Happy 2000th FofD, Adam Pawlus!

Let’s take a quick break from the Toy Fair 2013 coverage to wish my fellow Phoenician Mr. Adam Pawlus (of GalacticHunter.com, 16bit.com and a whole lotta .com’s) a quick congratulations…

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FigureOfTheDay.com event this Friday – Play Arts Kai Arkham Harley Quinn

My friends at FigureOfTheDay.com passed along some news of an event they have planned for this Friday, August 3rd. Following in the footsteps of some of their most popular items…

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Figure of the Day 65 – Mugatu

Mugatu Series: Star Trek Availability: 1997 Comments:  Playmates’ Star Trek line lasted on shelves an extraordinary 7 years, from 1992 to 1999.  The Mugatu was released when the line was…

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Figure of the Day 62 – Pons Limbic

Pons Limbic Series: Star Wars: Legacy Collection Availability: 2008 Comments: The Star Wars: Legacy collection is Hasbro’s latest branding for its basic Star Wars line.  Pons Limbic (or Brainiac if…

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Figure of the Day 40 – Tarkin

Tarkin Series: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Release Date: 2005 Comments: Oh, what a tease you are George Lucas.  Fans got all aflutter when they learned that Tarkin was…

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Figure of the Day 34 – Kanjar Ro

Kanjar Ro Series: Action League Release Date: 2009 Comments: First Star Wars, the Marvel and Transformers; “kiddified” action figures made it big over at the big H. Not ones to…

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Figure of the Day 33 – Batman (Action League)

Batman Series: Action League Release Date: 2009 Comments: First Star Wars, the Marvel and Transformers; “kiddified” action figures made it big over at the big H.  Not ones to be…

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Figure of the Day 32 – Destro

Destro Series: GI Joe: 25 Anniversary Collection Release Date: 2007 Comments: This past weekend Paramount Pictures and HASBRO release the big screen action figure “GI Joe: Rise of Cobra”. Coincidentally,…

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Figure of the Day 31 – Cobra Commander

Cobra Commander Series: 25 Anniversary Collection Release Date: 2007 Comments: This weekend Paramount Pictures and HASBRO release the big screen action figure “GI Joe: Rise of Cobra”. Coincidentally, Fry’s grocery…

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Figure of the Day 30 – Thunderball

Thunderball Series: Marvel Universe; Secret Wars Comic Packs Release Date: 2009 Comments: After a long run of figures at a 5″ scale, then 6-7″ scale for Marvel legends; HASBRO has…

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Figure of the Day 29 – Spider-man

Spider-man Series: Marvel Universe; Secret Wars Comic Packs Release Date: 2009 Comments: After a long run of figures at a 5″ scale, then 6-7″ scale for Marvel legends; HASBRO has…

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Figure of the Day 21 – Universe Legends Brawn

Brawn Series: Transformers Universe Legends Release Date: 2008 Comments:  The legends toys were introduced to be lower price point versions of larger toys.  Once the classics series of Transformers were…

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Figure of the Day 20 – Ralph Wiggum

Ralph Wiggum Series:  The Simpsons; World of Springfield Release Date: 2001 Comments:  Ralph Wiggum was released in the 4th wave of Playmates’ World of Springfield line, during the line’s heyday. …

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Figure of the Day 19 – Hockey Snoopy Capsule Toy

Hockey Snoopy Series: Sports Series Snoopy Capsule Toys Release Date: 2008 Comments: I picked up this hockey playing Snoopy figure while on a trip to San Fransisco, at Giant Robot. …

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Figure of the Day 18 – Cyclops

Cyclops Series: X-Men vs. Street Fighter Release Date: 1998 Comments:  In 1996 Capcom released the arcade version of ‘X-Men vs. Street Fighter’ taking characters from MARVEL’s merry band of mutants…

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