This guide is compiled from the official Action Man Equipment Manuals from the vintage periods listed and is intended to show rough periods Action Man uniforms were available. Some vintage Action Man uniforms went through a 2nd generation when materials became lighter and accessories changed slightly. You can jump to the Action Man equipment manuals mentioned by clicking the blue No. at the top of the chart to view the pages, or where we have a Action Man figure photographed, this appears as a link too. It is interesting to note that some years' vintage Action Man manuals have uniforms absent that appeared in preceeding and in following years' Action Man manuals - and one shouldn't assume that those Action Man uniforms were discontinued for that year. Also listings in this chart are quite literal to the Action Man manual's contents and may well differ from UK toy shop's contents at the time! Information becomes sketchy towards the 1980s and by the end of production Action Man manuals, or rather fold-out Action Man posters, were no longer yearly and were not totally representave of available uniforms and we have to assume the dates. The 1971 (5) is the only Action Man Manual we haven't been able to load on to this site yet but we have added to products listed by Palitoy as being from that year. Perhaps you can help if you have this manual?
KEY:
* Action Man uniform made from one or more carded accessories added to basic
uniform.
SOTC = Action Man Soldiers of the Century/World.
INT ="Internationals" - Reduced outfit versions toward end of production.
(ST) = Special Team.
=Listed
in official Action Man equipment manual for that year
=not
listed in official Action Man equipment manual but assumed available during
this vintage period
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| Equipment Manual No (click No. to see)> |
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| Approx year of release or years covered: |
'66 |
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'73 |
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'78 |
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