Category: Superheroes

Was Blade the first "good" Marvel movie?

Blade Action Figure: After All These Years, This Amazing Toy is Still Awesome

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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 →

Yabberjocky Presents the 1989 Toy Biz Batmobile

Toy Stories: Toy Biz Batman and Batmobile from 1989

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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 →