Tong

Tong Industries Co. made all kinds of interesting knockoffs. They had some 8 and 9 inch variants. The plastics they used were usually hard plastics. They did something that a few other companies also did: they cloned other knockoff figures. For example, they cloned the AHI Action Apeman figures with their own 9 inch version. Johnny Muscle was a rip-off of Mego's Johnnie Jackson which was a UK version of Action Jackson. In any case, Tong made a lot of great figures and the bodies had some additional twists and swiveling abilities that no one else had.

If you have any further information, please feel free to contact me at: lmelogra@optonline.net:

9 inch (Planet of the) Apes
Brown Ape	Tong Ape vs AHI		Blonde Ape	Tong Ape vs AHI	Tong Ape (carded)

Take a good look at these figures, they are direct rip-offs of AHI's Action Apemen series, which in turn were rip-offs of Mego's Planet of the Apes line. Although the poseability is much better in the Tong figures, the clothes, heads and accessories mimicked AHI's line almost identically. Take a look at the comparison shots and judge for yourself.

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8 inch figure

Johnny Muscle

Johnny Muscle is quite a bulky lad! Sporting a super poseable body (and very durable!) body for his time, this guy had his own line of accessories and clothing. He followed the same idea as Mego's Action Jackson (or Johnnie Jackson in the UK), and probably cost quite a bit less. He came on a card (no bubble) in what can only be described as a really bad leotard.

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8 inch Emergency
Fire Man	Policeman	Police Girl

These generic Policemen and Firefighters are actually quite detailed and feature terrific packaging. The photos are courtesy Laurie Halbritter.

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8 inch Indians
Indian (1)	Indian (2)

With much appreciation I am able to present to you these Tong Indian figures, courtesy of Len Starr. Len has to be the most avid Tong Indian collector I ever met. These figures are very cool in their look, poseability and clothing. I wish I had some!

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Ninja
Tong Ninja

I found this Tong Ninja. Took him apart to display the extra articulation in the swivel bicep.

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8 inch figure

Action Danny Dare

Here he is! 8 inches tall and ready for "Aventure Fun and Action" (did you catch that misspelling on the card?) Read further about the wonderful attributes of this toy as listed on the card: "Will not fall apart." WOW!! What a PLUS when buying a toy!! Amazing the marketing talents of these people!