This is one of those items I should have posted at the time of its release, but somehow I didn't get around to it, so now this post feels woefully out of date. Oh well, let's soldier on...This the 2008 book the DC Comics Action Figure Archive, by Scott Beatty. It was a big splashy hardcover, featuring shots of every action figure made from a DC Comics character, ever.
Of course, the most relevant section to us is the Aquaman one, so below are the pages featuring plastic replicas of the King of the Seven Seas (click the graphic to see a bigger version):
...nice seeing all those Aquamans in the same place, isn't it?
That said, I find books like this to be frustrating purchases. Originally retailing around $40, this is the kind of item that is instantly outdated once one new figure is produced.
I'd love to see a book like this come with some sort of online component, that can feature constant updates intermixed with the original material. Heck, I'd even be willing to pay for something like that--it'd be cool to have all this information in same place, part of the selling point of the book in the first place!
That said, I find books like this to be frustrating purchases. Originally retailing around $40, this is the kind of item that is instantly outdated once one new figure is produced.
I'd love to see a book like this come with some sort of online component, that can feature constant updates intermixed with the original material. Heck, I'd even be willing to pay for something like that--it'd be cool to have all this information in same place, part of the selling point of the book in the first place!
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On the plus side, the delay in publishing this post means you can now find the archive at Half Price Books. I did, but gave it a pass, because it didn't actually picture all the figures it references.
I'm reminded that I paid $40 for the first edition of The DC Comics Encyclopedia. Now I wonder if I can score the revision on discount...
I'm with Frank, although I *did* buy this on discount. I would have preferred at least SOME photo representation of each figure it references. See that listing of AQUALAD figures at the top? I would like to see them!!!!
It should have been titled "Buyer's Remorse". One of the sloppiest collector books I've ever seen.
Yeah, I have to say I was pretty disappointed with it. Way too much dead space, as those Aquaman pages show.
Ten minutes or so after finishing it, I was like, I spent $40 on this?
I bought the book for $6 at Borders, in their remainders section.
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