Toy Fix Podcast

Lots of pouches, lots of arm/leg bands, and massive guns guns guns. Yes, we're looking at X-FORCE! The only X-team so X-Treme that we had to take a month off to recover and edit the episode! Andy & Wess evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Force action figure line, Wave 1! Show Notes:

Figure Realm X-Force Series 1: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=287&ssid=1

Today in Marvel history (X-Force's first mission): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBa5bsjlJi8

Variant Comics History of X-Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWG3EOXfvhg

Comics Explained – X-Force Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oQO_L7cqdo

Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

Which action figure villain is capable of literally burning down your house? Whose comic-accurate costume is the most fabulous? And which character was designed around comic codes in response to "The Seduction of the Innocent"? Andy & Wess evaluate the villains of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 2! Show Notes:

Figure Realm Series 2: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=33

Uncanny XMen Net biography of Sauron: https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/sauron/biography

Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

What 60s era X-Men hero has a costume to scare away owls and does double shift as a coach whistle? Which toy is sure to get you in trouble by making a mess of everything? Can you ever have too many Wolverines? And, of course, Forge! Andy & Wess evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 2! Show Notes: 

Figure Realm Series 2: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=33 

Uncanny XMen Net history of Forge: https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/forge 

Comic Book Resources X-Men Blue and Gold Teams: https://www.cbr.com/x-men-blue-vs-gold/ 

Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

Episode 3 has been re-edited and re-released on 07/15/2020.

What 60s era X-Men hero has a costume to scare away owls and does double shift as a coach whistle? Which toy is sure to get you in trouble by making a mess of everything? Can you ever have too many Wolverines? And, of course, #JusticeForForge… Andy & Wess evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 2! Show Notes:

Figure Realm Series 2:

https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=33

UncannyXMen.net history of Forge:

https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/forge

Comic Book Resources X-Men Blue and Gold Teams:

https://www.cbr.com/x-men-blue-vs-gold/

Real Gentlemen of Leisure:

https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

Why are the packages different colors? Why is everyone dressed like it's the 70s? Whose mask can you remove and literally wear?  Whose action feature is to stick to the window like a fingerprint smudge?

Find out as Andy & Wes evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 1!  

Show Notes:

- Figure Realm: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=32

- The Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

- Pixel Dan's Wave 1 Retrospective: https://youtu.be/Y6Q1QnPbl4c  

- Toybox1138: http://thetoybox1138.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-uncanny-x-men-aka-x-men-toy-biz.html

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