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Action figure

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An action figure is a poseable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, video game, or television program. [1]

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Acrylic paint

Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion.

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Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) (chemical formula (C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z) is a common thermoplastic polymer.

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Action Man

Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable fighting man": G.I. Joe.

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Batman

Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Big Jim (toy line)

Big Jim was a popular line of action figure toys produced from 1972 through 1986 by Mattel for the North American and European markets.

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Body image

Body image is a person's perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body.

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Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop one's musculature.

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Cap gun

A cap gun, cap pistol, or cap rifle is a toy gun that creates a loud sound simulating a gunshot and a puff of smoke when a small percussion cap is exploded.

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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science fiction/action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication.

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Collecting

The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining items that are of interest to an individual collector.

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Comic book

A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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DC Collectibles

DC Collectibles is a division of DC Comics, the Time Warner subsidiary that publishes comic books and licenses characters such as Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher.

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DC Universe Classics

DC Universe Classics was an action figure toyline, a sub-line of the DC Universe toy brand manufactured by Mattel.

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Diaclone

is a toyline by Takara Toys launched in 1980.

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Dino-Riders

Dino-Riders is a cartoon television series that first aired in 1988.

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Doll

A doll is a model of a human being, often used as a toy for children.

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Electronic component

An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.

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Fan convention

Fan convention (also known as con or fan meeting), a term that antedates 1942, is an event in which fans of a particular film, television series, comic book, actor, or an entire genre of entertainment, such as science fiction or anime and manga, gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other.

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Figma

The series is a Japanese action figure line produced by Max Factory and distributed by Good Smile Company.

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Figurine

A figurine (a diminutive form of the word figure) or statuette is a small statue that represents a human, deity or animal, or in practice a pair or small group of them.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Flocking (texture)

Flocking is the process of depositing many small fiber particles (called flock) onto a surface.

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G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced and owned by the toy company Hasbro.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (also known as Action Force in the UK) is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise.

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Gundam

, also known as the, is a science fiction media franchise created by Sunrise that features giant robots (mecha) called mobile suits bearing the name Gundam.

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Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (an abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy and board game company, It is the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value, and third largest with revenues of approximately $5.12 billion.

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He-Man

He-Man is the principal character of a series of comic books and several animated television series, characterized by his superhuman strength.

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 TV series)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American-Canadian animated television series.

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Interactive television

Interactive television (also known as ITV or iTV) is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.

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Johnny Hero

Johnny Hero was a clothed, 13 inch tall figure produced by Rosko Industries for Sears as a boy's doll (the term action figure had only begun being used with G.I. Joe).

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Joker (character)

The Joker is a fictional supervillain created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson who first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940), published by DC Comics.

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Justice League Unlimited

Justice League Unlimited (JLU) is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network.

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Kenner Products

Kenner Products was an American toy company founded in 1946.

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License

A license (American English) or licence (British English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).

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List of Masters of the Universe characters

The Masters of the Universe franchise debuted in 1982, the creation of American company Mattel.

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List of She-Ra: Princess of Power characters

This is a list of She-Ra: Princess of Power characters.

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Mail order

Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery.

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Marketing

Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.

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Marvel Legends

Marvel Legends is an action figure line based on the characters of Marvel Comics, initially produced by Toy Biz, then by Hasbro.

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Masters of the Universe

Masters of the Universe (commonly abbreviated MOTU and sometimes referred to as He-Man, after the lead hero) is a media franchise created by Mattel.

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Mattel

Mattel, Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945 with headquarters in El Segundo, California.

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McFarlane Toys

McFarlane Toys, a subsidiary of Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc., is a company founded by comics creator Todd McFarlane that makes highly detailed models of characters from movies, comics, popular music, video games and sporting genres.

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Mego Corporation

The Mego Corporation was a toy company founded in 1954.

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Micro Change

Takara Toys' 1982 Micro Change series of toys were part of the 1980 New Microman toy line and were small household objects that could transform into vehicles or artificially intelligent robot characters that fought alongside their 10-centimeter tall alien cyborg Microman creators against the evil Acroyears.

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Microman

was a science fiction toyline created, manufactured and marketed by Takara Co., Ltd. from 1974 to 1984 as well as from 1998 to 2007.

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Micronauts

Micronauts was a North American science fiction toyline manufactured and marketed by Mego from 1976 to 1980.

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Modelling clay

Modelling clay is any of a group of malleable substances used in building and sculpting.

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Movie Maniacs

Movie Maniacs is the 13th short film released by Columbia Pictures in 1936 starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard).

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National Entertainment Collectibles Association

The National Entertainment Collectibles Association or NECA is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, video-games, sports, music, and television based in New Jersey.

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Nostalgia

Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.

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Nylon

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, based on aliphatic or semi-aromatic polyamides.

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Palisades Toys

Palisades Entertainment, LLC, better known as Palisades Toys, was an American manufacturing and distributing toy & collectibles company geared toward the adult collector market.

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Palitoy

Palitoy was a British toy company.

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Phosphorescence

Phosphorescence is a type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence.

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Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean is a Disney franchise encompassing numerous theme park attractions and a media franchise consisting of a series of films, and spin-off novels, as well as a number of related video games and other media publications.

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Plastic

Plastic is material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and so can be molded into solid objects.

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Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, also known as polyvinyl or '''vinyl''', commonly abbreviated PVC, is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer, after polyethylene and polypropylene.

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Product (business)

In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need.

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Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles

Sgt.

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Skeletor

Skeletor is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Masters of the Universe franchise created by Mattel.

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Spawn (comics)

Spawn is a fictional character, an antihero and hellish Superhero that appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by American company Image Comics.

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Star Wars

Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas.

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Stinkor

Stinkor is a fictional character, a villain from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

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Storm (Marvel Comics)

Storm is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Suction cup

A suction cup, also known as a sucker, is a device or object that uses the negative fluid pressure of air or water to adhere to nonporous surfaces, creating a partial vacuum.

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Super Powers Collection

The Super Powers Collection was a line of action figures based on DC Comics superheroes and supervillains that was created by Kenner Products in the 1980s.

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Superhero

A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero or Super) is a type of heroic stock character, usually possessing supernatural or superhuman powers, who is dedicated to fighting the evil of his/her universe, protecting the public, and usually battling supervillains.

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Swamp Thing

The Swamp Thing is a fictional character and antihero in comic books published by American company DC Comics.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Takara

Takara Co., Ltd. (株式会社タカラ) was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures are toys based on the franchise of the same name and have been produced by the company Playmates Toys since 1988.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series, a spinoff of the 1984 comedy movie Ghostbusters.

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Thermochromism

Thermochromism is the property of substances to change color due to a change in temperature.

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ThunderCats

ThunderCats is an American franchise featuring a fictional group of catlike humanoid aliens.

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Toxic Crusaders

Toxic Crusaders is an animated series based on The Toxic Avenger films.

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Toy Biz

Toy Biz (formerly stylized as ToyBiz and later re-branded as Marvel Toys) was an American toy company, a division of Marvel Entertainment, best known for producing toys, mainly action figures of licensed brands and characters.

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Toy Biz, Inc. v. United States

Toy Biz v. United States was a 2003 decision in the United States Court of International Trade that determined that for purposes of tariffs, Toy Biz's action figures were toys, not dolls, because they represented "nonhuman creatures".

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ToyFare

ToyFare was a monthly magazine published by Wizard Entertainment that focused on collectible action figures, busts, statues, and maquettes.

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Transformers (toy line)

The is a line of toys produced by the American toy company Hasbro and Japanese company Takara (now known as Takara Tomy).

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Tsukuda

Tsukuda (written: 佃 lit. "cultivated rice field") is a Japanese surname.

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Tyco Toys

Tyco Toys was an American toy manufacturer.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Wind-up toy

A wind-up toy is a toy powered by a clockwork motor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_figure

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