ToyzMag.com Reviews The Ultimate Action Figure Collection (With Photos)!
Date: December 04, 2012 at 09:50 AM ET
Topic: Books and Novels


JTA affiliate and good friend ToyzMag.com reviews the French version of The Ultimate Action Figure Collection for their readers! They have been kind enough to give us a translation to it for our English-speaking readers. Click through for more! (Pictures of the book can be seen at ToyzMag.com!)



ToyzMag has already reported the release of the French translation of Steve Sansweet's book on Star Wars 3"3/4 action figures from 1978 to 2012.

We're now reviewing the translation published by Hors Collection. This book is a kind of follow up to a older book from Steve Sansweet : Star Wars, The Action Figure Archives published in en 1999 and reviewed on ToyzMag last january (click through to read our article). This book is far more complex than its predecessor which treated a far shorter period of production (ten years). Exit the two categories vintage and modern, we now have a real visual encyclopedia.

Focus on the French edition

Let's start by saying this book is mainly dedicated to action figure lovers more than MOC collectors. The card variations are not really the topic here. That's another difference with the book from 1999 since Sansweet kinda try to be exhaustive (as much as possible) about repacks and variations. The pictures are all new and none were already published in 1999. There are also fewer pics than in the older book : each fig is now illustrated with only one pic which leads to some weird choices as with the VOTC Luke.

The latest figs from Wave 16 TVC are there, we want to underline the fact that their pics are gorgeous such as the one for Princess Leia (Bespin).

Each photographe comes with a caption precising the year of production, the source (movie, novel, video game, comics...) and the Hasbro or Kenner collection.

The alphabetical order is quite fun because the vintage versions of 4-LOM and Zuckuss are indexed under their current name. Anakin Skylwaker covers every form and age of the character as Darth Vader do not forget the versions before his little accident on Mustafar.

Even though card variations are not to be found, repaints and design variations are fairly well shown.

Some mistakes either from the translator or the author have been noticed in the text. For instance the vintage Klaatu (Skiff Guard) is said to have been the last ROTJ fig made.

We're really happy that our friend from JTA took a large part in the making of this cool book.

In spite of small errors in the redaction and translation (as it happens with such books), all this concurs to make an essentiel guide for Star Wars action figures collectors.







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