#652 INDIANA JONES (Part 2) - DR. HENRY JONES, YOUNG INDY, GRAIL KNIGHT, INDIANA JONES with ROCKET LAUNCHER, IRINA SPALKO, COLONEL DOVCHENKO and RUSSIAN SOLDIER (2008)

Apart from the two sets shown in the previous entry, I present here some other figures I got for 1 Euro in a 1 Euro shop.

I´ll start with the figures from the movie: The Last Crusade:

• Dr. Henry Jones
• Young Indy
• Grail Knight

I´ll continue with the figures from the movie: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

• Indiana Jones (with rocket launcher)
• Irina Spalko
• Colonel Dovchenko
• Russian Soldier

 

 

And to finish this 2-article series, a list of the released figures for each movie. I leave apart the playsets and vehicles because they do not interest me much.

 

From "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

• Indiana Jones (with Whip-Cracking Action!)
• Indiana Jones (with Golden Idol)
• Marion Ravenwood
• Cairo Swordsman
• Sallah
• René Belloq
• German Soldier
• Monkey Man
• Indiana Jones with Horse (Deluxe)
• Indiana Jones with the Ark (Deluxe)
• Indiana Jones with Temple Trap (Deluxe)
• Indiana Jones with Temple Pit Fall (Deluxe)
• Marion Ravenwood with Cairo henchman (Deluxe)
• German Soldiers (Deluxe)
• Cario Thugs (Deluxe)

From "the Temple of Doom"

• Indiana Jones
• Short Round
• Willie Scott
• Mola Ram
• Chief Temple Guard
• Temple Guard

From "The Last Crusade"

• Indiana Jones
• Dr. Henry Jones
• Dr. Elsa Schneider
• Young Indy
• Grail Knight
• Colonel Vogel
• German Soldier with Motorcycle (Deluxe)

From the "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

• Indiana Jones (with Crystal Skull)
• Indiana Jones (with rocket launcher)
• Mutt Williams (in jacket)
• Mutt Williams (with snake)
• Irina Spalko
• Colonel Dovchenko
• Russian Soldier
• Ugha Warrior
• Cemetery Warrior
• Mutt Williams with Motorcycle (Deluxe)
• Crystal Skeleton (Mail-Away)

 

 

Needless to say that these figures can be very easily found today a very low prices. I don't know if they will be valuable in the future. The first action figures made of Indy in the 80s (by Kenner) are very sought-after colectables today. Also are the licensed figures from Startoys (see entry #462).

 

Mail Away Crystal Skeleton with Throne

FACTS and FIGURES:

• Name: DR. HENRY JONES, YOUNG INDY, GRAIL KNIGHT, INDIANA JONES with ROCKET LAUNCHER, IRINA SPALKO, COLONEL DOVCHENKO and RUSSIAN SOLDIER
• Toy Line: Indiana Jones - The Last Crusade and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Year: 2008
• Company: Hasbro (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 9,5 cm (3 3/4'')

#651 INDIANA JONES (Part 1) - INDIANA JONES with the ARK and MARION RAVENWOOD with CAIRO HENCHMAN (2008)

 

It is uncommon for this blog to show toys made after 1995, but this entry is an exception to my rule. As most people of my age, I enjoyed the films of Indiana Jones made in the 80s, as well as some videogames from the 90s, specially "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" and "The Last Crusade".

I also saw the movie from 2008 "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and I enjoyed it. I think many people disliked it and ranted about it on the internet, but I had a good time watching it.

This last movie brought a line of action figures and accesories in the old fashion of the late 80s, something which is quite rare nowadays, and that most toy companies do not dare to do anymore. Hasbro released a bunch of figures either in individual packs, bigger packs (consisting of two figures, or one figure and a big accesory), vehicles and even playsets. There were figures released not only characters from the last movie, but from all 4 movies in the saga, and each blister was accordingly marked with the title of the film in which the chaacter appears. Some people divide the released figures in 4 waves, one for each movie, although I normally use wave in a different way. All Indy figures were available at more or less the same time (at least in Europe)

The toyline was a flop, and most figures were sold out after only a few months. I first bough two sets that were Inidana Jones in the bedouin clothes with the ark of the covenant, and the second one was a set with Marion Ravenwood and Cairo Henchman, both sets from Raiders of the Lost Ark. I liked the figures, so I bought them cheap. 

Months later, in a 1 Euro shop, I found many other figures in single blister packs for 1 Euro each, so I couldn´t resist and bought one of each available reference, which was 7 figures. I had the intention to open the blisters (they took simply too much space), and display the figures.

As it happened with the figures commented in entry #596, Indiana Jones figures are made with faces that actually resemble the actors who played the role in the movie, so it is quite cool to see Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and all the others as an action figure. They are overarticulated, with ankles, elbows, wrists and so on, and perfectly detailed (clothes, accesories, weapons...). They are really great. A very impressive detail is that each figure came with a cardboard box in which a small plastic special accesory was hidden. Before you bought the figure it was not possible to know what was inside. Each figure came with a relic that appeared in one of the films or one relic which is very well known worldwide. In each box there was also a small piece of paper with a few words about that piece.

Double packs were also decorated with a nice background especially chosen for its contents.

FACTS and FIGURES:

• Name: INDIANA JONES with the ARK and MARION RAVENWOOD with CAIRO HENCHMAN
• Toy Line: Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Year: 2008
• Company: Hasbro (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 9,5 cm (3 3/4'')