Batman Classic TV Series 5 Points Deluxe Box Set
Quite a while back, Funko released what it promised would be just the first wave of an ongoing line of 3 3/4″ action figures from the 1966 Batman TV series starring Adam West – something I’d been wanting someone to make since I was a kid. There was some pushback from fans regarding the selection of villains, and the fact that Robin was only available as part of the Batmobile set; Funko assured concerned fans that Robin and the more obvious, “A-list” villains would make up the second wave. I snatched up that entire wave of figures like they were going to stop making them. (Spoiler: they were going to stop making them.)
That second wave never arrived. Not only that, but after issuing these figures, figures from Stranger Things, and box sets of figures from Twin Peaks and Married With Children (!), Funko seemed to back away slowly from the 3 3/4″ figure market altogether. It wasn’t just that more Batman wasn’t on the way, nothing was on the way except for oceans of Funko Pops. Which is fantastic if you like Funko Pops, but maybe not so much if you were hoping that the much-mooted second wave of Batman ’66 characters would arrive in that same decade. And that’s where we pick up the story in the 2020s: with years having passed since Funko’s Batman figures were released, there was absolutely no reason to expect that this collection would ever be complete – and that’s why Mezco Toyz’ 2020 announcement of a huge box set of new 3 3/4″ Batman figures and plentiful accessories was such a surprise. … Read more
Funko had already made my action-figure-collecting year by finally putting Adam West-era Batman in the 3 3/4″ “Star Wars scale”, and they gave me a good chuckle by putting, of all things, Twin Peaks in the same format. Even though I knew they’d already snagged the license for Netflix’s ’80s-themed sci-fi-horror series Stranger Things, months of nothing but Funko’s Vinyl Pops had lulled me into thinking that action figures were highly unlikely.
That’s not The Three Doctors, but rather the third Doctors. After displaying prototypes at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, Character Options followed up that year’s Comic Con exclusive first and second Doctors with the Doctor’s third incarnation, as played by Jon Pertwee from 1970 through 1974. Setting a pattern that continues through the most recent limited-edition classic Doctor Who figures, U.K. distribution was exclusively handled by Forbidden Planet, with FP’s U.S. arm, Underground Toys, taking care of North American distribution. … 
Another one of 2011’s surprise classic Doctor Who figure sets, this set hails from the early ’80s era of the fifth Doctor, and brings the classic version of a seemingly un-killable foe into plastic form. From Peter Davison’s only run-in with the Daleks, Resurrection Of The Daleks also reunited the Doctor with Davros – a reunion that both probably would’ve been happy to pass on. … 
Having produced about as many different variations of Jon Pertwee in plastic as possible, Character Options spent much of 2011 producing numerous classic Doctor Who sets with variations on Tom Baker instead, with an unusual focus on the actor’s first season as the fourth Doctor.
The latest in a series of two-figure sets from classic Doctor Who episodes, the Vengeance On Varos set really kicks the door open for future additions to the classic Doctor Who action figure range.
Character Options supplemented its selection of new series Cybermen in early 2009 with a wave of Cybermen spanning the history of their appearances in Doctor Who, from The Tenth Planet through their then-recent return in The Next Doctor, the 2009 Christmas episode. But there were two distinct Cyberman designs missing. …