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Who you gonna call? Ray Stantz and The Real Ghostbusters!

January 21, 2010
Ray Stantz - The Real Ghostbusters

Until the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles burst upon the action figure scene and won the hearts of flaky kids everywhere who instantly, en masse and seemingly across the entire planet, dropped what they were playing with and started nagging their parents for one of those four adolescent reptiles, Ghostbusters figures ruled the roost.
The Real Ghostbusters [...]

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The 1990 Simpsons action figures by Mattel

October 24, 2009
Bartman by Mattel

When in the spring of 1987 Matt Groening created a series of short animated sketches for The Tracey Ullman Show – The Simpsons – who could have imagined that those early incarnations of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart would eventually become cultural icons in what is now officially the world’s longest running sitcom [...]

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Star Trek Ultimate Quarter Scale Spock Figure

April 17, 2009
Star Trek Ultimate 1/4 Scale Commander Spock Action Figure

The latest release in the growing Star Trek Ultimate Quarter-Scale line from Diamond Select is the impeccably logical Mr. Spock dressed in the original television series costume and bearing an excellent likeness to actor Leonard Nimoy.
Measuring 19 inches tall, this landmark Ultimate Quarter-Scale release features the Vulcan officer in a detailed Starfleet uniform complete with [...]

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Celebrating 30 years of Gundam!

March 12, 2009
Giant Gundam

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Gundam a giant 59-foot action figure built on a steel frame using fiberglass-reinforced plastic will tower over Tokyo this July for two months.
The figure will even have one point of articulation – the giant head will actually move!
Image © Gundam.info

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Battlestar Galactica Apollo and Dualla Action Figure Two-Pack!

February 3, 2009
Apollo and Dualla

This Diamond Select release features the ever excellent sculptural work of Jean St. Jean Studios.
Available only in this 7 inch set, the Apollo and Dualla 2-Pack features Lee ‘Apollo’ Adama action figure dressed in his Pegasus Command uniform and the duty-uniformed Anastasia Dualla action figure from the hit Sci-Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. Add them to your crew [...]

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Matt Smith is the new Doctor…and new action figure!

January 9, 2009

UPDATE: January 11, 2010! The Matt Smith Doctor Who figures are finally here!
Barely had the dust settled on the Beeb’s announcent that Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor in its flagship show Doctor Who , when BBC Worldwide also confirmed that  Doctor Who will remain one of its priority licensing brands throughout 2009, Series [...]

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