Blade

In honor of Comic Con that was here a couple of weeks ago, I am sharing some  of the comic book characters.

Blade- The Vampire Hunter.  The character was brought to life by Wesley  Snipes on the big screen in 1998.  There were two other Blade movies to complete  the trilogy.   

The first Blade figure was created  by Toy Biz. It seemed like the figure was created in a small quantity  because it was hard to find.  Every week I would be in every Toys R Us looking for Blade but to no avail.  Then one Saturday afternoon, I went into Toys R Us  and saw that they had only one.  Unfortunately,  a teenager was holding it in his hands and he was surrounded with two other friends holding the other 2 characters (Punisher and Wolverine) released with Blade.  I thought to myself how am I going to get this figure from him.  It was easier than I thought.  I just asked him if he was going to buy it.  He said no and it was a great day.

The second Blade was not based on Wesley Snipes and it is called Real Action Heroes created by Medicom Toys.

The third Blade was based on Wesley Snipes  in Blade 2.  It was created by Hot Toys.

Blade (right to left) Toy Biz, Medicom, Hot Toys

Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial

This weekend was the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.  Also in October 1964 , he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

 The monument design was based on his famous speech, I Have a Dream, in which he states  "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."  See http://washington.org/visiting/experience-dc/mlk-memorial

The action figures that  have a connection to Martin Luther King's life.

(Samuel Jackson, Benjamin Banneker, Pres. Obama, Nelson Mandela)

 Samuel Jackson- Playing Martin Luther King in the Broadway Play, "On the Mountaintop".

Benjamin Banneker was an  author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner.  He assisted in surveying the city that would become the nation's captial. (www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p84.html).

Other winners of the Nobel Peace Price:
President Barack Obama gave a speech at the dedication on Sunday.  He won  the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
Nelson Mandela won  in 1993.

The Olmec Toy Company created a Martin Luther King figure in 1992.  I do not own this figure but there is a picture on http://www.blackdollcollecting.blogspot.com/ on the January  18, 2010 posting.

The Sports Players

continue- Hispanic Heritage Month

*Alex Rodriquez, a baseball player for the New York Yankees.   He is from the Dominican Republic.  He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs and is the all-time leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent.  He is in a Seattle Mariners Uniform and played with a couple of teams before the Yankees.

 *Sammy Sosa played with the Chicago Cubs.  He is from the Dominican Republic.  He is in a Chicago Cub's uniform, but played with 4 different teams during his career.  He retired from baseball in 2007.



*Anderson "Spider" Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion.  He was never created as a 12" doll. The doll was  6" figure from  Round 5 - Ultimate Fighting Championship Toys series.  The head was almost the size of a 12" doll head so I put him on a 12" body.

* Info from Wikipedia

Rebelde

continue -Hispanic Heritage Month
Mattel created dolls  based on the characters from Rebelde.

Rebelde ("Rebel" or "Rebellious") was a Mexican telenovela (soap opera) produced.  The series is set at the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding high school in Mexico City  revolving around a group of students forming a pop band. The actors are bandmembers from the group RBD.*

The male dolls were not created as single dolls.  They were packaged with the female dolls from the show. Alfonso Herrera as Miguel Arango, Christopher Uckermann asDiego Bustamente, Christian Chavez as Juan "Giovanni" Mendez Lopez.

Giovanni

Giovanni and Lupito

Miguel

Miguel and Mia

Diego

Diego and Roberto

Note:  The female dolls were issued in three different sets.  Two different single sets and one couple set.  The first single set showed the dolls looking more like the characters.  The second set showed the female dolls using the Barbie face mold

* Info from Wikipedia

Mario

continue- Hispanic Heritage Month

A.C. Slater  is a character from the television show Saved by the Bell.   The doll was created by Tiger in 1992  with the 5 other cast members.  A.C. Slater was "the school's star athlete, excelling as a wrestler and the quarterback of the football team."*       His real name is Mario Lopez.



He is wearing a crochet outfit and not his original outfit. 

*Information from Wikipedia

Carlito

continuing -Hispanic Heritage Month

Carlito, is a Puerto Rican Professional Wrestler. He was with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the action figure is from the WWE Maximum Aggression Series.  He is also a  13-time world heavyweight champion having held the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship.  

A Tribute to Hispanice Heritage Month

In honor of the National Hispanic Heritage Month, I will share with you some dolls and action figures that are Hispanic.
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The National Hispanic Heritage Month website states the theme for this year is Many Backgrounds, Many Stories…One American Spirit”
http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

Ricky Martin, a singer, a Puerto Rican pop singer and a former member of the Menudo musical group in the 1980"s.  He has  several hits including the 1999 hit "Livin La Vida Loca". The doll sings this song.*

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish-American pop music singer. The doll also sings.  He has appeared in movies and television shows. He was named "King of Latin Pop".*

*Information in Blog comes from Wikipedia.