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 Action 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
Vintage Star Wars toys captured our imaginations and let us relive the movies long after they ended—what are the Top 10 Return of the Jedi toys by Kenner? 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 … Continue reading Top 10 “Return of the Jedi” Toys by Kenner
On this 45th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V, here's a look back on 5 favorite vehicle toys from The Empire Strikes Back. 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 bunch of potatoes shot against … Continue reading My Top 5 Favorite Vehicle Toys from 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 Karate Kid action figures by Remco, I can relive the All-Valley Karate Championships of 1984. Over and over. Just like the aging 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 … Continue reading The Karate Kid Action Figures 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
