ACTION MAN GRIPPING HANDS SOLDIER 1973 TO 1976

Released in 1973 the Gripping Hands Soldier came to personify ACTION MAN through the 1970s and into the 1980s.
The Soldier Uniform and accessory was based on the British Army Working dress of the early 1970s and consisted:
Sweater (Various weaves and stitching)
Green Trousers
Beret (originaly cloth/later black plastic with silver plastic cap badge),
Khaki belt (No slider)
Scarf (originaly horizontal weave later vertical)
SLR Rifle ( First Issue elastic strap post 1975 plastic)
Thimble - for putting over Action Man hands easing dressing figure (First Issue metal and more and later nylon material)
Paperwork: L259 and later L513 Star Awards Cards, L364 and L345 instruction leaflets and Equipment Manual - 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976 versions.
Cat: 34052

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