Here at last is the complete and definitive collection of the more than 2,500 Star Wars® action figures produced over the last 35 years. Fans and collectors can finally trace the evolution of each character in toy form from the time of their first appearance through the designs of today, with pages of amazing and inventive variations crafted to tell the stories of Luke Skywalker, Darth Maul, and literally hundreds more. Compiled by Stephen J. Sansweet, owner of the world's largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia, the book also showcases and details the rare, popular, forgotten, and beloved figures coveted by fans the world over, drawing figures from the feature film, video game, and cartoon realms of the vast Star Wars universe.

What do the Bionic Woman, Captain Action, G.I. Joe, Thundercats, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have in common? They're action figures--and part of the hot new area of collectibles! COMPREHENSIVE. From the A-Team to the X-Men, Big Jim to the Little Mermaid, Desert Patrol to Waterworld, Marvel Superheroes to Masters of the Universe, The Official Price Guide to Action Figures lists more than 8,000 different figures from hundreds of series--with separate introductions to each series and its significance, history, and collectibility. SPECIAL SECTIONS. An on-target market review, a step-by-step look at how an action figure is created--from conception to sculpting to production, and a history of Kenner (a major manufacturer of action figures for the past twenty years). PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. Helpful tips from the experts on starting, building, and maintaining an action figure collection. WRITTEN BY EXPERTS. Stuart Wells III is the former executive editor of Collectible Toys & Values and Triton: Comics, Cards, and Collectibles, monthly magazines covering all types of action figures. Jim Main is the editor and publisher of Action Figure Collector and Barracks: The G.I. Joe Collectors Magazine. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. The Official Price Guide to Action Figures is packed with more than 600 photographs for easy identification. HOUSE OF COLLECTIBLES. Serving collectors for more than thirty-five years

This second edition features over 400 terrific color photos with complete descriptions. All the favorites are included: G.I. Joe, Captain Action, Ken, plus new sections on Marx, Kenner, Big Jim, and much more.

The top-secret team of cryptid-heroes, GK Delta, are committed to protecting humanity from extraordinary threats. When you are all that stands between humanity and certain annihilation, you must be able to trust each other. So when Bomber betrays his brothers in arms, the team is forced to fight one of their own! What's worse, what if he was right to leave? The team must confront their worst enemies while grappling with the fact that they may not be the heroes they think they are! Collects an entirely new 50-page OGN and the 12-page comic Alter Nation: The Mystery of Whining Winny.

Chronicling the full range of figures which have been available since the inception of Star Wars in 1977, this reference guide contains more than 2000 images, comparing all of the action figure characters with their on-screen counterparts.

Action figures are more than toys or collectibles--they are statements on race, gender, class, body positivity and more. This collection of nine new essays and one interview argues that action figures should be analyzed in the same light as books, movies, television shows and other media. Through an examination of the plastic bodies that fill our shelves and toy boxes, "Action Figure Studies" can inform the next generation of toys.

This essay sheds light on who are the scalpers of the action figure market, explicates how scalpers affect the market dynamics of the action figure market, and expounds upon how toy companies can prevent supply shortages of action figures in the action figure market. Succinctly stated, the scalpers of the action figure market are the resellers of the action figure market. The scalpers of the action figure market are not just ordinary resellers who are amenable to selling products at reasonable markups that are not significantly above their retail price points, but rather are resellers who are keen on maximizing their profits. The scalpers of the action figure market are able to maximize their profits by charging exorbitant premium prices for their products. The scalpers of the action figure market will often sell their products at steep price points that are 50%-1,000% higher than their retail price points. The scalpers of the action figure market are also often disinterested in offerings promotions on their products to the members of their target market. The scalpers of the action figure market will also often not make concessions on the pricing of their products to help action figure collectors to be able to complete their action figure collections. The scalpers of the action figure market are also often eminently reticent about lowering the pricing of their products and will also often wait for their products to sell at their steep asking prices since they have purview over almost the entirety of the supply of desirable action figures on the secondhand market. Action figure collectors seldomly sell their action figures on the secondhand market. In contexts in which former action figure collectors decide to sell their action figures on the secondhand market, they will then often charge steep premium prices for their action figures that are significantly more expensive than their retail prices. Former action figure collectors who sell their action figures via the secondhand market also want to receive top dollar for their action figures even though they may possibly be all the more amenable to entertaining offers for their action figures than scalpers. The scalpers of the action figure market are resellers who are often the primary purveyors of desirable discontinued action figures on the secondhand market. The scalpers of the action figure market are also often inclined to purchase as many highly desirable action figures from retailers as possible that are egregiously underproduced and that there is sizeable customer demand for at their retail prices. When highly desirable action figures of fantasy characters who are derived from popular mass media franchises have sizeable customer demand for them at their retail prices and are egregiously underproduced, then it renders them all the more apt to significantly appreciate in value post becoming sold out at brick-and-mortar retail stores and on the e-commerce websites of e-commerce retailers. This is because most highly desirable action figures of fantasy characters who are derived from popular mass media franchises will never become reproduced once their respective production runs have ended even though there is tremendous pent-up customer demand for these highly desirable action figures at their retail prices that remains eminently unsatisfied post these highly desirable action figures no longer being available at retail stores due to them being sold out at retail stores. Highly desirable action figures of fantasy characters who are derived from popular mass media franchises are often not produced in sufficient quantities to be able to satisfy sizeable customer demand for them at their retail prices. If highly desirable action figures of fantasy characters who are derived from popular mass media franchises were produced in sufficient quantities to satisfy sizeable customer demand for them, then they would be far less apt to significantly appreciate in value post them no longer being available at retail stores due to them being sold out at retail stores. If most action figure collectors were able to buy highly desirable action figures of fantasy characters who are derived from beloved mass media franchises at retail stores prior to the advent of them becoming sold out at retail stores, then it would be significantly more cumbersome for scalpers to sell their action figures at enormous markups on the secondhand market at steep price points that are 50%-1,000% higher than their retail price points.

This essay sheds light on how to build an action figure collection, demystifies the best way to build an action figure collection, reveals the best type of action figures for action figure collectors to collect for building an action figure collection, and delineates the benefits of building an action figure collection. The advent of the internet has rendered it a seamless process for an action figure collector to be able to expeditiously build an action figure collection. Prior to the advent of the internet, an action figure collector was pigeonholed into buying actions figures via brick-and-mortar retail stores. It however can be cumbersome to find action figures to purchase at the locales of garage sales, the locales of flea markets, and the locales of estate sales since they are uncommon items at most garage sales, flea markets, and estate sales. Even though the locales of garage sales, the locales of flea markets, and the locales of estate sales are often devoid of action figures, action figure collectors still nonetheless often visit these locales for the prospect of stumbling upon action figures for sale at these locales. Buying action figures at the venues of comic book conventions from vendors at comic book conventions is also not a viable way to build an action figure collection since it is expensive to attend comic books conventions. Furthermore, the vendors at comic books conventions sell their actions figures at steep premium prices that often exceed their secondhand market values. If you purchase action figures via comic book conventions, then you can expect to concede to paying the highest possible secondhand market prices for actions figures since the vendors at comic conventions are resellers who buy action figures solely with the intention of reselling them at top dollar. Vendors at comic book conventions sell their action figures at enormous markups that are often significantly above their retail prices and secondhand market values. If you are keen on building an action figure collection, then buying action figures at retail stores is often an inefficacious way to build an action figure collection, especially if you are highly selective about the action figures that you purchase. Retail stores are typically sold out of highly desirable action figures. Retailers often never restock most of the highly desirable action figures that they are sold out of. When retailers receive shipments of highly desirable action figures, then they not only arrive at retail stores in egregiously low quantities, but also immediately get sold out by scalpers post being stocked onto store shelves. Once the scalpers have purchased all of the highly desirable action figures from the retail stores, they will then often subsequently proceed to resell them at lofty markups that are at least 50%-1000% above their retail prices. It can be ineffably cumbersome to find any highly desirable action figures at retail stores since they are purchased by scalpers immediately after they are stocked onto store shelves in egregiously low quantities. Retailers will often never restock most of the highly desirable action figures that get immediately sold out by scalpers shortly after they are stocked onto store shelves in egregiously low quantities even though there is tremendous pent-up customer demand for these highly desirable action figures that remains eminently unsatisfied. It can be a highly time-consuming and expensive pursuit to drive to ample distant brick-and-mortar retail stores just to not be able to find a single desirable action figure that you have been eager to purchase. Frequenting distant brick-and-mortar retail stores is often deemed to be a sheer and utter depletion of precious time for most action figures collectors since they are often sold out of all of the desirable action figures that they have been eager to purchase. Being able to buy highly desirable action figures from the retail stores at the “manufacturer’s suggested retail price” is not an option for most action figure collectors since the highly desirable action figures immediately get sold out by scalpers post being stocked onto store shelves in egregiously low quantities. Scalpers are able to immensely benefit from supply shortages of highly desirable action figures since it allows them to be able to have full purview over the pricing of highly desirable action figures on the secondhand market. Scalpers have full purview over the pricing of highly desirable action figures on the secondhand market.

Alphabetical listings provide release dates, scales, articulations, accessories, first appearance notes, and photographs of more than 1,400 DC Comics action figures.