Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

                         
 
                   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, shortened Ninja Turtles, are teenage turtles which were trained by sensai ,rat. They lived in New York City . They learn ninjutsu art for helping world. They fight to evil criminal ,alien ,overlord,etc. They were originated form comic and expand in many channel such as movies,games,action figure,etc.
                   There are many version and style of mutant ninja in action figure mode.

Hulk 10" Action Figure

                         

               Hulk action figures come from Avengers Power Attack Gamma Strike Hulk 10" Figure that is originated from comic and movie. Story about physical antagonist and romance of man who test about making human immune until he change his body to large shape . The movie is so popular. And marketing in other channel such as action figure, toy games,etc.
            

Super Mario Bros

                                  

                     
                               Super Mario Bros (スーパーマリオブラザーズ, Sūpā Mario Burazāzu) is build in 1985 for platform video game that was developed by Nintendo . It showed for the Nintendo Entertainment System . Important,This showing  is the first of the Super Mario series for children and adult games.
                         In Super Mario Bros. game ,The two player controls Mario and Mario's brother Luigi while they adventure through the Mushroom Kingdom for helping Princess Peach from the antagonist Bowser.
                         The success of Super Mario Bros. story has caused it to be showed in  almost every game of Nintendo's major gaming. And expanding in other channel such as book,cartoon,movie,Action figures,etc.
                          In Action figures channel , Super Mario Bros is popular and produced in a lot of versions. Adults love to buy action figures for collecting them for memorial.

Splendid Spiderman.

                                  

                          At the present time, the adult and young collector market industry for action figure is expanding with companies such as  McFarlane Toys,NECA. These companies have taken large and popular movie characters, musicians, and designer their so first priority detailed action figures. Normal, intended as  display unique pieces rather than toys for playing. However,Some child-oriented lines like the Masters of the Universe revival , Justice League  ,G.I.Joe still stimulate adult collector followings and buying ,too. Comic book companies are  able to get figures of their selling industry produced

Action Figures in variety of features

                               

              Action Figures in variety of features. 
         There are lot of variety of features in Action figures. All of these features are originated from science fiction for kid ,cartoon,etc  and improved character for longtime. Some are popular due to it's story is built in movie that is easy to promote and marketing.
              Action figures in many variety of features is in below. 

•  Batman.
•  Star Trek.     
•  Spiderman.
•  Ninja Turtle.
•  Super Power.
•  G.I. Joe.
•  etc.

            Each action figures is more popular when the time pass because man played in child time when he is adult ,he still love his toy. At the same time there are new kid in each day ,They will buy action figure ,too.           

Decision between Toy Bitz & United States

    U.S. law divides differently characteristic between dolls and toys for limit their tariffs. Toys are nonhuman creatures and dolls are human creatures. Because dolls' duties are higher than toys'. Result that Marvel Comics argued that their  action figures such as  X-Men are nonhuman creatures to pay tariff in toy rate.
        On January 3,2003 . Court judge to pay reimbursement to Toy Bizs for paid taxes.

Type of packaging

  From beginning ,There are many ways to package action figures by manufacturing company , detail of each method are in below.

•   Carded bubble packaging . Commonly, the manufacturing company use this method to package the product. By using colorful card and clear plastic bubble wrap the product and attached by using glued. The buyer can see action figures toy through clear plastic bubble. Example for this method is Hasbro's and Kenner packaging of Star Wars .
  
•   Window box packaging .Action figures are contained in sturdy thin cardboard box that in front of box is cut out filled by thin soft plastic. So buyers can see theirs action figures in colorful box.Example of theis method is Mego corporation product in 1970s.
•   Tube packaging . By using cylindrical or oval in shape of PVC plastic tube. contain product . It is new method.Example of this method is  Hasbro company product.
•   PVC packaging .This method is popular in present . By using cleat PVC plastic instead of cardboard contain Acton Figures . And fill artwork at surface of clear plastic so it is beautiful and wanted for customer .

  Each of packaging method is targeted to draw action figure collector to  buy .

Design process of Action Figures

        Design process time of each Action Figures prototype  from beginning to complete work is about two weeks, Up to sculptor's skill and details of works. Step of design as below

1. Selects the character then sketches it.
2. Creat a clay prototypes by using bending aluminium wires to from the main structure of the figure,called it as armature. After finished action figures armature , add clay to it and shape it as designs.in adding clay procees, Scutptor may make finer detils on seperately parts such as arm ,leg,head to get more complete work and later attachment.
3. This step started when having finish clay adding process. The sculptor will add detail of eye,mouth, nose,and costume. If costume part was added later, the sculptor will not add detail of costume.Sometime the sculptor will use aluminium foil to keep part of clay form. Then the sculptor will take it baked to harden the clay.

        When the clay baking process is complete. Prototype will be send to manufacture company for checking. The toy manufacture company will produce action figures mold for form plastic piece from this prototype .
  

Accessories of Action Figures

  Action Figures manufacturing company produce their some product by adding it's accessories such as  production G.I. Joe action figures with hand fastened weapons or sculpted guns , Military action figures with missile launchers.In mid 1990s , Marketing technic of action figure production with accessories decrease due to concerning about safety. Such as water-squirting weapon of the joker action figures was conbine with body ,unremove. Nearly now build-a-figure concept was popular by Marvel Legends, including a part of body in each figure of every series that appeal to consumer buying every figures series. DC Universe Classics was influented by this concept. Figures was include in pack-in comic book or display base to appeal to the action figures collector. So some of accessories production was display purposes ,not play value.

History after 2000

         At now , The toys manufacturing companies such as Justice League Unlimited and Master of the Universe revival procuded a lot of action figures for adults collector market . These action figures were splendid and highly detailed for collector. In addition to comic book company lunched action figures into toys market by unconsidered the figures showed on the film.
        Adults figures market are specific at niche market such as chain store  rather than mass market , specificed in comic conventions and mail-in . This events raise  more figures marlet value . New technic of toys manufacturing company such as short-packed and errors appeal to adult figure collector.
      

in 1980-2000 of Action Figures

   
         In 1980s , Action Figures were popular , One reason They were built on cartoon series ,big marketing tool of toy manufacturing.These were successful action figures such as  G.I. Joe,Thundercats,etc.  That time popularity of Japanese robot cartoons, example Gundum, led to Takara reproduce in Micro Robots. Changing robot concept from cybrog robot to living robot caused Micro Change line of Toys . Robots were transformed from any objects sucha as car, The Transformers. At the end of 1980s more collectors began to collect original version of each series. One of most popular collection is ninja turtles action figures . At the mid 1990s a lot of Star War action figures were produced and flooded over toys market. That evidence action figures were not produced for kids.Developing of media such as newspaper, toy magazine,and  internet led to crazy collecting action figures
       In 1999, The study showed that action figures have more and more muscular from beginning to now so It would might cause image intortion in gender.

History of Action Figures

In 1964, G.I. Joe is the first action figures that was named by Hasbro for marketing to boys who wouldn't play with dolls. G.I. Joe was a military 11.5-inch figure that can be changed clothes. Hasbro licensed G.I.Joe in every market that Hasbro sold it.
This product was sold in USA , English and other country. In Japan, Tsukuda company munufacture and sell Action Man , Hasbro sublicense . Other company,Takara produce and sell G.I.Joe toys in Japan,Including Henshin Cybrog-1 GI Joe. In oil supply cirsis of the 1970s Takara try to save cost by developing smaller cybrog toy , called Microman. It was first sold in 1974 being origined smaller toys and transforming robot toy.
Until 1971 , Mego corporation began making American marvel and DC comic book superhero figures ,highly successful sales and considered collectible by adults now. Mega brought the Microman toy from Japan and sold in USA. as Micronauts.
Later 1976 , Kenner Products lunched Star Wars 3-3/4" toy and highly cuccessful. By Star Wars selling ,led to multi-million dollar collectible action figures business.

Type of Action Figures

Type of Action Figures

There are many types of Action Figures in the Toys & Games' world. Number of each type depends on deviding's method.

Functionally method :-

• science fiction & fantasy figures.
• Political Figures.
• Military Figures.
  
• Sport Figures.
• Robot.
• Animal.
• Collectible Figures.
• etc.

Material method:-

• Clay.
• Wood.
• Plastic.
• Ceramic.
• etc.

Character method:-

• Harry Porter.
• Batman.
• Godzilla.
• KingKong.
• Power Rangers
• Spider man
• StarWar
• Star trek
  
• Superman
• Ninja turtle
• Pirate carribbean
• Marvel
  
• Halo
• Fantastic Four
  
• Ben 10
• etc.

In addition to the above , we can divide in other method depending on our target to using.

Action Figures

Action Figures

Have do you seen Transformer movie ? Fighting robots that can change their body to any figures. It's so pleasure and exciting for people seeing movie. Or another movies such as Starwar ,Private carribbean, Spiderman , Ninja turtle , Pokemon, etc. Toys manufacturing companies get idea from movie to produce small miniatures or small models of these robots . And called Action Figures. Action Figures have been produced by toys company for a long time. Since movie industry was a small market and Most kids read or see only cartoon. Not same as now, Having many media to be transmit to people for consume such as movie, video game, television programmes.
Action Figures may be realistic or iconic . Depending on intention of Designer. The original types were made of dirt, clay , stone, wood. Then they were developed to be made of glass, metal, ceramic , finally plastic , etc.
At present , Action Figures are popular and acceptable in every age range. In addition , They are popular for adult age as collector item. Adults are young heart who have memory in child time about their hero action figure.