Tangiblia
Vol. I · No. 1★Est. 2026
Tangiblia · Action Figures
Figures, vehicles, playsets, and sets, 1964 to the present. 38 lines are registered across 7 eras; cataloging runs oldest to newest. 6 lines are cataloged so far.
| GI Joe (original) | 312 items |
| Star Wars | 182 items |
| Johnny West | 63 items |
| World's Greatest Super Heroes | 63 items |
| Evel Knievel | 38 items |
| Captain Action | 37 items |
Registered but not yet cataloged: 32 lines. Planet of the Apes is next in the build order.
Hasbro's G.I. Joe starts the category — and the name: boys wouldn't buy a doll, so Hasbro calls it an action figure.
Ideal answers with Captain Action, one hero in licensed costumes.
Mego's World's Greatest Super Heroes puts the comic-book heroes on one shared 8-inch body.
Kenner's Star Wars line sets the 3.75-inch scale that still rules the shelf.
Masters of the Universe and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero launch the cartoon-driven era.
Transformers — vehicles that are also the figures.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from a self-published comic, outlives nearly everything around it.
McFarlane's Spawn: collector-grade sculpts aimed at adults, openly.
HasLab's Sail Barge is crowdfunded at $500 — the Early Bird model, fifty years on.