Hasbro was still finding its footing when it released the Target-exclusive Red Hulk series in 2008. Sure, it was a huge improvement...
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Ahh, you're nuts. Squirrel Girl is one of those characters you either love or hate. If you're the sort of...
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Diamond Select began producing figures based on the Universal Monsters license in 2011. Surprisingly, Diamond chose to lead with the...
I started writing this article with a shocking thought: I've been collecting Star Trek toys for as long as they've...
What is a Mort, you ask? In comic book terms, Mort is slang for an exceptionally lame character, either hero...
Few authors are as intimately linked to their creations as 20th century fantasist H.P. Lovecraft. In the 70+ years since...
Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was an instant sensation upon its publication in 1897, but it took sixty-odd years for the crafty bloodsucker...
Marvel Comics and horror go together like chocolate and peanut butter, but our toy shelves sadly fall short of this Reese's-like perfection....
Okay, confession time. I used to mix other action figures in with my Star Wars toys. It's heresy, I know, but...
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It was the early 1970s and the Mighty Marvel misappropriation of archetypes was in full swing. The House of Ideas...
Imagine, if you will, an inner-city schoolyard in the late 1970s. A group of young children form a noisy circle. At...
Titan Heroes, huh? Sure, I've seen 'em while prowling the aisles. I've laughed at their soft sculpts, clucked disapprovingly at...
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It's hard for a new product to get a little attention, and that's especially true in the world of action figures. For...
While a certain Caped Crusader may lay claim to having the most recognizable Rogues Gallery in comics, Marvel's wall-crawling wonder...
Mego Pocket Heroes Hulk by snowman I've collected action figures my entire life, and one of the true constants of that collection has...
