Can some explain the purpose of Movie Action Figures designed for Adults - Page 2

An adult collecting action figures is a little odd to me, but I can at least understand it. And it's all relative -- if I walk into someone's house and they have 5 or 6 Simpsons figurines, I'm going to think they're cool. But if they've got a house like the guy in Molti's link...well...that's kinda weird.

Anyway, action figures to me aren't nearly as creepy as adult men who collect stuffed animals. A friend of mine had recently been out a few times with a new guy. She liked him well enough, and after a few dates of the "dinner & drinks" variety, decided to go back to his place one night. She said his apartment was nice and normal until she walked into his bedroom, which contained hundreds of stuffed animals on shelves, bookcases, and all over the bed. She said he had to sweep a bunch of them onto the floor just so they could sit down. Needless to say, she made an excuse and got the hell out of there.

Unfortunately, she didn't have time to check the freezer for severed heads.

I stopped collecting action figures a while back, and I never really understood the appeal of the movie ones. I only ever bought one of those, which was one of the Sleepy Hollow figures, because it had the best accessory of any toy ever. A detachable Christopher Walken head.

I've long since lost or thrown away the figure, but I still have the hateful head of Christopher Walken.

A Walken head is, indeed, great. But my award for best action figure accessory goes to:

That's not an accessory, that's the figure.

So much the better!

I think they look good and like what was said, I'm a huge collector of a lot of crap. My grand-mother was that way too, it's genetics I guess. But I don't let hang them like they're prized possessions like some people do. When my nephews come to my house, I like them play with them. Because they're freakin toys! As far as "action figures for adults", well these kids are between 5 and 8 and they actually particularly prefers the monsters and the most gruesome dolls.

Great post. I collected about 100 Power of the Force figures when they started cranking them out in '94/'95. For some reason I lost interest in the whole thing around May of 1999. They were all mint-in-package, which seemed kind of silly, particularly after TOY STORY 2, but it wasn't like I was gonna play with them. My nephew just hit STAR WARS fandom last fall, so I broke them out, let my daughters draft the 10 or so they each wanted and shipped the rest to my nephew.

Keep on keepin' on, you rebellious, marching-to-his-own beat STAR WARS collecting man. You're about as far from sheep status as a guy can be.

I have a sideshow Frank Black above my monitor.

I need to hire somebody to modify one of those into my own custom Emil Fouchon figure, or Chains.

"You even own the Dagobah Playset!"

Ed Harley for me. Or do they already have one to go with Pumpkinhead?

I'd take a Jesse Hooker.

Alright here's the appeal to movie figures:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-TS-Who-NEIL-...QQcmdZViewItem
look at that and tell me you don't want it right now.

i was checking out those pics, and at first i thought that at least you can be sure this guy doesn't smoke or drink away his money, or spend it all on thai hookers, cause his money is all staring him in the face, in the form of shiny, mint condition toys. and thats not such a bad deal if done right. my uncle had a GI Joe collection that was worth well over $500,000, and came in handy when hitting hard times.

then about a third of the way through the pics (i guess when Spiderman started showing up en masse), i thought maybe this guy might be autistic or have some super OCD, cause everything was so neat and organized. and hald of his movies are still unopened. and there are some old fucking movies unopened.

about two thirds of the way through the pics, i thought whoever the fuck this guy is, he (or his mom) has one huge fucking basement.

i couldn't even get through em all. theres just too much. its all one plastic covered blur.

There was a time when I wished there were figures from HEAT, PULP FICTION, "The Sopranos," etc. Now I'd rather they didn't just so I can avoid the temptation. Thank God the Crockett and Tubbs ones that were released a year ago were so shitty looking. Saved me from myself.

But yeah, that Neil McCauley figure in that auction is pretty sweet.

ugh. I was excited for those Miami Vice figures til I saw them. Why go for a goofy, animated style? The same company released Reservoir Dogs figures a long while back and they were perfect.

I went pretty bonkers with the RESERVOIR DOGS figures. But I was always pissed that they only made really big versions of Joe Cabbot and Nice Guy Eddie. I never bought those giant ones. They never made anything for Mr. Blue. What a slap in the face to Eddie Bunker.

So true. And the NGE figure was so cool, but I don't want that huge thing I want one I can carry in my pocket to trade with friends after school.

No doubt. If I can't cram it down my pants to hide from Principal Russo then it does me no good.

Yeeeeeeeah man, for real. Me and my friends always traded action figures in the school bathroom while smoking cigarettes and writing "school sucks" and "Mr. Russo is a dino-turd" on the wall. That guy was always dissin my backwards cap with my hair sticking out over the adjustment belt. Then again I didn't have a principal named Mr. Russo. Whatever.

And don't you forget it.

And what sort of action, pray, can we expect from an action figure called 'The Meat'?

I have that one as well, but the flame/tongue lever snapped off. My daughter's been eye-ing it too.

Godzilla always used that launching fist of his...

I can't find the framed ASIA poster. It's gotta be there somewhere.

He's got binders full of Spawn pogs.

SPAWN POGS.

My favorite is the shot of all of his wife's My Little Pony dolls tightly packed into that cabinet (waaay down towards the bottom).

Forget your mass-produced MacFarlane crap, nothing says "I'm a movie geek with too much money and too little involvement with females" like a custom-made Fletch doll. I'd still like one though.


http://www.andgor.com/toyfaregallery.html

I think Fletch is cool enough that it doesn't make you a total nerd to own a Fletch doll.

Does it feature "Charge it to the Underhills" action?

Some people collect figures because they like them. Hell, one of the reasons I got together with my girlfriend was because she had even more horror figures than me! Now our sunroom is a horror figure shrine. We've got everything from Karloff's Frankenstein to Vampirella out there.

And Phil!- great pic! I have NECA's other Dawn of the Dead zombies, can't wait for this one. I wish they'd follow up on human figures from DAWN like they hinted at when they acquired the liscense...

Yeah, those will never happen.

I had one of these when I was a kid, but I don't remember it looking like a really ugly midget with Down's Syndrome.

I used to collect reproductions of vintage Barbies (which I couldn't afford, and the repros were pretty good). Eventually I got tired of my apartment looking like "Crazy doll land" and sold most of them. I kept a few, which I don't even have on display - they're in a box in my hall closet. I have exactly one Barbie (a Barbie friend, actually) out on display right now because she's vintage and I fought like hell for her on ebay.

What I do have around my apartment in small doses are a few framed rock albums here and there. Over my computer I have the framed issue of Rolling Stone with John & Yoko on the cover from the week after he was killed. Next to that I have a framed Sgt. Pepper album (those inexpensive album picture frames you can get on ebay or at Restoration Hardware). In my bedroom, over the dresser, I have a framed "Beauty and the Beat" Go-Go's album and a framed "Some Girls" album. And the final geekish thing is a poster repro from the movie "Some Like it Hot" (one of my packed away dolls is a Marilyn doll, too), which I mounted on canvas and varnished over - came out pretty cool looking. I know that sounds extenstive, but keep in mind these are also mixed in with LOTS of framed photographs of family, friends, Habitat crews from two builds, etc. And much like when I decided to take down most of the dolls, I do like the stuff I have hanging up, but decided enough is enough. Last Christmas, my dad's ladyfriend gave me a framed John Lennon picture, and it's currently in the closet. I thanked her, but thought to myself, "Okay, if I hang this up, THEN it officially becomes too much in my book."

The fact the guy on the right's got his hand near his pants, plus the face he's making, makes "He's coming to get you, Barbara" just that much more creepy.