As promised in my last post, here's another vintage action figure found at a flea market on my recent trip back to the UK, and like the Doctor Who collectible featured last time, this is a piece of UK television memorabilia from another cult show – Captain Troy Tempest, James Garner lookalike and the dashing hero of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's marionette masterpiece Stingray. The voice actors may have all been American – a ploy to ease overseas sales of the show – but the rest of the production … [Read more...]
Delete! Delete! Delete! Armed Cyberman from Doctor Who
After a couple of weeks in the UK visiting friends and family and I have just returned to Rome with a fresh hoard of flea market and thrift store vintage action figure finds! By pure chance, on this trip to Blighty I also happened upon some quintessentially British action figures too, which I'll share over the next few blog posts. When the BBC revamped their cult sci-fi classic Doctor Who show in 2005 with producer and writer Russell T Davies at the helm, the series – along with spin-offs … [Read more...]
Web Climbing Spidey from Spider-Man 2
One of the action figure previews to generate a major buzz and lengthy blog posts all over the Internet during the recent San Diego Comic-Con was the all new Hasbro Spider-Man with sparkly metallic finishes. It will be released to coincide with the 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise - The Amazing Spider-Man - which sees the very talented Andrew Garfield with the unenviable task of taking over a role that Tobey Maguire played so nerdily well in the Sam Raimi trilogy. In my book, … [Read more...]
Cap-Firing 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 1987 and went on to become both a critical and commercial success it was nevertheless accompanied by a successful merchandising campaign aimed at kids way too young to have seen the … [Read more...]
Farewell to Harry Potter…! Expecto Patronum Deluxe Action Figure
Whilst fans have been gathering for days in London's Trafalgar Square to see the stars of the final Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows:Part 2 walk up the red carpet for the film's premiere, I thought it might be fun to take a look back at a Mattel action figure release from 2004 - the Expecto Patronum Harry Potter issued as part of the Deluxe Wizard Collection. 8 inches tall and solidly built, this figure was part of the final action figure set to be released by Mattel … [Read more...]
Jack the Daredevil Sport Plane Pilot from the Fisher-Price Adventure People
If vintage action figures and toys can indeed be viewed as part of the cultural record of earlier decades, then for me personally, no figures scream “1970s” louder than those wonderful Fisher-Price Adventure People! Available for about a decade from 1975 onwards, more than 70 different figures were eventually released - mostly, but not exclusively, male figures sporting stylish flared trousers, like this very early Jack the Pilot here, date stamped 1974. These solidly built 3¾ inch figures were … [Read more...]
Chris Evans as Captain America by Hot Toys!
Well, it looks like Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles have done it again folks...just when you thought their movie likenesses couldn't get any better, they have upped the ante once more with a brand new and highly collectible Captain America 12-inch action figure specially crafted on the image of Chris Evans as he appears in this summer's hotly anticipated Marvel Comics blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger movie. Whether you specialise in vintage action figures or modern collectibles, … [Read more...]
Remembering MJ…Michael Jackson – Superstar of the 80s – by LJN Toys
Sooner or later every toy blogger must face the million dollar question when it rears its ugly head - is that an action figure...or is it a DOLL?! Reis O'Brien provides what is possibly the last word in the action figures versus dolls debate over at About Action Figures, and by his standards, our Michael Jackson here teeters dangerously on the edge of doll-dom - to make things worse, LJN Toys, whose wresting figures and Thundercats lines are 100% in the action figure camp, even used the D-word … [Read more...]
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