Action Force Hunter: Unveiling the Elite Missile Assault Specialist

Well, let me tell ya ’bout this Action Force Hunter fella, or whatever they call him. Sounds like a big deal, this “Action Force,” like somethin’ my grandkids would be playin’ with in the dirt, only fancier, I guess.

See, they got this fella, code name Hunter. Real name’s somethin’ complicated, Chico Rod-ree-gus, somethin’ like that. Sounds foreign, don’t it? He’s got a number too, like he’s in some kinda army or somethin’. AF somethin’-somethin’-somethin’, who can remember all them numbers? It’s like tryin’ to remember the price of eggs these days, always changin’ and too high!

Now, this Hunter fella, he’s a whiz with missiles, they say. “Missile Assault” they call it, sounds fancy, but it probably just means he’s good at shootin’ things that go boom. He’s also good with tanks, fixin’ ‘em and such. “Tank Mechanics,” they say. My old man, he could fix a tractor with a piece of wire and a prayer, bet he was better than this Hunter fella, but nobody gave him a fancy name for it.

He’s from some faraway place, not around here, that’s for sure. Birthplace… somethin’ or other. Don’t matter much where you’re from, I always say, it’s what you do that counts. But these city folk, they like to keep track of all that stuff, I guess.

So, what’s this Action Force all about, then? Seems like it started way back when, in the eighties. They had these little dolls, action figures they call ‘em, like those G.I. Joe things my grandson used to beg for. Only these were from Europe, across the big water. Palitoy made ‘em first, then they started sellin’ the G.I. Joe things over there too, just with a different name. Marketin’, they call it. Just a way to get you to spend your hard-earned money, if you ask me.

They even made comic books about these Action Force fellas. Little pictures with words, tellin’ stories about shootin’ and fightin’. Kids these days, they got all sorts of entertainment. Back in my day, we made our own fun. Climbin’ trees, chasin’ chickens, good clean fun, not like all this shootin’ and bang-banging.

And this Action Force, they weren’t just in one place. They had ‘em in Germany too. Only there, they were fightin’ some group called the “Terror-Bande,” scary soundin’, ain’t it? No comic books for them Germans though, just the dolls. Maybe they didn’t like readin’ so much, who knows?

• The Action Force, it seems, had a few lives. They started with those dolls, then the comics, then they kinda disappeared for a while. But then, a few years back, they brought ‘em back, for special events and such. Limited edition toys, they call ‘em. Just another way to make somethin’ old seem new again, and charge you more for it.

And this Hunter fella, he’s part of it all. A missile-shootin’, tank-fixin’ fella with a fancy code name. He’s probably got a whole bunch of friends with equally silly names and skills, all fightin’ for… well, I don’t rightly know what they’re fightin’ for. Good guys versus bad guys, I suppose. It’s always the same story, just dressed up in different clothes.

So, there ya have it. That’s about all I know about this Action Force Hunter. More than I ever wanted to know, if I’m bein’ honest. But I guess some folks find this stuff interesting. To each their own, I always say. Me? I’d rather be out in the garden, watchin’ things grow. That’s real action, if you ask me.

Anyways, hope that made some sense to ya. Sometimes I ramble on, just like my old Aunt Millie used to. But that’s what happens when you get to be my age, I guess. You start seein’ the same stories over and over again, just with different names and faces.

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