December 24th, and the toy store is packed. Red-vested Toysaurus managers, cashiers and stock-boys swarm the floor, dash between the...
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Oh, Tony. The perils of naming your latest suit the "Modern Armor" should have been obvious. You're so fixated you upgrade between panels --...
It was after midnight when Frank Castle returned to the subway station safe-house. The plan had gone off perfectly: Gallano and his...
Rubbers, wheat-cakes, and guilt. No, I'm not free-forming lyrics for a Tom Waits pastiche; I'm talking about May Parker! She was Ben's...
My esteemed colleague themanintheanthill recently wrote an archive entry for Toy Biz's Sentinel Series 10 Cyclops. The figure is based...
Crimson Dynamo appeared in the ambitiously named Iron Man: The Armored Avenger Legends Series. Hasbro followed the time-tested "Batman" approach to...
This figure reminds me of bad relationship choices I've made in my life. I see Ultron and I think, "Oh,...
In a way, Marvel Legends came along at the perfect time. By 2003, Toy Biz had made significant inroads into...
It always starts innocently enough. Let's say you like Batman. Wearing the t-shirts and debating the ideal length of his ears on the...
All the griping and complaining has finally paid off. After decades of being saddled with them, "action features" have pretty...
So I've been thinking about a Jim Lee Cyke for a while. I'm not certain how to do all of...
Nick Fury saw his first release as a Marvel Legend action figure in Toy Biz's 2004 Series 5. For those...
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It was the early 1970s and the Mighty Marvel misappropriation of archetypes was in full swing. The House of Ideas...
Hasbro's announcement of the upcoming Marvel Legends females in various assortments at SDCC this year had me going through...
ToyBiz released their final update to the female body with their Series 15 Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew and Julia Carpenter) and...
