Post by Captain McKay on Jun 6, 2006 21:00:39 GMT -5
Hey Yo -
I thought it would be interesting if we shared our thoughts about action figures and Comic Book-based toys since childhood. I have a lot of ideas and I'm toying with this essay in order to show my appreciation. I think it'd be cool if we could all say some of our favorite things about childhood figures and what we enjoyed; kind of show each other what it was all about being a kid.
I'll start it off...
Ever since my younger days, Comic Books and toys have gone hand in hand. We're in a time now of action figure revolution - an uproar of new and quite impressive figures based on cimics are out. DC Direct, ToyBiz, Select, Mattel...many different companies bring a lot to the table with comic book action figures. Look no further than Marvel Legends and DC Super Heroes from ToyBiz and Mattel, respectively. These renditions of our childhood heroes are exquisite - multi-posable, highly detailed...almost literal 3D interpretations of their comic counterparts. All of these new figures have earned the rights to be perhaps the coolest comic book toys ever.
...And yet, still I hold a soft spot in my heart for my old toys. Many of which are long gone, but these were childhood memories. This was a time where toys were not meant to be pristine, "MOC," or even anything more than a child's plaything. They were heroes all their own - each figure sporting its own nicks, paint scrapes, and loose limbs from hours upon hours of play. Sure, we've got "Hush" and "Marvel Legends," but seriously...who can deny the sheer greatness of Combat Belt Batman and Wolverine 2nd Edition?
These figures alone were the two favorites of mine. The simplest, yet also most accurate forms of the characters from the cartoons/comics. Sure, they were not very poseable, but they didn't have to be. As long as you could move Batman's arm up, he could punch some sorry crook across the face and that'd be that.
We have, in Marvel Legends, "Build-A-Figures" of Apocalypse and Sentinels. I feel that, while I love them and will collect them for as long as I can, the excitement of being a kid was much more impressive than Building a figure. Hence, not unlike the Legends counterpart, it was the original ToyBoz Sentinels - which looked absolutely corny, even for that time - were the thing everyone wanted two of. As for a "Big" Apocalypse, there was the 10" ToyBiz figure - excellence incarnate, at its time.
And do I need to get into the vehicles and playsets? Batmissile/Batmobile says enough for me, personally.
Toys have come a long way since my days of playing. However, comic books have maintained their great inspiration and now we're getting some of the nicest looking figures of all time. Still, I think we all owe it to our past, with figures of old, to thank the memories of our past.
...Don't get me started on Kenner's "Power of the Force" line from the '90s.
I thought it would be interesting if we shared our thoughts about action figures and Comic Book-based toys since childhood. I have a lot of ideas and I'm toying with this essay in order to show my appreciation. I think it'd be cool if we could all say some of our favorite things about childhood figures and what we enjoyed; kind of show each other what it was all about being a kid.
I'll start it off...
Ever since my younger days, Comic Books and toys have gone hand in hand. We're in a time now of action figure revolution - an uproar of new and quite impressive figures based on cimics are out. DC Direct, ToyBiz, Select, Mattel...many different companies bring a lot to the table with comic book action figures. Look no further than Marvel Legends and DC Super Heroes from ToyBiz and Mattel, respectively. These renditions of our childhood heroes are exquisite - multi-posable, highly detailed...almost literal 3D interpretations of their comic counterparts. All of these new figures have earned the rights to be perhaps the coolest comic book toys ever.
...And yet, still I hold a soft spot in my heart for my old toys. Many of which are long gone, but these were childhood memories. This was a time where toys were not meant to be pristine, "MOC," or even anything more than a child's plaything. They were heroes all their own - each figure sporting its own nicks, paint scrapes, and loose limbs from hours upon hours of play. Sure, we've got "Hush" and "Marvel Legends," but seriously...who can deny the sheer greatness of Combat Belt Batman and Wolverine 2nd Edition?
These figures alone were the two favorites of mine. The simplest, yet also most accurate forms of the characters from the cartoons/comics. Sure, they were not very poseable, but they didn't have to be. As long as you could move Batman's arm up, he could punch some sorry crook across the face and that'd be that.
We have, in Marvel Legends, "Build-A-Figures" of Apocalypse and Sentinels. I feel that, while I love them and will collect them for as long as I can, the excitement of being a kid was much more impressive than Building a figure. Hence, not unlike the Legends counterpart, it was the original ToyBoz Sentinels - which looked absolutely corny, even for that time - were the thing everyone wanted two of. As for a "Big" Apocalypse, there was the 10" ToyBiz figure - excellence incarnate, at its time.
And do I need to get into the vehicles and playsets? Batmissile/Batmobile says enough for me, personally.
Toys have come a long way since my days of playing. However, comic books have maintained their great inspiration and now we're getting some of the nicest looking figures of all time. Still, I think we all owe it to our past, with figures of old, to thank the memories of our past.
...Don't get me started on Kenner's "Power of the Force" line from the '90s.
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