Bullet Man Commercial from the UK

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Well, the gods have decided they don't want me to do coloring book threatre today, it's complicated but I haven't had power for much of the day. So in it's place I offer this 1976 British commercial for Action man (the UK name for G.I. Joe)

While stateside, G.I. Joe was going into "Super Adventure", Action Man was always close to the military roots. Even integrating goofy characters such as Intruder seemed a little more plausible somehow. Plus Mike Power Atomic Man has a *****ing fro!





More on this: 1976 Hasbro G.I. Joe Catalog

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[HardyGirl]

Now that's a cool commercial! I've never been much on the Intruders, Eagle Eye Joe or Atomic Man, but that commercial beat the ones here in the states! Thanks Brian!

[toys2cool]

Great commercial,loved that bullet man but hated that ugly looking intruder

[toysrus]

cool

Cool! I had all those guys, all i have left is a broken bulletman that i cant restring, can anybody here repair one?

[kingdom warrior]

Cool! I had all those guys, all i have left is a broken bulletman that i cant restring, can anybody here repair one?

Here are some pics of a Bulletman being re-strung...maybe that gives you an Idea how to do it?

dob

[kingdom warrior]

Funny how you see Bulletman gliding down that string...little did the kids know that BM would break apart once you did that.....That commercial is awesome. I had many of those Joes but BM was my favorite. I was given BM for my 40th Birthday by my wife.

[HardyGirl]

Here are some pics of a Bulletman being re-strung...maybe that gives you an Idea how to do it?

dob

That story was funny!

[Surfsup]

What a cool ad, it certainly brings back the memories! BM was always a favourite of mine along Commander Power. I have a pic somewhere with BM on my 8th birthday.

Thanks for the post Bri.

[English Paul]

Great ad. It shows the best of the range at the time.

Bulletman, although a fave, used to annoy me because if you needed a regular spare soldier he still had those shiny silver hands and the beret wouldn't fit his head.