Star Wars figures (and one DC Direct) photogrpahed 4/4/17

Found a large ziplock of Star Wars figures that didn't get put away with the others when I made my excel collection file in circa 2010. Also one DC Direct figure that had gotten broken and I had to repair. I had taken a photo of the figure but lost it when my last computer died in 2012. Been waiting for me to get a new photo ever since!
First, the Star Wars.

A-Wing Pilot

Airspeeder Pilot- made up by Hasbro

Arvel Crynyd

Ashla

Cloud Car Pilot-made up by Hasbro

Dannyl Faytonni

Depa Billaba. Her head is damaged.

DL-X2. Star Tours.

Eeth Koth. The photo is mostly out of focus but I liked the dynamic of it.

Eeth Koth, again

Even Piell

Graxol Kelvyyn. The tallest figure at the time.

Greeata

J'Quille.

Jempa

JN-66

Koffi Arana

Lott Dodd

Lyn Me

Paploo

R1-G4

R2-R9

R3-A2

R4-C7

R4-I9

R4-M9

R5-F7

R-3PO

RX-24. Star Tours.

Rystall

San Hill

Shakka

Sith Attack Droid. Missing part off the top.

Snowtrooper version 13

SP-4

Speeder Bike Pilot. Made up by Hasbro

Tanus Spijek

Teemto Pagalies

Ten Numb

WA-7

WEG-1618. Star Tours.

Wol Cabasshite

In addition, there were two tiny Snowtroopers. The bases are about the size of a dime, maybe a little less. (I didn't get out a dime to measure, LOL)

And the DC Direct figure, Despotellis of the Sinestro Corps. The character is microscopic so scaled up for the figure.

Soon I will begin photographing my Star Wars figures in bulk as well as the rest of my DC Direct and Simpsons. This blog may not see much action but that is going to change, soon!

DC Direct Wonder Woman (Version 1)

Once again, it's been far too long since I've written a post for this blog. I have not posted in over a month.

Moving back to DC Comics, today's figure comes from the DC Direct line. It began in 1999 and the figures are larger- average 6 inches. I prefer the smaller scale of the GI Joe and Star Wars figures, but we collected the DC Direct line from it's inception through 2007.

This was actually the first figure in the DC Direct line. The quality was not quite what it would be one day, the plastic used is different as well. One problem DC Direct has is the same trap that has befallen most of DC's retail lines as well, too much of the same thing. That's one of the main reasons we stopped collecting the line- even before we stopped totally, we had stopped getting the duplicate characters. Even so, I have nine different Wonder Woman figures, although they do represent several different costumes.

This figure is based on the George Perez run, which was the best in Wonder Woman history. (War of the Gods is my favorite DC story)

Super Powers Captain Marvel

For my first actual figure post, I figured I would go with my favorite super hero from my favorite DC Comics line, even if the photo isn't quite as good as I could do today.

The Super Powers line is, in my opinion, the best DC toyline ever. It was small, lasting only two years, it is larger than I normally go for, but I love the line. I have so many good memories of this line from when I was very young that it probably colors my thoughts on it, but that's OK. It's one of only two toylines I've ever completed, the other being the Simpsons line from the early 2000s, none of which I've photographed yet.

Captain Marvel is my all-time favorite super hero. The Golden Age version in particular. While the books tend to be pricey, quite a few of them have been reprinted in Archive form, and they are great. There's a reason that Captain Marvel actually outsold Superman in the Golden Age.

He was included with the Super Powers line, which I am happy for. He had only joined the DC Family about a decade before. His original Golden Age publication was by Fawcett. Unfortunately Fawcett did not keep the trademarks intact and that's why they can't title a comic using his actual name.

I can take much better pictures these days- this photo session was the very first time I ever tried to photograph an action figure- but I can't bring myself to replace them. Again, too many memories.