Action. Figures.
One of the areas we’ve slowing been expanding lately is the action figure category.
This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me. To say that I’m an action figure collector is putting it mildly. Ask anyone who’s seen my basement. 3-1/2 years ago, when we were house shopping, my wife graciously told me that the basement of whatever house we found would be mine.
I’ve been writing about action figures, in some capacity, since around 1992 when I had an article printed in Tomarts Action Figure Digest magazine. I went on to write for (and eventually take the helm of) Raving Toy Maniac. I currently hang my hat at Julius Marx’s Action Figure Insider, but am an active poster on a variety of toy-based message boards (hey Fwoosh!).
Yeah, I love action figures.
We’ve been carrying some product from DC Direct pretty much since we opened, but have recently expanded into things like Diamond Select Toys‘ Star Trek lines. We currently have some Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan figures.
In the coming months we’ll be offering Mezco’s Heroes action figures, based upon the mega-hit NBC series, and NECA’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figure, which are based upon how the heroes in a half-shell originally looked in their first comic incarnation.
Also in stock right now are McFarlane Toys’ amazing Halo 3 figures. The first series consists of Master Chief, Brute Chieftan, a Grunt, a Jackal, Cortana and umpteen variations on the Spartan armor as seen in the multiplayer game. Beautifully done and lots of articulation for all sorts of posing fun!
Of course we have a nice selection of Minimates, the cute little block figures of characters from Marvel, DC, 24, Star Trek, and more!
Brick and mortar sources for specialty figures are drying up. It used to be you could walk into Media Play, Suncoast, Hot Topic, GameStop, etc and have a pretty nice selection of specialty action figures (i.e. not available in mass market retailers like Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart, etc). But, those stores have either closed (Media Play, most Suncoast locations…) or drastically reduced the amount of action figures they carry or eliminated the category altogether.
So, with figures getting harder to come by, we wanted to offer more in this category. Let your voice be heard and let us know what you want!
