Forgotten Figures

About a year ago, Super7 attempted a crowd funding for an ambitious Cobra Mothership.  The campaign included a set of figures that, instead...

Every year, Hasbro would go to the New York Toy Fair.  Here, they would showcase a catalog of their upcoming year's worth of toys.  As t...

I don't much care for BATs.  I didn't like them when I was a kid.  And, the idea of robots hasn't really developed any additiona...

In the spring of 1986, I was looking at new figures in the toy aisle at a local Target store.  There were two other kids there.  One of them...

In 2003, the BAT Mail Away pack was highly anticipated.  But, the actual result landed with a quiet thud.  Retailers didn't have faith i...

The 2008 convention set is one that promised a lot but delivered a little.  The Headhunter Stormtroopers were pretty bad.  The Headhunters w...

In 2003, Hasbro released a BAT army builder pack.  It was cool and imperfect and lame all at the same time.  Due to the oddities of 1/2 the ...

In the early 2000's, collectors wanted army builders.  Hasbro, to an extent, understood this.  While the JvC line had offered a nice ru...

The 2003 BAT Pack was released with great fanfare.  But, the set landed with a thud at retail, though.  Collectors bought a lot.  But, there...

In 1986 , G.I. Joe introduced robotics to its pantheon of technological advances.  Both Joe and Cobra had skirted the edge of robotics with ...

The 1991 BAT was a modernized version of the 1986 classic.  It is sleeker and more humanoid than the original.  But, the neon green and oran...

Hot Seat picks up the latest supply crate and enlists Fast Draw and Dodger to unload it. But, the crate comes to life as a hidden BA...

There was a time when I bought a lot of new sculpt figures.  They were cheap and plentiful and were a way to buy something at retail.  The J...