Andy1672's Top Ten customs poll .......

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Which is your favorite ?

French Foreign Legion
1
4%
British Infantryman
2
7%
Underwater Explorer
4
15%
AfricaKorps
0
No votes
Thrust
1
4%
The Indestructable Muton
1
4%
SAS pilot
2
7%
German Motorcycle
2
7%
Zargonites
12
44%
Training tower
2
7%
 
Total votes: 27

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OK here we go ....

I have selected my top ten favorite customs from my collection.

there are a few obvious ommissions but I have chosen my 10 personal favorites.

These are my favorite concepts rather than what I would class as "best work",
regardless of time and effort these are the 10 I am most pleased with.

these are in no particular order but please feel free to vote.
it will be interesting to see what comes out on top !

I suppose I should start with my first AF custom, this guy was based on the French Foreign legion Action Man uniform,
not too much work involved but not a bad result .....

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Next up and again Based on an Action Man uniform is the British Infantryman.
a bit of a problematic one but I got there eventually !

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I dont think my top ten would be complete without this guy ? Underwater Explorer
Once again based on the original Action Man uniform.

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Next is my AfricaKorps figure, and yet again he is based on an Action Man uniform.
I remember a lot of headgear changes with this guy, but in the end I settled for something simple.

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OK this guy I thought was just a cool idea which hadnt been done before, and I think he turned out pretty good.
I think we settled on Thrust as a name for him ?

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I love this next guy and I dont think he needs much introduction ! The Indestructable Muton

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Possibly an odd entry but I cant help liking this SAS Helicopter Pilot

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Perhaps this one is 3 customs in one ? German Motorcycle and Sidecar
German officer and German stormtrooper go hand in hand with this one.

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Again 3 customs in one ? But the Zargonites have to stay together

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The last entry is the Action Man/ Action Force Training tower.
My largest custom so far and certainly the most challenging !

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Excellent! And we're off!



I remember that FFL custom waaay back!

It was a unique idea I thought at the time, making a small scale Action Man.

A great idea, and it's led to loads of great mini AM's since!


I'm so glad you included the german bike and sidecar as that is just inspired!

:doc: :doc: :doc:
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I'm going to take my time before voting as it's not as easy as I thought!



An interesting point for me is the fact that 7 out of the 10 are mini Action Man!

And yet, you continually resist the urge to get a 'proper' AM!

Bizarre!

:doc: :doc: :doc:
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Andy, did you mean to allow voters to select up to two options?

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paul wrote:-

I'm going to take my time before voting as it's not as easy as I thought!



An interesting point for me is the fact that 7 out of the 10 are mini Action Man!

And yet, you continually resist the urge to get a 'proper' AM!

Bizarre!

:doc: :doc: :doc:
Cheers Paul, I am still being strong in resisting the urge to go for the larger scale figures.

My original idea for customising was to make figures that Palitoy should have made in series one.

So in a way these are my Action men only smaller !
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The Baron wrote:Andy, did you mean to allow voters to select up to two options?
I think I must have, I tried to change my vote and it let me vote again ?
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No, that's allowing users to change their vote - I'm talking about this:

You may select up to 2 options

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The Baron wrote:No, that's allowing users to change their vote - I'm talking about this:

You may select up to 2 options
I have just changed that to 1. my mistake, If anyone noticed then they may have voted twice.

I couldnt unvote to change my option so I revoted instead. tis sorted now tho .....
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After massive deliberation [I wish I could have chosen 3, it was SO nearly the German bike!], I went for your Underwater Explorer Andy.

An inspired custom.

So good, I have 2 exact copies of my own, plus I bought the original full size Action Man as well.

This AM must surely have had some impact upon Palitoy designers when they were coming up with the Q Force concept I reckon.

A brilliant custom, both in idea and production.

:doc: :doc: :doc:
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paul wrote:-

After massive deliberation [I wish I could have chosen 3, it was SO nearly the German bike!], I went for your Underwater Explorer Andy.

An inspired custom.

So good, I have 2 exact copies of my own, plus I bought the original full size Action Man as well.

This AM must surely have had some impact upon Palitoy desingers when they were coming up with the Q Force concept I reckon.

A brilliant custom, both in idea and production.

:doc: :doc: :doc:
Thanks again Paul, I would also have him in my top 3, Im not saying which my favorite is tho ... we shall see what the poll says .......
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