Action Man: Storyline
Although there were later attempts to depict the Action Man storyline in comics, movies, and a TV series, in the beginning the story was often left to the child’s imagination. The first models released in 1966 were almost identical to the American GI Joe. The box that these figures came in was covered in pictures which could be used to create a storyline. An example of this is the Action Sailor figure that can be seen in scuba gear holding a block of dynamite with a knife. As the series progressed there would be hints available as to each figure’s background but no full background.
Many of the early models of action men would allow children to act storylines from long before their birth; there was a lot of focus on World War Two. By the end of sixties though, the series began to deal with things like space travel. As well as the pictures on the boxes there were also leaflets inside most boxes which gave background information about the military divisions that the Action Man belonged to.
In 1995 a lot more story was provided for Action Man with the arrival of the TV series ‘Action Man; Let’s go Extreme’. This show portrayed Action Man as a cross between 007 James Bond and Indiana Jones. The earlier military theme had moved on to more one of adventure. In this series the arch enemy of Action Man was the evil Dr X.
Another TV series in 2000 brought more mischief from Dr X. This series was called, ‘Action Man, The Greatest Hero of Them All’. The storyline here focuses on Alex Mann who is an extreme sports athlete who also has special mental powers that mean he can see things that might happen in the future. Alex Mann’s alter ego is Action Man and when Dr X attempts to take over the world and replace the world’s population with his own manufactured neo-humanity. Dr X loses in the end when his creations rebel against him and Alex and his friend Brandon gain the upper hand.
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