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This month I'm combining the giveaway with the Best of 2001 poll.  Just answer the poll questions below, and submit your opinion.  You'll be entered in the drawing for the free figure of the 12" Bela Lugosi as Murder Legendre from Sideshow Toy!

Give me your opinions, and I'll do a wrap up feature come the first week of January.  And you don't have to answer every question.  Just don't pick any radio button, or put No Opinion in the text box and you'll be all set.  Thanks!

GENERAL RULES - only one entry per unique email. You can go ahead and enter as many times as you like, but I'll delete any that aren't from unique emails.

Also, you need to respond with your snail mail address within one week of the notification of winning.  If you don't, I'll pull another winner!
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Best of 2001 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.

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 2001.

Best Overall Company:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin

Other:

Best Overall Line:

DC Direct Crouching Tiger Famous Covers Futurama
Movie Maniacs Universal Monsters eXtreme Detail Buffy (MAC)
Lord of the Rings Samurai Spawn Harry Potter Monsters Inc.
Beast Wars Tortured Souls Reservoir Dogs Shrek
Sports Picks Spiderman Classics Dragonball Z RID
Star Wars Living Dead Dolls Gundam Digimon
Simpsons

Other:

Best Male Figure:

Li Mu Bai Alfred Urban Firefighter Terminator
Gandalf (6") Bender Dracula Spike
Ares Samurai Spawn Martian Manhunter Ketwol
Hellboy  F15/F18 Pilots Spiderman 
(Spiderman Classics)		 Igor
Oz Control Cabin Nemo Daredevil
(Spiderman Classics)		 Prof. Frink

Other:

Best Female Figure:

Blaze (Cy-Girls ) Yu Shu Lien Buffy (Sideshow) Matilda
Jen Yu Leela (MAC) Princess Fiona Arwen 12"
Artemis Vampirella Wonder Woman (JLA) Olive Oyl

Other:

Best Articulation:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin

Other:

Best Sculpting:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's

Other:

Best Packaging:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's

Other:

Best Vehicle or Playset:

THOH2 Android's Dungeon Shrek sets B-wing
Batcave Simpsons Xmas F-15 Cockpit Skiff
Tie Fighter Luke/Speederbike 12" Jaws

Other:

Best New Idea or Innovation:

Bionicles Palm Talkers Pop Out People
Z-G game Ultarama displays He-man Reissue
Ertl Sportsmen Rock N' the Box  

Other:

Worst Overall Company:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's

Other:

Worst Line:

POTA Star Wars Tomb Raider Mummy Returns
SOTW Beetlejuice Titan A.E. Lord of the Rings (12")
Jimmy Neutron Matrix (12") Harry Potter Monsters Inc.
WWF Tortured Souls Hardened Creature Features
Stark Raven Jurassic Park III Final Fantasy Spiderman Adventure Heroes

Other:

Worst Male Figure:

Morpheus (12") Attar (12") Leo Davidson (6") Angus Young
Gandalf (12") Jimmy Neutron Eminem Darkseid
Teenage Caveman Steven Seagal Rambo Mad Max

Other:

Worst Female Figure:

Daena (POTA) Lara Croft (12") Chyna
Cordelia (MAC) Shmi Skywalker Aki Ross
Wonder Woman 
(Masterpiece Edition)		 She Creature Vampirella

Other:

Worst Articulation:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's

Other:

Worst Sculpting:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's

Other:

Worst Packaging:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston Resaurus N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's

Other:

Worst Vehicle or Playset:

Simpsons Family Car Tie Fighter Church (WOS)
Luke/Speederbike (12") Batcave B-wing

Other:

Worst Idea:

Limited Potter figures Palm Talkers Increasing prices
Rock N' the Box Popeye He-man Reissue

Other:

The line/figure in 2002 you're most looking forward to:

Star Trek New Rudolph Peanuts
James Bond New He-man Star Wars Ep. II
Muppets Pocket Super Heroes  

Other:

Please include any additional comments or suggestions:

 

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