Biggest Action Figure without a Cartoon/TV/Movie Tie-in?

[Werewolf]

Glamour Gals
Major Matt Mason
Johnny West

[tatsunokofan]

I'd have to go with the 12" G.I. Joes, both military and Adventure Team. And no, the stuff for the 3 3/4" Joes doesn't count, since that was a vastly different toy line that happened to use the same name and appeared years after the fact.

Captain Action, Matt Mason, Sea Devils, Big Jim, and Johnny West would all be fighting for second place in that race, though Captain Action might be disqualified by his 5-issue comic book run. Before someone asks, the Sea Devils toys had no connection to the DC comic of the same name, and the comic had ended with issue #35, cover dated May, 1967, a few years before the Mattel Sea Devils toy line launched.

James

[Megotastrophe]

I think the question was not what was the best or coolest house line without supporting media...but which was the best selling.
Matt Mason and Big Jim seem all over that wheelhouse. And Johnny West built it.

[KingKickass1983]

I'd have to give it to Tonka's Super Naturals. Those are some awesome toys.

Or the Steel Monsters...even though it was kinda banking off the Mad Max franchise... does that count though?

[enyawd72]

I'd have to give it to Tonka's Super Naturals. Those are some awesome toys.

[drquest]

Matt Mason was quite popular

[MRP]

Does Stretch Armstrong count?

There's a modern Stretch Armstrong animated series, but I am not sure that disqualifies it in context of the original question...


-M

[Megotastrophe]

Johnny West was huge and had no specific tie in being more of a generic western theme.
Pulsar was quite popular as well and no media at all behind him.
Action Jackson and Dinah Mite certainly come to mind but I cannot confirm they were considered very big by most people who don't come here.
Matt Mason...Big Jim...Zeroids...

[J.B.]

Does Stretch Armstrong count?

[MRP]

Micronauts? There was a comic that came later but nothing on film.

Adventure People?

If we're including girls toys and not just boys toys, the obvious answer is Barbie (without trying to open the dolls/action figure can of worms for early lines like G.i. Joe AT, Big Jim and Mego World's Greatest Super-Heroes and such).

-M

[KingKickass1983]

Mine is Big Jim.

[LonnieFisher]

Mattel Secret Wars technically didn't have a specific tie-in.

M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestlers perhaps. not specifically tied to any US based wrestling during the 80s boom.

Secret Wars was a huge comic book event.

[LonnieFisher]

The original G.I. Joe adventure team.

[msenger76]

Mattel Secret Wars technically didn't have a specific tie-in.

M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestlers perhaps. not specifically tied to any US based wrestling during the 80s boom.

[RonnyG]

Big Jim?