Favorite Movie Toylines - Blu-ray Forum

Shadow Master · 09-08-2018, 08:50 PM

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, if it isn't then the mods can move it. Thought this would be a fun and different movie-related topic. Not sure how many here are also toy collectors and especially of film-specific toylines. A lot of blockbuster movies often have toylines, a trend going back to at least the late 70s starting with Star Wars and one continuing today. What are some of your favorite movie-licensed toylines?

I'll always have special fondness for the Kenner Jurassic Park and Lost World lines. Even with the crazy artistic license they took with the designs and accessories and such, I've got so many great childhood memories of those toys and still enjoy collecting them well into adulthood, re-acquiring toys I lost or damaged as a kid, and getting ones I never did before. The more recent line Mattel has done for the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is great too and the best since the Kenner days, but I find I'm still most fond of the Kenner ones. The playsets, vehicles and large-scale dinosaurs were especially impressive. Although Mattel has absolutely been killing it with their line as well and I'm super-excited about what they have planned for the future.

Some other movie toylines I love are pretty much any other Kenner-era ones (Alien, Predator, Terminator, RoboCop, Star Wars, etc). Even with the sometimes weird artistic license Kenner often took and how more often than not some of their toys were completely inaccurate, I think that was part of their charm in a way and it encouraged you to use your imagination rather than just re-creating the films shot for shot. Another Kenner line I loved back then was their Small Soldiers line, which is sadly quite scarce and hard to find now. An underrated toyline much like the movie itself, even if it was sadly missing a few of the Commandos and Gorgonites.

As a major Horror fan I'm also a fan of what NECA's been doing with the likes of their many Horror film figures like the various versions of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Predator, etc. The early Movie Maniacs series by McFarlane Toys was great too before they went downhill. Thankfully NECA picked up the slack and has been scoring one slam dunk after another with their lines.

09-08-2018, 08:50 PM	#1
Shadow Master Special Member Member since:Jun 2011	Favorite Movie Toylines Not sure if this is the right forum for this, if it isn't then the mods can move it. Thought this would be a fun and different movie-related topic. Not sure how many here are also toy collectors and especially of film-specific toylines. A lot of blockbuster movies often have toylines, a trend going back to at least the late 70s starting with Star Wars and one continuing today. What are some of your favorite movie-licensed toylines? I'll always have special fondness for the Kenner Jurassic Park and Lost World lines. Even with the crazy artistic license they took with the designs and accessories and such, I've got so many great childhood memories of those toys and still enjoy collecting them well into adulthood, re-acquiring toys I lost or damaged as a kid, and getting ones I never did before. The more recent line Mattel has done for the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is great too and the best since the Kenner days, but I find I'm still most fond of the Kenner ones. The playsets, vehicles and large-scale dinosaurs were especially impressive. Although Mattel has absolutely been killing it with their line as well and I'm super-excited about what they have planned for the future. Some other movie toylines I love are pretty much any other Kenner-era ones (Alien, Predator, Terminator, RoboCop, Star Wars, etc). Even with the sometimes weird artistic license Kenner often took and how more often than not some of their toys were completely inaccurate, I think that was part of their charm in a way and it encouraged you to use your imagination rather than just re-creating the films shot for shot. Another Kenner line I loved back then was their Small Soldiers line, which is sadly quite scarce and hard to find now. An underrated toyline much like the movie itself, even if it was sadly missing a few of the Commandos and Gorgonites. As a major Horror fan I'm also a fan of what NECA's been doing with the likes of their many Horror film figures like the various versions of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Predator, etc. The early Movie Maniacs series by McFarlane Toys was great too before they went downhill. Thankfully NECA picked up the slack and has been scoring one slam dunk after another with their lines.

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