This is what kids are missing today. Great way to showcase a fun toy. There was one particular scene where he was looking to the side at an angle, and I thought for sure he found the secret tomb of some lost river god. Or a huge crocodile moving towards him. Great video.

I always love videos where you take the toys outside.

We were stationed in Germany so I had a few sets the other American kids didn't. Thanks for the look back. 👍

I love it, when a toy comes together.

I'd just like to say that I'd never do any of these you do but love to watch your videos . As the toys bring back so many child hood memories . I think that you are great at what you do and hope that you never stop making them .

I think action man was trying to escape the land of the giants. This video brought back some happy memories for I had this action man and the dinghy when I was young and I loved them for they were lovely toys and the adventures I used to take all of my action men on along with their accessories was many.

Wait, he went on a mission unarmed? Loved the "adventure" footage, more of that would be cool. It brings back memories of childhood.One of the things I really like about you is that you're not just shoving the toys on a shelf. You're not just a "collector" you still relish the play value of the toys.

10 years old, broke my leg and this was a gift from my parents to ease the pain. Took it to the old boating lake in Royal Vic Park in Bath - brilliant - great toy, great action fun. Could just about get to the other side of the lake on my crutches before the boat hit the opposite wall. Managed to get all sorts of pond weed, string, wool and elastic bands stuck around the prop over the years but, as you say, it always just worked (after a bit of amateur ‘toy-polloi-ing’). Thanks for the memories.

Still pretty cool after this years

Ah my favorite toy Auction man.

Brilliant Dave, action man was made to be played with outside, great to see him back in action !

First of all.. thank you so much for yor wonderful videos. I almost shead a tear..i had the craft..i remember the christmas i got my first Action man.. From 8 to 10 year old i played the hell uot of action man..Me and a freind playd all the time with them. No im 54 years old..and dont have nothing left. Now i want it back :-)..and will start collecting again...but ohh boy in Denmark its not easy... dont think action man was so great widspred here. But like action man i wil not give up :-)

Love the river footage, it looks better than any Palitoy advert. With spookier music it could look like outakes from Predator! :)

Appreciating the river cinematography! Great video as always Dave. As an Aussie the didgeridoo was a nice touch too😄

Had one of these as a kid in the 70's. Used to take it down to the local rec in Sands, High Wycombe where the river Wye used to open out into a small paddling area. Hours of fun 😃

Those river scenes were awesome.

This was epic and really took me back to my days out playing with these toys in our English countryside. Great filming guys.

I love this episode man it makes me want the damn boat now 😆

How on earth did you manage to grow a 1/6 jungle? Ah, the end of the video explains it. Really great shots with the guy in his boat. I really liked that.

Looked great on the water..

That was pretty cool, I thought I was watching a action Man movie. LOL

I am the only, ONLY one here who watched the footage- LOVED the footage- and wanted to take Weird Al's 'Skipper Dan' song and put it to it. It really reminded me of the Jungle Cruise.

That was one of my favourite vehicles when I was a kid. Totally loved this!

I would 100% watch an action man show that was made like this! Thanks for the fun

The filming looks epic, on the water! Good job!

Wish i'd of had a little river running through my back garden like that when i was a lad, perfect for Action Man adventures!

Thanks for sharing Dave!

Great action movie ! Love this toy action figure . Here in France , we have had the french version Action Joe , since 1975............ I have owned many sets in the 70's and still kept one guy , Tom .

Great video, yet again. The "river footage" was excellent. Directors and producers spend millions trying to get "jungle river footage" like that. Pity the outboard died on you but it didn't detract from the fun at all. ACTION MAN!!!

That made my day! Wish I could get my stuff out and playing

Always enjoy your videos, particularly AM love how you play with the toys, the end bit of filming with the family and 2 kids was great. Thanks again Toy Polloi.

Awesome video! Looked like a commercial love all your vids thanks from canada!

That was very cool, excellent shots

Action Man on a mission!

Well, that's just Brilliant.

Loool I like the way you have two kids of the ideal age to be playing with Action man out on the stram, and there you are hogging the Action man toy and there just looking on watching you play with it, priceless 😂🤣

A really fun video with great POV shots. Thanks!

It looks like you're getting into the Action Man movie business.

Brilliant video Dave, well done.

The in-boat shots turned out great. A lot of the posing really highlighted how much it adds, to be able to reposition a figure's eyes.

That was so nice and atmospheric ♡

Wonderful video, David

such a wonderful fun video of the toy in use on creek thanks producing this video and I leave you a big thumbs up!

Hey Man Your most simple restoration and yet my absolute favourite! The behind the scenes at the end were very enjoyable. Was good to see you and your helpers, having fun with the toys. Take care Dave 🙂

Yeessss sink cam!!!

Yes! Epic. 👌🏼

Bem legal esse vídeo. Parabéns pelo vídeo!

Sick river vid. More of that please!

Baremetal sent me to check your channel out. 👍🏻

Great Action Man river boat footage, nice surroundings filmed in various angles. Loved the dark digeridoo background score, giving it a bit of a bush/jungle With a 'Heart of darkness' feel to it.

brilliant, love yr videos

A far more successful aquatic Action Man mission than my Sea-Wolf submarine’s voyage to the bottom of the bathtub in the late 70s. It was great at submerging. Surfacing? Not so much…

Thanks for information!

lol that reminds me of when I was a kid and I used to use toy battleships to float down the back lane in the ice ruts , I had the Bismarck and some other USS ones

Great little AM movie. I don't know if you have used Liquid Gold spray on some dull plastics. It is meant for restoring wood in Antique shops. If you spray it on the plastic that the Assualt craft is made of, gentlely rub it in and leave for a few days. It adds live to the plastic and makes it more supple. On hard plastics it gives a good shine to. You don't have to use loads of it either. I put it on my Lanard/Corps figures BRILLIANT stuff. Cheers Dave in the UK.

That video was absolutely fantastic. Reminded me of taking my Action man on our annual Isle of Wight holiday when I was a boy. Brilliant. Thank you 😊

Was anybody else making motor noise while watching. I was. Great times and great video

VERY COOL!❤

Another cracking video, Dave, thank you! Especially liked the POV shots! You could run advertising campaigns based on your video shorts! IIRC, the motor is mounted vertically in the outboard and is attached to the prop by a spring. The spring translates the vertical into horizontal without a bevel gear. I have a partial memory that the spring would be damaged if the prop became entangled and excessive force was used to free the tangle. I would need to check what I have stored in Mum’s attic to see what there is. It’s also possible that the spring is a little rusty and needs some treatment to remove the corrosion. I would guess that some light grease injected into the back of the prop, where the spring would reduce the friction and allow the single battery to kick the motor into life when the outboard is dropped into position.

I just saved at Moneysupermarket and now I feel epic! (one of these Action Man assault craft actually featured in their TV advert!)

GIANTS IN THE FOREST! LOOK OUT ACTION MAN! Are those your kids at the end? I know there's a Mrs Toy Polloi, but I never knew there were mini Polloi's...

The motor blew my mind they just don't make toys like they used to

Well Made Video( GREAT!! )

Awesome 👍

I'm not playing with toys, I'm building an EMPIRE! So jealous.

epic video Mate. love the action shots. it would be cool to do a whole stop motion animation with him getting to the raft and going up river .

I was ten and on holiday in Blackpool. My mum and dad said I could spend my holiday money how I like so we called in to a large toy store and I got the wet suite and the blow up version of the dingy in this video. Only problem was it was on a display card and had been sown down so it would not blow up we took it back to the shop and there where about 8 on the stand and every one was the same ...gutted ten year old boy was I you could say I was stitched up.

Brilliant video assault craft was a simple but effective vehicle excellent play value - thought Action Man looked bit apprehensive though...lol

Did the outboard motor ever have a control arm for Action Man to hold on to? I'd give the motor a quick squirt of WD-40 - that usually fixes everything. And the water footage was great. Oddly, it reminded me of an ancient childrens' TV show called 'Tales Of The Riverbank'. If only the GO-PRO had been available when I was a kid... Nice one!

ah an outdoor vid, very refreshing u should do outdoor vids more often...also tht engine is a potential repair vid hehehe

Love the outdoor footage if you swap out the yellow string for fine monofilament fishing line you could make it move "invisibly" next time! ;-)

Brilliant video - one of the best yet. It would be great to see a similar film using the SAS beachhead boat with the tent. An idea for a future project perhaps?😉

CAPTAIN LOOK There's a giant dog in the water

Mine only ever got as far as the bathtub when i was a kid. I didn't have anywhere else and dad wouldn't let me use it in the fishpond.

They should made the boats bigger like a navy boat

It would have great to see some scenes of you playing with it. Did you wear your Wellingtons?

Great vid. Got one of these in the loft, with the original box. Have you got a link for that yellow string? Been after some of that for ages.

Is that assault craft a bit or a bob?

I had one of those, played with it on park lake, took 2 hours to get across...150m Maybe evinrude will honor the warranty? 🤣

Is that back section of the boat definitely to be glued in as mine is removeable ?? This means mine always used to leak but if it is meant to be glued in, that would hopefully stop the leak ??

Saludos soy de México; aunque no hablo ingles al 100% me gusta mucho el contenido de tu canal; sabes? Me gusta coleccionar juguetes antiguos y trato de restaurarlos cuando encuentro alguna pieza que es buena pero tiene algun daño y tus consejos me sirven de mucho espero que puedas leer este conentario y poder tener quiza una amistad te escribo de la cuenta de mi esposa mi nombre es Miguel y una felicitación y saludos desde México

Mines still in the loft, unless you set fire to it, it's virtually indestructible.

Esses bonecos são tipo Falcon.

I’d R/c That thing it with broken lil helicopter parts . Motor needs work anyway. Tilt motor not mandantory just have to steer. Hide gear in fake ammobox sleeping bag material.

Hi there, do you know if the propeller pulls out, or is it firmly in there. I’ve bought one, but the propeller is missing. Thanks Alan 👍

My action man’s limbs would Always fall off if I got them wet . Why was that I wonder