What were the best action figures of the nineties?

[starsky]

loved the toybiz x-men figures.

[knight errant00]

BTAS were perfect.

FP Rescue Heroes were unique, game changing, and a big part of my son's childhood -- although they only appear right at the end of the 90s.

[Blue Meanie]

Animated Batman figures...The first few series. When they got to Bane you could see the quality start to go. I just wish that Kenner would have done more villains. We could have done without Arctic Blast Batman and a few others that they came out with. Also liked the Ultraforce Line....It's a shame they never got to the Prototyped Lord Pumpkin line. I was so looking forward to have a Rune and Lord Pumpkin in my collection. Ghoul and Topaz were probably the best figures in the line.

[thunderbolt]

Hasbro's DC nine inch line, made me the customizer I am today.

[PNGwynne]

I liked Playmates classic StarTrek & esp. Batman:TAS.

The re-introduction of the British 12-inch Action Man was also cool--those first few waves were terrific!!!

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

As far as figures that I enjoyed DURING the '90's...FAMOUS COVERS! The DC 9 inch figures were nicer (hard to admit), but they didn't catch my imagination the way the FC's did. They were the second coming of Mego as far as I was concerned. I look at the RETRO ACTION in the same way. They also led me into customizing which has been a hoot. The 9 inch star treks were super-nice, but they weren't on my radar then.

Batman: The Animated Series figures were amazing. Anything animated style. Those Sideshow monsters were cool.

[ScottA]

I too collected B:TAS and Playmates Trek figures. All I have left are 12" Treks MIB and a lot of loose B:TAS figures (I think I was trying to put together a loose set for display).

[megocrazy]

The Toybiz X-men line went about as deep on characters as any superhero line I can remember and they were readily available for quite a while at a reasonable price. The FF, Spidey animated, and Ironman Animated were also done the same way. Ironman may have been the best. Even Fin Fang Foom the Dragon was made. BTAS was a favorite and the characters were definitely dead on the the show. They were quality made too. Good paint lines and very durable. As much as I like the JLU line the paint lines on many of the ones I saw were horrible.

[torgospizza]

spawn- the 90s was dominated by mcfarlane toys for me...

I'm not even a Spawn fan, but McFarlane changed the game, so to speak. He totally changed the approach to sculpting. His early stuff looks quaint now, but was mind-blowing for it's time.

[weatherwizard-Corey]

BTAS

I only collected BTAS and some Playmate Star Trek-Picard, Kirk.

[acrovader]

The 90's was a pretty lousy decade for action figures.

[jimsmegos]

Wow, I can't believe I'm the first to mention this one (maybe I shouldn't), but for me the Star Wars revamp lit the fires for me. The hunt was a ton of fun trying to track down the illusive "next wave" before the greedy toy mongers gobbled 'em up. Plus it seemed that with the Star Wars revamp more and more dealers were coming out of the woodwork at flea markets and "giant" flea market shows. Mind you this is before ebay and seeing most of the stuff that dealers were unearthing was a blast for me.

[toys2cool]

way too many
Dick Tracy
WWF hasbro
WCW Galoob
TMNT
Star wars
Star trek playmates
X-men
SLU
Batman animated

[LonnieFisher]

Famous Covers and Spawn!!

[BlackKnight]

BTAS
The Re-launch of Star Wars
& Spawn for me.