Friday, January 31, 2014
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
McFarlane Sports Picks Customizers
McFarlane Sports Picks Customizers
Creating the Sports Figures We WISH McFarlane Would Make
My brother was an excellent quarterback for our high school, leading his team to several wins against highly touted conference opponents in 1970. Anyone from our school would acknowledge his accomplishments. That said, I'll admit it's very doubtful that action figures of my brother in his high school uniform would sell heavily on the national market. Certainly McFarlane has shown they believe this to be true as they have not issued a figure of my brother - or of any other high school athlete.
Recently I wanted to give my brother a figure of himself for a Christmas present - what was I to do?
I turned to a customizer (Jomo), an artist who takes sports figures and changes them into one-of-a-kind collectible. The result was a figure that looked as good or better than a figure you'd buy from the store, made to exacting details of my brother's uniform back in 1970. Another artist (RB) created the packaging for the figure so I was able to give my brother a packaged sports toy of himself that look like I'd purchased it right off the store shelves.
custom McFarlane sports pick figure custom McFarlane sports pick figure in custom packaging and insert
Here are two photos of the final figure, fully assembled and in its packaging - the quality is so good you can't tell that this wasn't created by McFarlane and sold in one of its football series just by looking at it. The final product was tremendous.
Creating the Sports Figures We WISH McFarlane Would Make
My brother was an excellent quarterback for our high school, leading his team to several wins against highly touted conference opponents in 1970. Anyone from our school would acknowledge his accomplishments. That said, I'll admit it's very doubtful that action figures of my brother in his high school uniform would sell heavily on the national market. Certainly McFarlane has shown they believe this to be true as they have not issued a figure of my brother - or of any other high school athlete.
Recently I wanted to give my brother a figure of himself for a Christmas present - what was I to do?
I turned to a customizer (Jomo), an artist who takes sports figures and changes them into one-of-a-kind collectible. The result was a figure that looked as good or better than a figure you'd buy from the store, made to exacting details of my brother's uniform back in 1970. Another artist (RB) created the packaging for the figure so I was able to give my brother a packaged sports toy of himself that look like I'd purchased it right off the store shelves.
custom McFarlane sports pick figure custom McFarlane sports pick figure in custom packaging and insert
Here are two photos of the final figure, fully assembled and in its packaging - the quality is so good you can't tell that this wasn't created by McFarlane and sold in one of its football series just by looking at it. The final product was tremendous.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK IMPERIAL OFFICER (STAR WARS)
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK IMPERIAL OFFICER (STAR WARS)
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/JDA-Sports-and-Entertainment
STAR WARS ATTACK OF THE CLONES 12" ( ZAM WESELL) with blaster rifle
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/JDA-Sports-and-EntertainmentSTAR WARS ATTACK OF THE CLONES 12" ( ZAM WESELL) with blaster rifle
Friday, January 10, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Sports Figures/ A Variety of Figures for Sports Collectors to Choose From
Sports action figures have been around for many years - as far back as the 1980s Hartland Plastics issued figures of baseball greats like Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra.
From 1987 to 2001 Starting Lineup figures from Kenner/Hasbro were the most widely produced and collected figures in the hobby. In 2001 McFarlane Toys released Hockey and Football figures, following with figures from all four major sports in 2002. Since then McFarlane Sports Picks have been the top choice for sports action figure collectors.
Over that time several other lines of sports figures have been released: Pro Specialties' Gladiators of the Gridiron, Gracelyn Re-plays, GameBreakers by Upper Deck, and Headliners to name a few. Hartland issued more figures in the 1990s and early 2000s as well. In 2006 Upper Deck issued the first of their All-Star Vinyl figures and initial releases have been extremely well received.
Sports Action Figure.com currently has McFarlane Sports Picks, Gracelyn Re-plays, Pro Specialties' Gladiators of the Gridiron, Hartland Plastics, Mattel, MEZCO, Playmates and Upper Deck All-Star Vinyls in its database. As I obtain information about other brands I will add them to this site.
Upper Deck All-Star Vinyls Action Figures
A Leader in Sports Cards and Collectibles
Few sports collectors would argue that Upper Deck revolutionized the sports trading card hobby in 1989 with the release of their first set of baseball cards. Since that time the company has continued to grow and drive innovation in the sports collector hobby. The cornerstone of the company's business remains sports trading cards, but over the years it has expanded to include other products and services. Those businesses include: Upper Deck Authenticated®; Upper Deck Digital; Upper Deck Entertainment; and Upper Deck International.
McFarlane Military Action Figures - Commemorating America's Finest
McFarlane Military Action Figures - Commemorating America's Finest
In 2005 McFarlane debuted their new Military line of action figures. Like the Sports Picks McFarlane Military figures are extremely realistic recreations of servicemen and women from all five branches of America's services. These figures are not licensed per se - the Pentagon does not license or approve commercial products - and as such they can not include details like unit patches or other DoD insignias. In spite of this limitation, the realism, from the patterns of material in the uniforms to the design and selection of weapons for each figure, is remarkable.
Currently, only modern soldier or sailors are featured in the Military line. The company has not excluded the possibility of issuing American and Allied military figures from World War II in upcoming releases.
In 2005 McFarlane debuted their new Military line of action figures. Like the Sports Picks McFarlane Military figures are extremely realistic recreations of servicemen and women from all five branches of America's services. These figures are not licensed per se - the Pentagon does not license or approve commercial products - and as such they can not include details like unit patches or other DoD insignias. In spite of this limitation, the realism, from the patterns of material in the uniforms to the design and selection of weapons for each figure, is remarkable.
Currently, only modern soldier or sailors are featured in the Military line. The company has not excluded the possibility of issuing American and Allied military figures from World War II in upcoming releases.
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