Toy Fix Podcast
By Toy Fix
Toy Fix PodcastMay 18, 2021
14 - Nailed It! Wolverine (Wave 6, Heroes)
Episode 14 is a one-two punch with a horrifying follow up! Your hosts dig deep on reviews and reveals of animation-heavy figures released in 1994. What (dead) animated hero inspired a comic book resurgence? What color is Beast's fur, really? And how can we keep Elsie-Dee from exploding? All of this and more in the latest episode of Toy Fix Podcast yet!
Show Notes:
Figure Realm - Wave 6
https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=37
Why the Beast Is Blue
https://www.cbr.com/avengers-beast-blue-fur-debut/
Wikipedia: Albert and Elsie-Dee (Because we know the Wikipedia will be more than sufficient)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_(comics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie-Dee
Eric Lewald "Previously on X-Men"
https://www.amazon.com/Previously-X-Men-Animated-Eric-Lewald/dp/0998866326
13 - A Whale-Themed Mixed Bag (Wave 5, Villains)
Truly some outstanding, fearsome, and whale-adjacent group of villains rounds out Wave 5. Bring your literary references and Marvel Comics almanac as we search for references to a really mixed bag of villains. How many eyes can you poke out with just one Ahab purchase? Plus: Wes thinks he knows why *these particular* villains showed up at *this particular* time... and it has to do with another popular early 90s trend! All of this and more in the luckiest episode of Toy Fix Podcast yet!
Show Notes:
Figure Realm
https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=36
10 Things You Need to Know about the Brood
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-x-men-things-fans-need-know-brood/
Unboxing Video: Ahab and Brood
12 – A Really Daring, Avant Garde, Complete Swerve (Wave 5, Heroes)
We return to our favorite “mainstream” X-Men line, where the heroes you’ve always been asking for finally show up. Like… the perennial favorite… Longshot. He’s the one with the hair, remember? Also: How many belts is Cyclops wearing? And what’s hiding under Charlie’s armrests? All of this and morein the latest episode of Toy Fix Podcast!
Show Notes:
Real Gentlemen of Leisure https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=36
11 - What a Difference a Year Makes (X-Force, Wave 2B)
Andy & Wess bring you part 2 of X-Force Wave 2 in our first full episode of 2021! Which hero started lifting hardcore over the winter months? Where is Cable headed next? And what's the best way to show "cindness" as we look to a future of peace? All this and more in the latest episode of Toy Fix Podcast!
Show Notes:
Real Gentlemen of Leisure https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/
X-Men Elections - Toy Fix Voter's Guide (Bonus Episode!)
The Toy "Fix" is in on the X-Men elections! For the first time, readers can vote on the composition of the X-Men's flagship team! Polls close on February 2, 2021 (time: undetermined!), so vote now!
www.marvel.com/xmenvote
Armor, Banshee, Boom Boom, Cannonball, Forge, Marrow, Polaris, Strong Guy, Sunspot, Tempo
And who will Andy & Wes endorse? Find out on this first ever bonus episode of TOY FIX!
10 - Let's Get Grizzly His Own Wikipedia Page (X-Force, Wave 2A)
X-Force Wave 2 is about more than one pouch... and more than one Cable! And, frankly, more than one Cannonball, because Sam likes a quick costume change. Finally: What hero (?) deserves his own Wikipedia page? All this and more as Andy & Wess evaluate the first half of the Toy Biz X-Force action figure line, Wave 2!
Show Notes:
Real Gentlemen of Leisure https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/
Podcast Previously on X-Men https://radiomeanwhile.com/previously-on-x-men/
Figure Realm https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=287&ssid=2
Teddy Winchester https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Theodore_Winchester_(Earth-616)
9 - Daddy Apocalypse Could Definitely Cull You (Wave 4, Villains)
Everyone's big and brawny in this wave, as we make our way through multiple shades of very dark, very evil lavender. Who's the first Toy Biz figure to have a birthing action feature? Which second edition is an essential upgrade to the original? Andy & Wes talk all things villains and solicit pictures of your homemade Ruckus action figures as we evaluate the villains of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 4!
Figure Realm, Wave 4: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=35
OG Mystique: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=actionfigure&id=51918&figure=mystique
More About Ruckus: https://www.marvel.com/characters/ruckus
8 - A Strong Guy in a... Moderate Wave (Wave 4, Heroes)
Everyone was probably watching the cartoon at this point, but you had to read the comics to know and love why 66% of these figures are interesting! Also - personal pan comics and incredibly hard video games! Potential winner for most straightforward superhero name found within! Also... how many knives does Toolbelt Wolverine come with? Andy & Wes evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 4! Show Notes:
Figure Realm Series 4: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=35
Black Nerd Problems, "The Curious Relationship of Race in X-Men: A Look at Black Mutants": https://blacknerdproblems.com/the-curious-relationship-of-race-with-x-men-black-mutants/
X-Men Pizza Hut comics: https://comicsalliance.com/bizarro-back-issues-the-x-men-pizza-and-cyberspace-together-at-last-1993/
X-Men (1993) video game is one of the hardest of all time: https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/21/fifteen-really-really-really-hard-games
Comic Book Resources X-Men Blue and Gold Teams: https://www.cbr.com/x-men-blue-vs-gold/
UXM.net Strong Guy summary: https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/strong-guy/biography/page/0/2
7 - A Wave of One (Wave 3, All!)
Our most controversial episode thusfar: Who or what is... Wave 3?!? Andy & Wess evaluate all of them, regardless! Also, a review of "Previously On X-Men" and "Comic Wars"... in 1993 times are booming for Toy Biz as a company, can they keep the high going?
Show Notes:
Figure Realm X-Men Wave 3: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=34
"The History of Toy Biz" by Action FIgure Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDRKklo8VlE
"Whatever Happened to Toy Biz" by Action FIgure Resources: https://www.action-figure-resource.com/toybiz.html
Previously on X-Men: The Making of an Animated Series, Eric Lewald: https://smile.amazon.com/Previously-X-Men-Animated-Eric-Lewald-ebook/dp/B077XLWMK6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=eric+lewald+previously+on+xmen&qid=1601350288&sr=8-1
Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire - And Both Lost, Dan Raviv: https://smile.amazon.com/Comic-Wars-Tycoons-Battled-Empire/dp/0767908309/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PPYASLD2MPRI&dchild=1&keywords=comic+wars&qid=1601350363&s=books&sprefix=comic+wars%2Caps%2C216&sr=1-1
6 - Forearm?!? Where's Forearm? (X-Force Wave 1, Villains)
X-tra body spikes, x-tra arms, X-tra Extreme. The sickest villains are coming for X-FORCE (even if their card backs say that they're working with Magneto!). Andy & Wess evaluate the villains 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
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
Wikipedia - Stryfe (good luck!) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stryfe
5 - Cable's Twink Ex-Boyfriend (X-Force Wave 1, Heroes)
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
4 - Fur, Ribbons, and Non-Vampires, Oh My! (Wave 2, Villains)
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
3 - Dynam-X: Background Characters (Wave 2, Heroes)
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.
2 - The Evil Mutants (Proper Noun!) (Wave 1, Villains)
1 - Giant Size Toy Fix #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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