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 ..read more

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=seriesitemli ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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=act ..read more

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 R ..read more

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 Pr ..read more

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 ..read more