Action Force - Z Force by Palitoy

[@retroblasting]

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

[@TimHayes]

Excellent job Michael! :)

[@georgeaitken2719]

A great analysis of the atc I didn’t know that the gi joe apc didn’t have a tow hook

[@rudygamboa3123]

Love your channel

[@boonsaksmasher21]

Yes i agree

[@Plokman040]

Always a great team, if you listen to Michael and Tony when they team up *Swedish Chief kiss*

[@BrickMantooth]

that unproduced vehicle based on big trapper will haunt me.

[@AnalogToys]

I hope someone makes a custom!

[@johnroberts7910]

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..

[@JFvE]

Outstanding, Tony & Michael. An absolute pleasure to watch and like you a bittersweet ending. Great job, guys.

[@AnalogToys]

Thank you Joseph!

[@pitiedvod]

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.

[@nigelflood7074]

Phenomenal series .

[@JurassicJordan808]

I am learning so much that i had no clue about. Thank you!!

[@MrShadowjed]

Late to the party I know, but got some serious nostalgia hits recognising some toys I had (often found at school jumble sales and the like) as a kid but didn't treat as well as maybe I could've. I really want to know where you sourced that Action Force t-shirt as well!

[@AnalogToys]

Red Bubble

[@johnknox3282]

Great content. What about the Shogun Warriors? That would make for a great episode.

[@mechamanblade8465]

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.

[@georget5874]

My dad bought that tank for me, when I was about 5 in 1983. Brings back some memories seeing this video.

[@lordcypher7922]

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

[@dinomonzon7493]

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.

[@sandragruber4596]

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

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

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!

[@Tjrush-rm4jj]

Capt. Campbell looks like Roger Moore from The Wild Geese!

[@BrickMantooth]

Oh perfect, I've been loving this series.

[@occamsrazor4370]

Love your channel as well!

[@skabcat242]

Ah yeah! I got a drink and got cozy once I heard the Retroblasting theme.

[@idiotman666]

Great vid, brother. I wish I'd been your mate growing up. I'm 43. I had so many of these. My Mum was a champ at buying me toys.

[@georgeaitken2719]

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

[@brendanhaley3668]

Thank ypu George for your part in this series. You have created one new fan as a result of your kindness!

[@georgeaitken2719]

Thanks Brendan it means a lot to me to know this toy line is been loved all over again

[@brendanhaley3668]

@@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!

[@kieronball8962]

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 KZbin channel.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Wait...this is the conclusion of the series??? Seems that we feel the need to know more, though.

[@AnalogToys]

There will be more Action Force videos. I hope to cover the first series one day!

[@georgeaitken2719]

I’m working on it

[@jeff72_]

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!

[@seangalvin3196]

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.

[@SaturnCanuck]

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.

[@gringofett3944]

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.

[@galahad7636]

I almost wish we had Action Force in the U.S. instead of G.I. Joe.

[@alphatrion100]

It seems more realistic than gi joe

[@JeffreyPiatt]

@@alphatrion100 the original 12" GiJoe figures were based on actual military uniforms the RAH Joe Colton figure is made in honor of him and his scar. During Vietnam they retooled the line to ADVENTURE team.

[@bugler75]

You had to be in Action Force to get the red grenades! They’re like the paint shells in Kelly’s Heroes! 😂

[@Northernlightshow]

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?).

[@Chasing80sToys]

Awesome video 👍👍👍 @Retroblasting and @AnalogToys

[@MarioMartinez-ii9jz]

I REALLY appreciate how much TIME and EFFORT u put into these videos. Thank you

[@neiljones1242]

Loved it brought back some happy memories forgot some of the toys I had well done

[@scubapete9500]

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.

[@AnalogToys]

There will be more Action Force videos!

[@j.t.w.7985]

Damn, After this Video i am interested in collecting Action force... Well done, sir!

[@Kaohsuing]

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.

[@AnalogToys]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@anbernicguy]

​@@AnalogToys Do you have a channel on Rumble?

[@PixelPipes]

I'm glad to have got to experience this amazing series, but I'm a little sad it's over. I'm also sad I'm only allowed to click the like button once. p.s. 12:37 toy ads do NOT get any better than that

[@stever7066]

Excellent. Must have been hard work but enjoyable. The z force command centre must have been an amazing toy. Great video, thanks.

[@Merylstreep1949]

They were special Zed Force nuclear powered grenades, hence the red colour... lol

[@guitardudeguy3139]

I have the GI Joe troop carrier and have always dreamt of having the Action Force ATC. Honestly I like them both, but the ZForce definitely has more play value. Great video!

[@icasfire4391]

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.

[@FullersFigures]

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.

[@313cardcollections6]

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.

[@hgc7000]

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!

[@AnalogToys]

Glad to hear it!

[@salfordnurse]

I loved action force, had quite a few growing up, only two I have is one of the SAS figures, and Quarrel from Z force, unfortunately minus her bike, I think some where her crossbow

[@marklaurenzi1609]

I am envious that we never had this toy line stateside. Green. With. Envy.

[@derektorres6260]

As a yank who's about the same age as you I can greatly appreciate the color scheme uniformity of the Zed Force team over the GI Joes of the time

[@DougPalumbo]

Outstanding finale to the series! Well done!

[@CoolToysandCoolThings]

😎Thanks for sharing your collection so we all can enjoy seeing it. 👍

[@jamesherder5757]

I Really! like the more Military look of this line compared to G.I.Joe it's too bad the Baron & Red Shadows were phased out and replaced by Cobra they look really cool I could really get into collecting these I'm starting over from scratch after having my Comic & Toy Collection Stolen so I'm currently more into collecting the Vehicles (G.I.Joe) and their drivers/pilots than individual figures right now but if I ever see any of these I'll be sure to grab them... I did have one Action Man Adventurer (loose funny story) in my 12in. G.I.Joe collection but had never heard of Action Force

[@vintagesentimentalenthusia2248]

Great episode fellas. I don't know much about the Action Force line and it was extremely informative and very well produced.

[@Fu-Reviews]

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!!! ^_^

[@boblowes]

I think the reason I always preferred the original Palitoy Action Force (as opposed to the repainted GI Joe line it became), is that unlike the vast majority of GI Joe, Action Force felt like a cohesive army. You never get that feeling with GI Joe - all the figures wear completely different uniforms, and there's no structure - something no real army would allow - whereas Action Force has everyone in themed uniforms and distinct, themed military units. The irony of this, is that originally, GI Joe had its figures in matching, realistic military olive green, whereas Action Force was simply a scaled down version of the most popular individual Acton Man figures and uniforms. But by sticking with the themed units, Action Force really developed a realistic military - and that was always fun to collect for and play with. It's a crying shame that General Mills were unable to recognise the unique space Action Force occupied in the UK and in Europe. And yes, we got some fantastic GI Joe figures and vehicles going forward, but it was always the Palitoy Action Force I was drawn to. And if you're listening, Hasbro - yes, I would like a Black Series-style line of Action Force figures - and this time, we'll take multi-point articulation. But no O-Rings, thank you.

[@TheNightBadger]

@Lassi Kinnunen In the UK GI Joe was originally released under the pre-existing title of 'Action Force', because that was how the earliest Joe figures had been released. So when Palitoy folded, rather than launch 'GI Joe', Hasbro just kept the name 'Action Force'. Then later, they rebranded it briefly to 'GI Joe - The Action Force', then by the end of the 80's / early 90's, just 'GI Joe'. So for most of the 80's, GI Joe was just branded Action Force, even when the toys / comics had nothing to do with the original Palitoy Action Force line. I imagine a lot of Continental European Joe stuff just used the UK branding for convenience.

[@nept1974]

Had most of these as a kid. Thanks for the uploads

[@craigcoull6825]

Tony - Thanks to your brilliant AF series, I have started my own collection. Love your passion and vast knowledge. Excellent channel. Thank you. 🙏❤

[@frankschalk7790]

Oh WOW. I LOVE..LOVE those British Action Force commercials!!!!!!!

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

Good to know that Coco wasn't the only one and Internationally The Baron Ironblood was also *getting the shaft* Also it's a shame Hasbro didn't follow through with returning the Palitoy favor by "borrowing" inspiration from a figure/character from Hasbro, Goucho in particular....in name only as the Hasbro Joe character would of had a much shorter mustache and doubled as a silent film star....File Name: Laural Hardy Jr Code Name: *Groucho* I love these Action Force reviews.

[@BrianMillerCEO]

Series should be renamed "Commando Reviews -". Special Forces Reviews... videos are all the rage these days and you have the look and background.

[@mwg500]

G.I. Joe figures were DEFINITELY superior to Star Wars figures on the play value front (SW playsets and vehicles OTOH were a pretty good match to Joe). Star Wars characters tend to have timeless and memorable looks/design though. As for Action Force, there is definitely some nice looking stuff in the line, but I wonder if they would have updated the 5 point articulated characters with using Joe molds as the Joe line's library of sculpts continued. It would be fascinating to see a video about some of the later U.K. exclusive Joes like the international Tiger Force, Mutt, and Spirit that kinda feel like spiritual successors to Action Force.

[@phildalziel8625]

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!)

[@Ksknight100]

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?

[@TheDevilinThePaleMoonlight]

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!!🤣🤣🤣

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

My Captain Grant Campbell figure had a Mauser rifle and ammo box. I always thought he looked the spitting image of Lewis Collins. The Sapper was also supposed to be the sniper so it was weird he had an M60? A strange aspect of Battle Action Force was that it always depicted the Z-force infantryman as the Sapper?

[@martinanderson8815]

Another great history lesson very enjoyable

[@mjpaul1]

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.

[@Oscarhobbit]

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.

[@billpagan3070]

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!😁.

[@nicktalbot3310]

This is outstanding! Such a fantastically detailed & informative video! I wish I had the complete set of Action Force toys! Great stuff!

[@YT0091]

While I don't care for the 5POA Action Force figures, some of their original vehicles and certainly the Hasbro repaints are fantastic. I have several of them in my collection with the ATC being the best of the bunch.

[@hemnair75]

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.

[@stephenturner757]

I really wish that GIJOE would have continued making their figures in traditional camo colors. The whole vibrant color look of different figures really took me away from the line. Happy to see that over in the UK, they had the good sense to stick with a theme.

[@MarkJones-fn7kf]

FANTASTIC!!!! BEAUTIFUL LIKE NEW

[@georgeowain]

Now if Palitoy did release the Action Force Mobile Command Centre. But moulded it in red and made it a Red Shadows vehicle. Imagine the scenarios of it being displayed in toy shop with he ATC as its rival vehicle.

[@dene39]

Loved these as a lad. Had the tank and jeep.

[@Gucciviper]

Congrats on the milestone, that’s amazing

[@newwavepop]

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.

[@Shockwave-ob2tx]

Awesome review! Although I am confused as to why Gaucho has a US Marine Corp tattoo on his chest. Maybe he was an American ex-pat former Marine who joined up?

[@occamsrazor4370]

Beautiful review like all of your segments. Curious, is the green used on Z force the green the British used in the military. Similar to the darker green was used mimicking the United States soldiers fatigues. 10/10 series!

[@steve_bal4]

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!

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

These figures are bang on! I've started collecting them. I have them proudly displayed. Most of which are Z Force.

[@stephenpenor9957]

Love it man great description!

[@geordiebatt]

I loved my Z force tank but D cells were expensive in the mid 80's!

[@retroblasting]

Yeah - I did a whole video called "Tanks for Nothing" about this very problem for us kids back then.

[@TheOdst219]

Zee force, Zed force, dosent matter which side of the pond you're from these look great.

[@AnalogToys]

Its Zed Force, the same way its pronounced in the toy commercials from Palitoy!

[@maddog255]

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...

[@drctaylor66]

Great reviews of all of Palitoy AF figures Tony!!!! These are awesome!!!

[@emchamberlain]

Z Force Jeep. I had the A3 version. Totally twigged it is the Warthog from Halo.

[@lostonwallace1396]

AMAZING! One of my favorite videos about toys on KZbin this year! I love how informative you are, Tony! The Palitoy Action Force sculpts are too often underrated! The proportions are very realistic, and well sculpted. The sculpting on the original 4" GI Joe toys are nowhere near as well done. I actually have a nice Quarrel figure in my GI Joe collection, but now I have to start collecting the others! Harder to find in the U.S., but part of the fun is the chase. :) Thanks for the most EXCELLENT video! This has been a fantastic series, Tony! Oh... and red grenades are cool as hell! lol! Unusual, but cool!

[@adecook8282]

Great finale Tony, you own a fantastic collection and it’s been a great journey. Awesome toy line.

[@blissex]

Great review, what a way to go out with a bang, thank you so much for making this great adventure and bringing us along, now we have great videos of the action force history and different sub teams, I am proud to have a action force figure in my collection, I own 2 complete baron ironblood figures, why baron ironblood well in the UK story of action force baron ironblood became cobra commander, so now I can add him to my cobra commander collection. FULL FORCE!!!

[@ToyKennections]

Fun video! I have been looking for more information on Action Force and this video series certainly helps a lot.

[@MartinFutter70]

Awesome, great collaboration again and some wonderful insights, glad you've got the collection together at last...really gets the memories flowing back 👌👍

[@treystyles8128]

Thanks Tony for the vid!!

[@superermac55]

These kind of videos make me wanna dig out my old joes and action force customs and display them again

[@AnalogToys]

You should do that!

[@Savage209er]

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! 😎👍🏽

[@almeidaneto8786]

Você deveria fala do Falcon Brasileiro . From Brazil Fortaleza Ceará 👍 parabéns pelo vídeo

[@DareDevilDave75]

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

[@rabadabadoo491]

Awesome work, thank you

[@Halbared]

Such memories, thank you. I had the Baron a few red shadows, and space force. I always wanted the roboskull, but really I had a full He-Man set and Star Wars so sadly AF just lost out on attention.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

I wouldn’t mind a video documentary series that spanned years. Doing it off and on I’d love it. I love Action Force and Z Force is my favourite. I know the Scarlett figure will always be Quarrel to me.

[@stacks9079]

You've never come across bright red painted grenades, because you didn't serve in the Z Force 😎

[@kek23k]

Great stuff, thanks for all your hard work making this series. I really enjoyed it.