Help! Identify this GI Joe-ish Figure

[sprytel]

I need help identifying this vintage GI Joe-like figure. The arms are made of the kind of bendy rubber of a Barbie doll... but the knees and ankles are jointed. The back reads only "Made in Hong Kong".



Anyone know what this is? When my mother gave it to me, years ago, she said this was very old and valuable and "the figure that GI Joe was based on"... but I was just a kid, so she may have been telling me tall tales...

[Joe90]

When my mother gave it to me, years ago, she said this was very old and valuable and "the figure that GI Joe was based on"... but I was just a kid, so she may have been telling me tall tales...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news about your Mom... I hope it doesn't psychologically scar you.

He's a "Mister Action" figure. He's far from being the figure that 'Joe was based on, actually he's a knock-off figure from the 1970's. Mister Action made a number of uniforms and accessories. Some of them are quite collectible today.

Check out crazedfanboy.com for the skinny on your knock-off.

[sprytel]

Thanks for the info. I always suspected it was just a Joe knockoff... so no emotional scarring inflicted.

The head certainly looks like Mister Action. The one thing I am confused about is the knees and ankles. Mister Action appears to have no joints there. Actually, stylistically... the body looks very much like a Fighting Yank. So is this the later, more poseable version of Mister Action that they refer to in the article?

[Joe90]

Could be a transplant of a Mister Action head onto a later Fighting Yank, or Mintex body. Maybe a knock-off of a knock-off... Neutron-X would be better able to tell you.

[Mok]

I have a Hasbro Defenders body with what looks to be a Mr Action head .

[Chris DVM]

Hey,
Could also be a Sarge Figure - another Fighting Yank rip off. More likely a Sarge due to the facial hair.
Chris DVM

[gman]

^^^I think it's a Sarge figure. Mister Action is an orangey LJN figure... I think mine even have LJN on the back of his torso.

[Joe90]

^^
A Sarge head sculpt looks more like 1970's Ken head than this one. I have a loose one and one in a sealed poly bag with an intact header. It's in storage so I can't take a picture of it to show you.