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 The People's Pick Awards for 2006

EDIT - the voting is now closed! Thanks!

It's been an interesting year, that's for sure.  Some companies gone, and not many new to replace them.  Retailers cutting back even further.  But the sixth scale market is booming like never before.

I've added a couple categories this year as the higher end market continues to grow.  In both the Best and Worst sections you'll find choices for Statues (which includes Premium Format figures) and Mini-busts.  Please note that means the PF's are NOT included in the 18" and up figure category now, but in the statue categories.  I did my best to pick reasonable nominations in both of these, but as always, please feel free to exploit the 'other' text field if I missed your favorite.

. The prizes are:

- Prize 1: Marvel Legends, the Onslaught wave.  These guys are still all MOC, and it's the full set so you too can build Onslaught.

- Prize 2: Mcfarlane Femme Fatales.  You remember these ladies, now they come packed together in a three pack boxed set, still MIB.

- Prize 3: Solomon Grundy.  Last summer at SDCC, the Justice League Solomon Grundy exclusive was all the rage.  Now you can snag one, MIB!

- Prize 4: The Elvis pack.  These are loose, but it's includes all three Elvis figures from the second Mcfarlane boxed set!

- Prize 5: Gremlins.  This cool little boxed set of three of the old school Gremlins from Dark Horse is MIB, and up for grabs.

- Prize 6: Dragons:  These guys are loose, but complete, and you get the whole set of Dragons series 4, plus the deluxe boxed set!

- Prize 7: Marvel Icons Wolverine mini-bust.  Hot off the presses and number ??? of ???!  Comes in the box with COA.

- Prize 8: Corpse Bride:  The CB package includes all 6 Corpse Bride series 2 figures, still MOC.  Yep, you get the whole set, case fresh!

Be sure to select which prize pack you're most interested in.  I can't guarantee that's the one you'll get, so the wise man selects more than one!  Thanks for voting, and watch for the results in early January! 

Oh, and only one entry per email address.  I will delete any that are from a duplicate email address before pulling the winners, so it won't do you much good anyway.  Thanks - on to the voting!

 

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Marvel Legends Femme Fatales Solomon Grundy 
Elvis Gremlins Dragons
Icons Wolverine Corpse Bride

Best of 2006 Poll

NOTE - for categories like articulation, sculpting and packaging, I always think in terms of companies rather than lines.  That's why the suggestions are all companies, but feel free to use the Other box on any question to vote for your particular favorite.

Also be sure to read through ALL the choices before voting.  There were a lot of lines, companies, and figures this year, and you might forget something or someone from earlier in the year.  I tried to be relatively comprehensive, but the other box is always there for your specific needs. 

You'll also notice that many of the same figures or lines might end up in best or worst categories.  I know that folks have highly varying opinions on this stuff.  Also, my suggestions are meant not as the end all, be all list, but as a reminder of all the companies and lines that were out there in 2006.  I've actually pruned the lists down somewhat from past years, but there's still a ton to choose from.

I've added links for many of the choices as well.  I was a little hesitant to do this, since not all will have links, and that might alter the voting in itself.  Also, I tend to think that if a figure or line didn't make enough of an impression on you to remember it, you probably shouldn't be voting it Best or Worst.  But it was widely appreciated last year, so we'll give it a try again.  When it comes to lines, the links obviously point to a representative sample of some sort.

Don't forget to exploit the Other text boxes when you feel the need.  Thanks for voting!

Best Overall Company:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Gentle Giant Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Best Overall Line (non-mini figures):

Power Rangers Marvel Legends Marvel Select Lost
Corpse Bride Star Wars (Sideshow) Modern Monsters (Sideshow Freddy, Jason, etc) Family Guy
Lord of the Rings (Sideshow) Spawn 29 Pirates of the Caribbean (NECA) X-men
Final Fantasy Fantastic Four Hot Toys Marines (Alien) Justice League (Unlimited)
Sports Picks Spider-man Dragonball Z Transformer Classics
Star Wars (Hasbro) Naruto Predator - Hot Toys DCSH
Knightfall TMNT Long Halloween Elvis
Dr. Who (Formation Arts) Medicom RAH Secret Files Unmasked Looney Tunes
Alex Ross Justice League Now Playing Star Trek Simpsons
Hanna Barbera Cult Classics Toybiz 12" Rotocast ML Icons
Spawn 30 Chronicles of Narnia (Disney) Star Wars Unleashed Smart Bombs
DC Direct 13" Deluxe Sigma six Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney) Halo
Ben 10 Rocky McToys Military Dragons
South Park (Mezco) Dr. Who (Character Options)   The Batman Saint Seiya
Nightmares of Lovecraft Pirates of the Caribbean (Zizzle)  Attack of the Living Dead Cyber Units
comic Hellboy Elseworlds Stargate SG-1 Microman
Miami Vice Buffy/Angel (Sideshow) Buffy/Angel (DST) Nightmare Before Xmas
Last Avatar Crisis on Infinite Earths  Living Dead Dolls TMNT
WWE Classic Superstars MOTU Staction Figures    Superman Returns Super Hero Showdown
Revoltech

Other:

Best Mini-figure line:

Mez-itz Shockinis Minimates Mega-Bloks
Galactic Heroes Stikfas    

Other:

Best Male Figure (18" or more):

Cartman Family Guy Peter Evil Monkey Superman Returns  (Mattel)
Balrog Pumpkinhead Lord of Darkness Scarface
Jack Sparrow Hot Toys Alien  John Lennon Freddy Mercury

Other:

Best Male Figure (12" - 18"):

Other:

Best Male Figure (under 12"):

Other:

Best Female Figure (12"):

Cordelia Vampire Darla Takara Catwoman
Mrs. Peel (in color) Private Vasquez  Ice (bbi Cy Girl)
Aska (bbi Cy Girl) Rei Ayanami Lt. Gay Ellis

Other:

Best Female Figure (under 12"):

Adrian  Corpse Bride (series 2) Elizabeth Swan (Pirate outfit) DCSH Supergirl
DST Vamp Buffy DCSH Batgirl Chronicles of Narnia Lucy (Disney) Trisha Takanawa
Spawn 29 Zera  Justice League Zatanna (Ross) The Wish Cordelia Undersea Gal
Tiffany (Spwan 30) Lost Shannon     

Other:

Best Statue:

PF Obi-Wan PF Darth Vader PF Lurtz Superman (DC Direct)
Animated Boba Fett Animated Leia/R2  PF Leia Hulk vs Spider-man
Kelley Jones B&W Batman Mignola B&W Batman Hawkeye (DST)   Red Skull (Bowen)
Darth Vader (GG) Hungarian Horntail Bruce the Shark Alien Cinemaquette
Predator Maquette Dr. Doom (Sideshow) Trapjaw (15") Iron-man Comiquette
Darth Maul (Gentle Giant) Donatello (Playmates) Brandy (Moore) She Dragon (Moore)

Other:

Best Mini-bust:

Dumbledore Dementor Dobby Snape
Palpatine Pastor Galswells  Supergirl (WotDCU) Beta Ray Bill (DST)
Destroyer (Bowen) Harlequinn (WotDCU) Tigra (Bowen)    Annihilus (Bowen)
Terrax      

Other:

Best Articulation:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow  Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Best Sculpting:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Gentle Giant Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Best Packaging:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Gentle Giant Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Best Vehicle, Deluxe Set or Playset:

Lost Hatch Cursed Jack/Cursed Barbossa Family Couch Gag set ML Monsters
Corgi Batmobiles Texas Chainsaw Massacre New Begining POTC Islas Cruces Buffy Library (DST)
NMBC Jack/Snowmobile Dragonhawk (Sigma Six) Ben 10 Alien Lab Mattel Cars
Lock, Shock, Barrel Highlander The Thing  

Other:

Best New Idea or Innovation:

Sideshow distributing Medicom/Hot Toys Inclusive Editions Smart Bombs
Lost prop replicas Titanium series figures Zombies!
Star Wars Transformers Shrinking SW Unleashed Magnetic flaps for boxes (Sideshow)

Other:

Worst Overall Company:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Gentle Giant Enterbay

Other:

Worst Line:

Power Rangers Marvel Legends Marvel Select Pirates of the Caribbean (Zizzle)
Spider-Man Origins 9" Superman Returns X-men Family Guy
Lord of the Rings (Sideshow) Spawn 30 Buffy/Angel (Sideshow) Simpsons
DC Direct 13" One Peg Mcfarlane Military Justice League Unlimited
Sports Picks Spider-man Dragonball Z Pirates of the Caribbean (NECA)
Star Wars (Hasbro) Miami Vice Dragonology DCSH
Last Avatar TMNT Naruto Web Splashers
Sigma Six Hanna-Barbera Rocky Halo
Disney heroes  Ben 10 Star Trek Original Star Wars (Sideshow)
Nightmares of Lovecraft Star Wars Unleashed   South Park (Mezco) The Batman
Buffy/Angel (DST) Lost    Fantastic Four Marvel Legends Face Offs
Now Playing MOTU Staction Figures WWE Classic Superstars Super Hero Showdown

Other:

Worst Mini-figure line:

Mez-itz Shockinis Minimates Mega-Bloks
Galactic Heroes  Stikfas    

Other:

Worst Male Figure (18" or more):

Pumpkinhead Balrog Freddy Mercury John Lennon
Lord of Darkness Scarface    

Other:

Worst Male Figure (12" - 18"):

Other:

Worst Male Figure (under 12"):

Other:

Worst Female Figure (12"): 

Other:

Worst Female Figure (under 12"):

Other:

Worst Statue:

PF Han Solo PF Buffy V for Vendetta (NECA) Superman (Kotobukiya)
X3 Beast GG Darth Vader GG Boba Fett (non-animated)  

Other:

Worst Mini-bust:

Qui-Gonn Becoming Buffy X3 Wolverine Captain Britain

Other:

Worst Articulation:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Worst Sculpting:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Gentle Giant Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Worst Packaging:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi SOTA McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Mezco Toybiz
Takara Mattel Creatus Maximus JAKKS
Joyride Studios NECA Majestic Plan-B Toys
Jazwares Shocker Toys Toynami Hot Toys
Yamato Diamond Select Disney Zizzle
Gentle Giant Medicom Enterbay

Other:

Worst Vehicle,  Deluxe set or Playset:

Other:

Worst Idea:

Titanium series figures Lost prop replicas DC Direct Deluxe scale (13")
variant THOH Krusty shortpacking Giant Man's left hand Ultimate Galatic Hunt
Smart Bombs George Lucas mail away Star Wars Transformers

Other:

The line/figure in 2007 you're most looking forward to:

Hasbro Marvel Legends Sideshow Buffy 1/4 scale horror
The Batman Mcfarlane Dragons Star Wars (Hasbro)
12" LOTR Lost series 2 1/4 scale Star Wars
Spawn Justice League Unlimited Family Guy
GWAR South Park Hanna-Barbera
Now Playing 1/4 scale LOTR (Sideshow) Simpsons
Pirates of the Caribbean 12" Star Wars (Sideshow) Street Fighter
Looney Tunes DC Superheroes (Mattel) 13" DC Direct
Harry Potter Labrinth Jareth The 300
Grindhouse

Other:

Please include any additional comments or suggestions:

  

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