X-files Action Figures

[Eric]

ADiamond Select Toys Release! The monsters are back, and Mulder and Scully are there to face them! With the new 6-episode event series ready to re-open The X-Files for the world, DST is launching their line of X-Files Select action figures, featuring Mulder and Scully in their new mini-series looks. Each 7-inch action figure features up to 16 points of articulation, and comes packaged with character-specific weapons and accessories, as well as diorama parts, including an office floor and wall for Mulder and a desk and chair for Scully. Each figure comes packaged in display-ready Select packaging, with side-panel artwork for easy shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios!

Generally speaking I don't collect action figures, but I do have a few of these stashed away. I was always curious what was inside of the bodybag, but didn't want to bust open the packaging on mine to ruin their collectibility. A friend finally succumbed to the temptation and opened one of his up to reveal the disfigured victim that was contained within.

"The X Files: Fight the Future," a feature-length movie based on a popular TV show (and the book, toys, and other consumer goods inspired by the film) document the success of transmedia storytelling. The movie itself appeared in theaters in June 1998, between the fifth and sixth season of the FOX network television series. Mc Farlane Toys secured the license to make not just action figures but "Ultra-Action Figures" of the movie's heroes agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder and of the film's extraterrestrial villains. McFarlene called the toys from "Fight the Future" "Series 1" figures, perhaps assuming that more movies would follow. Another movie reached fans in 2008, but viewers' negative reactions made it pretty clear that there would be no more films or Ultra Action Figures to fight in the future.

If you want to express your love for the X-Files in a more overt manner, patches and badges are a great idea. They tend to be quite colorful and attractive, and you can apply them on different surfaces and products. Below are some unique X-Files patches, badges, and stickers you can use to decorate your clothes, backpack, computer, etc.

Any X-Files collector will want to have a couple of these action figures, plushes, and toys based on the show. A couple of them are limited edition (but you can still get them online), while a few more popular brands like Funko have also tried their luck with the X-Files merchandise. For example, they did Mulder, Scully, and an alien figure. Here are some more products you might like:

One of the first books I read as a child was actually an X-Files novel set in Mexico (Mulder and Scully were investigating some alien-whatsit inside a pyramid. For the first time, my love for the paranormal and my love for archaeology found something in common!). I have to look up the novel, but here are some other X-Files books and comics. They include behind the scenes, extended stories, and more.

If you run a search of X-Files action figures on Amazon.com*) you will find several figures for sale, but none produced by Moore Action Collectibles. Despite the below advertisement from 2002 (from an issue of ToyFare magazine), the figures were never produced for sale. statueforum.com has a thread on the line, and a bit of searching online ran across this notice from the time:

Reviews in this weekly guide are written by Monitor critic David Sterritt (the first set of '+' marks in each review) unless otherwise noted. Ratings and comments by the Monitor staff panel (the second set of '+' marks in each review) reflect the sometimes diverse views of at least three other viewers. Information on violence, drugs, sex/nudity, and profanity is compiled by the panel.

++ The legendary freedom-fighter of 19th-century California trains a young bandit to carry on his struggle against a former Spanish governor who has already wrecked Zorro's family and now wants to create an independent nation on the backs of its ruthlessly exploited people. This is proudly old-fashioned entertainment in every respect except its often excessive violence. The heroes are as dashing as can be, and Zeta-Jones definitely has a promising Hollywood future.

Sex/Nudity: None. Violence: Several dozen scenes of high-intensity sword-fighting and brawls resulting in deaths, some explosions. Profanity: A few mild expressions. Drugs: 5 scenes of social drinking and smoking, 2 scenes of drunkenness.

+++ The gifted director of "Rock Hudson's Home Movies" and "From the Diaries of Jean Seberg" assembled this revealing look at the devious ways in which Hollywood winked, peeked, and indirectly glanced at homosexuality in countless pictures of bygone decades, but hardly ever faced up to the social, cultural, or psychological issues raised by the subject.

++ Two groups of ridiculously high-tech action figures - soldiers with more muscles than brains and barbarians looking for their homeland - get into a furious war in a sleepy Midwestern town, thanks to a high-schooler who installs them in his dad's toy store. The teenage characters are bland and the cartoonish violence is surprisingly strong at times, but the picture erupts into Dante's patented lunacy - he directed "Explorers" and "Gremlins" years ago - just often enough to keep things interesting.

++ Still hopelessly in love with a high school heartthrob he hardly knew, a New England yuppie tracks her down to Miami, then competes for her affection with various new rivals, including the private eye he hired to locate her. This comedy is as down-and-dirty as you'd expect from the Farrelly team, who launched their career with "Dumb and Dumber" and "Kingpin," but more than one sequence manages to be hilarious on its own outrageously crass terms.

+ Rowdy astronauts rocket to an asteroid that's speeding toward Earth, hoping they can blow it up before a catastrophic collision. Everything about the first half-hour is so outrageously crude that you may hope the asteroid lands on the theater where you're watching the movie. Things improve once the heroes arrive in outer space, where the special effects are reasonably imaginative, but the story's emotions remain forced and artificial to the unsurprising end.

Sex/Nudity: One scene of nearly nude dancing, some sexual innuendo and kissing. Violence: 3 scenes involving guns and/or fistfights, many high-action scenes with explosions, 3 scenes of massive destruction. Profanity: 49, mostly mild, expressions. Drugs: 5 instances of drinking in bars

++ A likable Scottish bus driver befriends a Nicaraguan immigrant and later accompanies her to her native country, where her brother has endured great pain and suffering for his political actions and beliefs. The story is marred by overstatement and emotionalism, but Loach's commitment to socially and politically alert filmmaking is clear in every scene.

++ Rivalry, romance, and family intrigue in Paris of 1846. The movie is handsome, but there's little life to the dramatic scenes, and the comic bits are even flatter. Until now McAnuff has been a stage director, and his stagey approach makes this modern-day movie seem less edgy and contemporary than the great 19th-century novel by Honor de Balzac.

+ New version of the old story about a man whose conversations with animals lead to consternation among his human friends. The animals are cute and Murphy gives a lively performance, but as with his remake of "The Nutty Professor," the original is still the best. Contains a great deal of vulgar dialogue and scatological humor.

++++ Reissue of the 1939 classic about the troubled romance of a headstrong teenager and a handsome adventurer amid the turmoil of the Civil War and the end of an era in the land of gracious plantations, Southern hospitality, and unrepentant slavery. The 1998 rerelease brings back the movie's original height-to-width ratio and restores its Technicolor hues.

++ An 11-year-old girl copes with a mentally unstable mother and a dad who's not ready for single parenthood. Foley makes a solid filmmaking debut in this modest but sensitive drama about a Massachusetts family during the JFK era.

++ As fans of this series know, the lethal weapons aren't the guns the guys carry, but the guys themselves - two LA cops whose pursuit of wrongdoers often causes more damage than the wrongdoers. Gibson and Glover haven't lost their crowd-pleasing chemistry, and the story's manic violence is partly balanced by glimpses of antigun posters at the police station. The movie has homophobic touches, though, and with so many Asian characters, some viewers may wonder why every single one is portrayed as either a hapless victim or a wicked villain.

Sex/Nudity: Sexual innuendo, nothing graphic. Violence: About 75 instances. The film was a vehicle for violent action sequences. Profanity: Over 110 expressions, most highly offensive. Drugs: About 6 scenes of drinking and/or smoking.

+++ Young children will enjoy this colorful tale of a little girl who tries to save her beloved boarding school from being shut down by the wealthy old coot who owns it; there's also a subplot about a naughty neighbor who gets kidnapped by his tutor. Based on the classic children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans.

++ A tough-minded policewoman develops a weak spot for a longtime bank robber on the lam after a jailbreak. The screenplay serves up the quirky dialogue and ironic twists associated with author Elmore Leonard, who wrote the original novel, but much of the action seems more like warmed-over Quentin Tarantino than first-rate Steven Soderbergh.

Sex/Nudity: Some sexual situations, mostly implied. Violence: About 5 instances. 1 stabbing, 1 implied murder; some shooting. Profanity: Heavy dose of obscenities. Drugs: Some social drinking and references to marijuana use.

+++ Lost in the burning sands of Egypt, a French soldier is adopted by a lonely leopard who becomes his protector, companion, and friend. The story is engrossing, and Piccoli's brief appearance reaffirms his position as one of the world's finest actors.

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