To provide an action toy which performs an action reflecting the intention of a user, memorizes a pattern of an actual action, can implement the memorized pattern of the action, and can be differentiated with action toys which act merely corresponding to influences.

A main body of the toy body 1 includes a sound detecting means 4 which detects the sound, an action mechanism 5 which actuates at least a partial body of the main body of the toy body 1, a memory 6 which memorizes an action pattern of the action mechanism 5, and a controlling means 7 which actuates the action mechanism 5 following the action pattern on the basis of the detection result of the sound detection means 4, wherein the action pattern is set corresponding to the number of the sound detected by the sound detection means 4 and to a posture of the main body of the toy body 1, and the controlling means 7 counts the number of times of the sound detected by the sound detection means 4 and reads out the action pattern corresponding to the posture of the main body of the toy body 1 and to the count value from the memory 6 to actuate the action mechanism 5.