You’ll recall back in December of last year, I posted a series of articles with quotes from various high-profile collectors regarding their thoughts on Masters of the Universe Classics. (You can read them here and here.) Well, it’s been nine months, and at this point it’s safe to say that MOTUC has been a success. [...]
He-Man.org member Mermisto has written up an interesting post examining inflation and it’s relation to the action figure industry. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do but never got around to it, and I think Mermisto did a better job anyway because he had access to the old Sears Wish Book catalogs. I’m not going [...]
Ahhh the days when a simple tape recorder could bring joy to a mischievous youth. If you’ve ever seen the movie Home Alone 2, you might just remember that our hero Kevin sported a Talkboy as one of his tools to defeat the nefarious thieves who want to brutally murder him. The Talkboy was actually [...]
“C’mon, Sal! Tigers are playing tonight! I never miss a game.” One of the many ways I enjoy my action figures/waste time is, when an action figure comes with some sort of gun, I try to identify what type of gun it is (or what type inspired its design, in some cases). With military action [...]
As action figures have become more poseable and dynamic, collectors have been looking for ways to pose their figures in more than just the typical “soldier in formation” look. Other figures simply tend to fall over a lot (looking at you, JLU). So it’s not surprising a number of action figure manufacturers and third-party companies [...]
To kids growing up in the Boston area in the 1970s and 1980s, one of the most magical places on Earth could be found at 399 Moody Street in Waltham, MA. That was the home of Mr. Big Toyland, the world’s greatest toy store. This wasn’t your usual toy store; you didn’t just go to [...]
With the exception of Hasbro’s G.I. Joe and Star Wars, vehicles have become a thing of the past for most action figure lines. That’s especially true for any figure line larger than a 3 ¾” scale. But back in the golden age of action figures, even the lowliest toy line had at least a couple [...]
Throughout its history, Transformers has had many incarnations, but one character is always prominent in them all: Optimus Prime. From the first time we heard him say “Transform and ROLL OUT!”, generations of kids have been inspired by the Big Bot. Over the years Optimus has taken many forms, from his familiar trailer truck, a [...]
I’ve often praised my parents for the excellent job they did raising me, and for the lengths to which they were willing to go to humor my geeky interests. My father, for instance, would take rated-R movies like Predator and Aliens and, using two VCRs, make me PG-rated versions of the movies by cutting the [...]
While I like the mace Hawkman came with, it sits a little too loosely in his hand, so I went looking for a replacement. On eBay I found a range of approximately 1/12th scale diecast weapons under the brand name “Mononofu.” I ordered the mace, which also came with a shield and a little stand. [...]