sh9000 Posted February 22, 2020 Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) ... Edited September 15, 2023 by sh9000
tekering Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 7 hours ago, myk said: What? No VW bus with rocket launcher toting Lybians? That's the SDCC exclusive for 2027.
Dobber Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 My God, those animated series designs are Nightmare inducing. Chris
David Hingtgen Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 It better come with an alternate Twin Pines Mall sign!
TangledThorns Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) Not exactly a toy but I own the below original painting by Tom Wilson that played Biff Tannen in Back to The Future. Right now its hanging in my man cave that is never visited so basically no one outside my house sees it. I've seriously thought about selling it but I'm not certain at how much, I paid several hundred dollars for it back in 2014. Any ideas? http://www.tomwilsonusa.com/images/ju7r58e10htkl1k3fy2f1n7wsv0l94 Edited June 7, 2021 by TangledThorns
tekering Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 As a lifelong action figure collector, I've followed the market pretty closely ever since Kenner started producing Star Wars figures in the late '70s. By the mid-eighties, the market was so big that even properties like M*A*S*H and The Love Boat had action figures! When toy companies ran out of movies or TV series to adapt, they started developing their own unique TV shows, comics and cartoons, simply to promote their new toy lines. Now, I understand why it took twenty years before horror icons like Jason, Freddy or Michael Myers became action figures, because that kind of collector's market didn't exist in the '80s, and it would've seemed inappropriate for violent R-rated films to spawn toys (despite vintage RoboCop and Rambo action figures). But allow me to pose this question to my fellow figure collectors: Why the hell did it take 35 YEARS for a family-friendly franchise like Back to the Future to generate an action figure line? The hugely successful trilogy spawned comics and a TV cartoon spin-off, and yet there was nothing but a few lousy DeLoreans and a small line of Happy Meal toys back in the day. Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. and Jurassic Park had action figure lines, so we know neither Spielberg nor Universal would have objected... and as Kenner's vintage Terminator and Aliens toylines demonstrate, toy companies were not restricted by likeness rights back then, either. I just can't imagine why we didn't get a proper line of Back to the Future toys when it would've seemed like a no-brainer at the time. Any insights?
Dynaman Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 I'm guessing the reason is BttF was a comedy. No big baddies as such. Biff doesn't really count.
TangledThorns Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Dynaman said: I'm guessing the reason is BttF was a comedy. No big baddies as such. Biff doesn't really count. Biff was pretty evil villain, he tried to rape Lorraine.
Dynaman Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, TangledThorns said: Biff was pretty evil villain, he tried to rape Lorraine. As an off the cuff opportunity. Even there he ended up comic relief. The other movies mentioned were action flicks where taking out the baddies with violence was required. Such movies are what action figures were made of. Comedies/dramas were for other merchandise.
Keith Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, sh9000 said: https://www.walmart.com/ip/NEW-FALL-21-Tiny-TV-Classics-Back-Future-Edition-Newest-Collectible-Basic-Fun-Watch-top-original-movie-scenes-real-working-with-working-remote/274819099 Why?
tekering Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Keith said: Why? 'Cause action figures watch TV too, yo.
Podtastic Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 I look at this tiny tv and I see the potential for "working" targeting screens in Regult, TIE and AT-AT toys.
no3Ljm Posted November 26, 2021 Posted November 26, 2021 Back To The Future Exceed Model ~DeLorean~ DX Gashapon Online https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000167133/
TangledThorns Posted May 31, 2022 Posted May 31, 2022 So can we consider this a toy too? LOL. Seriously though, looks cool and perhaps they can deliver? DeLorean offers first look at its Alpha5 four seater EV https://www.engadget.com/delorean-reveals-first-look-at-its-alpha-5-four-seat-ev-130031667.html
sh9000 Posted August 28, 2023 Author Posted August 28, 2023 Factory Entertainment Flux Capacitor Prop Replica. Jada Toys 1/16 Time Machine R/C.
tekering Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 The ultimate Back to the Future collectible has been delivered.
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