Electronic Command Centre
Action Figure Set
1975-1980 (made)
1975-1980 (made)
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| Place of origin |
'Action Man' set with doll and equipment, comrising of:
1. box, card printed in colours to show the Command Centre in action; together with maker's details and lists of operations and equipment.
2. Command Centre, dark grey moulded plastic with light grey plastic trim. Inside is lined with printed card and plastic. There is a battery housing and the battery operates the firing buttons for both guns.
3. cover for the battery unit marked LASER RANGE DETECTOR, light grey plastic
4. barbed wire and scrub cover, card printed in colours; this can be placed in front of the Command Centre for indoor play
5. Heavy Gun, cannon, green moulded plastic
6. Vickers Machine Gun, brown and blue plastic
7. sub machine gun, brown and black plastic
8. rifle, black plastic
9,10. sand bags, light brown hessian
11. detonator, light grey plastic with the name printed in black down the side and a brown plastic handle.
12. fire extinguisher, red and gold plastic
13. sealed bag containing three sticks of dynamite, orange plastic
14. sealed bag containing three hand grenades, grey plastic
15. binoculars, black plastic
16. Aldiss lamp, black plastic with yellow paper light
17-21. Mess Kit, silver grey plastic - 17. deep dish; 18. shallow dish (these fit together and the others fit inside); 19. fork; 20. knife; 21. spoon
22. camping stove, grey plastic and metal
23. entrenching tool, black plastic
24. handle for entrenching tool, dark green plastic
25-27. radar, light grey plastic; 25. base; 26. pillbox; 27. radar dish
28. plug-in earphones
29. printed sheet HOW TO FIX RADAR TO PILLBOX
30. sheet of decals, in colour, some of whic have been used
31. ACTION MAN ENEMY ATTACK SHEET NO. L171; front shows a cartoon of how the centre might work and the other side has diagrams of the centre and its equipment.
1. box, card printed in colours to show the Command Centre in action; together with maker's details and lists of operations and equipment.
2. Command Centre, dark grey moulded plastic with light grey plastic trim. Inside is lined with printed card and plastic. There is a battery housing and the battery operates the firing buttons for both guns.
3. cover for the battery unit marked LASER RANGE DETECTOR, light grey plastic
4. barbed wire and scrub cover, card printed in colours; this can be placed in front of the Command Centre for indoor play
5. Heavy Gun, cannon, green moulded plastic
6. Vickers Machine Gun, brown and blue plastic
7. sub machine gun, brown and black plastic
8. rifle, black plastic
9,10. sand bags, light brown hessian
11. detonator, light grey plastic with the name printed in black down the side and a brown plastic handle.
12. fire extinguisher, red and gold plastic
13. sealed bag containing three sticks of dynamite, orange plastic
14. sealed bag containing three hand grenades, grey plastic
15. binoculars, black plastic
16. Aldiss lamp, black plastic with yellow paper light
17-21. Mess Kit, silver grey plastic - 17. deep dish; 18. shallow dish (these fit together and the others fit inside); 19. fork; 20. knife; 21. spoon
22. camping stove, grey plastic and metal
23. entrenching tool, black plastic
24. handle for entrenching tool, dark green plastic
25-27. radar, light grey plastic; 25. base; 26. pillbox; 27. radar dish
28. plug-in earphones
29. printed sheet HOW TO FIX RADAR TO PILLBOX
30. sheet of decals, in colour, some of whic have been used
31. ACTION MAN ENEMY ATTACK SHEET NO. L171; front shows a cartoon of how the centre might work and the other side has diagrams of the centre and its equipment.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 31 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Electronic Command Centre (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Injection moulded plastic and printed card |
| Brief description | Plastic Electronic Command Centre for Action Man made in England by Palitoy in the late 1970s |
| Physical description | 'Action Man' set with doll and equipment, comrising of: 1. box, card printed in colours to show the Command Centre in action; together with maker's details and lists of operations and equipment. 2. Command Centre, dark grey moulded plastic with light grey plastic trim. Inside is lined with printed card and plastic. There is a battery housing and the battery operates the firing buttons for both guns. 3. cover for the battery unit marked LASER RANGE DETECTOR, light grey plastic 4. barbed wire and scrub cover, card printed in colours; this can be placed in front of the Command Centre for indoor play 5. Heavy Gun, cannon, green moulded plastic 6. Vickers Machine Gun, brown and blue plastic 7. sub machine gun, brown and black plastic 8. rifle, black plastic 9,10. sand bags, light brown hessian 11. detonator, light grey plastic with the name printed in black down the side and a brown plastic handle. 12. fire extinguisher, red and gold plastic 13. sealed bag containing three sticks of dynamite, orange plastic 14. sealed bag containing three hand grenades, grey plastic 15. binoculars, black plastic 16. Aldiss lamp, black plastic with yellow paper light 17-21. Mess Kit, silver grey plastic - 17. deep dish; 18. shallow dish (these fit together and the others fit inside); 19. fork; 20. knife; 21. spoon 22. camping stove, grey plastic and metal 23. entrenching tool, black plastic 24. handle for entrenching tool, dark green plastic 25-27. radar, light grey plastic; 25. base; 26. pillbox; 27. radar dish 28. plug-in earphones 29. printed sheet HOW TO FIX RADAR TO PILLBOX 30. sheet of decals, in colour, some of whic have been used 31. ACTION MAN ENEMY ATTACK SHEET NO. L171; front shows a cartoon of how the centre might work and the other side has diagrams of the centre and its equipment. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Copy number | Cat No. 34747 |
| Marks and inscriptions | Made in England by the Palitoy Company, a Division of General Mills UK Ltd., Coalville, Leicester, England. Made under licence from Seven Towns/Nick Farmer. Some imported components. ®Regd. ™ of C P G Products Corp., Minneapolis, Minn, USA |
| Credit line | Given by the manufacturer |
| Object history | References: ACTION MAN Equipment. Made In Hong Kong by the Palitoy Company; A Division of General Mills UK Ltd; Coalville; Leicester; England; Under Licence from Hasbro Ind. Inc Pawtucket; RI USA |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Subject depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.444:1 to 31-1996 |
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| Record created | April 18, 2000 |
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