INDIANA JONES and the Missed Opportunity 

THIS is the reason it only makes sense to remain objective in this hobby. Your study, awareness, and passion for Action Man and Indiana Jones are the reason this fantastic custom was possible. Well done Tony, as always.

A superb documentary from Tony, proving once again that Palitoy Action Man was and still is, the best action figure toyline, ever made.

SIMPLY A BRILLIANT VIDEO. The production quality is fantastic! You have out done yourself again, Tony!

Has a guy the age of 52 I was there when all of these toys were released for both Star Wars and Raiders of the lost. I remember wanting an Indiana Jones 12 inch figure, but could never afford it looking back at this video. I didn’t realize just how bad the toy was designed. I love this channel it brings back so many memories. I also appreciate the fact that you understand history, as well as firearms.

Your custom looks better than the newer 6" figure line. Great video Tony! The fact that you know every type of gun, what scene, etc...and which action man set it came in....damn. that's beyond most of the toy channels out there...

Your channel is consistantly informative, intelligent and entertaining. 👍👍

Fantastic video sir. Bravo

I would like to take a moment and appreciate the opening of this video and how it recreates the paramount logo fading to a similar shape as the mountain, in this case the tent , great detail that foreshadows the same amount of awesomeness that this video is ❤ as a Canadian Indy fan, I tip my Fedora off 🎉

Thanks Tony what a highly enjoyable and great produced video. Also your custom Indy figure is absolutely superb. This is why your channel is growing all the time.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great video Tony! Definitely all the ingredients were there for Pallitoy to use should they have been inclined to do an Indy line. Awesome still and onsite filming, PH makes for a decent Egypt stand in.

this is going to be awesome I never knew palit toy considered making Indy toys thank you Tony for always sharing your toy knowledge with us I appreciate it 👍

Holy shit! That intro transition 😍

Outstanding video Sir! From one military vet to another 🫡!!!!

Congrats on a fantastic video. Well done Tony!

A movie line of clothing for Action Man, would've been fantastic. Even ones based on Sci Fi comic characters. Imagine a Judge Dredd outfit in the AM range.

Magnificently done, Tony!

Fun fact, the bikes driven by the Germans in Last Crusade, were actually modern bikes with all that gear strapped over them to conceal their inaccurate look to that era.

This is an outstanding presentation. Well Done!!

Tony this video is a masterpiece!

I had the entire collection of Star Wars 12” and the single Indy 12”. You’re absolutely right, it was a bit of a brokedick version, especially the fedora. However, the face sculpture did make up for it, even though it made it more of a collectors item. Given I was 10 years old I would’ve wanted something to play with though.

Amazing video Tony. Yet again you raise the bar and set the standard for other toy RU-vidrs.

That woolly "fedora" from the 12" Indy is truly an abomination. How it made it past quality control I'll never know. Great video

WOW!!! The transition at the very beginning was EPIC!!!

I was not searching EBay during this video…at all!!! Brilliantly researched and executed my friend. 👏👏👏

Well done!

I’m saddened that the Hasbro Indy line didn’t do so well. I’ll admit, I didn’t get them because I’ve been focused on my Classified and Action Force collections. Well done on this video. It was very informative and entertaining.

Wow, you took everything up a notch with this one, Tony. Great job!

This is truly inspired. A real “what if”. It’s too bad that no one had this foresight at the time. Excellent video sir!!

This is great Tony, this was an amazing insight into what if?

This is absolutely brilliant!! Incredible job Tony!!!❤

Brilliant.

The Spanish Geyper Man green motorbike had the sidecar in the correct side and I have mine for my Indy in that scale!

Somehow, Tony made me smile. How the franchise owners didn't thought of this is mind-boggling.

Another excellent installment. Thank you Tony.

I really enjoyed that video. One of your finest.

Awesome video, Tony! I really love the idea of imagining what "might have been" for a toy line, and I definitely agree that Action Man had a lot of the essential components to build out a fully realized Indiana Jones toy line. Nicely done, sir!👍

Fantastic custom and very interesting and very well researched post! 👏 Like your hat, looks fab. 👌

Fantastic video! That rope bridge accessory would have been played with a LOT if I had something like that as a kid.

Fantastic episode mate, absolutely loved seeing Indy come together. I’m really enjoying your channel.

I found this channel only a few weeks ago, this being my first video. Thanks to this video, i made my own action man into indiana jones using this a base guide, and im so glad i did it looks awesome and brings me so much joy Keep up the good work and your inspiring videos!!

Great Job on creating your own Indiana Jones 12 inch action figure. You Rock!!!

Tony that was fantastic. I love how you built up the line with your amazing knowledge of the Palitoy Acton Man sets. It is truly sad that this never cam to fruition. I’d love to see more like this.

Great video. Fun to see one from the vintage action man again. So many videos are now on modern toys. Also, thanks for the editorial at the end. Very important!! That’s why I love the old toys and movies. Keep it up Trooper !!

Outstanding custom. Awesome vid, Tony!

Fantastic video, love this! Brings back memories of me using a tank commander brown jacket, a cowboys hat and a leather bootlace for a whip to make my own Indy figure who fought against my German figures! Definitely a missed opportunity to have had a real Indy set!

Great Video! Loved it.

That's an amazing custom figure. If that would have been on the shelves as a kid I would have wanted that

Thank you Tony for another magnificently executed quality film for our enjoyment. Bravo!!!!

Analog Toys 👊😁

Thanks for sharing your Palitoy/Indiana Jones project. I was introduced to Action Man through the NAAFI when I was posted to Berlin as an American soldier. Later, I kit bashed an Indiana Jones figure using a Kenner Harrison Ford/Hans Solo head on another body and whatever I could find to fit the Indiana Jones image--I managed to find a Browning High Power pistol in scale and a Webley revolver and a Smith and Wesson. Your explanation of why you stuck with Palitoy as much as possible is valid. Sometimes, though, you had to use someone else's products or it just wouldn't be Indiana Jones.

i love your ideas in this video so much! its absolute perfection! i honestly want to see someone re-create the trilogy of films using everything you described in this video! 😁

Thank you for all the effort you put into this. Your videos are so appreciated, and they always have a unique POV not available anywhere else.

Great work Tony, that’s some thorough and well thought out kit bashing. Really shows the advantages of cloth goods over fully plastic figures.

Great video... makes me wish I had gotten into 12 inch as a kid (now I have a few Captain Actions in my collection). I never understood all the hate for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... yeah it had some silly moments but it also had some great action scenes in exotic locales which is what I want from Indy.

Awesome break down tony 🇺🇸🍻💪🇦🇺

I think you hit on a lot of points for why I have such place in my heart for 70s Joe Adventure Team. A cross between Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and James Bond (in a way lol) Brilliant video! 🎉

So glad you did that shout out for Michael and his Indy 5 Deep Dive. I've been doing all I can to get the word out about that one.

Another great video, Tony! What a killer concept!

I was like that with Star Wars [When it first came out 77/78] when I had to pretend my Lego figures and Lego were Star wars [Before having much of a SW collection] and WISHED "Lego made Star Wars...."

This video belongs ina museum.

Excellent video, sir! Much respect!

Possibly one of the best videos you’ve done. Love the attention to detail, and facts. You got to be honest, though, Michael French helped with this right?😂😂 just kidding. Truly enjoyed it. You’re gonna have to go back though, and give everybody the appropriate pit, stains, and back sweat.

Another fantastic video Tony! My first ever exposure to Action Man was in the 90s through the cartoon. I didn’t even realise there was a whole series before that. I’ve learnt a lot of toy history since finding your channel a few years ago, and can see the passion and love that you have for the line. And to marry that with Indy, it really was a missed opportunity for Palitoy!

That was spectacular Mate!! Well done. 😁👍

I bet Mr. French really liked this video! I lovE Indy!

Absolutely magnificent work on this video. It is truly a work of art. 👏👏👏👏

Loved this video - great research and thought went into this - bravo

Loved this entertaining and well researched video. Oh and I will ALWAYS pop for a ROM reference.

Excellent video Tony!

Fantastic video, Tony. You have inspired me to go ahead put together my own Indiana Jones figure.

Maybe someone should make an action man biplane and then you could have Biggles sets too.

Great video 👍🏻 would definitely have bought this back in the day

It'd be the singular reason I'd want an Action Man figure of Indy's father, so he could sit in the bike's sidecar and look disapprovingly at his son's jousting antics. 😁

19:06 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I converted much of my action man stuff into Indy related gear after Raiders came out and by the time ToD arrived i had no standard Action Man gear left. It was all Indy.

Well made video

Very good Sir, I love it!

damn...now i need/want one..

Action Man was whatever 12" figure I wanted him to be. Take a dynamic physique Action Man, stip his cloths, pair him with Panthor and Zoar from Masters of the Universe, and give him Lion-O's Sword of Omens from Thundercats, along with Action Man's satchel bag, and boom - he's Beastmaster. Take a black SAS overall, the helmet, boots and gauntlets from the Future Soldier (I forget the proper name, but it's the one Palitoy scaled down for Action Force), give him a Space Patrol blaster and he's Judge Dredd. But my favourite use of Action Man as another character, was taking the cloth suit from a 12" bendy Spider-Man that had long since crumbled to dust, putting it on Action Man, and giving him an SAS hood with Battle of Britain Goggles - and suddenly, Action Man was the web-slinger himself.

Kit-bashed customs like this are the best. I like it when someone just makes a toy they want without seriously remodelling the whole thing. This looks brilliant! Great work. 😁 Having been a lad who adored Action Man (in the '90s/'00s), I would have totally bought this. I agree with you about the "likeness" thing not mattering; Jones, like Bond, is a broad adventure hero concept. Heck, Michael French made the point that Indy should have been recast a bunch of times like Bond to move with the times, if they wanted to keep it going. Would have been cool to have that. Not gonna lie, if I had the power to make any toy line I wanted, I'd probably make a bunch of 12", pulp-inspired, adventure characters. Drawn from the archetypes of pulp fiction, fully clothed, loaded with accessories, fully articulated and all drenched in that 1930s/40s flavour.

Great video 👍, I myself have made a custom Indy out of 5 inch Doctor Who figures.

What do you mean.....child in the 80s....I'm 64 and would still like to play with this collection😊

💯 Action Man and Indiana Jones would have indeed been a match made in heaven... Or at least the UK. 😊

Quality content!

It’s funny when the most recent Indiana Jones movie came out last year and was set in 1969 I was thinking that was about the same time my parents bought me my first G.I. Joe an Adventure Team Man of Action. So I was thinking it would be cool to have an Adventure Team Indiana Jones.

3:05 how is it possible nobody said NO! before that hat went into production???

I made my own rope bridge and figure stand out of wood, chopsticks, and twine rope in 2008 for 3 3/4"

This wud of bin a huge hit with kids & collectors. I definitely wud of gotten one

i love the crystal skull

A-frigin-men brother!

We named the dog "Indiana" ❤

if he made figures for the last 2 Indy movies there is no way in hell they would make a whole German loot train

Oh I'm totally going to make my own Indy now. I'll probably use the cotswold elite brigade body though as the GI Joe muscle body and replicas are a bit hard to come by...but WOW those Hasbro 12" Indy figures have gotten costly too! I have the talking figure mib on the way to me. If I can get a good deal on the whip cracking Indy's head, I might go with that...thanks for the inspiration!! Once he's finished, I bet he'll look great next to my Death Wish figure from Grunga toys.

BRILLIANT 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Now I know why you didn't use the pants that came with the Hasbro figure...won't fit over the vintage waist..

Animated Sinbad joined G.I.Joe, LJN produced a MP 40 for the MR.ACTION and has various differences.durham's young kung fu head with flock hair on a 8 inch mego body would be prefect for short round.

Indi had a Webley Revolver Army Modal did Action Man have that style to put with your Indiana Jones Custom ?

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I wonder if you have seen a movie called "Xtro"? It's a bad horror film from England. There is a action man action figure that comes to life as a life size character.

I highly disagree with you the action man is awful I've got the kenner in Indiana Jones nothing wrong with it I think the canon Jones figure is quite good 👍.