'Tis the season to be jolly, so here's a look back at Hasbro's Holiday Edition Darth Vader action figure that was a StarWarsShop.com exclusive back in 2005. Essentially the same figure with eight points of articulation which had been issued as part of the Original Trilogy Collection in 2004 and earlier still as part of the Toys 'R' Us Star Wars Saga multipacks in 2003, this Darth Vader had one major difference which you may just have spotted – a head-to-toe Santa-style coat of red paint! … [Read more...]
Super Saiyan 4 Goku by Giochi Preziosi
Italian toy manufacturers Giochi Preziosi may not be the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of Dragon Ball merchandising, but Japanese animation TV series are hugely popular in Italy so it isn't actually that surprising to discover Anime action figures appearing here. And what a great job they've done by the looks of this fabulous Goku I found on a market stall the other day, outdoing even Irwin and Jakks in turns of sculpt and articulation. This is Goku in his Super Saiyan 4 … [Read more...]
Kenner Super Powers: 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 version of Firestorm first appeared in 1985 as part of the second series, and was closely based on Al Milgrom's designs in the comic book. Compared to other DC Comics characters in … [Read more...]
Samurai Don – The Foot-fightin’ Film Star from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III!
By the time everybody's favourite reptiles had appeared on the big screen for the third time in 1993 in the unimaginatively entitled movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, TMNT fever was maybe waning a little since its frenzied heyday of the late eighties. Certainly, this live-action movie suffered from poorer quality costumes - Jim Henson's amazing Creature Shop had been involved in the previous two cinema outings and was missing from this production – although, with an adventure which saw the … [Read more...]
Neo Lord – Neosapien Super Warrior from Exosquad!
I confess that when I found this ugly-looking bruiser in a flea market recently I didn't immediately recognise him and needed to do some sleuthing on the Internet to put a name to his gnarled face – Neo Lord, one of the Neosapien Warriors from the 1995 Playmates Exosquad action figure series. Originally launched in 1993 as spin-off toys for the Japanese anime-inspired Exosquad cartoon series created by Universal Cartoon Studios, like all self-respecting toy lines the Exosquad action … [Read more...]
Deluxe Darth Maul by Hasbro
When Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the first film in a series of patchy prequels to the original Star Wars trilogy, hit movie theatres in 1999, a global wave of disappointment was felt resulting in a huge backlash against director George Lucas amongst die-hard fans. One character, however, seems to be standing the test of time and in spite of his precious few minutes of screen time, has acquired a cult, uber-villain status – Darth Maul. Certainly, the climatic fight scene which … [Read more...]
Dracula – Mini Monsters by Remco
Halloween is almost here so what better way to mark the occasion than with an absolute classic horror film action figure from what has to be one of my favourite vintage lines - the Remco Mini Monsters. This version of the most famous vampire of them all, Count Dracula as played by Bela Lugosi in the 1931 film Dracula, was issued in 1980 as part of Remco's 3 ¾ inch action figure series. These figures may have been small, but they really were perfectly formed with all six Universal Monsters - … [Read more...]
Hugh Jackman IS Van Helsing!
I actually found today's action figure buried at the bottom of a toy box on a market stall some months ago, but have been waiting for the countdown to Halloween before posting him here. I was pretty pleased to find the companion figure to the Richard Roxburgh as Count Dracula we looked at last Halloween – the vampire's arch-nemesis himself Gabriel Van Helsing, as played by Hugh Jackman in Stephen Sommers' steampunk homage to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and 40s, Van Helsing. … [Read more...]
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