| When you go near the toy's section in a departmental | | | | more in pristine condition, but you lose the ability to |
| store, you will be amazed by the wide range of toys | | | | admire them in their entirety. With the new movies, and |
| available. Some are the latest toys designed to grab a | | | | the cartoons and anime, Star Wars is an evergreen |
| child's attention, while there are many more action | | | | enterprise and their toys will always be valuable. A |
| figures that make grown men's knees weak. I know of | | | | good place to trade is eBay. |
| many grown men who keep build special glass | | | | 3. Gundam |
| cabinets to display their toys. My favorite three are | | | | Now, Gundam action figures is a more unusual |
| Batman, Star Wars and Gundam. | | | | collection. You have to open the Gundam model kits to |
| 1. Batman | | | | build the robots. This makes for a better collection as |
| Batman is my favourite superhero because he is | | | | you have to assemble the giant robots. One of my |
| human and he is rich. His long black cape and the | | | | colleagues had at least 30 models displayed all over |
| mask adds to the mystery of Batman. The dark | | | | his cubicle and it seems as if his pay is spent entirely |
| brooding figure conjures up many images of the fight | | | | on them. They are a site to behold. With different |
| against evil, with other characters such as Penguin, | | | | series spanning different timelines, the metaseries has |
| Joker and Two-faced. All the cartoons, TV shows and | | | | its own characteristics. Again, the series is about good |
| movies only serve to increase its popularity. | | | | versus evil, which seems to be the underlying theme |
| 2. Star Wars | | | | for most of the figures. This franchise is hugely |
| So many men who are in their 30s grew up wanting | | | | successful and it is worth keeping the models. |
| to be Luke Skywalker. Others love impersonating | | | | These top three action figures are just the tip of the |
| Darth Vader with his oxygenated boxed voice. I know | | | | iceberg of even more figurines, targeted towards the |
| of many people who have huge collection of Star | | | | male consumers and yet even the female consumers |
| Wars action figures and the spaceships and other | | | | like them. Perhaps the men who keep them want to |
| equipment. All the clone troopers and droids, R2D2 and | | | | remain as boys at heart as the toys mark their |
| other robots are just great for having a drawn out | | | | growing up years as they struggle with the same |
| battle. The only regret is the toys are worth much | | | | problems as the superheroes. |