A Call to Action (Figures): Throwdown in Gingerbread Town II: The Rethrowdownening
The Time: late December 2014. The Place: My girlfriend’s apartment in southern Maine. The Situation: The only action figures I have with me are the Continue Reading
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A Call to Action (Figures): Variants
Variants started in comic books. With The Man of Steel #1 in 1986, DC found that they could sell more copies of a book if Continue Reading
A Call to Action (Figures): Halloween Special
Wolverine is the best there is at what he does and what he does is get very upset when people can’t guess his half-assed costumes Continue Reading
A Call to Action (Figures): Points of Articulation
When I got hired at Action Figure Fury, I made a list of fifty possible names for my column. “A Call to Action (Figures)” was Continue Reading
A Call to Action (Figures): Figures of Boston Part 2
“People think I’m a sidekick, but I was Iron Man too. I’ve been the CEO of Stark Enterprises. Did Robin do that? Can he? I Continue Reading
A Call to Action (Figures): One Year Anniversary
A year ago I started the coolest job I’ve ever had: writing occasional reviews and a weekly column “A Call to Action (Figures)” for Action Continue Reading
A Call to Action (Figures): Kickstarter
I’m going to start this week with some shop keeping. Next Wednesday marks my one-year anniversary on “A Call to Action (Figures)” and will also Continue Reading
A Call to Action (Figures): TV and the Future of Action Figures
We’ve been seeing a lot of new types of action figures aimed at adults in the past few years. A few weeks ago I talked Continue Reading
Falling out of Love: When a Collector’s Tastes Change***
Back in the mid 90s I was in an interesting relationship. The relationship lasted five years, and that was about four years too long. I Continue Reading
Everything You Wanted to Know About Limited Edition Figures… but were afraid to ask
Webster’s Dictionary defines limited edition as “an issue of something collectible (as books, prints, or medals) that is advertised to be limited to a relatively Continue Reading