Atomic Man Vs Bionic Man | The Battle for a Six Million Dollar Toy Market!

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[@kieronball8962]

Superb describes The Six Million Dollar Man action figure, the Atomic Man action figurse and this mini documentary from Analog Toys.

[@KernowFishy]

I love these history vids. Just a huge blast of nostalgia for me as a 70's kid.

[@georgeaitken2719]

Same here

[@KernowFishy]

@@georgeaitken2719 we were living in a golden age of toys .

[@MichaelJShaffer]

That Steve Austin face sculpt is one of the best ever and still holds up today. Great review, Tony. It may be my Kenner bias but I'll always love the Six Million Dollar Man toy line more. The Bionic Woman and the Six Million Dollar Man were two of my earliest TV favorites.

[@JFvE]

Kenner BIAS.

[@richardlee2120]

The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman toy lines are among my favorite in my collection.

[@eyesonly7072]

Ahh the nostalgia and memories of having these toys. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@JosephDickersonUX]

Another great "toy history" video. and I'll repost my comment from the Analog Toys patreon (which everyone needs to join BTW). Maskatron was based on a character written my Mark Frost, who later cocreated Twin Peaks. When I met him a few years back I had remembered that fact (from chatting with him previously) gave him my boxed Maskatron, since he never got one back in the day (they didn't comp toys and merchandise to staff writers). He was thrilled, and was excited to share that figure with his son. In return he gave me an autographed Laura Palmer diary and something else very special (which I cannot say publicly, to not get him in trouble).

[@Awinst01]

i remember as a eight year old kid trying to understand the logic of Mike Power having only one atomic leg. And I was always bummed that he was dressed so shabbily and didn’t even have shoes. I also remember being at my grandmother’s house when I first saw the commercial announcing the Six Million Dollar Man action figure. Christmas that year couldn’t come fast enough.

[@TimHayes]

Excellent video Tony!

[@georgeaitken2719]

I remember the 70s the six million dollar man evil knievel action man and the brittains toy soldiers this is definitely a trip down memory lane for me

[@GarysActionManChannel1970]

Great video Tony 👍 Had my first Six Million Dollar Man when my family were on holiday in the Netherlands

[@subraxas]

Thank you, Tony, for all these "historical" videos. 👍❤

[@marceloillanes175]

"Coronel Steve Austin: El Hombre Nuclear" !! Greetings from Santiago Chile

[@adrianmcgachie]

Such a trip down memory lane for me - my era of toys and games! We created so many of our own toy adventures!

[@floridagator1765]

You are bringing back some unbelievable childhood memories. Thanks.

[@l3lueSerendipity]

My father still has his 60s Joes in the box. Later he started collecting the Star Wars figures, which I played with as a child in the 80s. I love seeing the throwback commercials-reminds me of the ones I saw on Saturday mornings! ❤ these videos, Tony!

[@MartinHughes-cc6lc]

Great video! I love the detail and the background you give behind each toy. I never remembered (Palitoy) Atomic Man being around but remember having Steve Austin and the repair station.

[@ivane5110]

some of my favorite childhood memories! I loved G.I. Joe and Big Jim, but once the Mego multifranchise figures came out they were 100% of my big figure attention. Mego, I guess, did smart in making them too different in size for any enjoyable interaction; it made me and friends phase the Joes out. The Six Million Dollar Man was an awesome superhero-ish show go us and not done in a kiddie way, like the later Captain Marvel (also cool was). The Atomic Man never had a chance with me though, and even my friends who had him just pretended he was Steve Austin. Bullet Man was a hit though, but by then, with few superheroes to use at his size, he was a quick fad in my area. If only I'd know just over the border the Big Jim line was getting its proper attention thanks to Kid Acero and all of his villains and allies. Great video, Tony. I had no idea of most of the UK part of the story.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

That was a great history of Atomic Man. Love that you included the commercials from both sides of the pond. I had Mike Powers but never got Steve Austin. I always wondered why Mike disappeared so quickly. Now I know. The whole thing was just a toy company war and kids like me were just casualties! 😃

[@TheSybermedic]

Thank you for this trip down memory lane. I remember having to choose between Mike Powers and Steve Austin for Christmas in 1975. For me there was no choice, I got Steve Austin, the Radio Backpack and the Bionic Repair Transport that year. I just wish my Col. Austin survived to today. When I found him box of my old stuff at my parents house all four of the attachment points for his arms and legs had broken and the rubber skin had turned to goo and fallen apart.

[@georgelea4297]

Thanks for the awesome video Tony , very informative

[@fashiondolldreamer]

Great video! Yes, the historical aspect you bring to these videos is pure catnip for toy collectors! Keep up the great work.

[@kumachan9311]

Used to play "Six million dollar man" fights when I was a kid at Infant school, basically a play fight but in slow motion and making the dudududuhhhhh noise, I remember the Teacher on playground duty all WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?!?! as we'd slo mo throw each other/ourselves against the dustbins

[@bear11charlie41]

I remember having so much fun with my six million dollar man figure as a kid. Thanks for bringing those memories back with your videos.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

I’ve been waiting for this matchup. Excellent video Tony.

[@seculartapes]

Steve Austin and Mike Power did finally get to square off in the the GI Joe vs the Six Million Dollar Man comic that came out in 2018.

[@JETFORCEJUN0]

I’m practically bathing in the history. This channel is so much fun!

[@travishiltz4750]

While I am a huge 6 million dollar man fan, I did love those one page GI Joe super action team comic story ads. Was so bummed, as a kid, to discover there was no super action team comic book. There was a Six million dollar man vs GI Joe comic book, a couple years back, and it did include a Steve Austin vs Mike Powers fight. It was pretty cool, and by the end of the story, they were pals.

[@legiontheatregroup]

This was a great video. I am in the US and was a child in the 70s. My parents bought me the Atomic Man as a graduation present, when school let out for summer vacation in the spring of 1975. He was purchased for exactly the reason you stated - I wanted a 6 Million Dollar Man but it wasn’t available yet. I eventually got the real thing, I think that Christmas, and I was a little disappointed. Honestly I felt the Atomic Man figure was more fun to play with. The official Kenner figure was a bit too large and heavy for me, and felt very stiff, more like a “working model” than an action figure. I also felt the way they handled the mechanical eye feature for the knockoff Atomic Man was a lot less disfiguring to the face than the Bionic Man doll’s gaping eye socket. A few years ago I found my Mike Power figure in a box, and proudly sat him on display in my house. He quickly got knocked off fhr shelf I perched him on and one of his hands unfortunately shattered. I guess that Kung Fu grip feature becomes brittle over time. Thank you again for this great video.

[@happiaxxident]

Another wonderfully informative and produced video! Thanks, Tony!

[@Vintage_GenX]

Six Million Dollar Man... my absolute favorite toy of all time...Evel Knievel with bike was my second. AND remember it was an ACTION FIGURE and NOT a DOLL !! 😃😃😃

[@lesliepark728]

I always love to see these documentary style videos about action figure and toy history. Always interesting to see.

[@Mvargo97]

Fantastic video

[@JayWoods483]

Thanks you so much for this trip down memory lane. Being old enough to be an action figure collector at that time, I can claim that the competition back then was very real. For about two years Mego, the Six Million Dollar Man and GI Joe w/the Kung Fu grip products squeezed Action Man from the store shelves in Canada.

[@snookhammer]

I love these deep dives and reviews you do.

[@carlswicegood4519]

I remember seeing Action Team adverts in comics and REALLY wanting Bullet Man and Atomic Man. I never got Atomic Man, but I remember being really happy finding Bullet Man at a store called King Liquidator. He got stolen at the park the next day.

[@trainedbyuk]

Brilliant!!!

[@eltenda]

Outstanding video ! Thank you for this!

[@PixelPipes]

Absolutely awesome! Loved it!

[@TheNightBadger]

Having a popular show geared around the character, and a fun toy that actually looked like him, meant the Six Million Dollar man was always going to be hard to beat. Good times.

[@user-jt4zh3tp1v]

Very cool video Tony thanks !! Atomic Man was my first Gi Joe and Six Million Dollar Man was one of my all time favorites growing up, I still have both of them, they both played a huge role in my obsession with action figures that has never stopped since I was a kid. I wish Hasbro would make 6 inch versions of both these guys I did do a custom of Steve Austin with a Valaverse body.

[@brettgardner7575]

Outstanding , nice to revisit my childhood , this chap really knows his history of toys , top man.

[@derektorres6260]

Awesome video Tony, thanks for educating me on Atomic Man.

[@Ksknight100]

Another ace video mate. 1974!! Crikey that makes me feel old; I remember watching the first episode when it aired !! I had that Steve Austin figure and he was kind of cool, but I would always go back to my AM figures... It annoyed me too that Austin was bigger and didn't cross over. Great days though and top top memories. Thanks Tony. 😍

[@yoshimitsu1971]

Brilliant insight, thanks dude, really enjoyed

[@francoisregis2155]

Wonderful video Tony love the history about thoses toys. Love your 6 millions dollars collection especially the Big foot.

[@SaturnCanuck]

That was great Tony. As a kid in the '70s I had the GI Joe of course, and we all had Steve Austin. Funny, I don't remember Atomic Man -- but I guess that's the point of the video

[@thomasbentley4757]

There was a comic,"GI Joe Vs Six Million Dollar Man"and also had Mike"Atomic Man"Power.

[@ikecarr5989]

Also check out IDW's REVOLUTIONARIES. Mike Power quite a role in mag. He also has a cameo role in G.I. JOE Vs. THE TRANSFORMERS IV:Black Horizon.

[@yesterlandtoys1138]

Great video Tony! I never knew about Atomic Man. Very cool history and back story! Thanks for sharing as usual 🤘

[@kevingallagher188]

Fun fact in the g.i.joe Six million dollar man crossover comic Atomic man had to return from retirement to stop a controlled Steve Austin. The Invader was featured in a Snake Eyes mini series!

[@robertsinfiniterealms1308]

I only vaguely remember atomic man from an old sears catalog (I think) from a friends house and remember thinking of it as a cheap knock off of the Six Million Dollar man. Somehow I didn’t realize until I was an adult that it was part of the GI Joe line. But from the pictures it just looked much cheaper, like the generic rip offs you tend to see in smaller stores even today. Never owned one and never had the desire for it either. Still after a bit I was curious about the origins of this oddity. Thanks for the video. I had kind of filled in the basics of the story in my mind but more details is always welcome.

[@B3tanTyronne]

The six million dollar man was one of my favourite toys way back then, and one of the first to be re-purchased a few years ago. I still have a long way to go to get the entire collection and truth be told with the prices for some of the parts, I doubt I can justify the prices they now go for, but I am glad that I do own one of the rarer pieces, a boxed bionic mission vehicle (£30 from eBay - that was an utter steal and I still cannot believe I got it for that price).

[@oliversees9443]

A+ video! Tony, have you seen the new Six Million Dollar Man Bigfoot Andre the Giant figure from the WWE Elite line? It's really fun.

[@donaldwiller9238]

Great information 👍

[@littledavevader]

Atomic man is one of those Action Man figures I can never remember anyone owning but remember seeing pictures of him in catalogues. Same goes for ROM although I do remember seeing him for sale in my local supermarket one Christmas.

[@banzaibobA7V]

Gotta say, the Palitoy version of Atomic Man looks much better with the black jumpsuit.

[@kevinmacdougall6665]

Great segment as always Tony. I'm a SMDM collector. I always thought the Atomic Man was ridiculous with his one leg. So, he hopped or skipped at 200 mph? Every kid I knew caught on to that.

[@JFvE]

I always learn something new from you, Tony. Excellent work, as always. My Bionic man figure tuened into a Bionic puddle when my sister left him in fhe car on an August day. I never had an Atomic Man, cool features though.

[@tbnone2501]

Well done!

[@bmxseeker6780]

Very Cool awesome video i had he Six Million Dollar Man action figure when i was younger 👍👍alot of stuff i remember & some i don,t but either way great history thanks for Sharing Cool Stuff 👍👍i Subscribed to your Channel Recently 💢💥💫take care Peace✌✌

[@toddeizik4895]

I had both! I still do. I loved my Mike Powers Atomic Man figure. I hated that he didn’t come with boots, so I took the boots off of one of my brothers old GI Joe’s. Both were great but nothing compared to Maskatron! Next to my Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle, Maskatron was my all-time favorite.

[@shades360]

Your research is exquisite. I must admit my Maskatron is amazing. So much play value . If only I could afford a Bigfoot

[@alfonsopreciadogonzalez7298]

What wonderfull times 1960---80 playing with our GI Joe & action Man & maxx steel action figure

[@newwavepop]

talk about a power couple, when you are right at that age where you are torn between playing with your Lee Majors action figure or staring at your Farrah Fawcett poster. the first toy i remember ever having was actually that Super Joe. then of course Star Wars hit and i sort of forgot about it. then for years i tried to figure out what that figure i had as a little kid was, i remembered it as a G.I.Joe figure but it wa too small to have been a G.I.Joe. it took me like 20 years to learn about that Super Joe, that was maybe 15 years ago.

[@paulknappcollections]

I've always thought the Brits did better on their TV commercials for Action Man than the US did on GI Joe. That would be a cool video to do.

[@AnalogToys]

If you're not a subscriber, you may want to check out the _Palitoy TV Advert Vault:_ kzbin.info/door/9IMZZJn-1BA5NfbsM-RdUA

[@arctrooper999]

Great video Tony! Hey anyone, was there ever a G.I. Joe type of figure that maybe had green skin and a silver lightning bolt accessory in the 70's? I have a vague memory of playing with one in kindergarten...

[@AnalogToys]

super joe darkon

[@arctrooper999]

@@AnalogToys Thanks! I think I've seen him on one of your videos and was like mystery solved but I forgot again

[@AL-ut6hl]

Tony , may I recomend an old UK comedy series "SYKES" episode six million dollar sykes , possibly the closest you will ever get to an Atomic Man live action. " you can run up to 40mph , mind you your other leg might find it a bit difficult to keep up with it.

[@kumachan9311]

I totally don't remember seeing Atomic man [Born '71, so into Action figure Toys kinda after he came out I guess] was a bit jealous of another older kid having a Six Million dollar man + repair station AND a Evel Knievel stunt bike though [Anything much Pre Star Wars I had to get though Jumble sales etc back then]

[@ImTheKingOfHyrule]

Seeing what a big deal the Bionic Man action figure line was for Kenner back in the day makes me kind of understand and appreciate why there was that big push for Bionic 6 in the 80s. Clearly someone thought they could restart the engine on those toy sales for a new generation the same way GI Joe was able to. The more things change the more they stay the same, I guess.

[@KingRandor82]

You folks in the UK got a waaaaay better Atomic Man than we did!!!!

[@loosecannon6852]

Loved Atomic Man. Steve Austin was great, but limited articulation and less durable. I loved both, but Atomic Man did not have a backstory to limit the play opportunities. My only complaint about Mike Power was that the right hand would simply spin around. I know it was necessary for the helicopter feature but was annoying when not using that. Kung Fu grip was a game changer.

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

Grewt Scott Marty! We gotta go back.. to when toys were affordable

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

Tom Stone is a great name for an action figure line.

[@The_Rage_Kage]

"They spent six million dollars to give me all new bionic parts. Made me stronger, better, faster than I was. Then you know what they did? They put me to work! They expected me to pay it all back! Do you have any idea how long six million bucks takes to pay off on a government salary!?"

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

The Million Dollar Man.... Always Gets His Way! Ah ha ha ha ha har!

[@kevinperin8645]

Nice I need to look for one

[@luisgarcia-km4se]

Excelente video 👍 siempre quise uno, pero nunca me lo pudieron comprar

[@lorenherrick8722]

This is a great video brother, but personally, this conversation is not at all complete unless you bring in PULSAR into the equation…. I think Pulsar is more important to the conversation than Atomic man.. What do you think?

[@Merylstreep1949]

Yep had 6Million dollar man and Maskstron❤ Your videos are always good but make me want to spend lots of money 💰 I want the better UK Atomic man !!!

[@johncortez2009]

I never had the Mike power toy But I think that was well done having that leg and arm and you can see through it haven't like mechanical body parts that was a very well done for back then I would love to have that but nothing beats the 6 million dollar man these toys were all awesome they were very well done and not cheaply made as they do now in Hong Kong however these toys are made no plastic and so easy to break

[@stinny72]

I really need to stop watching your videos. You keep making me want all of these beautiful figures for my collection! You're costing me too much money, Tony! Another amazingly researched and beautifully presented video (mini documentaries, for sure!) Also, I know that Super Joe gets a lot of hate (I don't know if they made it to the UK), but can we all just agree that the Intruder is the worst figure in GI Joe history? Well, maybe he's neck and neck with 1993's Robo-Joe...

[@topfitnessssss]

⁉You are not showing up his secret explosive suitcase ❔❔❔

[@timothyward8695]

He showed that in his _History of Six Million Dollar Man Toys_ video.

[@LoganWood121]

The music for the Palitoy "Atomic Man" commercial was pretty kick ass.

[@countofdownable]

I own both.

[@jasoncook8351]

Doesn't matter what the numbers say...Atomic Man was still the coolest toy, I had them both...

[@nostalgicforthe70s18]

Gi Joe was a superior product compared to anything Mego ever came out with. I loved my GiJoes Adventure Team but in this Battle the Kenner Six Million Dollar Man wins with his 13 inches in height and bionic gimmicks although Atomic Man had better articulation.

[@Clay3613]

I can't lie, Atomic Man looks a little wonky compared to the standard Joe. What's going on with that neck and that shirt/short combo is faux pas.

[@stevegt2682]

Palitoy's Atomic Man was definitely better

[@studlygrish]

I had both of them as a kid. I put the atomic man in the G.I. Joe outfit that came with the mummies tomb. He look like Steve Austin and season one outfit when he’s fighting the robot for the first time

[@tikielvis]

I still have my original Mike Power and Steve Austin! Well-loved but in good shape.

[@DougPalumbo]

Great video Tony!