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Bruce Lee in action as Kato with new Green Hornet figure

September 4, 2009

Green Hornet Kato Bruce Lee 1/6 Scale Figure

In recent years some of the very best action figure likenesses have been of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, with particular praise inevitably going to Japanese toy makers Enterbay who have seriously raised the stakes, turning their action figures into real works of art. Following in the footsteps of their Enter the Dragon, Fist of [...]

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Pre-order Beetlejuice Red Wedding Tuxedo 7 inch action figure throughout August!

August 3, 2009

When the comedy horror fantasy film Beetlejuice was first released in 1988, it was immediately clear that the relatively new director Tim Burton was a man to watch. In fact, he has since become one of the most exciting figures working in cinema today, and that early movie Beetlejuice, is now considered a cult classic. [...]

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Viva Diabolik!

July 26, 2009

I’ve lived in Italy since 1994 so thought it was time to feature an Italian vintage action figure – Diabolik! First created by the Giussani sisters Angela and Luciana and published by Astorina in 1962, with drawings by Gino Marchesi, the master thief and Jaguar E-Type driving anti-hero Diabolik still appears in annual black and [...]

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Countdown to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!

July 2, 2009

With the latest Harry Potter movie set to hit cinemas this summer, action figures based on the film modelled closely on the cast are already selling like the proverbial hotcakes! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – based on the eponymous book by JK Rowling which charts the young wizard’s 6th year at Hogwarts School [...]

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Justice Society of America designed by Alex Ross

June 12, 2009

The Justice Society of America, or JSA, the superhero group created by All-American Comics ( later DC Comics) has the distinction of being the very first team of superheroes in comic book history. Emerging during what is now thought of as the Golden Age of comic books, the group first appeared in issue 3 of [...]

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Marvel Universe The Thing Action Figure

May 23, 2009

It’s clobberin’ time! Nobody could deny that Ben Grimm didn’t get a tough deal in life. Sure, he gets to be a superhero called The Thing, who together with Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman and the Human Torch, is one of the founding members of the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics Universe but his [...]

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The Umbrella Academy 6 Piece PVC Figure Set

May 4, 2009

This set of six Umbrella Academy figures evokes the characters exactly as they appear in the award winning limited comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. The likenesses are uncanny and based on the drawings by comic book artist Gabriel Bá, with bold shadowing and strange angles, right down to the fur on Space [...]

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