The countdown to Halloween continues! I simply couldn't let October go by without including one of the Real Ghostbusters team and another action figure from one of my favourite Kenner lines from the late 1980s. This 5-inch Peter Venkman action figure is from what was probably the most successful and popular sub-series from their Real Ghostbusters toy line - Fright Features. Far simpler than the Super Fright Features that followed, these figures were their first foray into innovative … [Read more...]
The Mummy from ‘Tales from the Cryptkeeper’
With Halloween fast approaching this seems the perfect time to dig up - terrible pun! - this Mummy action figure from the animated cartoon series Tales from the Cryptkeeper. Running for two seasons from 1993-1994, the Mummy character appeared in episode 11 from the first season - This Wraps It Up – which first aired on December 4, 1993. Created in 1994 by one hit wonder toy manufacturers Ace Novelty, who appear to have only ever produced the Cryptkeeper series, this 4 ¾ inch figure is pretty … [Read more...]
The Wolf Man aka Midnight Wolf!
Midnight Wolf? Surely, that's the Wolf Man as played by the great Lon Chaney Jr. in the 1941 Universal horror film of the same name?! Apparently not, folks, although I'll admit that this 4 ½ inch action figure had me flummoxed for ages! I'm a huge fan of the Universal Monsters so when I saw him going for a song on an Internet auction site I couldn't resist buying him, but once he had arrived and I'd peeled off the bubble wrap I could find no copyright information, COO or date of manufacture … [Read more...]
Richard Roxburgh as Count Dracula in ‘Van Helsing’
With the month of October now well under way, let's start the countdown to Halloween with the first post in a series dedicated to monsters and ghouls, with a few slayers thrown in too! Today's action figure is a fresh lucky find that I picked up only yesterday in a mixed box of random toys on a market stall in Rome. Some years need to elapse before this becomes truly vintage, of course, but it's such a fun figure that it merits its own review now! Whilst Stephen Sommers' 2004 … [Read more...]
Robin: Mego and the World’s Greatest Super Heroes…and Sidekicks!
As promised in an earlier post, here's another vintage Mego 8-inch action figure that was found in a recent loft exploration at my parents' home. Like Batman, the Lizard and Cornelius, this was another of my sister's childhood toys, but of all of them, this Fist Fighting Robin probably made me smile the most when I first set eyes on it. Once again, this is a figure in almost perfect condition with only one immediate defect – the original paper logo glued to the left side of his tunic is missing … [Read more...]
The Real Ghostbusters Super Fright Features: Egon Spengler
It's been an another exciting week for Ghostbusters action figure collectors, and in particular, fans of the character Egon Spengler, with a new 6 inch Mattel figure closely resembling actor (and co-writer of the original movie) Harold Ramis hitting the company's online store and selling like the proverbial hot cakes. I thought it might be fun, therefore, to take a look back at a vintage Egon Spengler from Kenner's phenomenally popular line of spin-off action figures from the cartoon TV series … [Read more...]
The Lizard: Mego and the World’s Greatest Super Heroes…and Villains!
The World's Greatest Super Heroes was the line that made Mego's name, kicking off with the most famous characters from DC Comics and then moving into the Marvel Universe with a plethora of new heroes appearing from 1975 onwards such as Captain America, the Hulk and Spider-Man. A line of good guys only would have been no fun at all though, so a couple of villains were thrown in for good measure – The Green Goblin and The Lizard. When Mego's UK distributors Palitoy added Marvel characters to their … [Read more...]
Cornelius from Planet of the Apes, a Mego classic!
As promised in last week's post, here's another of the Mego action figure treasures from the loft that were excavated on my last trip back home to visit family in the UK. Like the Fist Fighting Batman we looked at last time, this is another highly collectible action figure that my sister played with as a child. Of all her toys, this 8-inch Mego Cornelius figure is one that I remember in particular as being one of her absolute favourites. As kids we adored the Planet of the Apes TV show and would … [Read more...]
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