Action Force International Heroes - Completing the Collection!
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CONGRATULATIONS TONY!!!!!
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Being a British kid in the 80's was awesome! Transformers, Action Force, MOTU, Thundercats, Visionaries, Supernaturals etc etc, most with attached cartoons and comics. It's easy to see why a lot of us collectors are still so nostalgic for these incredible toys. Well done mate :)
Don’t forget The Centurions.
And M. A. S. K
Being a kid in the US during the 80s was better. I was both, I moved to the US in 88. The toy market was much better, with more toys in the line and better stocked shelves.
That said, comic books, particularly Transformers were better in the UK. Also, at least where I lived, there were smaller market stalls in town that had a an eclectic mix of toys at a lower price point. Don’t know how but I think I was able to pick up some foreign toys from there, such as some Diaclone toys from Japan.
@@MrTim2031 Nice!
Totally agree with you 👍
Brilliant that took me back to 1987. I’ve just turned 44 and remember walking down to Woolworths after school in the rain picking up snake eyes. To this day my 1980s childhood will always be my favourite time in which life was simple and happy.
"They've been spotted by Flint, Dusty, and … the guy with a fire extinguisher."
Pure magic. I dreamed of the V1 Storm Shadow to fight my Snake Eyes, but no dice until adulthood.
Storm Shadow was also the last figure I got in that collection. Strangely it came in a standard action force card and not the International Heroes card. It cost 99p and I got two of them. Happy times
Dude, I love stories like this. I’ve never been a completionist myself, but I’m always happy to see my friends complete their goals! Congrats!
Great Video Tony, having been born in 1979 UK. As a kid I can't ever remember seing Action force toys anywhere. It was SW, He-man, transformers and Mask.
This video is fantastic. I wasn't even alive for these figures but still found the history and story fascinating.
I don't know if it was your personal stories, the pictures, the toys, or combination of everything but the way you created this video is something really special. Almost 3 and a ½ decades of collecting, on 2 continents, 3 countries, and traveling by hovercraft to get to the end of the story. Magnificent!
Thanks man!
@@AnalogToys I don't know ever since I found out that Destro being Scottish was Cannon I really wish Hasbro would do a Classified figure of Formal event Destro in his family Tartan Kilt. Packed with a lord Iron blood. The other two pack being a cobra BAT vs a Red Shadow trooper with the red shadow as a redeco 9f the bat with a retooled Crimson guard head. The Muton being a heavy aquatic Assault bot. Just have Black Major be his only other Human officer..
I loved GI Joe's,( born in '77) my absolute favorite toys growing up.
This is still one of my favorite videos. I will come back and watch it often.
Ahh, to be a kid again growing up in the 70s and 80s. I feel bad for the kids now, they'll never know that Saturday morning cartoon type of life. I remember my toy-line phases very well. Star Wars, MOTU, Super Powers, Transformers and Go-bots, G.I. Joe, and the early part of TMNT. What a great, analog way of playing we had.
CONGRATULATIONS! Brilliant and moving summary of your journey to a wonderful ending. I'm from the States and 3 figures and 4 file cards away from completing my 1982-1994 G.I.JOE: A.R.A.H. collection of my youth. I completely agree with your points about the price barrier on HEAVY METAL. I was fortunate to receive a MAULER M.B.T. as a gift in 1985 so I still have him. But the ones I'm missing I simply never saw at retail stores' toy departments growing up, and my family never traveled out of town to a city with a Toys'R'Us store. I also cannot justify dropping such high amounts of money on little items when responsible priorities are demanding those payments. It's terrific to see a fellow fan reach such a long time goal and gives me inspiration to one day see mine achieved as well. Thank you for making these videos, and especially this one.👍👍😇
It’s funny how you went from Star Wars to Action Man. I was the opposite 😊
I had the same trouble getting a Farmboy Luke Skywalker. My Mum wrote to Palitoy and enclosed a cheque. And I was sent one.
I'm not a completionist like you and I applaude your collection and its final completion!!! Well done!!! I can't believe the difficulty you had trying to get a Snake Eyes figure compared to my story. I remember my parents and I going to my local ASDA for our regular Friday evening shop and the very first Action Force figure/vehicle that was ever bought for me was Crankcase with the AWE Striker...which came with a free Snake Eyes figure!
Awesome story, what a great Chris to receive so many GI Jo... I mean Auction Force figures.
Yank from the states here. I was born in 1978 and was a big GI Joe fan. Televipers did indeed suck! I had the cobra moray too, that thing kicked ass. I also sent in my flag points for the hooded cobra commander. I never had the really big playsets, but I did have the thunderclap, phantom x-19, killer whale hovercraft, condor bomber, and a bunch of other vehicles and figures. I miss the 80s!
Congrats on finishing the collection And also congrats on having a really good memory and recounting when you got the figures.
Lovely nostalgia generating vid Tony, much enjoyed! Cheers, Fuzz.
Great story. Congrats on completing your collection!
This just brought back so many memories. I collected all the comics too, and seeing all the covers again brings me back. And I had the membership pack aswell!! Thanks for all the nostalgia!
I still remember as a kid being at a Hardware store of all places and seeing Storm Shadow, Firefly, and Duke for the first time. Picked them up right away. Great memories.
Great story with a happy ending. I never had the '85 Snake Eyes or the '84 Firefly until I was an adult. Awesome Video.
Thank you Tony for all you do!
Always nice when you finish a collection!
You got that right!
Congratulations from Dublin, Ireland. 👍
Storm Shadow was so cool!!! Two swords, nunchucks, bow and arrows!
Wow, great video! Congrats on completing the figures!
You’re not alone. I wanted Barbecue too. He was just the coolest looking figure.
Awesome! So happy for you my friend! 👍🏻
Congratulations Tony, great story, great video. 👍🏻
I have never completed anything but the Princess Leia collection from hasbro-Kenner potf, and I feel your excitement, mate! Cheers and greetings from south america
If I hadn't known better like you, I'd have picked Barbeque, too. Kid me, found the bright red, robot-looking dude with the axe way cooler than Snake Eyes.
Congratulations Tony 🎉🎉🎉
Brilliant video this brings back so many happy memories
Love this video Toni this brings back so many memories and very similar experiences you had back in 1987 growing up in the UK 🇬🇧
Fantastic video.
Got into Action Force in 1986 with a few of the 'original' figures and vehicles from 'Poundsaver' in Bedford...£6 for the z force tank!!)
Distinctly remember the advert for the comic coming on the TV in 87 and nearly flipping out 😆
Collected all 50 issues and was lucky to have a good selection of the figures and vehicles.
Hated the Transformers crossover as well so cancelled it .
Very lucky to have the Hydrofoil and had many a battle with the Water Moccasin that I'd commandeered as an Action Force vehicle (Hasbro didn't re-release the W.H.A.L.E)
Great collection you've got, brought back a lot of happy memories
omg i typed in action force to take me back to my fave childhood obsession..brilliant. all the names and figures jumped out at me. i never completed because we had no money but had a few and loved the comics...great vlog this i realy enjoyed the whole story
Pure magic, great collection!!!
Just stumbled across your channel...oh the memories! Thank you for your dedication in producing all these videos. I was mainly an early "fixed pose" guy, across all four of the teams (and also many of the original release figures) - though I loved Q Force and the SAS in particular. My younger brother had many more of the new-fangled posable figures. Honourable exceptions in my collection were Steeler and the Z Force Battle Tank and my all time favourite - Firefly. I reimagined him as a Cobra-turncoat good guy codenamed Moonshadow - I invented a whole backstory for the character and had hours playing extended narrative games with him. Thanks again, and good luck to you down in Oz.
Action Force was always my favourite. My first figure was Dusty followed by Snake Eyes, my favourites were definitely Snake Eyes, Flint and Shipwreck, my favourite bad guys were Storm shadow, the Crimson guards and Cobra commander. My mum would buy me them every Birthday and Christmas and often buy me a figure for behaving myself when we were shopping at the weekends, I must have been a good kid because I ended up with almost the entire range!
I think this is my favourite video from you. Compelling story telling. You brought me right back to my childhood. Love that era of GI Joes, they my favourite as well (only it was a couple years earlier for me living in North America). Congratulations!
What a fantastic video, Tony!
A very personal mini documentary, that highlights the love toy collectors have for their collections.
Well done. I had some of this line but had outgrown it all really by 1987. My nostalgia for being ten is centred squarely on the Palitoy 1983-84 Action Force series and the 1985 Palitoy GI Joe UK rebranding, with again a huge influence of the Battle Action Force comics. A tried and tested winning formula. Great video Tony. Cheers.
Great nostalgic video! Brings back a lot of memories of my childhood. So happy you finished your collection!
I cannot tell you how much i appreciated this video. I grew up in the same time as you in the states and watching this brought back so many memories of playing GI Joe with my brother. He unfortunately passed away last year. Seeing the action figures, vehicles, and playsets reminded me of the good times we had together playing in our living room. It literally brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Tony.
Great video. I have most of that wave. Really brings back memories of the comics and those leaflets you’d get showing all the other toys. I stopped collecting them, when it turned to G.I. Joe. I must have taken some moral stand at the name change 😂
I had a similar dream concerning Star Wars and Dyna-Flite airplanes, never have completed either of those collections and probably never will. Great Video! Love the story!
Loved this episode and Action Force was a huge part of me (born 1985) and my five year older brother´s childhood and we played all the time with them.
My favorite figure is the 1988 Shockwave and now as adults we both have started buying figures we liked but did not have back then.
I only have my five most favorites but my brother really fell down the rabbit hole and has a couple of hundreds. :)
I had Flint and Lady Jayne, but I remember my brother later giving me his Dusty along with his Dial Tone. I think he might've had Bazooka. I remember he had Quick Kick and Sargent Slaughter. Then he also had Duke, Cobra Commander, Serpentor, Zandar, and the mail away "Fridge" action figure.
This was stop me in my tracks, heart pounding fun! Thank you !
Congratulations. Awesome figure
Enjoyed this video! I was thinking Duke was going to be the last guy. Funny that you picked Barbecue number one because he was my favorite as a kid but I never got him until a couple years ago. Dr. Mindbender was the first Joe I ever got, and my brother got Dial Tone.
Very cool video! Thanks for sharing your journey! It was meaningful!😊
Did you was soldier in the british army?
I served in the spanish Air Force in 1991. Now I am security guard, private bodyguard since 2003 and instructor in communications, firefighting and chief and director of private security.
As you can see, our beloved GIJoe friends force me to choose the right job.
Absolutely the best story ever!
Always an enjoyable trip down memory lane. I remember my 1st figure was Snow Job and I’ve been hooked since😂
Nice one tony , watching this video made me want to pick up some action force !
Great story, reminds me of my journey with gi joe. Congratulations 👏, it feels good to get that missing piece 😁.
Great video! Love this. Helps us remember
Another brilliant reminiscent look at those formative early collections, my first was Blowtorch, those colours made him stand out like a burnt thumb! Great recall on who you got when, gradually getting my collection back together out of storage, but my Storm Shadow's torso has gone yellow!?
What a great story and you saves the best till last! They look amazing all together! Great video my friend!
Awesome Tony. So cool you got them all now. What a video👍👍👍 Love it
Recently discovered your channel and I have to say that was a great story! Thank you for sharing
Honestly, this was a great video! Hearing your stories of collecting these as a kid is just wonderful. Thanks Tony!!
Congrats on completing your collection! Great job on this video, what it makes so special is the authenticity! Well Done! It seems to be a common feature amongst collectors linking memories to figures, toys! Mine started in 89 with Awe Striker! Cheers
At 12:18, judging by Tony's look, he immediately transitioned from being British to Australian. Love the video. I do wonder why that first run included Ripper and Buzzer but not Torch? I actually started my collection with Storm Shadow, although I only re-acquired the weapons many years later.
I’m slightly older than you brother but I have the same feeling remembering Christmas 1978 when I received the Star Wars Death Star 😀
Sweet boy, gorgeous man. I love how passionate you are about these old toys and your channel is so professionally produced x
Great video Tony but now for some reason I'm craving Cadbury's.
That is awesome! So happy for you. Thanks for sharing.
Love it! I was half expecting another Televiper in the box
Nice to see you completed the set , back of the net.
A lovely story and a great collection.
Congrats on the Storm Shadow! He looks like a nice one too! I'm still collecting my childhood treasures too. All GI Joe Adventure Team 1/6 and still working on the original 13 from 1983. Its weird but I was miffed when they crossed over Transformers with GI Joe too. I do have a nice collection of the Marvel GI Joe comics..still a few more to complete that. The hunt is always the best..well when you find what you need.
Congratulations on finally acquiring Storm Shadow. I loved the storytelling leading up to your unboxing of him. This brought back some really good memories of collecting G. I. Joe figures when I was a kid. Thanks for the nostalgia and for sharing.
This is so AWESOME!! Congratulations on completing your collection Tony! You are the reason I now have a huge love for anything I can learn about Action Force! I grew up with G.I. Joe in the States and had no idea Action Force even existed until I started watching your Action Man videos. Thank you soooo much for sharing you epic journey! Cheers, Mate!🍻
Thanks for sharing such a great, personal story, Tony! Congrats on getting your #20 holdout figure!
Didn't have the TeleViper, Barbecue, or Lady Jay or Destro. Our old German Shepherd decided to eat Dusty & original Storm shadow, I was gutted, but preferred the newer hooded/snow camo Storm Shadow anyway.
I'm convinced the first one I got was bazooka because of the cool football Jersey.
Woot! Must feel good.
Congratulations!
Bloody love this video! Great job pal!!
It's incredible how vivid this is in your memory. I remember my first was Storm Shadow, then Monkeywrench and Quick Kick, after that it all goes fuzzy. Your detailed recall made me re-live those wonderful 80s. Michael French has the same gift
Tony is lucky for having parents who were able to purchase so many action figures
Love this video! I had most of this stuff, but I never had a Mauler, MOBAT or Havoc. Trying to find them now is prohibitively expensive.
We also had the Action Force comics here in the States, they were rebranded as “G.I. Joe: European Missions.”
What a beautiful story.
Excellent video Tony! I'm glad you finally completed your childhood collection! :)
Fantastic news. Congratulations Tony! A real milestone reached. Mission Accomplished!
Thanks for sharing Tony. Here in Adelaide, I remember the Action Force, Joe figures. But Star Wars, MOTU and Transformers had my eye as a kid as well. Only ever got Roadblock and Sneak Peak back then. Have a few in the collection now. Congrats on the completion.
I got into GI Joe in 86 and could never find Snake Eyes v2. I did make a similar "bad decision" as a kid when I bought Lift Ticket at a yard sale instead of Zartan. Later that year I got a Tomahawk with Lift Ticket for Christmas. Never had Zartan.
Congrats! I had Storm Shadow and the original 82 straight-arm Snake as a kid, but they were lost in The Great Purge. Always great to see others get these classics back into their collections. As a sidenote, Hasbro changed birthplaces fairly regularly when they localized ARAH to a particular market. Canadian cards have Airborne, Grunt, and Rock n Roll born in Canada. Great video as always and congrats again!
Awesome video! Anytime you feel like doing a video like this, I'm cool with that. Good story, cool collection. And I think it's neat to learn about toys outside of the US.
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your story and congratulations on completing the set.
Thanks for watching!
Very cool video 😀 regards from Chile
Great video Tony. Being the young whipper snapper that I am, this era of International Heroes is my sweet spot when it comes to Action Force/GI Joe figures 👍
Great story . Great episode.
Enjoyed this.
The Tele-viper was a cool figure. Makes a great troop builder!
Who calls the recon guys at cobra lame they tell cobra commander how screwed they are.
Congrats! What a cool story.