Anyone still collect old 90's toybiz figures?

Seril · 09-15-2011, 06:56 AM

I was curious, does anyone still collect the older 90's toy biz figures? I really hadn't seen many people talk about them at all. Personally I still do. I love the fact that there are so many characters made - well over any other marvel toy line. Sure there were plenty of completely stupid variants, but some of the other marvel lines had those too. I was just curious what everyone's thoughts were.

DogFashionDisco · 09-15-2011, 07:05 AM

This dude does:

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omega145 · 09-15-2011, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DogFashionDisco

This dude does:

Best way to unload some Toy Biz 90's X-Men? - Toy Discussion at Toyark.com

Haha, I was thinking the same thing. I had a couple of those popcorn bins full of them when I was a kid and sadly they were all given away for next to nothing at a garage sale once I went into the military. That kinda fuels my desire to collect Marvel Legends and more than anything Marvel Universe.

miketime · 09-15-2011, 07:18 AM

I think those 90's X-Men figs are dead weight. A couple of them are cool and usable for stand-ins untill better figs are made. Like Ice Man, MOJO, and the Brood. I still have some MOC. I give them away as gifts or just open them for pleasure. I've even used there heads for 1:18 figs.

ORIO · 09-15-2011, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DogFashionDisco

This dude does:

Best way to unload some Toy Biz 90's X-Men? - Toy Discussion at Toyark.com

Haha!

funny... after seeing Ninja Assassins Brotherhood display with the Blob from this line I bought one on ebay.

Fedup23 · 09-15-2011, 08:37 AM

I have exactly one figure from that line..US Agent...and I bought it on accident..was drunk shopping online and saw it for 3 bucks MOC ..thought it was a MU figure...Haha!

Do Boy · 09-15-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Fedup23

I have exactly one figure from that line..US Agent...and I bought it on accident..was drunk shopping online and saw it for 3 bucks MOC ..thought it was a MU figure...Haha!

hahah ohhh if I didn't buy half the things I did when I was drunk... oh the money I would have lol

ORIO · 09-15-2011, 08:48 AM

OH man, Drunk ebaying is never a good plan! haha

Haven't done that in a long time thankfully!

Symbiote · 09-15-2011, 09:51 AM

I used to collect these when I was a kid. I had them all in a huge paper bag and then they got misplaced and I haven't seen them since. I probably had like 60+ figures. I still have the blister cards they came with. Sigh. Mu is my new line but I attribute my mu collection to the toy biz ones that got me started.

Are there any other toy biz ones that work in scale to mu? The brood is a good idea I haven't thought about. I did find a sauron figure that works ok for scale with mu.

quinten182 · 09-15-2011, 12:04 PM

Drunk ebaying usually has me ending up with a stack of really awful nintendo 64 games.. I'm going to avoid that for now!

But I remember these! My cousins had sooo many and I was extremely jealous. Now I'm glad my jealousy didn't turn into Christmas presents! Ha

roadrevenge · 09-15-2011, 12:09 PM

I have a pretty big collection of the Spider-man 90's toybiz line all MOC.

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behindthemask · 09-15-2011, 12:44 PM

I used to have all the spidey figures, I have some of the 10'' toybiz figueres hydra armour IM, modular IM and WM, and about 5 spiderman figures. I would say without them we wouldn't of had ML or MU, but since we do don't bother wasting $$ on them, some are cool figures ie deadpool, mojo etc but the articulation is majorily lacking.

MegsTriggerMan · 09-15-2011, 01:23 PM

I still have in about 2 long comic boxes my classic ToyBiz collection ... I have about everything released up until the line went the way of the Kaybee repaints.

bitman2 · 09-15-2011, 02:51 PM

Some really cool figures there. Off hand some that work well with MU are Ronan, Wendigo,Brood,Sauron,Sasquatch,Puck,Dragon Man, Modok,Attuma,Giantman from the Avengers pack(I think bettter than the MU Giant Man),The future Sentinel from the Xmen line,Mojo,Gorgon. probably many more.

Shin Densetsu · 09-15-2011, 03:50 PM

For the time they were awesome. Usually good character rosters. For the 90's those lines definitely raised the bar and paved the way for comic book figures to come. The whole appeal of Marvel Legends was that "oh, remember those old Toy Biz figures? Now look what they're doing with those characters now..with FULL ARTICULATION!".

I remember how Wolverine II was a PITA to find in 92-93. Good times.

Jason Abbadon · 09-15-2011, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bitman2

Some really cool figures there. Off hand some that work well with MU are Ronan, Wendigo,Brood,Sauron,Sasquatch,Puck,Dragon Man, Modok,Attuma,Giantman from the Avengers pack(I think bettter than the MU Giant Man),The future Sentinel from the Xmen line,Mojo,Gorgon. probably many more.

While not as articulate at MU, both Warstar and C'Hod are just as good as far as sculpts go- huge and in MU scale!

Seril · 09-16-2011, 06:04 AM

Sure they weren't as articulate, but it was like 15-20 years ago that some of those were made. Toy technology's come a long way.

Jason Abbadon · 09-16-2011, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Seril

Sure they weren't as articulate, but it was like 15-20 years ago that some of those were made. Toy technology's come a long way.

Yeah? Tell Mattel!

D00MTR0N · 09-16-2011, 07:50 AM

the only one I have is DR.DOOM,and only because I collect all things DR.DOOM,the figure itself is pretty lame.

Do Boy · 09-16-2011, 07:54 AM

I don't really collect them anymore But I still have a few and I used them to compare to the new line

Crazy Jetty · 09-16-2011, 08:34 AM

This, the old TMNT, and Beast Wars are the only toylines I ever get actually nostalgic about.

There was a character to the pre-ML Toybiz figures that everything since, seems to lack. Don't know why.
Sure, MU is much better articulated, but the majority of the older toybiz figures have infinately better sculpting. But that was before everything seemed to have a need to be used for an infinite amount of repaints, in order to make the lines viable.
This is not to say I'm down on the MU sculpts at all. Many are increadibly amazing. At least, the original ones are. It's the generic ones that get reused over and over, that I'm speaking of.
To be honest, I seriously doubt an MU Rogue would have as much personality or character as the Toybiz Marvel vs Capcom Rogue does.

A cruel irony is that the best toybiz sculpts were trapped in god aweful poses, like the Robot Fighters line.

Seril · 09-16-2011, 09:42 AM

Crazy Jetty, I think you're right on on some of those points. The sheer variety is what made them great, and the fact that despite there being quite a few repaints, there were more completely new sculpts than repaints, and a lot of the repaints ended up in limited run specialty lines.

I'm still doubtful I'll ever see an Exodus or X-Man MU figure or ML for that matter.

And yes there were plenty of terrible poses and figures... the robot fighters line is probably the best (worst?) example of this. Plenty of figures that made no sense too.

Browniekun · 09-16-2011, 09:47 AM

I still have 100's of these figures, I still love them!

roshan · 09-16-2011, 09:50 AM

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I still have 100's of these figures, I still love them!

I still like mine too, but it's a question of shelf space for me now. Legends has so much that they take up two 4' x 6' shelves so there's not much room left for non Legends or Select scale figures.

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omega145 Toy Monger Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Hudson, NH Posts: 3,012	Quote: Originally Posted by DogFashionDisco This dude does: Best way to unload some Toy Biz 90's X-Men? - Toy Discussion at Toyark.com Haha, I was thinking the same thing. I had a couple of those popcorn bins full of them when I was a kid and sadly they were all given away for next to nothing at a garage sale once I went into the military. That kinda fuels my desire to collect Marvel Legends and more than anything Marvel Universe. __________________ B/S/T

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miketime Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: West Bridgewater,MA Posts: 1,052	I think those 90's X-Men figs are dead weight. A couple of them are cool and usable for stand-ins untill better figs are made. Like Ice Man, MOJO, and the Brood. I still have some MOC. I give them away as gifts or just open them for pleasure. I've even used there heads for 1:18 figs. __________________

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Symbiote MacGyver of MU Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,364	I used to collect these when I was a kid. I had them all in a huge paper bag and then they got misplaced and I haven't seen them since. I probably had like 60+ figures. I still have the blister cards they came with. Sigh. Mu is my new line but I attribute my mu collection to the toy biz ones that got me started. Are there any other toy biz ones that work in scale to mu? The brood is a good idea I haven't thought about. I did find a sauron figure that works ok for scale with mu. __________________ , Showcase, BST Feedback

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behindthemask Repulsars ready to kill Join Date: May 2010 Location: Charlottetown,P.E.I. Canada Posts: 4,825	I used to have all the spidey figures, I have some of the 10'' toybiz figueres hydra armour IM, modular IM and WM, and about 5 spiderman figures. I would say without them we wouldn't of had ML or MU, but since we do don't bother wasting $$ on them, some are cool figures ie deadpool, mojo etc but the articulation is majorily lacking. __________________

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MegsTriggerMan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: CobraIsland Posts: 215	I still have in about 2 long comic boxes my classic ToyBiz collection ... I have about everything released up until the line went the way of the Kaybee repaints. __________________ CobraIsland