Just couldn't resist

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Just couldn't resist

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As I was wandering around Meadowhall Shopping Centre with my wife today. I stumbled across this and couldn't resist buying it/him. It takes me back to the late 60's when I was just a boy and we had just moved  to Britain.
I thought I'd post a few pic's during an intermission of "Forum" wars.
What do you think ?.

Nick.
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bloody hell , thats a blast from the past, i had loads of action man, back when political correctness had not been invented and action man was a real soldier
all the best,ice
on second thoughts lets not go to Camelot ,it is a silly place
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hey nick
            is that a proper action man?, that takes you back some, i used to have loads of action man stuff when i was a kid, i made the mistake of giving it all to my boys who duly wrecked it :'( :'(

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It is a blast from the past Ice. I think political correctness is softening a little bit in respect of "Action Man".
Tony, yes it's the real thing. Reissued as 40th anniversary Nostalgia Collection. I had boxes of action man stuff, I sold it all to my friends just before I was packed off to boarding school.
Check out Wave 11 or 12 on the following link. I think it's the Panzer Commander.

Sorry I forgot the link !!!.

http://www.modellersloft.co.uk/

All the best,

Nick.
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i wonder if i could get the mrs to get me one for x-mas  ::) ::) ::)

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Hey tony they got a shop in bournemouth been there with the boy and my jaw was scrapping the floor

apparently the guy who owns modellors loft got all the rights and moulds for that style of action man and is now reproducing them ;)
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rob your a bad influence on me ;D ;D ;D, where is that shop in bournemouth?

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urm all i know it's on the main road from christchurch to bournemouth somewhere in the middle

me a bad influence it's your fault i keep licking batteries LOL
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Gents, just a quick note. How do I resize pic's so they are a managable size on this forum ?.

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Nick not an easy way to resize but i send mine to paint and re-size there

open the pic in paint and click on the image button
from the drop down box select strech/skew
and inthe vertical horizontal fields put 50% in both (for large pics)

then click the file box and select save as and re-name your pic also change it to jpeg image if it wasnt before as this reduces the kb for better upload on sites Wink Wink
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