Tag: Call to Action Figures

This is going to sound hypocritical after writing an article about opening toys two weeks ago, but bear with me. Packaging is an important part of any action figure. It does a lot of work. The first, and most important of these things is keeping the figure in mint condition as long as it stays… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Bad Packaging

Avengers: Age of Ultron is coming out in ten days, and as a primarily Marvel action figure collector, I am salivating. The release of a new movie means the release of a new series of action figures. There’s been a lot of talk about the new Iron Man Hulkbuster Armor, but what we should really… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Age of Ultron

Here’s some advice, and it’s free so you ought to take it: open your toys/action figures. I’ve talked about this in the past, and I’m going to go more in-depth on this divisive issue, splitting the action figure collecting community into the warring camps of people who keep figures in the package and people who… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Open Your Toys

I’ve mentioned on here a couple of times that I stopped collecting action figures for a few years because of the stigma around them. I was embarrassed and I wanted girls to like me, so I compromised who I was. I’ve had ten plus years to think about this, and I know I made the… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): The Stigma Around Action Figures

The Toys “R” Us in Times Square is closing. September 11, 2001 started like any other day for me. I was eleven. I walked to the bus stop. It picked me up and took me to Harborside Middle School. We waited outside on the black top until the doors were opened. We went to our… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): The Toys “R” Us in Times Square is Closing

Last week I announced I’d be talking about companies getting information wrong on action figure packaging, and I thought I had three examples but it turns out two examples were me losing accessories and not the company leaving things out or advertising falsely. Companies need to get it right, and for the most part they… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Buying Used Toys

As a student working toward a Master in Fine Art’s in Writing, I’m involved in and present for a lot of conversations about what it, and what isn’t, art. I’ve never stopped the conversation about whatever book or movies is being talked about and see what the participants thought of action figures. Part of it… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Action Figures Are Art

In my review of DC Collectibles Injustice: Gods Among Us Batman versus the Joker two pack last week, I mentioned that the artist, Robert Lynders, was listed on the side of the box, and how I thought that every action figure sculptor deserved that kind of credit. Then I thought that it deserved a column’s… Continue reading A Call to Action (Figures): Sculptor Credit