For that matter...

Anyone collect superhero toys? If so, which were your favorite lines?

I loved the Bruce Timm take on DC.
I'm still collecting Mighty Muggs but I hear they are ending the run.

Also, the recent New Gods figures were amazingly on model. They look like Jack Kirby sculpted them.

Wave 1: http://www.theglobalcollector.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/newgods.jpg

Wave 2: http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2008_4/DCD0209NewGods...

I plead the fifth....

CS Lewis Narnia Chronicles books I believe. Voiced by Eddie Izzard in the film Prince Caspian.


What do I win???

Did anyone catch the last episode of Smallville?

Wonder Twin Powers Activate!

Saw it. It was cool, in a geeky sort of way. That show is much better since the introduction of JLA as far as geek winks are concerned. That's circa season 6

Here's an action figure horror story for you guys out there. When my mom's aunt heard that my younger brother was getting a Wonder Woman action figure for his birthday, she wanted to surprise him. So without telling my mom, Aunt B. went ahead and knitted a whole wardrobe of clothes custom-made to fit the action figure. Sweaters. Skirts. You name it. And lots of them. She didn't quite get that Wonder Woman was not a doll.

My brother was speechless when he opened the box full of toy clothes and discreetly put it aside. He handled it really well for a kid who was turning 7. No one wanted to offend a distant aunt who had gone to so much trouble making handmade clothes.

But Wonder Woman isn't Barbie. And my brother wasn't into dressup. I think my mom gave the clothes to a neighbor girl who lived down the block. We never told Aunt B. the truth. Poor dear.

Dyna Girl wrote on Nov 21^st, 2009 at 12:27am:


Ouch, that's an embarrasingly funny story, Dyna Girl!   

Dyna Girl wrote on Nov 21^st, 2009 at 12:27am:


Yow.
This is probably why I have few female action figures. It's tough enough justifying owning male dollies. 

I should probably add that my brother had a whole line of Marvel and DC action figures, along with the Planet of the Apes. Those were great!

I collected the Star Trek action figures back in the 1970s. Uhura's hair was unmangeable. My dad was extra kind one Christmas and bought me three figures I needed to round out my collection. We used to pretend that the aliens had different super powers.

I only had a few superhero figures myself. Aquaman and Green Arrow. I think that was it. There was no need to overlap with what the rest of the family already owned.

A cousin of ours had Batgirl--one of the few heroes neither of us owned. She's one of the few heroes whose costume actually looks great in real-life (i.e. on an action figure).

Dyna Girl,
Were those (superheroes, Star Trek, Apes) figures the ones from Mego with real fabric clothes?

I used to love the Mego Toys as a kid.

I had most of the male Star Trek ones. Pretty much all the Planet of the Apes ones, and a bunch of the super heroes.
  I always wanted Thor, and the only time I saw him was when I was staying with my grandparents.  I asked my grandfather to buy it for me, and all he saw was long blond hair and told me that boys don't play with dolls...

Sad day.