ACTION MAN
SAS Secret Mission (Pod) 1983
Period: Eagle Eye
Dates:c.1983
Cat No: 934851
Action Man SAS Secret Mission Contents:
SAS mission Pod with connectors
Rifle with slide on infra red night sight
Black inflatable dingy with rope and anchor
Yellow Rope
Three sticks of dynamite
Paddle (black)
Bayonet and scabbard x 2
Black pistol belt
Plastic webbing
Water bottle (soft)
Blinker light
Detonator (Black)
Armband pouches x 2
Strap x 1
Pulley with string and hook
Sticker Sheet
Information Leaflet
SAS Secret Mission Description:
The Action Man SAS series was popular in the 1980s and made because of the SAS Iranian Embassy siege's success. It featured two half cylinders that fitted together and were secured by two yellow plastic hoops, in turn joined together by yellow string. Inside was an inflatable black dinghy (of the type similar to that included in the Special Mission Pod and Sabotage sets*) and various SAS styled mission equipment, mostly borrowed from other sets.
Notes:
The Action Man SAS Pod is rarer than the common Special Mission. The stickers can become damaged. It was also available on equipment cards, as were the other accessories in this set. *Unlike the Sabotage set's dinghy, the Special Mission Pod dinghy seems to have been supplied without the paddle stowage loops, but it is not documented as such anywhere at present. Replacement stickers are available here
Action Man SAS Secret Mission 'Pod'
Action Man SAS Secret Mission Contents
Buy this sheet of replacement stickers to restore this set.
Action Man SAS Secret Mission Box (Image courtesy of Vectis Auctions)
Buy replacement Action Man rope to restore this figure.
Action Man SAS Secret Mission Pod Instructions Leaflet
Action Man SAS Secret Mission Instructions
