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Uncanny X-Men: Forge with Quick Draw Action from Strike Team Set

April 27, 2013

Forge by Toy Biz

The Internet has been a-buzz this month with X-Men news as work started on X-Men: Days of Future Past with some of the movie's stars spotted in Montreal for filming. Excitement has also been fuelled by director Bryan Singer tweeting some great behind-the-scenes photos (@BryanSinger), and a brilliant April Fool's Day Tweet that Lady Gaga would be joining the cast! Erstwhile Twilight actor Booboo Stewart has been enlisted – probably as Warpath – although early speculation had cast him as a young … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Strike Team, Toy Biz, X-Men

Uncanny X-Men: Cyclops with Laser Light Eyes!

January 14, 2013

Cyclops by Toy Biz

Long before Simon Cowell launched his reign of terror over TV networks the world over, in the 1980s our Cyclops here was already part of a very different X-Factor team in the Marvel Comics X-Men spin-off comic book series of the same name. One of the mutant X-Men since the very first issue in 1963, the Stan Lee / Jack Kirby creation is one of the most enduringly popular characters of the entire X-Men universe, so when Marvel relaunched the X-Men in 1991 Cyclops was swiftly incorporated back into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Cyclops, Toy Biz, X-Men

Juggernaut with Power Punch – the Unstoppable X-Men Villain!

November 26, 2012

Juggernaut

The brainchild of legendary comic book writer Stan Lee, and artist Jack Kirby, Juggernaut aka Cain Marko first appeared during the Silver Age of Comic Books in X-Men #12 published in 1965. When Toy Biz issued this 5-inch Juggernaut action figure as part of the Evil Mutant subset of characters in the first series of its hugely popular Uncanny X-Men line decades later in 1991, the villain was riding a surge of new notoriety thanks to the 1990s X-Men animated television show. Indeed, he got his own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Toy Biz, X-Men

Trouble and Stryfe! The Uncanny X-Men villain from Toy Biz X-Force line

October 26, 2012

Stryfe X-Force

Marvel super villain Stryfe, leader of the Mutant Liberation Front and sworn enemy of team X-Force, first appeared in 1990 in issue #85 of X-Men spin-off comic The New Mutants. In the final issue #100 readers were in for a huge surprise when he removed his helmet and revealed himself to be none other than his own enemy the mutant Cable! Confused yet?! As Toy Biz explained on the back of the packaging for this 1992 Stryfe action figure: Stryfe is the mysterious evil mutant who could be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Toy Biz, X-Force, X-Men

X-Men Super-Villain Sauron with Savage Attack Wings!

September 16, 2012

Sauron

When Marvel Comics launched a new super-villain in 1969 to do battle with the X-Men, writer Roy Thomas and artist Neal Adams found themselves with the tricky task of inventing a monster that would pass the strict rules of the Comics Code Authority, a 1950s body that still censored depictions of horror or violence in comics and even banned the use of centuries old legendary figures such as vampires and werewolves. Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention, so Thomas and Adams brilliantly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Toy Biz, X-Men

The Uncanny X-Men: Gambit with Power Kick Action!

August 1, 2012

Gambit by Toy Biz

I recently watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine on DVD and was reminded of this 1992 Uncanny X-men figure of Gambit, the human mutant whose kinetic energy powers, card-throwing skills and wicked moves with his trusty bo staff are given quite a showcase in that movie, the first of the X-Men series in which he has appeared. Whilst Taylor Kitsch's portrayal of Remy LeBeau was a good match for the smooth talking Marvel Comics Gambit, this Toy Biz action figure, however, was clearly aimed at being a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Toy Biz, X-Men

Snikt! Wolverine gets his claws out with Toy Biz!

May 31, 2012

Wolverine by Toy Biz

Several years ago I posted a great vintage advert for the first wave of 5-inch X-Men action figures produced by Toy Biz, which appeared in issue #1 from the October 1991 relaunch of the comic book starring the mutant superhero team as simply "X-Men" (rather than "Uncanny X-Men"). I finally got around to tracking down a few of these enduringly popular figures recently and will be posting them here, starting today with what seems to be everybody's favourite figure from the line – Wolverine! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Uncanny X-Men Tagged With: Toy Biz, Wolverine, X-Men

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