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

Equipment Manual No (click No. to see)>

5

Approx year of release or years covered:

'66
'68
'69
'70
'71
'72
'73
'74
'75
'76
'77
'78
'79-80
'81-84
Action Sailor                              
Action Soldier                             
Adventurer                             
Afrika Korps (INT)                          
Afrika Korps Lance Corporal                          
Air Police*                            
American Green Beret SOTC                             
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders                       
Armoured Car Commander*                         
Army Medic*                              
Arctic Assault (ST)                           
Assault Copter Pilot                             
Astronaut                             
Atomic Man                            
Australian Jungle Fighter (SOTC)                            
Australian Jungle Fighter                           
Beachhead Assault *                            
Battle of Britain Pilot                             
Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards)                            
Breeches Buoy                              
British Army Officer                             
British Infantryman (SOTC)                             
British Infantryman (Modern)                          
British Major                          
Bullet Man                              
Camp Kommandant (Colditz)                           
Captain Zargon                               
Combat Engineer*                        
Combat Paratrooper*                              
Combat Soldier*                              
Combat Surveyor                            
Commander                                
Commando                             
Crash Crew (Silver)                            
Crash Crew (Later)                             
Cricketer                               
Deep Sea Diver                             
Desert Fighter                               
Despatch Rider                            
Escape Officer (Colditz)                            
Field Commander                               
Field Training Exercise                            
Fireman                              
Footballer (Action/Sharpshooter)                            
Footballer Arsenal                            
Footballer Aston Villa                             
Footballer 'cards' (various kits & colours)                          
Footballer Celtic                        
Footballer Chelsea                            
Footballer Everton                            
Footballer Glasgow Rangers                            
Footballer Leeds Utd                            
Footballer Liverpool                            
Footballer Manchester Utd                            
Footballer Newcastle                        
Footballer Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs)                            
Footballer West Ham Utd                        
Footballer World Cup                           
French Foreign Legion                             
French Resistance Fighter SOTC                             
Frogman (black early then orange later)                            
Gargon (Electronic monster)                            
German Paratrooper (INT)                           
German Staff Officer                             
German Stormtrooper (Rare last version)                          
German Stormtrooper SOTC                             
Go Kart (Driver)