I remember back in .the mid seventies throwing mine out of my friends living room window ,he lived in a three story block of flats and I thought this was the ideal place for my Red Devil to do a daring mission. The chute opened up fantastically , caught a gust of wind and proceeded to wrap itself around the telephone wires opposite. It was about a year hanging there until one day the GPO man came and I finally got him back,he was in a sad state, the once brilliant red outfit faded almost to pink ,but with a red permanent marker pen at the ready was soon looking great again and off on more daring missions (but never near any wires again!!!) lol! great memories , thanks Dave . 👍👍,,

@Sgt-lott10

4 жыл бұрын

Alexander platz nice Story

Your videos have totally inspired me to reignite my interest in action man, At 57 it feels like I've gone back in time fifty years I have already set about re-stringing and replacing broken limbs where needed, And now my original three action men are being kitted out with some replacement uniform that has got lost through the passage of time... Haven't had so much fun in years... 👍😁

@toypolloi

2 жыл бұрын

That's what it is all about. Glad you are having fun!

Takes me straight back to my childhood.

In order to overcome my lack of throwing ability, my older brother launched my GI Joe with a parachute using an old bicycle innertube. It worked quite well and went incredibly high, but after a particularly high launch, GI Joe got stuck in a large tree in our backyard. He was too high to get down. After many failed attempts, the tree was declared a POW camp and GI Joe spent a hard winter up there barely surviving. He made a daring escape the next Spring during a wind storm and was promptly repatriated and given a hero's welcome home.

My mum's house had an open landing, so i used to drop mine from the upstairs landing to the downstairs landing, then run down stairs get him and do it again. Brilliant.

I used to throw it from the 12th floor of a block of flats. Great fun

I enjoy these parachuting action figures ever since I was a kid. I used to use garbage bags which were bigger. It allowed them to gradually fall down slower than the original chutes.

1:32 I can actually feel the fabric as you are touching it 😊

In a 1980 movie called 'Sir Henry At Rawlinson End', Sir Henry (the great Trevor Howard) uses Action Man Red Devils instead of clay pigeons, with his servant firing them into the air with a clay pigeon launcher. Sir Henry then shoots them. It's slightly surreal, but you do see them working very well. My brother and I just used to lob ours upwards from my bedroom window, meaning they would fall about thirty feet.

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

I'll track that down and have a look.

Brilliant! My sons had the G.I. Joe 12” paratrooper. I always had to be the one to throw him up in the air. No complaints here! Great memories!

I got a 90s AM parachuter for my kids and watch him float down from the skies. I want to get a Sky Hawk for them, for me really.

I live for that funky sewing and cleaning song.

@FirstSergeant100

5 жыл бұрын

I do too! Love it!

Dude I want those green army man boxers so bad

What a view you have outside, So DAMN jealous...

Fantastic! Another wonderful childhood memory inducing video!....Throwing him from the bedroom window was how I did it in the 70's, and then run as fast as you can down the stairs to do it all over again!......I'm amazed I lived through the 70's to be honest! Lol

I just got into vintage GI Joe collecting myself,restoring them is half of the fun.

This was so informative and entertaining! What a beautiful landscape. I kept imagining the Bionic Sound each time you pitched it in the air!

Hey Dave Nice video and great to see you outside enjoying the toy.🙂

Always fun to see great work.

CHEERS🎉 I Just bought 2 Para Action man of ebay L❤VE it. Memories memories. Encore Encore🎉❤🎉

@toypolloi

2 ай бұрын

Nice!!

Great stuff!

@7:50 amazing music for the scene

Very fun video!😁

Well, someone had fun 😂 i remember doing parachutes for my action figures, oddly enough I got good at it, made from plastic and cloth 🤔 Great video, thanks for the memories 😂👍🏽

I just love your intros!! Great video!!👍☯️👍

He's cool!

That was good fun, nice job:)

Love it!

We used to literally hang out our bedroom windows and hang on for dear life with one hand while throwing him to get some good hight. Once a neighbour saw and told me mam and I got a right telling off. Ahh the 70’s no heath and safety

The definition of madness…..………..

@toypolloi

5 ай бұрын

is?

@Mountainman2468

5 ай бұрын

@@toypolloi “……..doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different results ” A. Einstein ( I think)

u seemed to enjoy urself with the red devil parachute

A classic set had one in 1975. However there is a rare variant the Parachute Equipment set that had khaki green parachute and was meant to go with parachute regiment outfit, identical except didn't have emergency chute. 👍👍👍

@Sgt-lott10

4 жыл бұрын

Gary's Action Man Channel do you have a red devil, sadly here in the states they didn’t make one to I’d love to see you review one

One of my favorite videos and my favorite part... 7:30 I was laughing my butt off friend!

@seamusolunacy

4 жыл бұрын

I reckon he said drat! And double drat!

I had this. Our garden had a tree in the middle neighbours to the sides, and my limited throwing range. Hours of fun though.

You live in a pastoral paradise! The music playing when you're tossing him up and down sounds like Yazoo! I think kids would have climbed a tree or just dropped him out a window.

I remember a green canopy... A failed opening of a parachute is called a Roman Candle btw😢

I had this new back in the seventies. Could never get it to work. Threw him out of my parents bedroom window (first floor) and he’d land hard in a tangled mess on the paving below.

Looks like you had alot of fun there Dave! :) P.S. You said in the video that you purchased those helmets but they were actually a donation along with a set of white rimmed goggles and a number of other broken toys and in return you printed those stickers i needed. ;-)

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was great fun. I think some where your helmets, sorry I forgot to mention that. And I did buy some others as I have used them for some different projects.

Wow, he is really well trained. I remember having several of a tiny, rather badly working version of a stiff plastic guy hanging off a parachute out of foil. Problem was that the chute was too heavy and the guy too light, so it did not work very well. So he mostly was stuffed into some box and was forgotten.

That's a big garden....

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. If only. Luckily I live in the countryside, and that's full of fields you can sneak into :D

Woah! The parachutes open automatically?! The 90’s and 2000’s 12 inch GI joe figures have to already have the parachute out, not sure about the 1960’s and 70’s Joes since I don’t own any though

The crash landings offer as much play drama as the smooth ones. Call in the medics!

Threw mine from the second floor window of our house when I was a kid. The chute didn't open and AM dropped like a stone onto the paving below. Injuries: broken ankles.

Never seen the orange parachute before, mine is red, white and blue. I'm sure there is a trick using a piece of string that you tie to the rip cord, then wrap the rip cord around the parachute box, then throw in the air and pull on the string to open the box while action man is in the air. Also isn't the emergency parachute supposed to be on the back, below the main parachute?

Dave you look like you had a lot fun out there Is that your backyard? Its beautiful Thanks for sharing this video !

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Sadly this is not my garden. Just a field near where I live. My garden is too small for throwing Action Man around in.

Ah, Sunday in the park flinging your Action Man around. What's better?

@cookiemadison8529

5 жыл бұрын

@Mag Netron I feel you. My mother threw mine out while I was at school. We should all of us get together, start a class action suit and demand restitution!

@Sgt-lott10

4 жыл бұрын

Cookie Madison I have a 1990’s gi joe parachute gut sadly you have to hold the parachute and not pull a cord and have it release though

Can't believe no self-respecting child of the 70s has suggested a catapult, that's how we got him up there ;)

Don't think anybody has done video showing the Action Man SAS parachutist being thrown up in air - that's an idea!

@Sgt-lott10

4 жыл бұрын

Gary's Action Man Channel hello there

I was too little to throw him up that high. The 'chute rarely opened and he sustained serious injuries. I'd love another go at it.

@magiclantern66

Жыл бұрын

Do you have the hang-glider? I got one because Action Man was my second favourite toy after kites. I recall that it was not great quality; the sail was very flimsy polythene. Also, again, I was too small to run fast enough to launch it. Any experience?

I know that was fun.Safety 1st, it's good that you have helmets.You wouldn't wan2 shatter his head like Dave said on Pocket $$ Memories 5.

As for the printing on the second helmet, have you tried working with printable water transfers before, the ones you also find in model airplanes etc.? They work with most printers and inks as long as you seal them with clearcoat before getting them wet, and the designing should be no problem for you as you already do your own stickers!

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

I've not used it yet, but was going to get some to have a go with.

That Action Man have to go to the hospital, he broke all his bones.

@haroldellis9721

3 жыл бұрын

When Action Man breaks his leg, he walks it off.

Hello - fantastic memories there. Just an observation but isn't the reserve on upside down?

Great video one small.point though the emblem on the Red Devil's jumpsuit is an accurate representation of the Parachute Regiment badge and not the same one used by Atomic Man and the Early German outfits. Hope this helps.

I see in this video you mix the black paint for quite a while. Would you recommend mixing the Humbrol paint for a certain amount of time before use?

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

It's always good idea to mix it for a minute. And this paint I'd not used for a while, so gave it an extra mix.

@GreyHulk2156

5 жыл бұрын

@@toypolloi That's good to know. Just getting back in to painting models and I'm using Humbrol which I've never used before.

you have a lucky place to live in whith nice surroundings also what was the video of the unlock ing because sadly i missed it :(

That’s a big garden😅

2021.. Will he be finally skydiving?

Just seen a clip. Where the person used a drone to do it ended up head down first.

@toypolloi

4 ай бұрын

🤕 Ouch.

My mum threw my brand new Red Devil out the top floor of our flats, the parachute didn't deploy. He had a broken leg and I had a broken heart😢😅

Great video! You've really done a lot with Action Man in recent years. Any chance you'll show your entire Action Man collection in a video at some point? I'd like to see that. Any plans for the more faded Red Devil outfit? I'm guessing that you want to keep it to do another Red Devil Action Man, but it might be fun to dye it black to see if you can either make a black suit, or dark red jumpsuit. Don't know if you like customizing things that much or not. Just a suggestion. :)

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

I did a video of my collection last year. I've added a couple more since then.

Does anyone remember the Action Man glider?

❤❤❤❤❤❤Can action man doll go directly into the water or on sand on the beach❤❤❤❤❤❤

@toypolloi

2 ай бұрын

I used to play with mine on the beach as a child.

Do you know of anywhere to get a realistic replica/fake Blue Snaggletooth? I saw one fellow on Instagram but never got a reply. I'd really like one to pull a prank on my older brother, and because the figure is really cool.

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

The same guy who made the Han Solo Stormtrooper is working on one at the moment. I will review it when it's ready.

Were did you get those shorts action man is wearing with the toy soldiers on them

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

Jollydollyshop made them for me. Check out her Instagram and Etsy shop. Cheers

@lucabade5567

5 жыл бұрын

@@toypolloi Thanks

Hello, i would Like to Order one T-Shirt from " Toys polloi" for one of my Action man Figures. Ist that possible ? Greetings Dieter

@toypolloi

4 ай бұрын

I made these for my own figures, so currently not available for sale. Cheers

There's a couple shots where you're throwing him, and those limbs are flailing in a DO NOT WANT sort of way. Curiosity and probably stupidity wonder what would happen if he went to a great height- IE air cannon or similar? Or.... and this is where the stupidity level goes to 11- you find some way to have him tossed from a plane. Have him rigged with a tiny GPS and everything. Hell- you might even set a record.

@toypolloi

5 жыл бұрын

I hope to drop him from a greater heights later this year. I have plans I'm working on.

No, no, no! Once you're done restoring a toy you're supposed to seal it acid-free, archival-quality, opaque plastic, then bury it in a vault and never take it out again! What is this "play" I'm seeing?

Will you be my action man?