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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 Elsie-Dee (Because we know the Wikipedia will be more than sufficient) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_(comics)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie-Dee Eric Lewald "Previously on X-Men"  https://www.amazon.com/Previously-X-Men-Animated-Eric-Lewald/dp/0998866326 

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=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=36 10 Things You Need to Know about the Brood https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-x-men-things-fans-need-know-brood/ Unboxing Video: Ahab and Brood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGy9qMdsxOk

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

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/

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!

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 Winchester https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Theodore_Winchester_(Earth-616)

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=actionfigure&id=51918&figure=mystique  More About Ruckus: https://www.marvel.com/characters/ruckus

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 Race in X-Men: A Look at Black Mutants": https://blacknerdproblems.com/the-curious-relationship-of-race-with-x-men-black-mutants/ X-Men Pizza Hut comics: https://comicsalliance.com/bizarro-back-issues-the-x-men-pizza-and-cyberspace-together-at-last-1993/ X-Men (1993) video game is one of the hardest of all time: https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/21/fifteen-really-really-really-hard-games Comic Book Resources X-Men Blue and Gold Teams: https://www.cbr.com/x-men-blue-vs-gold/ UXM.net Strong Guy summary: https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/strong-guy/biography/page/0/2

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 Previously on X-Men: The Making of an Animated Series, Eric Lewald: https://smile.amazon.com/Previously-X-Men-Animated-Eric-Lewald-ebook/dp/B077XLWMK6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=eric+lewald+previously+on+xmen&qid=1601350288&sr=8-1  Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire - And Both Lost, Dan Raviv: https://smile.amazon.com/Comic-Wars-Tycoons-Battled-Empire/dp/0767908309/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PPYASLD2MPRI&dchild=1&keywords=comic+wars&qid=1601350363&s=books&sprefix=comic+wars%2Caps%2C216&sr=1-1 

X-tra body spikes, x-tra arms, X-tra Extreme. The sickest villains are coming for X-FORCE (even if their card backs say that they're working with Magneto!). Andy & Wess evaluate the villains 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 Comics Explained – X-Force Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oQO_L7cqdo Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1 Wikipedia - Stryfe (good luck!) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stryfe 

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-Force Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oQO_L7cqdo Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

Which action figure villain is capable of literally burning down your house? Whose comic-accurate costume is the most fabulous? And which character was designed around comic codes in response to "The Seduction of the Innocent"? Andy & Wess evaluate the villains of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 2! Show Notes: Figure Realm Series 2: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=33 Uncanny XMen Net biography of Sauron: https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/sauron/biography Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1

What 60s era X-Men hero has a costume to scare away owls and does double shift as a coach whistle? Which toy is sure to get you in trouble by making a mess of everything? Can you ever have too many Wolverines? And, of course, Forge! Andy & Wess evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 2! Show Notes:  Figure Realm Series 2: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=33  Uncanny XMen Net history of Forge: https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/forge  Comic Book Resources X-Men Blue and Gold Teams: https://www.cbr.com/x-men-blue-vs-gold/  Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1 Episode 3 has been re-edited and re-released on 07/15/2020.

What ancient evil is so bad that Magneto is his boss? And dWho gets a motorcycle with a melted version of his face over the front wheel? And why are we still waiting for the Storm Weather Balloon (R) playset? Find out as Andy & Wes evaluate the villains (and playsets! and vehicles!) of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 1! Show Notes: - Figure Realm: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=32 - The Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1 - Pixel Dan's Wave 1 Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Q1QnPbl4c - Toybox1138: http://thetoybox1138.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-uncanny-x-men-aka-x-men-toy-biz.html Theme Music by Charlie: charliemalcolm.com

Why are the packages different colors? Why is everyone dressed like it's the 70s? Whose mask can you remove and literally wear?  Whose action feature is to stick to the window like a fingerprint smudge? Find out as Andy & Wes evaluate the heroes of the Toy Biz X-Men action figure line, Wave 1!   Show Notes: - Figure Realm: https://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure?action=seriesitemlist&id=278&ssid=32 - The Real Gentlemen of Leisure: https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2016/07/x-amining-x-men-action-figures-x-men.html?m=1 - Pixel Dan's Wave 1 Retrospective: https://youtu.be/Y6Q1QnPbl4c   - Toybox1138: http://thetoybox1138.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-uncanny-x-men-aka-x-men-toy-biz.html Theme Music by Charlie: charliemalcolm.com "So until we get a Colossus that comes with his own ab cruncher and ankle weights... Make Mine ToyFix!"

Coming this "Toy Fix" Tuesday... a new podcast about the Toy Biz X-Men action figures of 1991! New episodes every other week through the summer!