Action Figures From the 70s Through the 90s
The “Stretch” series of action figures from Kenner includes what is now one of the rarest toys around. It is the Stretch Serpent. Not too many were made and far far less have survived over the years, making them extremely rare and difficult for collectors to find. The Stretch Serpent goes by more than one name and is regarded as one of the most collectable of the Stretch action toys …
Every hero needs an enemy and the Stretch Armstrong action figure had “Stretch X-Ray” for his arch-enemy. The evil X-Ray was designed as a “see through” (as in transparent) nemesis to the good guy Armstrong. He could be stretched to lengths of four feet and still snap back to his original size. Stretch X-Ray was to Stretch Armstrong what Lex Luthor was to Superman. He was ugly, and his guts …
Everyone remembers Captain Kirk and his adventures in outer space on the spaceship Enterprise. His popularity is reflected in the Mego Captain Kirk Star Trek Action Figure. Mego produced the Star Trek series in 1974 just as a new wave of Star Trek popularity was starting up. The Mego Star Trek figures are 8″ figures and was the first Mego series to be available only on cards and not in …
The action figure Elektroman from Ideal is a fairly rare action figure with a red and yellow uniform. His only enemy was named Zogg the Terrible. The Ideal Elektroman was released in 1977 and was bigger than many action figures of the day. He was 16 inches tall while most were just eight inches tall. Read on to learn more on the Elektroman figure here in this informative article. With …
Hasbro sensed that the public was losing interest in military action figures in the late 60’s due to the Vietnam war so they transformed the GI Joe line from a military man into an adventure man, hence the Adventure team line. Part of that line in the early 70’s was the 12″ talking Adventure Team line that included the Talking Astronaut, Talking Adventure Team Commander, and the Talking Man of …
This 1985 Kenner Star Wars Yak Face action figure was never available at the retail level in the U.S. Production started just before Kenner discontinued the Star Wars line. Some say that Kenner destroyed their overstock while others maintain that left over figures were sent to outlets in Europe and Canada. Some years later collectors realized the rarity of the Yak Face figure and started scooping them up. That sparked …
The Marvel Comics Secret Wars comic crossover series brought first time action figure status to many of the Marvel characters and that includes none other than the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto. Fans were happy that for the first time they could play as Magneto or have a character to battle their favorite X Men. Magneto later went on to star in the big X Men feature …
You don’t see this action figure come up for auction too often but when it does it brings big dollars! Star Wars action figure aficionados will recognize this figure as Kenner’s 1978 Luke Skywalker. Not just any Luke Skywalker but a 12 Back A double telescoping lightsaber Luke Skywalker. It sold in March of 2012 for a cool $13,000! It is unpunched and AFA graded at 90 or NM/MT. A …
