We just got the green light to announce that Funko will be making Rocketeer and Firefly action figures. You know figures of the actors. I know nothing about Firefly so I’ll leave that article to someone with more knowledge, but Rocketeer the movie? I’m all up in that. This is one of my favorite super hero movies ever. It is, in my opinion, a perfect adaptation of an exceptional comic book, capture the mood, feel and everything that the comic had. It is a great adaptation.
It has another level of importance. I had a mad crush on Jennifer Connelly, kinda still do (don’t tell my wife), she was like wow. I remember the first time I saw Career Opportunities, I was hooked. Oh man was I hooked. Also, I had a huge man crush on Bill Campbell, he was, like, the perfect super hero. I was ready to cast him in all my super hero movie lists as the main hero, Batman, Superman, Captain America, Iron Man. He was that guy. And they made on screen magic! Timothy Dalton as Neville Sinclair was brilliant. Gah this movie had so much magic in it!
And to hear that we are getting action figures? In Legacy? Holy crap. I’m thinking six inches, super poseable, or close to, please please please. Cliff Secord. Jenny Blake. Neville Sinclair. Could it be any better than that? Well yeah if they announced a comic line, and who knows, maybe it one day could happen.
(graphic taken from Rediscoverdisney.blogspot.com)