I have the PVC 4" figures for Dream, Death, Desire & Delirium from the SANDMAN comics, but they’ve never released Destiny, Despair and Destruction in the same size (they have in 2" and in pewter). I’d love for them to release the other three Endless siblings so I can complete the set.
What action figures would you most like to see released?
would it be a terrible hijack if I asked where you purchased the Sandman figures?
(and Figures, figures, action figures, dolls: what is the difference?)
The entire Legion of Super-Heroes (they’ve done about a dozen, and I have all of them, but scuttlebutt says the Legion line is being, well, scuttled), and any of the Starmans that have yet to be en-figured (that is, all but Ted and Jack Knight).
Characters from Disk World perhaps. And the sicker side of me wouldn’t mind a tentacle porn anime figure to shock people with.
I just felt it apt to mention in this thread the availability of these action figures. And I must say, Male Nurse seems so random compared to the others. I can’t wait for crazy cat lady.
Can you buy a fully posable, anatomically correct Cecil Adams dolly? I’m sure they would be very popular.
They did Desire without Dispair? That just ain’t right…you need both twins. (OTOH, the 3 I really want are released, so…)
Who have they released? What size and articulation? Which era?
I’m not into collecting toys at all, but I’d shell out for an entire Watchmen set.
I think I would go for Steven Hawkings, Albert Einstein, Robert Openheimer, maybe even Isaac Newton, Capernicus and Galileo.
And maybe some of the chess masters like Copablanca and Fisher.
Now those are toys (dolls?) I could respect.
Some Nightmare Before Christmas figures that didn’t cost as much as a Stradivarius.
X-Men: Evolution figures of non-sucky characters. (Something like these.)
A 6" Gadget Hackwrench figure, with full articulation.
Firefly figures. Mal figure comes with “kick-into-engine action!”
Pirates of the Carribean figures. Capt. Jack comes with a voice-chip version (“Pirate!” “That’s interesting…” “But…the rum!”).
Read or Die/Read or Dream figures.
Here’s a Hawking, and Einstein, at least.
You know what bugs me? The fact that they never made any Lord of the Rings Action Figures. I don’t mean those ugly “collectable” figurines, I mean like the 3" plastic ones they had for Star Wars, which not only had a different one for every single costume change of the main characters, but also included figures of every actor or extra shown for at least one second in the movie. I want:
Aragorn
Rivendell Aragorn
Helm’s Deep Armor Aragorn
Gondor Battle Armor Aragorn
Coronation Aragorn.
As well as 10 different models of Uruk-Hai and a Rohan Axeman. Is that too much to ask?
Oh, and plastic dioramas, with little studs for the holes on the bottoms of their feet. A Collapsing Action Bridge of Khazad-Doom is a given.
Tengu:
Adventure-era. Standard DCD size…about 6 inches high or so (though there’s a Mordru figure which is larger). Articulation - On all but the three founders: neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees. On Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad subtract hip articulation, On Saturn Girl, subtract hip and knee articulation. That’s right, her lower half is totally un-poseable.
Who they released: Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5, Mon-El, Superboy and Supergirl as a two-figure set, Sun Boy, Chameleon Boy, Ultra Boy, Star Boy, Timber Wolf, Ferro Lad, Colossal Boy and Invisible Kid I.
Not for sale but:
My homemade Lego Watchmen
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Not a bad set…I’d prefer Shrinking Violet, Triplicate Girl and Bouncing Boy to Sun Boy, Collossal Lad and Timber Wolf, but other than that, sounds great (hope the rumours are just that and the line continues long enough to put out those 3 at least!).
Imra’s lack of articulation is disappointing (and to a lesser extent, same with Garth and Rokk), though.
That is the most fucking hilarious thing I have ever seen in my whole entire life, especially Ozymandias for some reason.
well he’s back, the way most collectors break it down is like this:
(Action) figures: character toys with some articulation (moving arms, legs, heads, etc.), accessories they can hold, or some sort of “action feature,” like a button on their back that makes them punch or shoot a weapon. Usually meant for boys, usually based on a licensed property (movies, TV, cartoons, comics, sports, even music). Almost always made of molded plastic.
Dolls: larger characters, usually meant for girls, often wearing real cloth clothing over plastic bodies. Barbie is the best example, although “baby” dolls that children carry around are obviously dolls too. Many people consider larger-scale G.I. Joes, Star Wars figures, and other 12"-scale action figures with cloth costumes “dolls” as well.
Figurines: Molded plastic with no articulation, often like a little statue or sculpture–the character is posed a specific way and does not move. These are usually meant for display rather than “playing with.”
Freejooky, DC Direct had a first series of Watchmen figures all sculpted and painted and ready to mass-produce, but a falling out between DC and creator Alan Moore led to the line never being released. This goes back to 1999 or 2000. The first series would have been Dr. Manhattan, the Comedian, and Silk Spectre, and pictures are usually available online. I would be much more depressed over this if they showed a prototype of Nite Owl II, my favorite character from Watchmen.
Alessan, the Toy Biz Lord of the Rings figures, which come in 6" scale, all feature several variants of the main characters. I know there are box sets featuring the characters from certain scenes in the films (Battle of Helms Deep, the entire Fellowship in their new cloaks, for example), and several scene-specific figures like King Aragorn from the coronation at the end of RotK, armored Merry, and “Twilight” Frodo from when he put on the ring.
You might also like the Armies of Middle Earth toys, which are tiny (about 1" tall) figurines, and they have very detailed playsets with action features, characters on horseback (obviously larger overall), and army-builder sets. Do a Google search on those, and I think you will be pleasantly surprised. The fact that they are small makes them even cooler, I think.
My own choices, as a pretty big action figure collector:
Movie-accurate Ghostbusters: Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddmore, all the the likenesses of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson.
Fight Club: Tyler Durden and the unnamed narrator (Brad Pitt and Edward Norton).
Pulp Fiction: Vincent Vega and Jules Winfield (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson).
Chow Yun-Fat in a suit with twin 45s, as he appeared in The Killer or Hard Boiled.
Comic book characters from DC Direct: Booster Gold to round out the JLI, Jack Marlowe, Grifter, Savant, Tao, Holden Carver, and Miss Misery (mostly from Wildcats 3.0 and Sleeper).
Other comic book characters: Reuben Flagg from American Flagg! (with Raul the cat), The Rocketeer, and more Mike Allred-designed characters.
A GOOD Elvis figure.
A GOOD Bettie Page.
A GOOD Neo from The Matrix.
(None of those have been done “right” by any sculptors or toy companies yet.)
Musicians: Tom Waits, Brian Setzer, Ben Folds, Tori Amos, Gwen Stefani, Nick Cave, Morrissey, Neko Case, Reverend Horton Heat, Mike Ness, and an entire “Legends of Jazz” series, all with good likenesses, decent articulation, no pre-posed stances, and realistic-looking instruments!
PoTC figures are coming soon from NECA. No sound chips (although NECA has a thing for releasing impressive 18" figures with sound chips in them), but very good likenesses.
Some company, I don’t remember which, re-released the old NBC figures a year or two ago. I saw them all over comic book stores for a while.
I second the request for Fight Club figures, and I’d like to see McFarlane make some more Robocop characters. I’d also really, really like a Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow line, although I know that’ll never happen. When Serenity comes out, I will be sorely dissapointed if there’s no line to go along with it.