, with G.I.Joe, this was a fun video to watch and see what action man was like in the 90's. I get a kick out of Professor Gangrene's name. It brought a pleasant, twisted smile to my face. Hasbro made some fun toys, then. I just recently bought a 1993 G.I.Joe version of the Action Man jeep off ebay, and I saw the listing showing it for $70, which would probably be around £100? Did I get the price amount and symbol correct? The funny thing about it was I was looking for a vehicle for my 15.24 cm figures, not my 30.48 cm figures, and the person got his scale wrong and listed it for the 15.24 cm range. I got excited and bought it, AND THEN went looking for reviews for them on youtube. Then I see all the reviews and TV commercials for the jeep, and see all these original 30.48 cm figures sitting in the jeeps. But the actual scale is still off, it's true scale is in-between the two scales, somewhere. Upon looking at real life scales of Rhino jeeps with real people standing next to them, the 30.48 scale is too large, it's actually a bit closer to the 15.24 scale. With a little fudging with the seating, I can still use this with the 15.24 cm. Thanks for your video, Rhino jeep videos for G.I.Joe OR Action Man figures are scarce on youtube. I enjoyed seeing the differences between them.

[@Matropolis]

Hi Bruce, thanks for watching and I’m happy you enjoyed the video! $70 for us would be £50, the opposite direction but you got the symbol correct 👍 I’ve never really thought about the scales as it was a jeep for the action men so just figured they’d fit regardless. I hope you can alter the seats to your liking and find more vehicles in the future 🙂

[@badmrfrosty09]

Great review of a toyline I always loved, but I gotta say your intro is fantastic. Gives me an idea for my own channel this year

[@Matropolis]

It is indeed a great toy line. Had many hours of fun playing with these as a kid. Cheers. I have another intro now, thought it might get copyright claims

[@AtariFitness]

Cool Mat! 💪🙂👍 I had the 80's action man figures. When, I was a kid.

[@Matropolis]

Colin's Fitness and Gaming they were great weren't they? Nice new channel name by the Col. Think that's the 7th time you've changed it since I started KZbin lol

[@AtariFitness]

I have lost count! Since, I started in January 2012 🙂

[@jordanwillrog]

Being a 90s kid This is the coolest video of my entire life

[@jordanwillrog]

I had most of these That swimming one took me RIGHT back The space one is a classic And the villain with the shooting are that looks like a sweet lol

[@Matropolis]

@@jordanwillrog glad you enjoyed! Such an awesome era to grow up in and Action Man was great! 👍

[@jordanwillrog]

are u from north wales ? Lol

[@Matropolis]

@@jordanwillrog South 👍

[@jordanwillrog]

U sound north man !

[@rick.7075]

great video nice collection

[@Matropolis]

Thank you 🙂

[@Alduin3914]

mate i,m 25 going on 26 and i still love playing action men, i got special needs and overactive animation lol

[@Matropolis]

That's great mate, sounds like you have a lot of fun! I used to love playing with mine 🙂

[@Romin.777]

Thanks, no i know wich figure and saw belonged to the snowboard. ;)) Played with ActionMan in the 70s/80s always kept them. Today i bought a whole lot of nineties ones including motorcycles and a Max Steel mountainbike. The box also included a 1991 GiJoe in Desert outfit ;) The first of the American Hero rereleases. 8 dolls for 15 pounds ;)) Lucky i stumbled upon your video, there isn't much about 90s ActionMan. About the vintage ones there is lots.

[@Matropolis]

Hey there! Glad this video helped you out and I appreciate the watch. Nice finds on the figures and motorcycles!

[@bombergamiing_]

Great collection 👍🏻I collect them too I have over about 100 action men with accessories and all the vehicles as well and great collection ✌🏻🙃

[@Matropolis]

Thanks! Wow that is quite the collection! I don't think I'd have the space for that many but they are cool though 🙂

[@bombergamiing_]

There cool indeed and there the best action figures that are made and I really wish you can buy them in shops:)✌🏻🙃

[@Matropolis]

@@bombergamiing_ maybe they'll make a comeback one day?

[@bombergamiing_]

You never know :) they could indeed

[@JohannesVanDerStuyvebode]

Neat video. I have all of those as well. Good stuff

[@Matropolis]

Glad I'm not the only fan out there 🙂

[@berreta92f]

Im trying to find one on youtube which i owned but unfortunatly lost, it was an action man in a small boat/canoe he had camo pants and orange life vest. Two assault rifles (aug and famas) and lots of other small guns and accesoires.

[@Matropolis]

I can vaguely remember something like you described but never owned it. I might have seen it on a TV advert. I hope you find it!

[@BsBigSpinToTheShin]

Mannnn this took me way back. Action man the greatest hero of them all!! I used to have action man with the ice axe and you could rewind his arm to throw the axe, I think I ended up burning him or something. This video really made me realize how in now days we really aren't trusted with toys that shoot stuff... Or just toys at all how fucking weird. I also used to have Gang Green in astronaught villain I think? He was my absolute favourite. Used to pretend he was spiderman imagining shooting green webs out of him. Man I loved that toy, I actually buried him in my yard after I ripped his legs off because I dried him in front of the heater after playing with him the bath but it ended up making his plastic legs super floppy so I ripped them off. It was an actually really devasting moment. I used to make these dolls have sex with Barbie's lmfao I've just relived so many strange childhood memories thank you sir hahahaha

[@Matropolis]

Wow you definitely had some unfortunate experiences with Action Man! Haha the things we did as kids eh? Glad I could remind you of them 🙂

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Always a pleasure Mat. 8^) Anthony..

[@Matropolis]

Indeed!

[@willsworld1990]

Awesome nostalgia man :)

[@Matropolis]

@willsworld1990 cheers dude 👍

[@willsworld1990]

⁠ do you think we’ll ever get re issues of the 90’s action man toys?

[@Matropolis]

@willsworld1990 entirely possible. A few old toy lines have been re-released so who knows? Would be cool

[@willsworld1990]

@@Matropolis I hope so!

[@Sacrer]

2:17 That's an Action Man Operation S.O.S. which came out in 1996.

[@Matropolis]

Awesome, thank you for the info 🙂

[@jamesrodwell8609]

I collected the first wave of Action Man (based on the American GI Joe line 1992-1993). The second wave (1994) began to lose the military theme hence I lost interest. You can see the transition by comparing the Action Man pages in the archived Argos catalogues (via Google) Compare Autumn/Winter 1993 with Spring/Summer 1994.

[@Matropolis]

Yeah they did tend to get more radical in design and theme but I didn't know much different at the time so didn't bother me

[@squills1]

Same here! The first lot I think had felt hair and proper material clothes. I had a ranger with a bazooka that made noise and a beret a wall climber with sucker pads and a space ranger type thing. I didn't like the later ones much with the plastic hair etc. Good times

[@nickbrown8442]

Sounds like u were in your mid forty’s in 92 dog

[@-DEATHSTROKE]

I had the Jeep, a chopper and a rubber dingy it was great

[@Matropolis]

good times!

[@daithi7204]

Why do the 60s GI Joe/ action man look like Paul McCartney from the beatles 😂😂😂

[@Matropolis]

😂

[@irvinelawrence2733]

😂I wouldn't put my head on a block- Tower of London and all that- but...Having seen the 1990s designer show his collection and his imput on the design of that era of Action Man...Professor Gangrene looks quite like him😂

[@darkwoods1954]

I had a Strike Force action man knock off as a kid as by the time I wanted to buy an Action Man all I could find were snow boarding or skater action man variants. The Strike Force figure however had proper military gear and three outfits all with the figure.

[@Matropolis]

Hmm strange that you could only find those. I've seen quite a few variants when I was out and about. Maybe those particular ones didn't sell so well. At least you had the Strike Force

[@darkwoods1954]

Well there were more but all extreme sports type ones. I could never find a proper military action man.

[@Matropolis]

@@darkwoods1954 perhaps they weren't so popular with new variations being released

[@interghost]

Nice one. I wasn't a huge fan of the Action man series. I think I bought a bag full of off Paul when he was getting rid of them as a kid. I then sold them on at a car boot sale a few years later if I remember right?? Probs worth a lot now as sure they were originals from the 70s?? Cool you kept all the cards with them too. Nice video dude!

[@Matropolis]

interghost you were probably too busy with Care Bears, Gizmo and a few other soft toys to have time for Action Man lol. Yeah they could have been worth something but I guess that would depend on the state of them too. Cheers for stopping by dude. I'll shall check out your latest later.

[@george_yam38]

Nice collection I have a lot more though haha

[@Matropolis]

Cheers. Have you made a video of it?

[@george_yam38]

Matropolis no lol might do

[@irvinelawrence2733]

😮woah...that designer of Dr X must have grown up with Matchbox Fighting Furies- that purple ponytail and prosthetic left arm...even handlebars stache- all an homage to Cap'n Hook from that pirate themed Fighting Furies era.... Check and compare for your own opinions😂

[@wrenrhodes1155]

i have that jungle guy one with the stick that you'd blow into to shoot the "Darts" with. and i do have the astronaut but unfortunately lost the buggy and most of the accesories, i actually collected both barbie and action man back then, sometimes barbie would be the astronaut and action man would be the princess

[@Matropolis]

The good old days eh? I think astronaut Barbie and Princess Action Man would definitely be a hit!

[@wrenrhodes1155]

@@Matropolis my dad didn't seem to think so

[@Matropolis]

@@wrenrhodes1155 different world back then

[@wrenrhodes1155]

@@Matropolis pretty sure my dad was just a knob, there were other kids at my school that liked all sorts, guys into totally spies and sailor moon, girls into he man and doctor who, and both boys and girls were way into pokemon, yugioh, and even a few digimon fans. i am into all the above thanks to being at school with them in the late 90's, my absolute biggest obsession was power rangers, particularly lightspeed rescue and time force.

[@Matropolis]

@@wrenrhodes1155 yeah it wasn't 'normal' for a boy to enjoy a 'girl's' TV show so to speak but I liked all sorts too. My Powers Rangers journey started with the original MMPR and ended after Turbo. I did watch some of In Space but was getting older by that point (says the guy who makes vids on these things) 🤣

[@dissident_media]

it took years before they had the joints on the ankles. could never get those boots on

[@Matropolis]

Those boots were a menace!

[@davidneal9368]

Bought a couple of 90s action man last month. Don't class them as action man though. Pallitoy made action man. No knee joints Thought I try sit them in the army jeep bought the month before but figures to big for it

[@tootyuk]

I had the OG action man as a kid, I see loads of this 90's stuff at the carboots, if you ever want to add to it let me know and I can grab some for you

[@Matropolis]

TootyUk Cheers Tooty, I will let you know ☺

[@irvinelawrence2733]

🕵🏾not sure if anyone else noticed or asked but...on the floor of your room, in front of the vehicle- you have an action figure that looks like it experienced some sort of "trauma"😂... What is/was that one🤔

[@kjpe]

I have some now they r vintage And a lot of clothes and eagle stop yes

[@GreggyAck]

Ah man, I had that moonraker set. Absolutely loved it.

[@Matropolis]

Memories eh? 🙂

[@GreggyAck]

@@Matropolis Big time. Nostalgia overload.

[@VonDutchNL]

I used to have the jeep.

[@Matropolis]

Big wasn't it?

[@J.sacados]

Not to hate but i now have more action mans beguz my brothers and family of me gave me them and now i have a hole collection

[@beatavarga4893]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodd

[@beatavarga4893]

👍👍👍😃😃😃😃😃😃😃🍟🍔🍔🍔🍔

[@Matropolis]

Very good 👍

[@vukmarkovic1635]

Do you sell maybe action man figures?

[@Matropolis]

I have no plans to sell them but I'll think of you if I do 👍

[@vukmarkovic1635]

@@Matropolis thanks for info 👍🏻

[@jimmyowen8153]

Poor imitations nothing beats the original 70s palitoy Eagle eyes gripping fingers the best

[@Matropolis]

Never heard of it. Although I wasn't born back then so that's no surprise. I'll check it out

[@innescoull7061]

No way is he a 90s kid maybe 🤔 70s

[@Matropolis]

No definitely 90s