Action Figures From the 70s Through the 90s
If you’re thinking about collecting or selling in the Star Wars action figure market there probably isn’t any one action figure that is as sought after than the 1978 Star Wars Darth Vader action figure. Well, except maybe the prototype Boba Fett. The Darth Vader figure came out about a year after the movie Star Wars came out. Kids and adults back then scrambled to the toy stores to get …
Another figure that didn’t actually appear in the Secret Wars comic was Falcon (a.k.a Sam Wilson). He did have his own comic line at the time so it’s not like he was an unknown and he was, of course, Captain America’s occasional sidekick. Falcon appeared in the second series of Secret Wars characters from Mattel in 1984. While his wings were not the same as his comic line wings, Mattel …
The Bloodthirsty Baron Zemo is part of Mattel’s Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars set and was issued in 1984. According to the card back his real name is Helmut Zemo and he is 5′ 10″ tall and weighs in at 180 pounds. Not a big guy for a super villain! He makes up for his lack of size with some high powered intellect. He is considered a genius and is …
This Captain America is from Mattel’s Secret Wars series that came out in 1984. It is one of the classic Captain America action figures and was part of series one which had 8 figures. It is a 5 inch figure with minimal articulation and a shield that not similar to Captain America’s actual shield. In fact, it has a lenticular, or 3D, image which changes the image when tilted in …
MEGO action figures are some of the most popular among collectors today. The company which is pronounced Mee-go was started back in 1954 by D. David Abrams and sold cheap toys to department stores. It wasn’t however, until 1971 when Abram’s son Marty joined the business that Mego started to move in a direction that would change the company forever, or, at least until 1982 when they filed for bankruptcy. …
