Mike Power comes in from the cold.

It's no secret that I'm not a big fan of the 'Action man Team'. I've always viewed the likes of Atomic man, Bullet man and the Intruder as the beginning of the end for Action Man. Having grown up in the early 70's, in what I'd consider Action Man's golden age, it was easy to look down on these comical character inflicted on Palitoy by a clueless Ha$bro. The fact that my outgrowing of AM coincided with thier introduction just served to reinforce my opinions.

Well thats the official party line here at SKJ HQ but a little while ago Dal was looking at some of my childhood VAM pics and noticed.....Mike Power!


Large as life..front right!

So, in the spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness that seems so popular now days I have to say..

My name's Somekindajoe and I own an Atomic Man!

Do I feel better for comming clean? Not really! Mike was probably one of the last AM I ever bought and I got him more out of morbid curiosity than anything else. It's not even like he fitted in or anything, he didn't get along with Joe for a start!



Mike's jump suit looked better on Hank too!

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So to tell the truth I'm pretty unrepetent about trying to airbrush Mike Power from my history..and don't worry I most definitely haven't got an Intruder skeleton hidden in a cupboard anywhere!  

A rummage through a few boxes up the loft and here he is..



A bit the worse for ware but thats mainly from his time with my son in the mid 90s.



All put together.



Unloved specimen. One owner since new, complete with box.

Mike Power Atomic Man...part of the SKJ collection!

lmfao !!!!!, after all your comments about Mike being part of the team, they send the hit squad after him !!    , old habits eh Steve ?, joe & Hank still haven't quite buried the hatchet yet eh?,   , I hope he makes it out of the bin, even with his one arm   

Top stuff Steve, now doesn't that feel better ??   

     

Nicely spotted Dal, lol . You have to be more careful with these pictures SKJ. pmsl

great stuff now you must save him

Maybe Bullet Man will show up and rescue him from the bin   

Great set of pics, I must admit I have 2 Atomic Men and a Mike Powers   

PJ   

action bob wrote:

Maybe Bullet Man will show up and rescue him from the bin   

Great set of pics, I must admit I have 2 Atomic Men and a Mike Powers   

PJ   

Potentially dumb question here. On this side of the pond Mike Power and Atomic Man are one in the same. Are you using the destinations to differentiate between the Hasbro and Palitoy versions?

I have a Mike Power figure in my collection; and have grown fond of the little fellow. Has happy as well; some my recent acquisition of a Defender means that he is no longer the most "uncool" Joe in the man cave!

-Nate

Hi
I'm not sure and maybe wrong, but I thought the Atomic Man with flocked hair was from the UK, the Mike Powers figure had painted hair and a different face came from the States, my Mike Powers figure I am sure came from the states (at least that's where i bought it) I will check the markings on the back of the powers figure

If anyone else can shed some more light on this it would great

Cheers
PJ   

yes Nate, that's why here Mike is called Atomic Man and only his U.S version is Mike Power, don't understand why !   

Ah, that makes sense. Over here, we use both designations interchangeably; no matter whether it is the US or UK version.

-Nate

Hey Steve...out of the closet, eh?

  

When I next come over we can compare our Atomic Men. Mine will only be a US Mike head on a standard Joe body! But we're not going to strip them off naked to check their credentials, are we? Are we?  

Good comic!    But.. I though Atomic Man had Kung Fu skills, why didn't he defend himself, he's supposed to have an eye in the back of his head ? 

The plot thickens   

I love your old photos and great update !
Made me laugh , really well done story and pics .

Steve That was excellent Photos lmao Poor old mike

Next it will be The Intruder, wont be as easy   

Ahaaaa.....so after all that Atomic bashing turns out you had one in your collection!!!

And pretending it was from your childhood? You must have been at least 30 when Atomic Man came out

I bet you fondly remember having one then went on eBay and bought that one and pretended you found yours in the loft..........

 Remind me again why we're mates Richard!

....this thread is closure as far as my past dealings with Atomic man goes...I have nothing more to say on the subject!

All those sly digs you had at my Atomic Man.......when all the while you were obviously eyeing him enviously

Just embrace it mate there's no shame in it.

Now......who will be the first to spot a MAM in your collection? No doubt from your "childhood" again!!!!!

Ok Dal you can lock this thread now

Beatlefan wrote:

All those sly digs you had at my Atomic Man.......when all the while you were obviously eyeing him enviously

Just embrace it mate there's no shame in it.

Now......who will be the first to spot a MAM in your collection? No doubt from your "childhood" again!!!!!

Ok Dal you can lock this thread now

pmsl! I said he should have had atomic man re flocked and re built, but he said I will, I will, but never did !

After some extensive lobbying from BAM HQ (well a lot of complaining and moaning actually!) Cliff has finally given the go ahead to rebuild the childhood Mike Power! As it's such a sensitive operation he's put an outsider in charge of it.

Fantastic!

Great stuff

you had me rolling from the first

now somebody has an impossible mission

"I've got a tough assignment for you..." --Talking Commander

Great one Steve!!! Looking forward to the next installment!

Brian

 the re build is finally under way! (what do you mean moaning?? ) and it certainly will be a near mission impossible for Kuba, how will he keep it secret from Joe & Hank??, will the techy boys be able to wipe away all those years of abuse??, and will they ever get the taste of special brew off his breath??? I am sure all the questions will be answered in the next exciting installment of Mike's journey back to glory!

On a personal note, great to see another of the childhood lads being restored back to his glory days , well done Steve