# Coolest Action Figure Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639 "2005-08-25T22:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/1 "2005-08-25T22:09:16Z")
Holy crap, action figures have come a long way since I was a little 'un! I was at a friends house, and spotted his extensive figure collection of Marvel, D.C., Star Wars and more. You could say love at first sight? The coolest I spotted was a HUGE Juggernaut figure, still only 7" tall but it had to weigh 2lb, and when you raised his arms his lateral muscle became visible… I just thought this was the most amazing thing I’d seen in years!! Must get one!!! Also he had a Doc Ock, with huge tentacles, there had to be fifty points of articulation on the whole figure… Money is tight with me, but if I wanted to build a little collection to sit here on my desk, what would you lot suggest? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/2 "2005-08-25T22:11:27Z")
Coolest action figures I ever saw were the Hansen brothers from _Slap Shot_. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/3 "2005-08-25T22:35:41Z")
i think this is the Juggernaut figure I saw, maybe not this but pretty close: [http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW\_083004b.htm](http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_083004b.htm) And also, this Hulk is pretty snazzy: [http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007BK97.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007BK97.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) This is the sort of thing trips me out. Big, detailed, elaborate… Shit cool! ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/4 "2005-08-25T22:40:38Z")
For fathers day I got an Oscar Wilde action figure, comes with cane. The package has several of his wittier quotes. Definately the coolest action figure I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/5 "2005-08-25T22:52:52Z")
The “My Dinner with Andre” action figures really rocked, but I think it was a pretty rare issue since the only ones I’ve ever actually seen were Corky St. Clair’s. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/6 "2005-08-25T23:04:22Z")
> [@parthenokinesis](#): > > For fathers day I got an Oscar Wilde action figure, comes with cane. The package has several of his wittier quotes. Definately the coolest action figure I’ve ever seen. And if you buy one, the figure ages but you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/7 "2005-08-25T23:24:12Z")
**bubastis** , e-mail me, would you? I have several of those super-articulated Marvel Legends figures that I’ve been planning to sell on eBay (and some other toys and comic books), but I’ll show you my list first in case you see anything you want. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/8 "2005-08-25T23:28:34Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > And if you buy one, the figure ages but you don’t. I’m not sure I want to know what “actions” that action figure performs, though. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/9 "2005-08-25T23:55:45Z")
I just bought the Houdini figure for my dad (he used to run a mail order magic/locks/prison memrobilia company) It’s by the same folks who made the Oscar Wilde figs. They have a ton of those figures from Ben Franklin, Einstein, Rosie the Riverter, JP Patches and Cleopatra, Moses and more. They actually just did a new Jesus Christ figure that I think is called Miracle Jesus He is supposed to have glow in the dark hans and light up eyes… Apparently the glow in the dark paint is too yellow and the light up eyes- glow red. He looks like evil jaundice Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/10 "2005-08-25T23:57:08Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > I’m not sure I want to know what “actions” that action figure performs, though. Now I’m imagining the articulated poses of a “somdomite.” Fortunately I’m into that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/11 "2005-08-26T02:17:25Z")
I got [this fellow](http://www.deadmentellnotales.com/page/DM/PROD/PF/afPOCjsm) for my sister for Christmas. (I think that’s got to be the best action figure I’ve ever seen.) And, of course, if you really want to add some spice to your collection, there are always [custom action figures.](http://www.ironcowprod.com/main.html) (Click the “plastic” button on the menu in the site to see what I mean.) You could spend days finding other examples online, with all imaginable styles, genres, and levels of quality. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/12 "2005-08-26T02:57:15Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > And, of course, if you really want to add some spice to your collection, there are always [custom action figures.](http://www.ironcowprod.com/main.html) (Click the “plastic” button on the menu in the site to see what I mean.) You could spend days finding other examples online, with all imaginable styles, genres, and levels of quality. That guy, Iron Cow, is awesome. He’s a really nice guy and does great custom work. Some other great action figure customizers include [Casimir’s Inanimate Objects](http://www.pilliod.net/) and [Rob Lowe’s Custom Figures](http://lowecustoms.ashendesign.net/). Rob himself (not the actor, obviously), made me a custom Marvel Legends-style Blue Beetle figure, which is seen on the right in the [top right picture.](http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/bluebeetle.html) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/13 "2005-08-26T03:20:17Z")
I’ve got to put in a vote for the “Uncle Duke” action figure that came with some editions of the Doonesbury book of that name. Came with his signature cigarette in long holder, martini glass, and I think a gun as well, IIRC. For more conventional figures (said he, in a thread where an Oscar Wilde figure was already mentioned, we just got my son a figure of Anakin Skywalker that can be turned into Darth Vader. And I’ve always had a soft spot for my Starman (Jack Knight) action figure with the light-up rod, but that’s more due to the character’s coolness than the action figure’s own. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/14 "2005-08-26T03:53:23Z")
I should provide the obligatory link to [some of my own toy collection pictures.](http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/toys.html) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/15 "2005-08-26T06:47:12Z")
[Coolest. Figure. Ever.](http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=1&size=0&start=30)🙂 (But only the original Japanese edition with the die-cast metal parts, natch) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/16 "2005-08-26T07:00:54Z")
The original 12" GI Joe. I mean, come on - he had lifelike hair and a kung-fu grip! What more could you ask for? Although to be honest, I really liked Major Matt Mason. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/17 "2005-08-26T12:38:49Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > [Coolest. Figure. Ever.](http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=1&size=0&start=30)🙂 > > (But only the original Japanese edition with the die-cast metal parts, natch) I got a great deal on one a few months ago, but it is the American version (which still has SOME die-cast parts, just shorter smokestacks and a LOT cheaper). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/18 "2005-08-26T14:02:07Z")
Go wild. > **[Action Figures](https://mcphee.com/collections/action-figures)** > > The best, and weirdest, action figures on the internet. From the Nancy Pearl Librarian to Edgar Allan Poe and Jane Austen. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/19 "2005-08-26T14:05:11Z")
I never did pick up one of those super-articulated Spideys from last year… wonder if they’re still around? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/20 "2005-08-26T14:10:22Z")
There are tons of different super-articulated Spideys. Movie-style and comic-style, based on different artists, in fact! Go to any Toys R Us or Target to see for yourself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639.md?page=2)