Mighty Champions: Action Figure Radio

The Action Figure Hall of Fame

On Episode 50 of Mighty Champions: Action Figure Radio, we celebrate our 1-year anniversary with our first-ever Action Figure Hall of Fame.  We kick things off with our hauls from Chemical Toy Fair in Austin, TX, where Christian scored an awesome 1998 Godzilla and Jon completed the BK Kids Club TMNT VHS set, plus found a grail that just happens to be up for Hall of Fame induction, and Christian shares some childhood trauma from Taekwondo class. Then we reveal our personal Hall of Fame picks, pure heart-over-head selections, that represent who we are as collectors and how we got here.  As always, we cover the latest action figure news, including WWE Ringside Collectibles exclusive reveals, McFarlane Sports Legends, and more.  Finally, the main event: using the fan vote from Instagram, we discuss and induct winners across superhero figures, wrestling figures, movie/TV figures, vehicles, and miscellaneous toys into the prestigious Mighty Champions Action Figure Hall of Fame.  This one gets personal, analytical, nostalgic, and celebratory.

Y2K Toy Aisle Time Capsule & Masters of the Universe Review

On the penultimate episode before our 1 Year Anniversary celebration, we kick things off by breaking down our latest toy purchases, and Jon gives his honest review of the brand new Masters of the Universe movie. Then we dive into one of our most popular recurring segments, Toy Aisle Time Capsule, as we travel back to the year 2000 and revisit everything happening in pop culture, movies, television, wrestling, video games, and the action figure aisle during the Y2K era. As always, we bring you the latest news from around the collecting world, including all the biggest reveals from Yo Joe June, plus updates from G.I. Joe, McFarlane, Marvel Legends, WWE, TMNT, and more. Finally, we open the  Mighty Champions Garage, where we discuss iconic vehicles from pop culture, debate the best toy representations of each, and even create a few dream toy vehicles of our own.

Top 10 Toys to Play with Outside

On Episode 48, we catch up on a week of toy hunting highs and lows as Christian breaks down his latest antique mall haul while Jon recounts a full week of Walmart WWE exclusive hunting disappointment. Then we dive into one of our most creative segments yet as we build our own dream crossover action figure lines, with Jon fantasy-booking a 6-inch Predator vs Rambo line and Christian designing an incredible 3.75” Jurassic Park vs G.I. Joe universe. As always, we bring you the latest action figure news from across the collecting world, including new reveals, pre-orders, and major updates. Then we close things out with our Top 10 Toys to Play With Outside, which sparks some hilarious and deeply nostalgic stories about Super Soakers, Slip N Slides, GI Joes, cap guns, dirty backyard chaos, and the toys that defined childhood summers.

The Action Figures of Classic Summer Blockbusters & Toy Show Wins and Losses

Today, we break down our weekend toy hunting trip to a massive toy show in San Antonio, Texas, and reveal what treasures we were able to bring home. Then we update our collector hit lists across the lines we’re chasing right now, including DC Universe Classics, Kenner Batman: The Animated Series, wrestling figures, Rocky, Power Rangers, and more, talking about what grails we finally crossed off and which elusive figures remain at the top of the hunt. As always, we cover the biggest action figure news of the week, including the first Mattel DC figures beginning to hit shelves. Then, in the main event, we celebrate classic summer blockbuster action figures by discussing our favorite toys from iconic movie lines like Batman Forever, Spider-Man 2, Independence Day, Last Action Hero, and more.

AEW Jazwares: Past, Present, and Future

On Episode 46 of Mighty Champions: Action Figure Radio, we catch up on the past week, where Christian steps into the competitive world of a baseball home run derby, while Jon falls completely down the rabbit hole of the Rocky franchise and becomes obsessed with the Jakks Pacific Rocky action figures. Then we take a deep retrospective look at AEW Jazwares for wrestling figure collectors, covering the highs, lows, current state of the line, and what the future may hold. As always, we break down the biggest action figure news of the week, including McFarlane DC Multiverse, Marvel Legends, TMNT, pre-orders, reveals, and more. Finally, we close things out with a philosophical collecting discussion about obscure toy lines and why certain collectors become obsessed with lines like Madballs, Inhumanoids, Toxic Crusaders, Captain Planet, and other strange relics of the toy aisle, but others don’t.