ACTION MAN
40th Anniversary range 2006 - c.2010
This is the list of the '40th Anniversary Nostalgic Collection' issued from 2006, of sets replicated from the original vintage Palitoy products of 1966-84. In 2006 Hasbro granted the licence to Modellers Loft in the UK to reproduce the Palitoy back catalogue of uniforms, for limited release to collectors. Most 40th Anniversary sets included a vintage style uniform card, and a boxed figure (typically the correct period) in a special presentation tray clearly labeled '40th Anniversary Nostalgic Collection'. Once the outer presentation box was removed however, it proves very difficult to spot that the re-issues were not in fact vintage. Indeed, some of the earliest 40th figures and packaging did not originally have any text alluding to the fact that it was in fact a copy. This had to be rectified and they subsequently include the line stating it was ©Hasbro 2006. The range is thought to have finalised by 2010. Thanks go to Lui (UAMHQ Forum) for compiling this list.
| Action Man 40th Anniversary Sets |
Brown |
Blond |
Black |
Red | Brown |
Blond |
Brown Beard |
Blond Beard | Brown Gripping |
Blond Gripping |
Blond Beard Gripping |
Brown Beard Gripping | Brown |
Blond |
KEY: EE - Eagle Eyes head, SB - Side burns (Sportsman) |
Painted Head Figure |
Flock Haired Figure |
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| 1st Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Armoured Car Commander / Action Soldier |
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| Navy Frogman / Action Sailor | |
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| Chelsea / Action Sportsman | |
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| Life Guards / Soldier | |
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| 2nd Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Cricketer / Action Pilot | |
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| American Green Beret / Action Soldier | |
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| Argyll & Sutherland Highlander / Soldier | |
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| Deep Sea Diver / Sailor (HMS Ark Royal) | |
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| German Stormtrooper / Action Soldier | |
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| Mountaineer / Adventurer | |
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| French Foreign Legion (Dark Blue) / Sailor (HMS Fearless) | |
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| Blues & Royals / Soldier | |
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| 4th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Medic / Action Soldier | |
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| Astronaut / Action Pilot | |
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| 17 / 21st Lancer / Adventurer | |
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| Parachute Regiment / Soldier | |
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| Parachute Equipment | ||||||||||||||
| 5th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Jungle Fighter / Action Soldier | |
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| Olympic Champion / Action Sailor | |
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| Manchester United / Sportsman | SB |
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| The Marine Combat / Sailor (HMS Dreadnought) | |
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| 6th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Arsenal / Sportsman | |
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| British Infantryman / Action Soldier | |
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| Polar Explorer / Adventurer | |
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| Base Camp / Adventurer | |
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| 7th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Combat Field Jacket / Action Soldier | |
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| Bivouac Sleeping Bag | ||||||||||||||
| Liverpool / Sportsman | SB |
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| British Royal Military Police / Sailor (HMS Victory) | |
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| Polar Explorer Sledge and Dog Team | ||||||||||||||
| 8th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Escape from Colditz | ||||||||||||||
| Camp Kommandant / Soldier | |
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| Infantry Support Weapons / Action Soldier | |
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| Afika Korps Lance Corporal / Soldier | |
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| Rifle Rack | ||||||||||||||
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| Ski Patrol / Talking Commander | |
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| British Army Officer / Talking Commander | |
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| Jungle Explorer River Craft | ||||||||||||||
| West Ham Utd / Sportsman | |
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| Royal Marines / Talking Commander | |
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| Camo fatigues and parachute pack | ||||||||||||||
| 10th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Russian Infantryman / Action Soldier | |
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| Bivouac Pup Tent | ||||||||||||||
| Battle of Britain Pilot / Helicopter Pilot | |
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| SAS Parachute Attack / SAS | |
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| Long Range Desert Group / Desert Fighter | |
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| French Foreign Legion (Light Blue)/ Action Soldier | |
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| Judo | ||||||||||||||
| 11th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Red Devil Parachutist / Talking Commander | |
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| Jungle Explorer / Talking Commander | |
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| Navy Attack / Action Sailor | |
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| Tottenham Hotspur / Sportsman | |
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| Green polar coat | ||||||||||||||
| Blue polar coat | ||||||||||||||
| Polar sleeping bag | ||||||||||||||
| 12th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Talking Commander (+ Free Brutus) | |
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| French Resistance Fighter / Action Soldier | |
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| Royal Hussar / Indian Brave | |
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| 7th Cavalry / Cowboy | EE |
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| Blue Stripe football shirt | ||||||||||||||
| Blue football shirt | ||||||||||||||
| Green football shirt | ||||||||||||||
| Orange football shirt | ||||||||||||||
| Red Stripe football shirt | ||||||||||||||
| White football shirt | ||||||||||||||
| 13th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| Treasure Hunter and Orange Frogman | ||||||||||||||
| Panzer Captain / SAS | |
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| Grenadier Guard / Soldier | |
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| Newcastle Utd / Sportsman | |
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| Luftwaffe Pilot / Talking Commander | |
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| German Staff Officer / SAS | |
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| Special Operations Kit | ||||||||||||||
| Snow Parka | ||||||||||||||
| 14th Wave | ||||||||||||||
| RNLI Sea Rescue / Soldier | |
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| Underwater Film Unit and blue frogman jacket/shorts | ||||||||||||||
| US Paratrooper / Soldier | |
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| German Stormtrooper (last) / German Fallschirmjager | |
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| Celtic / Sportsman | |
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| Bazooka | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
| Horse | ||||||||||||||
| Brest Plates | ||||||||||||||
| Engineer Surveyor | ||||||||||||||
| Engineer Construction | ||||||||||||||
| Full parade accoutrement | ||||||||||||||
| High altitude equipment | ||||||||||||||
| Sports man stand | ||||||||||||||
| Brutus (Free with RCMP) | ||||||||||||||