Blood for the Baron!

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The more I look @ that Actionman French Gemdarne the more I want one..it looks a lot smarter & better detailed than the U.K Police Actionman. Does any one know if it was released, or if this is a mock-up for the catalogue?

One went on ebay [and to a very good home!] last week.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0418107712

Paul, you can't squeeze any more in!!!!

The Stratos was released for the 12" Action Man line in France. I have one and can take a picture later, if anyone would like.

Thundershot, the Gendarme is indeed a very cool set! In fact, there are 2 variations. I'll try to post pics of them later today.

(Some of the 12" stuff really is cool!)

Paul, a big congratulations!!! I am so happy for you that you got that set!!!
Ah... once you venture into international releases, the excitement never stops!!!

Well, this was an easy picture to take (my french 12" figures are right here in my study

Here's the Stratos. (I haven't messed with my 12" figures in so long... It was fun this morning, to get these out and mess with them again!!! To find that Stratos, I had to pull out gobs of stuff from a closet - It was like a trip down memory lane!!! Thanks!!! )

Hi Aire,
Thanks for sharering this..just when I think I know all about childhood hero, something like this comes along & just blows my mind! That's what's so great about this site
I've never seen any of these French uniforms before, that ceremonial unifrom looks very impressive, & as for Captain Cosmos..does this stuff come up for sale very often?
I guess I've always thought that european toys where just re-packaged Actionman or G.I.Joe toys.. now I know how it's feels for American collectors when they find out about the U.K. exclusive re-paints

Many,Many thanks for showing this & opening my mind up to a whole new area to look @ & hopefully play in one day

Thundershot, I am so happy to hear you say that!!! When I first discoverd this stuff, I was really blown away, too!

Basically, the 3 toy companies driving inovation in Europe were Palitoy (UK - obviously , Ceji-Arbois (France), and Geyper (Spain).
There are many outfits exclusive to each of these 3 companies.

Schildkrot (Germany) and Polistil (Italy) basically picked sets for release from designs by the companies listed above, as well as from US Hasbro stuff.
Schildkrot did have a few exclusives (their Border Guard outfits, for Example), but Polistil did not (at least I can't think of any right now). However, Polistil (and before that, Baravelli) did offer many US sets that were not released in Europe by any other company at the time - so, they were essentially "exlusives" to the Euro market. Polistil sometimes changed parts of the set - (sort of like Kenbrite and Toltoys in Australia.)

I haven't looked for 12" sets on eBay for quite a few years now (I stopped collecting when I had enough samples for my historical chapter on vintage 12" - which was about the same time that the 40th outfits started to flood the market...). So, I am really out of the loop as far as current availability and price. But I bet Paul would be a good one to provide that info now!!! (He seems to have caught the bug

Happy hunting!!!!
Take care,
Aire

PS - Just wait til you find the Japanese, Brazilian, Mexican, and Argentinian stuff!!!!! Talk about AWESOME!!!!

What did that guy say in Star Wars?..You've just taken your 1st step into a larger world..that sums up how I feel about this!

Sorry if I sound a bit "gushing" about this but toys really are a passion for me

airedevon 1 wrote:Here's the Stratos. (I haven't messed with my 12" figures in so long... It was fun this morning, to get these out and mess with them again!!! To find that Stratos, I had to pull out gobs of stuff from a closet - It was like a trip down memory lane!!! Thanks!!! )

Damn that's sweet, I didn't know that was a Miro Meccano release, thanks for sharing Aire, you learn something new every day