I was already in my late 20s when the animated original first came out. So what made me decide to collect Mulan "action figures"? A Lifelong Disney Fan I've been collecting toys for almost my entire life. And before Star Wars came along, hijacking both my imagination and my allowance money, there was The Wonderful … Continue reading I’m a Grown Man Who Collected Mulan Figures
This 6" Blade action figure by Toy Biz perfectly captures the first serious cinematic Marvel superhero. Features 18 points of articulation. A Trailblazer for its Time August 21, 1998. The world was a different place then. Columbine hadn't happened yet. Neither had 9/11. Two Ph.D. students founded a startup called Google. And movies based on … Continue reading Blade Action Figure: After All These Years, This Amazing Toy is Still Awesome
These vintage Kenner Star Wars toys captured our imaginations and let us relive "Return of the Jedi" long after the original trilogy ended. The original Star Wars trilogy started when I was a first-grader and came to define my childhood. I collected all the toys. I bought every book I could find—even coloring books. I … Continue reading Top 10 Kenner Toys from “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi”
On this 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, here's a look back on five of the iconic vehicles that captured the imaginations of kids everywhere. The 2002 TIE Bomber by Hasbro. No. 5: TIE Bomber The chase through the asteroid field still exhilarates me, even though I know it was just a … Continue reading My Top 5 Fave Toy Vehicles from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Boba Fett will reportedly return in The Mandalorian season 2—but didn’t he get swallowed by the Sarlacc in Return of the Jedi? The Original Bounty Hunter Returns Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, will reportedly appear in the second season of The Mandalorian as Boba Fett. … Continue reading Boba Fett Unleashed from the Sarlacc Pit!
With these action figures, I can relive the All-Valley Karate Championships of 1984. Over and over. Just like the middle-aged stars of Cobra Kai. T’was the summer of '84. I was ending seventh grade when my English teacher, Mrs. B., handed out a short story published in some Scholastic newsletter. The title of it was … Continue reading Toy Stories: Cobra Kai/The Karate Kid by Remco
Though I hadn’t seen the movie yet, I desperately wanted an Indiana Jones figure when I was 11, simply because he looked like a badass. via GIPHY The leather jacket. The bullwhip. The satchel. (Okay, it's a murse.) I was too afraid to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark because I had seen one of … Continue reading Toy Stories: Indiana Jones 12″ Action Figure by Kenner
Batman was my favorite superhero when I was a kid. This was in the 70s, before Batman was black-clad, brooding, and cool. The old-school TV Batman from 1966 was a dad-bod Adam West in blue and grey tights who talked and danced like a dweeb. Despite the cheese factor, I loved the show. Everything about … Continue reading Toy Stories: Toy Biz Batman and Batmobile from 1989