Indiana Jones and the Wicked Cool Toys

I’ve been waiting for this for over 20 years:

New Indiana Jones action figures.

You see, many years ago, I had the Indiana Jones figure from the original Raiders of the Lost Ark toy line. 

http://www.raidersofthelosttoys.com/kennerindy.html

Well, I lost that Indy. I don’t remember how, or exactly when, but I know he went missing. I searched and searched, but never found him. There wasn’t even a trace of his small plastic fedora. To this day I have no idea what the hell happened to him, although I’ve always suspected my German Mechanic figure:  

http://www.raidersofthelosttoys.com/germanmechanic.html

Fast forward to May 1, 2008. The brand spanking new Indiana Jones toy line from Hasbro is officially released! I know there have been a few other Indy lines, (most recently a wave available only at Disney World) but these are the first mass market Indiana Jones figures since 1984.

It’s a pretty good toy line with a good character selection. There are also a few vehicles and play sets, something you don’t see a lot of with/ modern day action figures. I picked up three Indy’s (regular, whip action, and deluxe Indy on a horse) and the Cairo Swordsman. I’ll definitely be picking up a few more. These aren’t quite perfect however. The Harrison Ford likenesss leaves a bit to be desired, which is strange since Hasbro has been making pretty good Han Solo figures for a few years now. Overall though, they look pretty good.

My Toys R Us only had the first wave of figures (based on ROTLA) but I’m pretty sure the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wave is also supposed to be out. I’ll probably hunt for those tonight.

This looks to be a real fun series and I’m excited to get figures from all four movies. I’m also now in official “pumped” status for the new movie.