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8 Movies That Still Need Toys

We Need More of These Toys

By Robert T. Trate     September 10, 2010


Sean Connery as Zed in Zardoz (1974)
© Bob Trate

 

It is time again to call out the toy makers and demand some new action figures. Retro action figures, that is, from movies that never got them. Here at Mania, action figures are a way of life. They are a sure thing for the big summer movie blockbusters and our genre favorites. Now, Mania has attempted this before by calling out the toy companies (see 10 Movies That Need Action Figures and 9 More Movies That Need Action Figures) and we did get some feedback on one of the movies. Whether they come from Diamond Select, Hot Toys, or Sideshow Collectibles, these are the 8 Movies That Still Need Toys.
 
8. Drag Me to Hell (2009)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Sylvia Ganush
The Essential Two-Pack: Christine and Sylvia Ganush
The Exclusive: Christine with Grave
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: Sylvia Ganush and Raimi’s Car
The One You Would Never Want: Clay Dalton
 
7. Death Race 2000 (1975)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Frankenstein with car
The Essential Two-Pack: Frankenstein and Annie Smith (plus car)
Hot Wheels Exclusive: All the cars
The SDCC Exclusive: Machine Gun Joe Viterbo (plus car)
The One You Would Never Want: Nero the Hero
 
6. Natural Born Killers (1994)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Mickey Knox
The Essential Two-Pack: Mickey Knox and Mallory Knox
The Exclusive: Ed Wilson, Mallory's Dad
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: Wayne Gale and News Van
The One You Would Never Want: Det. Jack Scagnetti
 
5. Zardoz (1974)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Zed
The Essential Two-Pack: Zed and Consuella
The Exclusive: The Savages Three Pack
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: Zed and giant Zardoz Head
The One You Would Never Want: Arthur Frayn
 
4. Defendor (2009)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Defendor
The Essential Two-Pack: Defendor and Kat Debrofkowitz
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: Defendor and truck
The One You Would Never Want: Dr. Ellen Park
 
3. Moon (2009)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Sam Bell
The Essential Two-Pack: Sam Bell (pajamas) and Sam Bell (flight suit)
The Exclusive: GERTY
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: Sam Bell in space suit and rover
The One You Would Never Want: Tess Bell
 
2. 28 Days Later (2002)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Jim (with Zombie)
The Essential Two-Pack: Jim and Selena (with Zombies)
The Exclusive: Hannah in the red dress
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: Frank with Taxi (comes with two Zombies)
The One You Would Never Want: Sergeant Farrell
 
1. Time Bandits (1981)

8 Movie Toys


The Only Figure That Matters: Evil Genius
The Essential Two-Pack: King Agamemnon and Kevin
The Multipack: The Time Bandits Gang
The Vehicle and Figure Pack: The Giant with the boat on his head
The One You Would Never Want: Mrs. Ogre
 
Robert Trate writes two weekly columns for Mania the DVD Shopping Bag and the Toy Maniac. Robert also participates in a pod cast that reviews movies, comics and celebrates all things geek. Check it out at You’ve Got Geek on You.com.
 

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marcd30319 9/10/2010 4:02:35 AM

This is a re-tread of an earlier article.  I'm not even going to mention action figures from Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze.  A waste of band-width.

rgtchtiger 9/10/2010 6:00:47 AM

Three articles deep and you still haven't listed Top Gun.  For shame.

lracors 9/10/2010 7:18:32 AM

I could see Death Race 2000 but that's about it... What about Mystery Men?  Other than that... no none of these would work.


boxker 9/10/2010 8:18:59 AM

Man, I abosutely HATED the Time Bandits, and back in Detroit before cable had came to town we had HBO and that's all they showed. I can barely look at the picture.

samurai1138 9/10/2010 8:44:19 AM

wow, that list really stunk. Who would want almost any of these figures? How about some molded plastic based on Near Dark (a crispy fried Bill Paxton would look great on my shelf), some black and white Maltese Falcon figures(Gutman and Mr. Cairo would be a nice 2-pack), who wouldnt want some nice sculpts of Deckard and the Replicants from Blade Runner as well? and for God's sake, am I the only one who STILL longs for figures from the original Heavy Metal movie? Come on guys, there's alot better candidates for this list than you listed here, maybe you mentioned the ones Im talking about in prior lists, but still, you should have been able to do better than this lame-o list. JMO 

violator14 9/10/2010 8:51:41 AM

What would u do with these action figures?? I dont get it.

ZurEnArrh 9/10/2010 9:39:20 AM

Zardoz. Badass. "You murdered your own god by accident."

fatpantz 9/10/2010 10:15:12 AM

It was a joke people....lighten up!  The list was meant to make us laugh as all of Robert Tate's lists are.

violator14 9/10/2010 11:08:14 AM

Oohhh... i thought he was serious. It's kind of funny now i guess. Although i think there could have been funnier ones.

Muenster 9/10/2010 12:06:05 PM

Hmmm, Time Bandits action figures? That's the best idea I've heard all day.

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