Here is a photo of my action figure collectables booth taken back around 2002. Back then I used to sell a variety of collectables at the Nostalgia Show held twice a year at the Nepean Sportsplex. It looks like Boba Fett is helping me to keep an eye on the table! (It's a card board cut out.) For the record, all the stuff in this picture has been sold... and that is the longest my hair has ever been!

On this page I've posted my collection of non-Mego action figure dolls and large size figures, most of which are superhero characters.

More Cool Action Figure Dolls

Below is a 9" figure from 2006, based on the awesome Superman Returns film. Next to him I have an 8" plush doll of Batman from the 1989 Batman movie.

Below is a 12" doll from Superman Returns made by Mattel in 2007. It has an awesome costume and the boots are well detailed. He has a nifty "steel bending" action by means of a leaver on his back which, when pushed down, makes his arms move together to bend the soft plastic "steel bar". Aside from these good points, the figure is a bit disappointing. For starters he is pigeon toed, which is how the feet were made, and it is not possible to pose them in a better direction... so he looks kinda dorky. He does not have any eyes either; instead there are tiny holes for the "heat vision" feature and a hole at the back of his head to look through. I couldn't see much of anything through those tiny eye holes so the "heat vision" feature does not work very well! (Though I suppose kids these days wouldn't know about the classic Six Million Dollar Man action figure, so their standards wouldn't be the same as the "big kids" who collect this stuff!) In any case, it would have been better for the figure just to have painted eyes.

Hasbro made a 12" series of dolls based on the Batman Forever film. Robin is my favorite character in the series, which also includes Batman, Batgirl, Mr.Freeze, and Poison Ivy.

Toy Biz produced a very impressive line of 9" Marvel action figure dolls, and my favourites of the series are Thor and Gambit.

I also enjoyed the Knights of the Zodiac series. Here are the two sizes of figures for Pegasus. The large figure has several removeable pieces of armour.

Star Wars

In the mid 1990s Hasbro began producing a new series of 12" Star Wars dolls. They proved to be very popular and by now there must be at least one hundred dolls in the collection. I have about 20 or so. Some of my favourites include the group pictured here, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke (came with poncho, not shown), C-3PO, R2-D2, Leia and Luke in cerimony outfits, and a later version of Han Solo.

Boba Fett and Greedo are some of my other favourites, but I thought this 1st version of Han Solo was a bad likeness so I let him get captured!

The best doll in this series is the 14" talking Darth Vader. It has a removable helmet and face mask to reveal Anakin Skywalker. The costume is awesome and the gloves are sculpted with amazing detail.

A Star Wars collection is not complete without some of the classic action figures and ships! I'm missing the 15 rare Power of the Force figures, but have the other 90 or so figures. (Only some are shown)

This is one of the 8" Fighting Furies Pirates made in the 1970s.

Hasbro's Action Man dolls made in the mid to late 1990s.

Here is Hasbro's G.I.Joe Cobra with his mask on and off.

This is one of my favourite action figure dolls by Hasbro, the Blanka figure from the Street Fighters series. It's cool and completely silly at the same time!

Several versions of Mattel's Max Steele from the 1990s.

Earlier, in the 1970s, Mattel produced this line of dolls based on the Welcome Back Kotter TV series.

Mattel also produced these dolls of Mork and Mindy in the 1970s. Mork came with a pull string activated "talking" back pack.

Like the 12" Max Steele of the 1990s, Mattel made the very popular 9" Big Jim dolls in the 1970s. The arms and some of the outfits for Big Jim were in fact borrowed from Ken of Mattel's Barbie line.

The Crow

The Crow film starring Brandon Lee is one of my favourite films. The character has appeared many times in action figure form, however this was the first doll of the crow to be made. It is a talking doll from the 1990s, with a button on its back to play several phrases.

Here is a really awesome 18" talking doll of Brandon Lee as The Crow! It was made by Spencer Gifts in 2001. This is one of my all time favourite acton figure dolls. The costume is very well made with all the detail from the original seen in the film, right down to the tape and bullet holes. I especially like how well the face is sculpted, it looks just like Brandon Lee. The paint and hair are excellent too!

Here are some other 18" talking dolls: Beetlejuice and Ernest by Kenner, Pee Wee Herman, and Martin Short as Ed Grimly.

There is still more to come!

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