Action Force vehicles included a white and grey Jeep, a white artillery piece and a white missile battery. Both the action figures and the vehicles borrowed elements from the first generation models and the new casts licensed from the "G. I. Joe" toyline from Hasbro. There was also an Action Force fan club promoted both on the figures' packaging and in the "Battle Action Force" comic book. In 1984, additional figures and vehicles were cast, borrowing heavily from the G.I. Joe and Cobra ranges. During this time, the Action Force toyline branched out into video games, audio stories on cassette tapes, stationery,
Action for Children's Television which ACT had vigorously fought to keep on the air. It also saw the debut of many toy-inspired programs, which ACT contended were nothing more than half-hour commercials: "G. I. Joe," "My Little Pony," "The Transformers," "M.A.S.K.," "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe," and the controversial "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Throughout the 1980s, ACT criticized television programs that featured popular toys such as "" and "He-Man," maintaining that they "blur(red) the distinction between program content and commercial speech," and successfully barred "Garbage Pail Kids" from the air. It also opposed the proposed introduction of Channel