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Electronic Command Centre

Action Figure Set
1975-1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 31 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Box
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
  • Action Man Equipment
  • Action Man Electronic Command Centre Part
TitleElectronic 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
Width 2: 11in (28cm) Circumference: 19¼in (49cm)
Production typeMass 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 createdApril 18, 2000
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