The Baron wrote:Oh what, is this your site then? Cool!

Yes it's my little labour of love. In the long run I want every figure, every accessory, book, etc on there and categorized and searchable in a database like a giant version of YoJoe's Whobit.

I just cant help but feel that these modern "Extreme" Action Men look far more like Ken from Barbie than the AM we know and love. Nice to see the name continuing, but I'd still loads prefer to see a return to military feel. Agreed, there's obviously a market for it otherwise the HM Armed Forces fig...

DAMartin wrote:I see there are some annuals in the page too. Any info about the stories inside?

Some of the annuals I don't actually have yet but for the ones I do have I've posted the table of contents and will eventually get round to scanning the stories in.

If you go through the official action man site and choose different languages you see different toys. There's a re-issue of Skateboard Extreme out in Poland I think that has the old Bullet Holes Action Man logo on his t-shirt, very cool.

The new Action Man stuff has been launched in the UK now, exclusive to Tesco.
Only 5 released so far and no Dr. X yet.
http://www.action-man-dossier.co.uk/toys.asp?range=10 (scroll to the bottom).
He's still an "eco-warrior" instead of a soldier though.

Count me in as a colourist! I'm a trained illustrator / designer by trade and I'd love to have a crack at an issue in my spare time.