What is an action figure?

The action figure is very different from modern traditional figure of my childhood memories as. At that time we had two basic types, GI Joe and Action Man

But if you look today after day there are thousands of different "action figures" are available. There are characters in movies, Wrestling Figures, Anime, Cartoons, TV, pop stars and Playboy characters have a number of collectors' action babe "(pleasewho are not puppets ;-)) are.

It seems that in the last 20-30 years, '"hobby" has grown with us, the first generation of children who have "played the original" action figures.

The Early Days

Do you remember as a child he spent happy moments locked in a room with your GI Joe action or your bedroom? Suddenly, your rivers, and was converted into a different world, a world of big mountain terrain, deserts,Mari.

His bed was suddenly a huge impassable mountain range are ideal for snipers looking for a train sequence of the Germans. Drawers and cabinets were forts, watchtowers, or high mountain.

Mats and rugs were seas, rivers, lakes or deserts. A land of danger, intrigue and mystery. Maybe they were lost behind enemy lines, trying desperately to find a way home. Or have you had a secret mission to the plans for a new enemy to steal secretsdesigned.Or had to save captured pilots who had fallen from its level ditch behind enemy lines.

No matter what situation I was against them.

Of course, I want to tell your GI JOE.

And you would feel would have happily lost in your world.

That is until suddenly the shrill scream in my ears would ring.

Summoning are back to reality.

And they would be reluctant trudge down the stairs to your world, torn from your exploitsfor ....

Dinner!

The first GI Joe

The first action figure, GI Joe was introduced in 1964 by Hasbro.

The term "action figure" was coined a clever piece of marketing for "new" doll for boys marketable.

Finally, he played with a doll?

No way. Dolls are for girls.

But football action figure ass?

Sure.

The GI Joe became an instant success and proved a success in the U.S. andclear early on that it is waiting for a huge market of reference used for this new doll and has been in other companies to open new markets and licenses to ensure its global popularity and place in history books Hasbro.

These first GI Joes were easy enough, but they were poseable. The arms and legs were held together with elastic and could move his arms, legs and head, may change their uniforms and apparel easy. The local toy storehad racks of accessories for GI Joe and food rations to more than a tank, and all types of uniforms and weapons. Want your stash of money for months to buy the newest and latest accessories for your figure.

I saved for months for my first tank.

Remember, if the introduction of "real hair"?

And then there was the 'eagle eye "that moves!

But best of all was when he brought the man to talk with action.

Wow, it was timeAllow to cool.

Hasbro has been many attempts to introduce non-military figures, but they never really took.

There were football, cricket and rugby World Cup in England published figures and numbers.

The GI Joe and Action Man was the standard "boy doll or action figure for many years and remained popular with the children until the mid-seventies and are still popular now, though (unfortunately) who have been through some politiciansAccuracy. These above figures are now some are very popular among collectors, especially the non-military figures, their lack of popularity is due only in small quantities produced, can be useful if a lot of money especially in good condition.

Over the decades, unfortunately, his image was to meet the needs of today and regulations tonic and as a result of their military background and is now part of a bygone era. the figure now is a marriednew man, who had more "politically correct" to a wider audience to raise.

The beginnings of the hobby

The advent of Star Wars, a decade later found, but in reality the market by storm.

Until then, action figures change was practically limited to the pre-teen boy market, but all they had. With the huge success of Star Wars action figure familiar with the movie based on their shelves flew as fast asShopping could fill. As a result, the experts could not compete with the massive demand, as a complete surprise, given that no one had expected the film to the great success and has not been used for this never seen before came to be.

This has led to a shortage of characters and began to run low, especially Darth Vader and Han Solo figures. As the demand grew and showed no signs of slowing down their value rocket began as a secondary market forexploded. This is especially true for data on low-cost production of specialty markets which were for promotional purposes o.

And so the market is the action figure for collectors is born.

Later, in 1980 as the growing popularity of Japanese manga and anime characters, especially the Transformers, my hobby has become more mainstream, and new businesses catering for the increasingly popular hobby began to appear aimed at the collectors' market. Some ofStar Wars can now exceed hundreds or even thousands of $ $ 's at an auction.

The collectors' market today is with most movies, TV shows, cartoons, sports and pop stars, even with a series of action figures made of solid character based on his own. One of the most popular of these companies over the past ten years, McFarlane Toys, a company founded by comic book creator Todd McFarlane's Spawn character.

McFarlane's havecarve a reputation for excellent quality and attention to detail the rules by which other companies will now be assessed figure.

The range of numbers now is something Unlimited from The Lord of the Rings Figures WWE Wrestling Figures produced. In fact, in Hollywood, it was not the most famous or a "Super Star" unless you had a figure.