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The Six Million Dollar Man on a critical assignment…to Mars!

January 20, 2012
The Six Million Dollar Man

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him… We HAVE the technology! That was the promise made, week after week, during the opening titles of the hit 1970s television show The Six Million Dollar Man. It made total sense, therefore, when Kenner and General Mills acquired the toy license to manufacture the action figure spin-off merchandise in 1975, [...]

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The Real Ghostbusters Screaming Heroes: Egon Spengler

January 1, 2012
Egon Spengler by Kenner

To kick off the New Year I thought I’d look at a vintage golden oldie from the hugely popular 1980s Kenner action figure line The Real Ghostbusters. First launched in 1986 as a tie-in product for the animated cartoon TV series of the same name, the series ran until 1991 when the Teenage Mutant Ninja [...]

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Kenner Super Powers: Firestorm!

December 4, 2011
Firestorm

Andy over at Action Figure Blues wrote a great review of two recent DC Direct Brightest Day figures – Mera and Firestorm. This has inspired me to take a look back at another classic Firestorm figure from one of my own absolute favourite vintage action figure lines – the Kenner Super Powers. Kenner’s utterly cool [...]

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Kenner Super Powers: The Joker!

October 12, 2011
Kenner Super Powers - The Joker

After last week’s look at Morpheus from The Matrix, here’s another iconic figure who looks awesome in a purple suit – Batman’s arch-nemesis himself, The Joker! Released as part of the first wave of Kenner’s 4-inch Super Powers line from 1984, this is one of the finest renditions of the “Clown Prince of Crime” ever [...]

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Star Wars Variations: Han Solo on Bespin

September 23, 2011
Han Solo in Cloud City Outfit

The Internet has been abuzz with news of the Blu-ray edition of the original Star Wars trilogy which hit stores world wide recently, so I thought I’d stick with another vintage Star Wars action figure this post. Of course, I use the term “original” trilogy with some caution – as is well known, George Lucas [...]

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Star Wars Variations: Emperor’s Royal Guard

September 18, 2011
Emperor's Royal Guard

Whilst thinking about today’s post I noticed that this blog has been rather light on vintage Star Wars action figures for a couple of months, so lets correct that situation right away with a look back at an absolute gem – the Emperor’s Royal Guard. First appearing in 1983 on 65-back cards in conjunction with [...]

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Cap-Firing RoboCop by Kenner!

July 17, 2011
RoboCop by Kenner

When an uber-violent hit movie garners an adult-only viewers certificate as well as its cult following, it would be reasonable to assume that toy makers looking to score with a tie-in action figure or toy line targeted at kids would be facing a problem – R-rated action figures?! When RoboCop hit the big screen in [...]

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