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It's time for the 2002 People's Choice Awards!  Now in it's third year, you can see the past two years of wrap up columns here - 2000 and 2001.

This month I'm combining the giveaway with the poll.  Just answer the poll questions below, and submit your opinion.  You'll be entered in the drawing for the free full sized bust of Spider-Man!  Yep, the uber-cool bust from Dyanmic Forces was designed by Alex Ross and Mike Hill.  If you'd like to see a review of the bust, check out my column at Movie Poop Shoot.  With a suggested retail price of $200, you don't want to miss out on this chance!

Give me your opinions, and I'll do a wrap up feature by the middle 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.  And please don't try swamping the ballot box - I also check IP addresses!

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 2002 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 NECA N2 Irwin
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Best Overall Line:

DC Direct Marvel Legends Spiderman Movie Muppets
Movie Maniacs 5 Universal Monsters eXtreme Detail Buffy (MAC)
Lord of the Rings Viking Spawn Harry Potter Monty Python
Beast Wars Tortured Souls DC 9" Six Gun Legends
Sports Picks Spiderman Classics Dragonball Z Transformers
Star Wars Living Dead Dolls Gundam Digimon
Simpsons Scooby Doo Realm of the Claw Extreme Gargoyles
Barbwire & Bayonets Brotherhood of Arms Space Ghost Playskool Star Wars
McFarlane Monsters Twilight Zone Outer Limits Masters of the Universe
Star Trek Dragon's Lair Peanuts Island of Misfit Toys
Year W/O Santa Austin Powers Pocket Heroes Hoodz

Other:

Best Male Figure:

Sauron Ultimate Jango Fett Bunsen Honeydew Hobgoblin
Spiderman (movie) Skull Splitter Legolas (TTT) Mummy
Billy the Kid Ephant Mon T-800 Yoda
 Adolf Hitler (DP) Legend of Darkness Tim the Enchanter Dr. Teeth
Dark Crystal Jen Control Cabin Nemo Sea Creature Jorge Sacul
Gwyllm ML Iron Man ML Doom ML Namor
Hank Scorpio Treebeard Gimli (12") Beaker
He-man Beast Man Cloud City Capture Chewie Dirk
Dooku (12") Sean Connery Bond Buck (Astronaut) Floyd
Gentlemen (6") Moltar Dexter Jetster Sabyr
Trapjaw Bloodaxe/Thunderhoof

Other:

Best Female Figure:

Nikki (Cy-Girls ) Voodoo Queen Dark Crystal Kira Galadrial 12"
Nurse (Eye of the Beholder) Teela T'Pol Sarah Conner
Bride of Frankenstein Svetlana Talia Miss Piggy
Valkyrie Kaele

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 NECA N2 Irwin
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Best Sculpting:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston NECA N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Best Packaging:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston NECA N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Best Vehicle or Playset:

Cabin Control Nemo Main Street Muppet Labs Electric Mayhem
Batcave (again!) Krusty Burger Alien/Predator THOH3
Inflatable Combat Raft Battle Arena Republic Gunship Star Trek Deluxe
Jedi Starfighter Slave 1 Castle GreySkull

Other:

Best New Idea or Innovation:

Zip Zaps Spiderman and Friends all mini-figures
WOS Mail Aways Star Wars Unleashed Hero Clix
Mattel Getting Batman Odyssey Toys World Stars Galidor

Other:

Worst Overall Company:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston NECA N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Worst Line:

Tick Star Wars Dragon's Lair Simpsons Blockos
DC Direct DC 9" Peanuts Lord of the Rings (12")
Smallville BTAS 4 packs Harry Potter Extreme Gargoyles
WWE Tortured Souls Marvel Select Realm of the Claw
Scooby Doo Living Dead Dolls Simpsons Spiderman Adventure Heroes
Austin Powers Pocket Heroes Hoodz Big Trouble in Little China

Other:

Worst Male Figure:

Angel Clone Trooper (12") Mace Windu (12") Jester
Adolf Hitler (DP) Dark Crystal Jen Spiderman (12") Jorge Sacul
Penguin (four pack) Brad Goodman Silik Predator
Charlie Brown Schroeder Lex Luthor Spiderman (Marvel Select)
Austin Powers Jack Burton    Luke/Taun Taun (12")

Other:

Worst Female Figure:

Zam Wessell (12") Dark Crystal Kira T'Pol
Daphne (Dragon's Lair) Sarah Conner Drusilla
Lana Lang Mary Jane (6") Talia

Other:

Worst Articulation:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston NECA N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Worst Sculpting:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston NECA N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Worst Packaging:

Art Asylum Hasbro Bandai Dragon
bbi 21st Century McFarlane DC Direct
Playmates Sideshow Toy Mezco Toybiz
Stan Winston NECA N2 Irwin
Playing Mantis Mattel MAC Jakk's
Toycom Marvel Select Toynami Drastic Plastic
Equity Palisades Mirage

Other:

Worst Vehicle or Playset:

Simpsons Bus Main Street Simpsons NYE
Simpsons Mobile Home Batcave (again!) Alien/Predator
Great Pumpkin set Land Speeder Jedi Starfighter

Other:

Worst Idea:

Star Wars Unleashed Limited Muppets Increasing prices
Bobblehead Resurgence Galidor all mini-figures
Mad Bomber figure WOS Mail Aways

Other:

The line/figure in 2003 you're most looking forward to:

Star Trek New Rudolph Peanuts
James Bond MOTU Star Wars
Muppets Marvel Legends  

Other:

Please include any additional comments or suggestions:

 

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