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{{Short description|Action figure}} {{Infobox Toy |name = Captain Action |image = |caption = |type = [[Action figures]] |inventor = |country = [[United States]] |company = [[Ideal Toy Corp.]] |from = 1966 |to = 1968 |materials = plastic |website = |slogan = }} '''Captain Action''' was an [[action figure]] created in 1966, equipped with a wardrobe of costumes and facial masks allowing him to become [[Superman]], [[Batman]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Captain America]], [[Aquaman]], [[the Phantom]], [[The Lone Ranger]] (and [[Tonto]]), [[Flash Gordon]], [[Buck Rogers]], [[Nick Fury|Sgt. Fury]], [[Steve Canyon]], and [[the Green Hornet]]. Captain Action was the [[Ideal Toy Company]]'s answer to Hasbro's [[G.I. Joe]], although the protagonist dolls of both toy lines were created and designed by the same toy-and-idea man, [[Stanley Weston (inventor)|Stan Weston]]. Captain Action also had a working 4 foot (1.2192 meter) parachute.
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