# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/21 "2005-08-26T14:30:28Z")
You’re all wrong. [THIS](http://www.therupauldoll.com/) is the greatest doll. Oh no, there’s a difference between “doll” and “action figure”. ---
**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, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/22 "2005-08-26T14:38:37Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > 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. Really? I recall one specific one that came out, touted as a ‘big deal’… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/23 "2005-08-26T15:26:15Z")
This is the coolest IMnsHO [Behold the Sentinel](http://www.movieeye.com/store/movie_posters_plus/get_poster_info/Action-Figures/Matrix/1594.html) I have one in the office, watching me whilst I work, and frightening off pesky visitors. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/24 "2005-08-26T15:28:46Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Go wild. > > [Action Figures – Archie McPhee](http://www.mcphee.com/categories/action.html) Though the idea is great, these are very poor quality by modern standards, very obvious articulation points and not great painting. I’d love to see some of these characters done really well. ---
**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 26, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/25 "2005-08-26T16:56:37Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > 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) I am actually a customizer as well. My site is still under construction so no linky. Mike ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/26 "2005-08-26T17:53:47Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Really? I recall one specific one that came out, touted as a ‘big deal’… I’ll bet you were thinking of the 18" super-poseable Spider-Man with 67 points of articulation. You won’t find them at retail anymore, but it should be easy enough to acquire one on eBay at the original store price, or not too much over. Toy reviewer Michael Crawford (not the Phantom guy) posts a detailed review and several photos here: [Michael Crawford's Review of the Week](http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_011404b.htm) But if you prefer the 6"-7" scale, you have dozens of different super-poseable Spideys to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/27 "2005-08-26T17:58:38Z")
Apparently the first Wallace and Gromit action figures (I am hoping they will be more than just figurines) will be released with the movie in October. I will pre-emptively say that I hope they are sweeet. ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/28 "2005-08-26T19:34:51Z")
I would kill for Grommit’s sidecar/airplane from _A Close Shave._ And Wallace better come with some cheese! 😃 ---
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/29 "2005-08-26T19:43:36Z")
They’re made by McFarlane, so that means they will probably make Grommit in freaky bondage gear and Wallace with a giant boot and a necklace of severed penguin heads. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/30 "2005-08-26T19:48:30Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > I would kill for Grommit’s sidecar/airplane from _A Close Shave._ > > And Wallace better come with some cheese! 😃 Airfix offers a plastic model kit of W & G and the sidecar motorcycle from ACS. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/31 "2005-08-26T20:23:57Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > They’re made by McFarlane, so that means they will probably make Grommit in freaky bondage gear and Wallace with a giant boot and a necklace of severed penguin heads. You say that as if it would be a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/32 "2005-08-26T20:50:24Z")
[Wallace & Gromit](http://www.wensleydale.co.uk/mini2.htm) Wensleydale cheese. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/33 "2005-08-27T00:06:08Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > They’re made by McFarlane, so that means they will probably make Grommit in freaky bondage gear and Wallace with a giant boot and a necklace of severed penguin heads. Okay, now _there’s_ the **last** firm I’d expect to get the license. Though I hope W&G avoid getting head molds that look liked chewed-up gobstoppers… > [@Rocketeer](#): > > Airfix offers a plastic model kit of W & G and the sidecar motorcycle from ACS. Ooooh! Gotta hunt for a link… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/34 "2005-08-27T00:15:50Z")
These are prety good [http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6cbe/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6cbe/) even if the modelling is poor. And check out [http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=291](http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=291) Spawn Wallace and Grommit looks pretty good. Love the character named P.C. Mackintosh 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/35 "2005-08-27T02:02:45Z")
This has got to be THE most perfect rendition ever: [http://www.jesuschristsuperstore.net/lfigurespages/lfallah.html](http://www.jesuschristsuperstore.net/lfigurespages/lfallah.html) ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/36 "2005-08-27T14:48:00Z")
The first Boba Fett action figure, which one could only acquire through mail order with proofs of purchase … maybe not the most coolest action figure ever, but when it came in the mail it sure did feel like it. Spare me all your ultradetailed McFarlane fetish items, targeted at thirtysomethings, from movies that aren’t even OUT yet. Sheesh. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639/38 "2013-02-17T19:47:43Z")
I’m still waiting for a Robin Curtis version of Saavik. Even in zombie form. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-action-figure-ever/318639.md?page=1)