Odds ‘n Ends > SDCC 2025 Edition

July 24, 2025 | Poe
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  • That’s right, we’re back baby! There’s still a lot of renovations to do around here, but for now PGPoA is up and running and may even be occasionally updated.
  • It’s SDCC season, and we appear to be living in the worst of times (politically) and the best of times in terms of action figures. While many of the larger companies are delivering great products (admittedly at higher prices), we are seeing some significant new smaller companies enter the market with some impressive products and licenses.
  • For example, Fresh Monkey Fiction recently combined with BigBadToyStore to create the BigBadWorkshop toy company. Reading between the lines, it seems like BBTS is now underwriting select FMF ventures, such as Operation: Monster Force and the Naughty or Nice Collection. And one of the cooler things I’ve seen so far is they are apparently developing a line of 1/12 scale NPC figures (credit to Luke Thompson – check out his blog, it’s cool). I love this idea, and I suspect many collectors of various 6″ lines will too. As Luke notes, the price will be key, though I’d probably spend more on these than a lot of people might. I just wish there were 1/10 scale options as well – my McFarlane Batman Year One figure needs crooks (and crooked cops) to whale on.
  • Boss Fight spent last week teasing a new line of Hellboy action figures, only to stop abruptly with a sign-up page and leave us hanging. I went nuts for Hellboy from about 2004-2006, and Mezco’s Comic Hellboy line was one of my favorites from that era. I’ve got BF’s Red Sonja and I like it, so here’s hoping their Hellboy line is as good or even better.
  • And on a related note, that new Hellboy line got me thinking about 1000Toys’s Hellboy figures, and then on to the competing 6″ Street Fighter action figure lines by Jada Toys and Storm Collectibles. The Jada Toys figures are similar to Marvel Legends figures in sculpt, articulation and accessories, whereas the Storm Collectibles figures are more on par with what you see from Bandai’s S.H. Figuarts line. Now, Marvel Legends and S.H. Figuarts have been battling it out for over a decade now, mostly with Marvel movie figures, but it’s always been an interesting question to me how you decide which to get. For example, you can get the Jada Toys Blanka for $35, or the Storm Collectibles Blanka for $110. By the same token, the 1000Toys Hellboy costs $150, whereas I expect the Boss Fight figure will probably be between $50-$70 (based on their other licensed 1/12 figures like Red Sonja, though it’s obviously possible they won’t go the 1/12 route). So the question is, if the cheaper figure gives you ninety percent of what you’re looking for from a figure, is it worth $70-$100 to get that last ten percent? Obviously this is going to be based on a lot of factors – one’s budget, how much of a fan you are of the property, and so forth. But it remains an interesting question to me, whether these tiered action figure lines represent the future of the hobby.

Toy Aisle Trolls > No-Hulk

January 22, 2013 | Poe

Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe@poeghostal.com.

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Submitted by: JM

“I don’t know what to name this one, but in the Toys R Us in Emeryville, CA, there were three Wolverine/She-Hulk 2-packs, and all three had the She-Hulk removed.

…Somebody really likes She-Hulk.”N

The Ten Most Bizarre McFarlane Figures of All Time

January 18, 2013 | Poe

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Had a lot going on lately behind the scenes, but believe it or not I will be slowly getting back into the swing of things – particularly because, for the first time in two years, I will be going to Toy Fair next month.

In the meantime, in case you missed it last week, Topless Robot posted another list of mine:

The Ten Most Bizarre McFarlane Figures of All Time

This list reminded me how frigging bizarre some of McFarlane’s stuff was. The Tormentor especially – what was the thought process there? What was with Todd’s “one giant boot” fetish? That kind of creeps me out.

DASH Over to Our New Blog and Share Your Thoughts

January 15, 2013 | Poe

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Hey folks, Corey from DASH here again. We’ve always been a little formal with our communication in the past, but I decided it’s time to “get real” and let you know there are actually real people and people who care about action figures behind our site. I’ve finally got a platform to talk toys to my heart’s content, and that’s what we’re updating you on today.

Things haven’t always been perfect at Collector-ActionFigures, but I genuinely think we already have the internet’s best action figure values, the world’s biggest action figure catalog, and a great place to buy action figures. And now we’ve added something to bring it all together. We call it DASH Flash, and it’s your brand new platform for action figure reviews, news, previews, articles, features, and pretty much anything else I can think about writing.

So visit DASH Flash, and then please let me know what you think about everything. Collector-ActionFigures is built for the community, and this is your new blog as much or more than it is mine. We want to see your vision for it, want to hear your ideas, and want to exceed your expectations in every way. That’s my goal anyway. I’ve done this in the past, but this is my newest baby, and the opportunities for it are far greater than ever before.

If you could take a minute to leave a comment right here with your thoughts or desires, I’ll be reading. Leave a comment on any of the current DASH Flash articles and I’ll be watching (creepy, right?). Even feel free to send me an email at Corey@Collector-ActionFigures.com and I’ll take your suggestions to heart.

This is a great time for Collector-ActionFigures, and I want you to be a big part of it every step of the way.

Happy Netossa Day!

January 15, 2013 | Poe
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So here’s what’s on the menu today:

  • MOTUC: Netossa (monthly figure, included with Club Eternia subscriptions)
  • MOTUC: Horde Prime (remaining Customer Service stock – not included with Club Eternia subscriptions; eligible for Early Access)
  • MOTUC: Griffin (remaining Customer Service stock – not included with Club Eternia subscriptions; eligible for Early Access)
  • DCU: Saint Walker (monthly figure, included with Club Infinite Earths subscriptions)
  • Watchmen: Rorschach (bi-monthly figure, included with Club Black Freighter subscriptions)

Just a reminder, subscribers only have Early Access to items from the same line (i.e., MOTUC subscribers don’t have early access to Rorschach).

It should also be noted that the “My Subscriptions” function is finally active, albeit it still appears to have some problems according to early reports. I had to use it myself – despite making a new credit card my default credit card for Mattycollector, I still needed to change the card specifically used for my subscription.

Toy Aisle Trolls > Speeder Swipe

January 15, 2013 | Poe

Toy Aisle Trolls is a feature highlighting acts of vandalism to in-store toy items. If you find a ruined package, a stolen figure, a swapped-out figure, or any other such acts, take a photo (cell phone photos are fine if they’re not blurry) and email them to poe@poeghostal.com.

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Submitted by: JN

“Saw these at Toys R Us and for a split second thought there was a variant speeder bike. Lol. I guess someone wanted to army build some biker scouts?”