Characters
| Code Name | Function (figure) | Real Name | Birthplace | Serial number | Primary military speciality | Secondary military speciality | File card or comic book 'Datafile' description | Equipment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Attack Trooper | Not applicable | Not applicable | Various | Storm and siege | Shock attack | Selected from the most elite Military Forces around the world only the top 1% are even considered. Must be highly experienced but willing to learn via specialist training at Action Force academies. Must demonstrate the ability to move up through the ranks of SAS, and be able to operate as a member of the Team. | breathing apparatus and a MP5 submachine gun | Carded figure released as a generic SAS character. |
| Quickfire | Commando | Hans-Jorge Muller | Munich | AF 342998 | Commando assault | Hand to hand combat | The best in his field. Ex-leader of German commando group. Trained to the peak of physical fitness, can attempt tasks well beyond normal capability. Instructor in Advanced Hand-to-Hand combat course at Bremen Military training school. | Tommy gun and a plunge detonator | Primarily a carded figure, variants were however also packaged with some vehicles. The Quickfire character was a principal feature in SAS comic book storylines. |
| Barracuda | Frogman | Jean-Luc Bouvier | Marseilles | AF 342102 | Underwater assault | Sabotage | Champion swimmer. Barracuda has vast experience in scuba diving and spent several years diving for an oil rig company. Joined French Foreign Legion to escape arms smuggling charge, where he swiftly became an expert knife fighter, and explosives expert. Joined Action Force when he left the Legion. | Underwater breathing apparatus and flippers | The action figure was an unaltered re-release of the First Generation SAS Frogman figure. |
| Chopper | Pilot | Pete Sanderson | Oklahoma | AF 342999 | Helicopters | Jets | Stunt flier in Hollywood for MGM but left following disagreement with female co-star. Qualified instructor USAF in Helicopter and VTOL aircraft. Special training in HALO Assault Parachuting | The figure was supplied with an ammunition case, a pistol and a yellow life preserver | The Sparrowhawk figure (see below) is a repaint of the same figure which in turn is a repaint of a First Generation release. |
| Eagle | Squad Leader | Charles Richard Buckingham | Middlesex | AF 34698 | Guerilla warfare | Commando assault | Son of a hereditary Earl. Eagle was educated at Eton, Cambridge and Sandhurst, where he won the Sword of Honour. After a brilliant Army Career he transferred to Action Force in search of more action. Familiar with all forms of Guerrilla Tactics and most weaponry used by military forces worldwide. | Supplied with a MP5 machine gun, and grappling hook with rope. | A straight repaint of the First Generation SAS Trooper figure including gas mask and hood, a direct copy of the uniform and equipment worn by the real-life SAS soldiers during Operation Nimrod which had occurred shortly before the figure's release and which resulted in the popular perception of SAS soldiers being dressed in such a way. |
| Stakeout | Boat Patrol commando | Albert Roger Jones | Liverpool | AF 342100 | Seaborne assault | Small arms | Son of a Liverpool Docker. Jailed for armed robbery but released on condition he joined Action Force. Since then a reformed character and has made Assault Landings in small boats his speciality. Expert in use of small calibre weapons of all types. | Supplied with the Boat Patrol pack (see below) which included a small armoured boat together with a M60 machine gun, pack, machete and plunge detonator. | A direct repaint of the SAS Commando figure. |
| Blades | Pilot of the Hawk helicopter | Herbert J. Rotweiler | American, Mid West | AF 342153 | Airborne Rapid Strike | Close Quarters Battle Flying | Kids called him "mother's boy" at school, but Action Force training turned him into one mean individual. Now a world renowned air strike pilot, with a reputation for keeping a cool head in a crisis. Subsidiary training in small arms weaponry - can tell you a rifle's calibre from 30 paces. | Accompanied the Hawk helicopter | A repaint of the G.I. Joe Tripwire figure. Blades was the first character from the Action Force range to be re-released in toy form and to appear definitively in a new limited edition comic to coincide with the 2009 G.I. Joe Convention |
| Stalker | Driver of the Panther jeep | Ragnar Ragnarsson | Reykjavík | AF 342102 | Rough terrain driving | Heavy machine guns | Three-times winner of Trans-Globe Rally, Stalker knows all there is to know about off road driving. Enlisted as a mercenary during Angola war. Evaded imprisonment after major battle by solo escape through African desert. SAS Force driver of Panther vehicle. | Accompanied the Panther jeep | A repaint of the 1982 G.I. Joe Snake-Eyes figure. Stalker is one of only a handful of Second Generation characters (together with Z Force's Breaker, Q Force's Dolphin and Space Force's Moondancer) whose codename is duplicated in the Third Generation 'AF' range. |
| Sparrowhawk | Para Attack trooper | Peter Van der Berg | Brussels | AF 342101 | Shock paratrooper | Automatic weapons | Member of Belgium's crack display parachute team. Since transferred to Action Force following discharge on compassionate grounds from Air Force. Qualified expert in all NATO and Warsaw Pact automatic weapons. Hang glides in his spare time. | Packaged with a working parachute attachment, machine gun, machete, ammunition box and detonator. | Figure is a repaint of the First Generation US Paratrooper. |
| Hunter | Driver of the Wolverine | Chico Rodrigues | Mexico City | AF 342996 | Missile assault | Tank mechanics | Ex-Mexican bandit, who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Given asylum by Action Force. However, he's still wanted by certain Mexican authorities - that's why he always keeps his mask on. Responded well to Action Force training, and looks certain to earn an early parole. | Supplied with the Wolverine missile tank | Figure is a repaint of Cobra and G.I. Joe figures from the United States, including the mold of the Cobra officer. The equivalent Wolverine driver in the United States was the female, Cover Girl and a later Third Generation (AF) Wolverine was driven by Ton Up. |
| Beaver | Pilot of the Silent Attack kayak | Jacques-Peter Smith | Ontario | AF 342746 | Waterborne Sabotage | Night Attack | Brought up on the banks of the river Hudson. Schooled in watercrafts at an early age. Recruited by the Canadian Special Forces for undercover patrol, where he learnt to shoot whitewater rapids. Action Force training has developed his silent, but deadly attack techniques. | Silent Attack armoured kayak and submachine gun | Beaver was another variant of the same Commando figure used for Stakeout. |
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