Outfits & Equipment

Vintage Palitoy Action Man 1973-1984

Action Figures, Outfits, Vehicles and Small Arms

OUTFITS & EQUIPMENT

German Stormtrooper Outfit (late issue)

German Stormtrooper outfit (late issue) - Vintage 1977-84 late issue outfit. Includes Iron Cross. Machine gun has plastic strap. Never used & mint.

Soldier Outfit 

Soldier Outfit - Vintage 1977-84 - complete outfit includes green pants, green jersey, scarf, black plastic beret, belt, black plastic boots and FN SLR rifle with plastic strap (never used & mint). 

Tom Stone Outfit

Tom Stone Outfit - tunic and trousers - Vintage 1977-84 (never used and mint). I’ve included Stone’s Heckler & Koch machine gun and a pair of black boots.

Tom Stone’s Heckler & Koch machine gun

Boxes (without contents)

 2 x Action Man Soldier Boxes - Vintage 1973-76 - ‘National Association of Toy Retailers Golden Award’ sticker attached to front of both boxes. Each box contains ‘Hands That Really Grip!’ L575 folded leaflets.

1 x Action Man Soldier Box - Vintage 1973-76 - ‘National Association of Toy Retailers Golden Award’ sticker attached to front of box. Box contains ‘Hands That Really Grip!’ L575 folded leaflet. Box has an ‘Eason’ (Dublin city department store) price sticker.

1 x Action Man Sailor Box - Eagle Eyes - Vintage 1977-84. Box contains ‘Hands That Really Grip!’ L575 folded leaflet and ‘Eagle Eyes’ leaflet L406. This box has an ‘Eason’ (Dublin city department store) price sticker.

Equipment

Special Operations Kit 

Special Operations Kit Bag & Equipment - Vintage 1977-84 (never used & mint) although. Includes Kit Bag with strap and metal hook, WW2 British Infantry helmet, British Soldier black beret (plastic), Sterling sub-machine gun with plastic strap, Colt .45 pistol, 12 x hand grenades, canteen, 2 x mugs, light green bedding roll, bayonet with black plastic holder, black binoculars with plastic strap and 2 black boots. (Missing stove, entrenching tool, dynamite, rations tin, cutlery and knuckle Knife).

Special Operations Kit Bag with strap and metal hook.

Sabotage

Sabotage - Vintage 1973-76 (never used & mint) - includes M3 ‘Grease Gun’ with plastic strap, red plastic binoculars with elastic strap, black woollen watch cap, oar, flare gun, SAS torch, 3 x sticks of dynamite and map case with map. Missing camouflage radio, detonator box, dinghy, gas mask and one oar.

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Vehicles

Vintage Palitoy Action Man 1973-1984

Action Figures, Outfits, Vehicles and Small Arms

VEHICLES

Capture Copter

Capture Copter - Vintage 1977-84 (never used & mint). Grab button was missing from original but Palitoy sent me a replacement Grab which works and which I include. I’ve also replaced the rubber bands on the rotor hub assembly and both Grab mechanisms. Also included is the fold-out assembly instructions sheet L74 which has assembly information on both sides.

Interior controls.

I’ve replaced the rubber bands on the rotor hub assembly. The original elastic rubber bands are included with the Capture Copter but they are in poor condition like many other Palitoy Action Man elastic rubber components.

Assembly instructions - front

Assembly instructions - back

The Grab push button was missing from original Capture Copter but Palitoy sent me a replacement Grab which works and which I include. I’ve also replaced the rubber bands on the rotor hub assembly and both Grab mechanisms.

Daimler Ferret Scout Car

Daimler Ferret Scout Car - Vintage 1970-76 (never used & mint). Includes Browning Heavy Machine Gun and detachable rear mounted ‘S’ hook for towing. I’ve added a bedding roll and a cloth satchel to store the 'S' tail hook, the tank commander's earphones and flare gun.

Close-up of the rear of the vehicle and the detachable 's' shaped hook used for towing trailers, 105mm field gun, etc.

Rear of the vehicle with 's' shaped hook for towing clearly visible. This hook is detachable and very easy to lose. When not in use tape it lightly (removeable 3M clear tape) to the seat inside the Scout Car or place it in the satchel I've included. The earphones and flare pistol should also be placed in it and the satchel stowed inside the vehicle.

Motorcycle & Sidecar (boxed)

Despatch Motorcycle & Sidecar - Vintage 1970-76 (never used & mint). Includes ammo box and the folded ‘Dispatch Rider’ leaflet L196 that contains interesting information on the history of dispatch riders and the various bike makes. Also included is the Browning machine gun and all of the assembly screws, nuts and bolts.

Despatch Motorcycle & Sidecar Box.

When the motorcycle and sidecar are disassembled I keep the screws, nuts and bolts in the green ammunition box.

Despatch Rider leaflet - front cover.

Despatch Rider leaflet - inside. Contains interesting information on the history of dispatch riders and the various bike makes.

Assembly instruction sheet on rear of Despatch Rider leaflet.

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Equipment Manuals & Extras

Vintage Palitoy Action Man 1973-1984

Action Figures, Outfits, Vehicles and Small Arms

EQUIPMENT MANUALS & EXTRAS

Equipment Manuals

(Mint Condition)

Palitoy Equipment Manual 9 1975 (booklet) Mint.

Palitoy Equipment Manual 10 1976 (booklet) Mint.

Palitoy Equipment Manual 11 1977 (booklet) Mint.

Palitoy Equipment Manual 12 1978 (booklet) Mint.

Palitoy Equipment Manual 13 1979 (large double-sided fold-out sheet - ideal for framing) Mint.

See this Equipment Manual unfolded below.

Palitoy Equipment Manual 13 1979 - front unfolded (large double-sided fold-out sheet - ideal for framing). For scale please note cup in top right corner. 

Palitoy Equipment Manual 13 1979 - back unfolded (large double-sided fold-out sheet - ideal for framing). For scale please note cup in top right corner.

Extra Equipment 
(Mint Condition)

1 x WW2 British Infantryman helmet.

1 x WW2 British Infantryman canteen, cloth cover and belt.

1 x British Soldier black plastic cap/beret.

1 x British Soldier belt.

1 x black bayonet and case.

1 x white bayonet and case.

2 x green goggles with plastic straps.

2 x headphones with mouth pieces.

1 x black binoculars with elastic strap.

2 x pairs of German jackboots.

9 x pairs of black boots.

1 x pair of long brown boots.

1 x pair of lace-up black British Army boots (minus laces).

1 x German stick grenade.

2 x map cases with maps.

1 x stick of dynamite.

1 x khaki coloured kepi-type peaked cap with neck cloth/shade.

5 x plastic hand dressing cups.

Bivouac Sleeping Bag
(Mint Condition)

Combat Soldier Bivouac Sleeping Bag.

Extra Paperwork
(Mint Condition)

Action Man Adventure Stories Paper Advert.

Palitoy Parker Bradgate ‘With Compliments’ paper slip.

2 x Action Man Star Scheme News L574 folding leaflets (ten stars would get you vehicle tools and a toolbox).

3 x unclothed doll boxes (the unclothed stars scheme dolls were mailed from Leicester, home of Palitoy, to those who posted the company twenty-one stars).

 

3 x ‘Your free Action Man reporting for duty!’ folded letter (form AM 66/L33). These letters were enclosed with the unclothed stars scheme dolls (as described above).

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