The Action-est of Men: Tussle Association

They are tough. They are manly. They eat action for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When you live as them, there is no toilet breaks, or things such as "sleep" or "weakness".

The Barbie equivalent for boys, Action Man and Max Steel's over.....masculinity, verging on the bizarre to say the least, probably begun via a bunch of men who got together to discuss how their sons were seen playing with Barbie dolls. Torn between letting their kids play with what they want, but also have them grow up as manly men, the conversation went like this: (probably)
"We need to give them something like that, but for MEN"
"Yes Reginald, but what is indeed something that will instill those boys with manly ideas and prevent them from playing dress up and go to non male tea parties?"
After much deliberation someone just rose from the table spilling brandy or whiskey or whatever
"I know! Action! Action is manly! Wanton violence and frequent gun use while participating in extreme sports!"
"Yes Jebediah! But what should we name him?"
"Action....Man!"
Then lots of approving sounds of masculine minds blowing up

So. Tonight. Only in Tussle Association

WHO IS THE MANLIEST MAN ROLE MODEL FOR BOYS?

Pros:

1. Super Manly
2. Stiff as hell, pure plastic, like a MAN
3. Plethora of super extreme sports
4. Uses Guns all the time
5. Is 100% Male Man Material
6. Has a TV Series
7. Has your's truly in his fan club

Extra Point for Greek Readers: He is Super Strong.

Cons:

1. Does not have a Live Action Movie
2. The only thing stiffer to pose than him is something affected by rigor mortis
3. Too much time needed to dress him up
4. Gets stolen by sisters to become husbands of Barbie and her friends
5. Is not a cyborg

Pros:

1. Is more an Action Figure than a Barbie doll but for boys
2. Is either a cyborg or a future man
3. Has his own cartoon AND Movie
4. Is less "MANLY IN YOUR FACE"
5. Is not affected by plastic Rigor Mortis
6. Has friends
7. His Cyborgish nature means that your sister now learns how to accept disabilities by having Barbie ignore his robotic looks and love him "for who he is"

Cons:

1. I was too old to properly field test this
2. Still gets used as a husband for Barbie
3. Has significantly less variety
4. Has a Movie

Be it divine boon, the twist of fate or just a spark of genius, while we were growing up, almost around the same time as those action figures showed up, the Legend himself started to appear around the time zones us kids would watch T.V.

Be it Baywatch or Knight Rider, David Hasselhoff embodied all those manly ideals the other two contestants wanted to put into our tiny impressionable heads. The key differences however?

A) Mr. Hasselhoff is in fact a real human being, and as such proved to be much more of an actual role model for us than imaginary manufactured action heroes.

B) Despite their big talk and "X-TREME" lifestyle, our other two contestants seemed to be overcompensating for something. On the other hand, be it as a life guard or as a badass with a cool robot car, Mr. Hasselhoff proved to be ten times the man they were. Confident, always sure of himself, he was a man of little words and -ALL- the action.

Not to mention, unlike the other two "solo players", our winner actually got together with ladies, proving to be both, an action packed awesome super star AND a sensitive smooth sweet talker.

No more words. Pure Respect.