Sunday, November 30, 2008

Indiana Jones and the attack of the clones

Now that all the Indiana Jones have been released, let's line them up and shoot them

Indiana Jones by Kenner, released in 1983

Toys McCoy Indiana Jones, released 1999 (that's almost ten years ago!) but with accessories from Relic Hunter (including the saber he acquired in "Temple of Doom", a sequel so dark and scary a PG-13 rating was created) and fedora hat from Hasbro's Talking Indy

Relic Hunter - not an official Indiana Jones figure but who else can he be? You don't have to be a Professor in Archeology to know the answer :) The Relic Hunter's hat was really really bad so he's wearing Talking Indy's hat instead.

Hasbro's whipping Indy

Medicom Indy - I like Medicom's Indy except for his scrawny body which makes the head look big but with the jacket on, he looks much better. Also, I love the accessories, especially all the artifacts and most of all, you have to get Junior if you are already also eyeing Henry Jones Sr. They look GREAT together :)

Sideshow Indy - value for money. Sideshow's Indy is good enough if you can only spend on one.



I give you the South American Idols, from left to right: Kubrick Golden Idol, Medicom's, Sideshow's and lastly, Hasbro's

Kubrick Indy



Kubrick and Lego Indy

Lego Indy and Henry Jones Sr

That's all folks :)
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19 comments:

  1. kenmooNovember 30, 2008 at 10:28 PM

    wahahaha double steam~~!!!

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  2. Dash MacBastardNovember 30, 2008 at 10:31 PM

    LOL. I love the old Kenner Indy. I especially like the fact that he dould probably use his hat as a life raft (in case he ever needs to escape from another plane). Are those all his original accessories? Or were those ones you had to replace? I haven't seen my figures pistol and bullwhip since 3 minutes after I opened the figure's package Christmas morning of '82!

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  3. Little Plastic ManNovember 30, 2008 at 11:20 PM

    Super Indy collection! Funny looking hat for the Kenner Indy...:P

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  4. ShaunDecember 1, 2008 at 9:41 AM

    been looking forward to this post of the group shots of Indy from you, my guru.

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  5. alex teoDecember 1, 2008 at 10:43 AM

    thanks ken :)

    Hi dash, Kenner Indy was GREAT fun - came out as a toy and not a collectible and he's the FIRST!! His hat could probably double up as a parachute too - LOL. I added the bag because he didn't come with one and the coiled whip is a recent addition. I still have the original but it won't stay coiled.

    Hi Adrian, me BIG BIG fan of Indy ;p

    ah mister shaun, you know me only too well :> just couldn't resist putting them all together for a shot

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  6. cosmicbabyDecember 1, 2008 at 10:52 AM

    impressive Indy collection

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  7. alex teoDecember 1, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    thank you Marcus :)

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  8. AnonymousDecember 1, 2008 at 9:06 PM

    The 5th installment is out, Indiana Jones and the Clone Wars.....

    Both Medicom and Sideshow look brilliant, although the Sideshow headscrupt maybe slightly better, there's more attitude to it.

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  9. alex teoDecember 2, 2008 at 1:48 PM

    hey tony, gotta agree that Sideshow's is value for money but i had to have medicom's indy to go with their Henry. now i gotta find me a 21st century toys' German motorbike with sidecar to plonk them in :P

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  10. AnonymousDecember 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM

    Hope you can get your German motorbike with sidecar soon..I am sure they look very cool together with 12inch figures..

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  11. alex teoDecember 2, 2008 at 2:59 PM

    hi desmond it's not going to be easy locating that 1/6 german motorcycle with sidecar... we'll just have to wait and see ;) thanks for looking

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  12. AnonymousDecember 28, 2008 at 10:18 AM

    I'm a big fan of the vintage Indy made by Kenner. I agree the hat isn't exactly flattering. Does anyone know if the hats belonging to any of the recent 12" Indy releases will fit him?

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  13. alex teoDecember 28, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    hi, the biggest hat right now is Hasbro's Talking Indy hat which I've used on both Toys McCoy Indy and Relic Hunter but it is still too small to fit Kenner Indy's BIG head.

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  14. MizuJanuary 9, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    Wow. This collection absolutely pwns. I've been a fan of Indy ever since LucasArts' Fate of Atlantis back in '92. The movies were something I watched after the spin-off games. :3

    Why Medicom doesn't use their bulkier RAH body which we know they have? The short, regular RAH body doesn't fit everyone. (e.g. while it looks alright on Peter Parker, Indy's build is bigger than that.)

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  15. alex teoJanuary 9, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    thanks michelle, for making me feel old, talking about '92. i saw indy on the big screen in '81, that's 11 years earlier - LOL!

    don't even get me started on Medicom - bunch of incompetent people - who know what goes on in those weird minds of theirs. the things they do defy reason - their Star Wars line is a prime example - SIGH!

    anyhoo, thanks for popping by ;p

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  16. PeteMarch 13, 2010 at 4:34 AM

    Awesome pix! Noticed that your Kenner 12" Indy has the "light tan" boots, as opposed to the brown boots. Mine also has the lighter boots, although I've seen plenty more Kenner Indys with dark boots. Do we have a boot variation, or did our boots just fade over time?

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  17. alex teoMarch 14, 2010 at 10:07 PM

    Hi Pete, me thinks the boots faded over time and it isn't a boot variation. Thanks for looking :) CHEERS

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  18. UnknownNovember 5, 2019 at 10:55 PM

    I had the Kenner Indy as a child, he was the top of my list that Christmas. He ended up dating some of my Barbies, but the coolest thing about him was that Kenner really tried (and succeeded, imo) in getting Harrison Ford's crooked smile down pat. For a reworked Ken doll by way of Han Solo, that was a damned good head sculpt for its time! Love your collection of figures and have been paging through your blog in awe.

    Do you know if there have ever been any mass market attempts to create a 6, from the old British show The Prisoner? I've never seen one but boy, would I pay through the nose for a 1/6 of Patrick McGoohan, that guy was my hero. Thanks for your blog and for sharing your collection, it's truly amazing.

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  19. alex teoNovember 6, 2019 at 12:01 PM

    Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment :) So nice of you to share your thoughts and make this blog a two-way thing

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