In the last twenty-thirty years, I've seen action figures of characters I never dreamed would be made, delighting the ten year old still inside me. Heroes like Union Jack, the Golden Age Atom (as a two-pack), the Phantom Stranger, Man-Wolf being produced is just amazing. As a kid, I would take army men, vikings, cowboys, indians, whatever little plastic figures and pretend they were the Justice League or the Avengers. I did the same with LEGO and later made crude attempts with modelling clay.
As I got older, I would scan down the entries of "Who's Who" and "Marvel Handbook" and pick which ones I would a figure of. I would see some made and others would never had a chance. But these are some I would want made for various reasons.
For DC: Johnny Thunder & His Thunderbolt, Mister Terrific, the Golden Age Red Tornado, the Star Spangled Kid and the Earth-Two Robin in his Bat-costume to complete the Justice Society.
Legionnaires in their Bronze Age costumes: Maybe by the 30th century, but I would love to have a Wildfire or a Shadow Lass AF!
Others: Captain Comet, Mera, a modern Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen and even Snapper Carr!
For Marvel: Goliath (blue & yellow), the Swordsman, Mantis, Moon dragon and the female Captain Marvel to complete the Avengers I want.
Nighthawk, Valkryie, Son of Satan (yeah, right, I know..) and Hellcat for the Defenders.
Karnak, Crystal and Lockjaw for the Inhumans.
Sif, Odin, Balder, the Warriors Three and whatever Thor characters for the mythology buff in me.
Hammerhead, Will O'the Wisp, Boomerang, Speed Demon and the Gibbon to finish off the Spider Foes.
Havok, Polaris and Mastermind for the X-Men.
I could go on with villains, supporting cast (Aunt May, anyone or Jarvis??) and cosmic entities. I realize this is basically a Bronze Age wish list but I'm a Bronze Ager, so sue me!
What would you wish for?
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Johnny Thunder and the Red Tornado would be awesome.
I don't believe I've seen much of the Substitute Legion. Like to see some of that.
Squirrel Girl, perhaps? Especially accompanied by Squirrel Action Doom?
And surely that's a collection calling for all sorts of costumes for Beverley--Pro Rata slave Beverley, art model Beverley, Dr. Bong ornament Beverley, Beverley Beverley...so many to choose from, so little time...