Showing posts with label Lanard CORPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lanard CORPS. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

McFarlane figures, Abomination, Lanard CORPS, McDonald's Changeables, and Dino Riders

FIGHT!      
Okay, I get but don't get McFarlane toys.  Yes, he partially changed the way we look at comics and action figures.  Maybe Todd's to thank/blame for the modern trend of ultra-detail.  I just tend to prefer playability over slightly poseable statues that only stand up in one position.

Anyway, what we have here
  • A McFarlane Monsters Werewolf; some 1:18 McFarlane Dracula (came with a set, I had the casket and sold it off)
  • McFarlane 1:18 Dracula that came with some other parts - I sold the casket
  • The Abomination from the latest Hulk movie (better plot, underpowered Hulk...but then again, maybe he wasn't angry enough).
  • Lord of the Rings Gimli
  • A Spawn figure (I don't know which one, and I'm NOT spending hours scouring the web to figure it out).
  • Two CORPS figures
  • A Dino Riders figure (DINOSAURS WITH LASERS!)
  • McDonald's Changeables Dinosaur figure
A few impressions:
  • It's hard for me to like the Werewolf.  Yeah, it's highly detailed, but calling this an "action figure" is occasionally generous.
  • I never got into Spawn, so I don't really know the relevance much of the figures.  I WILL give McFarlane this - the character looks cool at times, particularly some of the medieval stuff.
  • There is a big part of me that wishes maybe I should have had more of the generic action figure lines like CORPS and the various Remco lines over the years.  Something about them triggers the imagination a little more, where you have to work harder as a kid to come up with the stories to play out.  I actually tend to keep CORPS figures whenever I come across them - both for kids and just to see how I can accumulate them.  I have more of these than Joes, I think.
  • Dino Riders.  Wasn't into them much.
  • The McDonald's Changeables are almost the only McD's toys that I can ever seem to find someone willing to purchase.  The rest tend to wind up in the .25 bin I have for the Disney stuff for the kiddies at the flea market.
If you like any of these guys, shoot me an email at Seven_7s@yahoo.com.  I'm willing to sell them off, except the CORPS figures.