Geyperman was the name of a Spanish action figure manufactured by the company Geyper during the 1970s.
Geyper, although a Hasbro licencee, used Palitoy's product line as the basis for their outfits. The figure itself was a combination of various Hasbro molds, using talker style torsos (screwed together, rather than a single mold.The first version has the head of the first gi joes with flocked hair, beard and no beard, 1976-1979. Later was released the version Eagle-Eye head mold with fixed eyes, and is only released in spain land. This model is the transicional model 1978-1980 ,flocked hair and no beard, and the colour of the skin is lighter than the model of second ways 1980-1982, that is more darker and has beard and no beard, and the body don´t has the inscriptions Geyper (made in spain), that it have it the models made it before.
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Here are a few examples of Geyperman packages; one can see from the Radio BackPack comparison that even the logo was inspired directly by Palitoy's "Action Man". They also included a "star" scheme similar to Action Man, for mail-in equipment/figure offers.
In most cases, closed box packages included a photo of the item in use, but some like the radio, used painted artwork to display the item.
This type of packaging is very close to that used by both Palitoy and Hasbro, for Action Man and G.I. Joe respectively. The graphics were usually original Hasbro artwork, modified in some instances. This type of packaging was ideal in terms of the child seeing exactly what he would receive.
The outfit box artwork was almost identical to that of Palitoy's line. The following are uniform set graphics, attached to the left side of the box. The box itself was the same format as the sabotage set pictured above, black frame, with yellow carding & blister pack to retain items. The back of the box illustrated the range of outfits and accessories offered for sale by Geyper.|
Geyper also offered outfits in a smaller package, with the items enclosed in a plastic bag inside a closed box. The Cowboy and "Indian" (Native American) sets are examples of this type. The back of the packages have photo illustrations of the other; Cowboy shows native American, and vice-versa.
Geyper offered budget carded accessory packs containing just a few items to augment one's collection at a reasonable price for children to afford themselves. The back of the card illustrated other items or outfits offered by Geyper.
In 1964, Hasbro toy company's first "action figure" was introduced with the name of G.I. Joe. They were 12" tall and represented the four branches of the military: Army, Navy, Air Force & Marines. The toyline was dedicated to one character named G.I. Joe and later on, the line featured vehicles, accessories, talking soldiers and six foreign soldiers.
The original 12-inch G.I. Joe was licenced to several countries:
The nineties Action Man was released by Hasbro International for the European market in uniform packaging, no longer licensed to individual companies.
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