James May at NEC Toy Fair

No I haven't, not that he'd get one of mine after what I saw him do to the last one
I expected a touch more respect for a British icon. You wouldn't see him taking pot shots at a Meccano set or a Vincent black shadow.

yes mike we had a chat about it as he had one action man WHO he !! killed in action !! by shooting it with a 22 gun .. than the other one was a red devil which he taken up in a chopper and throw it out to see if it work cant remember if it did or not .. too upset by him shooting a vam ..
yet he was so nice to the train set's the lego maccano . so on yet the BEST EVER TOY OF THE DECADE he shoots with a ruddy gun ..
id knock him out if i meet him

This year they're going supersonic, James May wants to push the UK's most iconic action figure, Action Man, through the sound barrier


well my guess is he was some else's vam so he can shoot it in to space or some thing. prat

actionmanhq.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=24091Tim, you're childhood VAM look mint so I take it that you never blasted one with an air rifle?

I certainly didn't. They were pricey toys and well looked after.
I had a rack of Britains and a Webley premier MkII. I had great fun until the day my Dad went to set them up and in a moment of mischief I shot him in the arse. I was banned from gun ownership thereafter


In all seriousness, anything on the telly with VAM in it is a good thing and I like the bloke.
As long as he doesn't use a 40th or a dodgy looking reflock

A Webley Osprey for me. Had hours of fun hanging my old action men on the washing line by the grippers and shooting them til they spun around. It was a good idea when I was fourteen but makes me cringe with regret now.

LOL ha ha 

Big "pellets", especially expanding or with ballistic tips, have the propensity to do that Iain

i see AB is away with himself im sure it was just the email that mike had ..anyway in one of his MANY tv appearances  AB he tells the reporter about he did an action man hairy chest THATS MINE .. i might pop along and show up with my hairy chest action man BUT he can sod off if im letting him have it as im not to sure this james may is going to do nice things to action man i feel its going to be like nasty SID from toy story .sticking vam to a rocket and shooting it off .........

Sounds great. I wouldn't submitt one of my AMs but I look forward to seeing AM getting the coverage he deserves. :-)

That very much depends how it's portrayed.  I remember the episode where he bought a mint vintage boxed Hornby train I think it was, then promptly ripped into the packaging and dropped it in the bin saying toys are for playing with, not collectors, or words to that effect.

Good luck to your daughter, although I hope she's prepared to lose her toy.

great figure m8

No she never took him in the end, more interested in Minecraft! Ah well. Here's another pic, he goes well with my German MG34 Gunner.

i all ways thought he was more in to cars an stuff not toys ....o well its the Michelin man Vs Top gear i guess