Trying to remember the name of a knock-off Action Man

[the enemy muton]

Back in the early/mid 80s a mate of mine had tons of this stuff. The figures were roughly Mego in hight (about 6-8") and were sold in Poundstretchers I seem to recall and came with tons of accessories. Sadly, other than that I can't recall much as we're talking at least 25 years ago. Could they maybe have been made by Mego? It would make sense as it would have been about the time I got my Mego CHIPS set with the motorbike and I'm sure they had very similar bodies and articulation. Can any of you guys (and girls) shed some light on the mystery?

[Thundershot]

Hi was it any of these?
http://www.megomuseum.com/lionrock/index.html

[Andy1672]

I had a load of non action man action man stuff back in the day, not sure what they were called tho geyper man or chirelea sounds familiarish ??

[Thundershot]

Geyper Man was the Spanish name of A.M. Andy...Cherilea was the company that produced all those tanks,jeeps & my bridge

Remember them really cheap knock-off Action men that were made from that horrible blow moulded lightweight plastic & lasted for about 2 seconds ?

[the enemy muton]

Looks like it could be Palitoy Battle Brigade as some of those figures and uniforms look mighty familiar; would these have still been around in '83/'84-ish?

[Andy1672]

Geyper Man was the Spanish name of A.M. Andy...Cherilea was the company that produced all those tanks,jeeps & my bridge

Remember them really cheap knock-off Action men that were made from that horrible blow moulded lightweight plastic & lasted for about 2 seconds ?

those names just sprung to mind ! I had some of those squashable action men, which were a bit rubbish ... still trying to think what they were called.

[the enemy muton]

Just had a quick gander at ebay, and if it is those Mego figures they ain't cheap no more!

[Andy1672]

the ones im thinking of were the same size as Action man, but you could get them cheap on the market instead of buying the real thing from Woolies

[Thundershot]

Those Mego made Lion Rock figures are very good quality t.e.m., back in the day, they may of been sold off cheaply as a knock off but they're certainly are nice to have now a days.

They some times turn up @ toy fairs, they tend to get mixed in with the large boxes of broken, knock off or tatty Action man stuff that get tucked under the dealers stalls in embarrassment.

I remember having some of them cheap 'Action Alan's" as I call them Andy..nasty polythene things with polyester clothing.

[SteveD]

I still have an "Action Alan"! He's currently wearing a divers suit, as it nicely hides his flimsy "ken from barbie" look! The wuss!