Action Man Deep Sea Diver Outfit

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Young V&A
Imagine Gallery, Adventure, Case 10

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Artist/Maker	Palitoy (manufacturers)
Place of origin	Hong Kong (manufactured)

Card blister pack, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations. With it is a white diving suit, brass-coloured plastic helmet and visor, gloves, breast plates, equipment belt, oxygen pump, spanner, torch, pliers, knife, sheath, boots and weights, dressed on an Action Man doll.

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Categories	Dolls Character Merchandise Toys & Games Dolls & Toys
Object type	Doll
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Packaging Doll
Titles	Action Man Deep Sea Diver Outfit (manufacturer's title) Action Man - The Experts (series title)
Materials and techniques	Printed card, plastics Card Plastic Printed Moulded
Brief description	Action Man Deep Sea Diver, Palitoy, Hong Kong, 1980
Physical description	Card blister pack, printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations. With it is a white diving suit, brass-coloured plastic helmet and visor, gloves, breast plates, equipment belt, oxygen pump, spanner, torch, pliers, knife, sheath, boots and weights, dressed on an Action Man doll.
Dimensions	Packaging height: 406mm Packaging width: 298mm Packaging depth: 51mm Height: 330mm (Note: As mounted on the action man figure) Width: 150mm (Note: As mounted on the action man figure) Depth: 155mm (Note: As mounted on the action man figure)
Production type	mass produced
Credit line	Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history	Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production	Made in Hong Kong for Palitoy, under licence from CPG Products Corp Reason For Production: retail
Subject depicted	Diver
Associated objects	B.2472:1-1999 B.2474:1-1999
Other number	34373 - catalogue number
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.2473:1, 2-1999

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Record created	September 1, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O47681/action-man-deep-sea-diver-doll-palitoy/

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