Blood for the Baron!

I keep seeing Action Jacks on ebay - does anyone here collect them? Loads of boxed complete ones come up really cheaply which makes me think they may not be as old as they look - I assumed they were mid 70's but are they just cheapy 80's/90's?

AnnieM wrote:I keep seeing Action Jacks on ebay - does anyone here collect them? Loads of boxed complete ones come up really cheaply which makes me think they may not be as old as they look - I assumed they were mid 70's but are they just cheapy 80's/90's?

I dont collect Jacks as such, but I do have a few on my shelf of fun.

I had loads as a kid possibly late 70's early 80's

Strangly enough a few months ago they were virtually non existant, but now like you say they seem to turn up quite often and boxed too !

Either someone somewhere is reproducing them or a someone has had a warehouse find ?

I'm half tempted to bid on a couple. They look like utter tat but still strangely interesting

It's the same with MAC figures, which are kind of the same thing. My mate's Dad worked for matchbox and he has tonnes of Action Jack/ MAC stuff. I see them at a lot of die-cast fiars, but the guys who sell them always want obscene amounts of cash for them. I'd be interested in a couple, but not to really get into collecting them.

DAve.

AnnieM wrote:I'm half tempted to bid on a couple. They look like utter tat but still strangely interesting

They are tat, but in a good way ? very cheaply made and copied almost exactly from matchbox "Mobile Action Command" figures

if you look at these figures the wrong way the paint falls off them !

but Pull his head and he will fall apart !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I may have a couple of spare figures if you would like one ?

Is that Bendy? Did Bendy kill that Action Jack?

cheers for the offer, Andy - I'm going to have a punt on a couple on ebay I think as I have nothing to trade for yours (unless you like Get Along Gang.... )

AnnieM wrote:Is that Bendy? Did Bendy kill that Action Jack?

cheers for the offer, Andy - I'm going to have a punt on a couple on ebay I think as I have nothing to trade for yours (unless you like Get Along Gang.... )

Yes thats Bendy ! Action Jack didnt fare too well against him !

Eddie has sent me loads of stuff recently so Jack is yours if you want him ?

I have a blue and a green spare ? extreme playworn condition !

But if you are looking for complete boxed ones I cant help im afraid.

cheers Andy - that's really kind. But I think first I'm going to have a punt on the Red Indian Jack that's on the bay at the moment - some really cool accessories

just found a website about them as well, so I shall have a good peruse when I *ahem* don't have quite so much work to do

Ok Annie no worries ......... mutters ....... " I cant even give these bloody things away ! "

There isnt too much info on these guys on the net, but I do have a pic which may help ?

Those are great! Ive never heard of them before, I'm guessing U.K. only? Anyone got a better pic of the Sombrero wearing one?