Action Man greets his public

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Hopping over to the UK today for this weekend's mall appearance with shots from a 1979 appearance of Action Man in Blackpool. To those not in the know AM is the UK version of G.I. Joe, although Action Man had more of a paramilitary flavour and was wildly popular, in 1979 he was outselling Star Wars.

Here Action Man presents a "sophisticated video cassette recorder" to a prize winner, fancy! The winner designed the best store window display for Action Man, more on that later.

Send me your mall appearance photos!

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[Sowth]

Geez Action Man coulda worked out for a bit before the big presentation couldn't he?

Looks more like he's come straight from elevenses :-)

Nice pics Brian!

[MysteryWho]

Too bad they didn't have that creepy Action Man costume from Xtro.

[toys2cool]

very cool

[Earth 2 Chris]

With that beret and goofy grin, he looks more like Action Boy, sideckick to Captain Action!!!

Chris

[Godzilla]

Way cool for a GI Joe/Action Man fan.

[wilbs518]

Awesome! That's a mob of kids. Holy crap.

[JediJaida]

He looks like he came straight from UNIT HQ.