Teen Wolf: The Action Figure

Teen Wolf: the Action Figure

24 years after movie history was made with the release of the first ever coming-of-age film featuring a lycanthrope, a Teen Wolf action figure is finally being released. This surely signals the beginning of the end of the zombie's popularity. The werewolf is the new monster du jour. Get on board, people.

You can see more pictures at Toys R Evil. It's all very impressive, but I won't be satisfied until I can get a Stiles doll.

Stiles from Teen Wolf

I'd also like one of Boof, the father, and the chubby guy who also played Francis in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

There's not much information about commercial availability yet, but who actually gives a shit? You can be sure it will cost a ridiculous amount of money. Action figures for the collector have gotten insanely expensive. For example, this Joker figure from The Dark Night costs $195! Who pays $200 for a doll? Lunatics. And what in the world could ever justify a $200 price tag? Here is the disturbing answer:

The MMS DX line features a newly developed technology for a 1:6 scale collectible: Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS). PERS special features include: Unique designed eyeballs with colored translucent iris and simultaneous positionable eyeball function. The eyes for these figures move in all directions, much like human eyes (emphasis mine).

Holy hell. I had no idea action figure production had spiraled so deeply into madness. WTF? Why? Why would anyone want their action figures to have human-like eyes?! If you're that hard up for companionship, by yourself a RealDoll like a normal freak (oxymoron intended).

Posted by Jessie Bluejay on Tuesday, April 21, 2009