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 ones that my girlfriend just gifted me for Christmas. My lightbox is at my apartment in Boston—two hours south of us and she’s taken her car to medical school. I’ve… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Throwdown in Gingerbread Town II: The Rethrowdownening
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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 they printed it twice with different covers. From there, Marvel took note and raced to DC to see who could make the most. Some, and this is what’s most common… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Variants
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 at Halloween parties. Can you guess what he’s dressed as in these costumes? Get enough right and maybe he’ll be your friend! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Halloween Special
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 one, but not my first pick. I still think “Points of Articulation” is a better name, but when I googled it, I found that a toy podcast had already claimed… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Points of Articulation
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 don’t think so.” “Sure he was old, he was sick, but you never really expect them to go. He was my father, you know? I wanted to kill him. It’s… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Figures of Boston Part 2
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 Figure Fury. Fifty-one columns later (not counting this baby, number fifty-two) and I’m exhausted like I was just in the gym, whipping my lazy butt into shape. I reread all… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): One Year Anniversary
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 be my last weekly column. From there, “A Call to Action (Figures)” will become a monthly feature. I love the writing and the photography, but it takes a lot of… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Kickstarter
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 about the rise of video game action figures, and before that the smart ways that NECA and Funko pursued licenses that other manufacturers wouldn’t to get better footholds in the… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): TV and the Future of Action Figures
A Call to Action (Figures): The Winner of SDCC 2015 Is…
The winner of San Diego Comic Con 2015 is…us, the collectors of action figures. One look through the photo galleries (but don’t limit yourself to one, Nick and your friendly neighborhood jman did a great job putting them together) and you’ll realize that all of the companies that were there brought their A games. Or… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): The Winner of SDCC 2015 Is…
A Call to Action (Figures): Spotted Online Response
The first thing I need to tell Philip Reed, who wrote this response to my column this week, is the same thing I tell all my critics: thank you for taking the time to read my work, and especially thank you for taking the time to craft a thoughtful response. He accuses me of approaching… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Spotted Online Response