A to Z Challenge Reflections

 I'm writing this before the A to Z Challenge.  I threw something together in fairly short order on Star Wars Black Series figures.  I just mostly posted pictures of them and maybe threw in some notes about who the characters are.  I didn't do tons of research on the history of the figures or reviewing them since a lot of them I don't own.  It was kind of half-assed.

There were more comments than prior years.  I guess it helps when you do something popular like Star Wars.  Not a lot of scintillating conversation but maybe you learned about Star Wars figures that exist.

In the Vader entry I mentioned he was at the top of my list of figures to someday buy.  So what other figures would I want to buy?  Not just Star Wars ones either; I'll throw in some Marvel Legends, GI Joe, or maybe DC Multiverse ones in there.

• Darth Vader
• Boba Fett
• Wolverine--Yellow Spandex
• Deadpool--Normal Red
• Phoenix or Dark Phoenix--Comic Book costumes
• Luke Skywalker--Return of the Jedi black suit
• Darth Maul
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode III or Clone Wars)
• Anakin Skywalker (Also Episode III or Clone Wars)
• Kanan Jarrus
• Ezra Bridger
• Zeb
• Lady Jaye
• Flint
• Destro
• Beachhead
• Firestorm
• Kilowog
• Alfred Pennyworth
• J Jonah Jameson

At the top of figures I wish they would make is a Mara Jade figure from the Timothy Zahn books and some of the video games.  I know my brother would like a movie Iron Man with a real RDJ head.

And then here are some action figures to make from some of my stories:

Tales of the Scarlet Knight:

• The Scarlet Knight v1 (yellow cape/sword)
• The Scarlet Knight v2 (silver cape/sword)
• Future Scarlet Knight (Louise Earl)
• The Black Dragoon (Ian MacGregor)
• Future Black Dragoons (with interchangeable hands for swords or maces)
• The Sewer Rat
• Sylvia Joubert (old)
• Sylvia Joubert (young)
• Detective Lottie Donovan

Girl Power:

• Midnight Spectre
• Velocity Gal (Allison)
• Apex Girl v1 (Long hair)
• Mermaid
• The Outcast
• Velocity Kid
• Velocity Gal (Sally)
• Apex Girl v2 (short hair)
• Queen Mermaid
• Hitter
• Ion Girl
• Killer Whale
• Neanderthal
• Apex Man
• Midnight Spectre (male)
• Velocity Man
• King Neptune

Gender Swap Heroes:

• Dark Specter (male)
• Golden Idol (male)
• Dark Specter (female)
• Golden Idol (female)
• Dark Specter's former sidekick
• Bluestreak
• Electric Girl
• (The ones from the 3rd book I don't remember the names of right now)

For Chance of a Lifetime I'd rather have a Barbie-sized Stacey Chance figure than a six inch one.  Besides the original Stacey then we could have the different versions of her from the two other books.

As for next year, I was thinking since I did Transformers, GI JOE, and now Star Wars figures, maybe I could do some other 80s-90s toy lines for an A to Z Challenge, sort of like the Toy Galaxy videos and stuff.  But I don't have some of the letters yet.  So far all I have is:

• Air Raiders
• Battle Beasts
• COPS
• Dino Riders
• Eagle Force
• Food Fighters
• GoBots
• He-Man
• Inhumanoids
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
• Karate Kommandos
• Lazer Tag
• MUSCLE
• Nintendo
• Omnibot
• Pound Puppies
• Q?
• Real Ghostbusters
• Silverhawks
• Thundercats
• U?
• Visionairies
• WWF Superstars
• X?
• Y?
• Zoids