Action Man 50th Anniversary Celebration

Ok well today is Bob Brechin’s Birthday which makes it as good a day as any in my book for an Action Man Announcement!

Also I think collectors could do with something to put a smile on our collective faces following the sad disappearance of Major Bob Tom during his epic Mission Mercury 10!

Some of you may have already had privileged glimpses, or heard rumours or done some extrapolation following the video I posted of the Palitoy Factory Site Tour and my slightly cryptic poetry a while back!

So without more ado you need to keep the weekend of December 3rd & 4th COMPLETELY FREE in your diary for Action Man’s 50th Anniversary Convention!

Which will be held in Coalville, Leicstershire former home of the Palitoy Factory.

More specifically, DRUM ROLL PLEASE, it will be held on the ACTUAL SITE of the old Palitoy Factory!

Watch this space for more details of Table Costs, Early Birds, Admission Times and prices, Hotel Pacakages etc.

This is going in my Diary now

when will we find out more winch

You can follow along on the Event Page on Facebook

I will do my best to keep all the various groups and forums updated as and when as well.

Yesterday I was able to finalise the opening and access times with the Venue.

There will be a Dealer Load In/Setup Window between 4pm and 6pm on Friday Afternoon.

Saturday Dealer Setup will be from 8am, Early Bird Admission 9am and General Admission from 10am

Sunday Dealer Access will be from 8.45am, Early Birds from 9am and General Admission from 10am.

Well today I have managed to secure a deal with a local hotel literally 5 minutes from the venue to get a modest discount on their usual room rate attendees. So contact me ASAP if you want to be in the main hotel. If this anything like the old Bovington Conventions there was lots of dealing and fun to be had in the hotel as well as the venue.

ROOM DEAL
£57 per room per night for Room Only Single or Double Occupancy.
Bed & Breakfast £60 Single Occupancy or £65 Double Occupancy per room per night.

There is a limited number of twins rooms so expect them to disappear quickly.

Well in less than 24 hours we've already booked more than a quarter of the hotels rooms!

sounds terrific mate!, well done

OK Today's first update I have finalised the Table Price as being £35 per 6 foot table for the whole weekend.

Until I can start on a floorplan I cannot say what the policy will be with regard to backing tables and "spreading out" so for now assume a 6 foot table means exactly that and no extras and book accordingly.

Thanks

Sorry for the long period of silence Summer Holidays were rather busy workwise so now I get some free time to work on this project and the Welsh Action Figure Show too!

I have now done something which I never thought I would which is open a Twitter account!

So feel free to follow @Action_Man_2016 for updates.

I'm not sure if this constitutes a "Celebrity Endorsement" or not but Al Murray has liked a Tweet I sent him about our event!

Winch wrote:

I'm not sure if this constitutes a "Celebrity Endorsement" or not but Al Murray has liked a Tweet I sent him about our event!

Sounds great Alan

Hi Alan
Could you post the address and the Hotel name and address i'm staying at please

Getting excited now!!

Cheers
PJ

Just a quick note to say that the £64.00 postage on the Early Bird Ticket Auction was a typo it should have been £0.64 for First Class Postage and has now been corrected!

We are pleased to announce that Mr Greg Brown of Cotswold Collectibles will be attending from USA with some of Cotswolds products!

Fantastic Alan! looks like it is going to be a huge success!

Blondeactionman wrote:

Fantastic Alan! looks like it is going to be a huge success!

Hope so Dal they've sold out already!

So put up another batch @ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142140559574?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

DAMN no direct train to Coalville.

No National Express there either :/

Latest Batch of Early Birds on Ebay and the last until I get a higher sellers allowance!

Ironically there are more people watching this than there are tickets available!

It's been decided that the first 50 Early Birds purchased will be entered into a draw. The top prize will include 1 night's free hotel accommodation for either Friday or Saturday Night or both nights at half price if you prefer! ;-)

Jason any developments on your coming?

Well it's now officially less than a month to go and we can finally announce that General Admission will be FREE! That's right folks Free, Gratis, Buckshee and for nothing!

We are pleased to announce that Mr Bob Brechin will be conducting a Walking Tour of the Palitoy Factory site on both days of the Show (weather permitting). With luck he may persuade some of his former colleagues to join him so you can share anecdotes from more than one person!

Superb Alsn

Is there a full list of sellers and an events plan as yet as i know we are recieving quite a few enquires as must you be

Great Show and i spoke to a few people Action Man Day that have some nice surprises and the BBC crew were very interested

Great Times for Action Man