 Hey guys, welcome back to Come Again. I got your tour review this week. It is the 1990s Playmates Dick Tracy based on the 1990 film. These figures were really cool. They're very unique in the fact that the line concentrated more on the villains than they did the actual heroes. In fact, out of the 14 figures in the line, we only got two good guys in the entire line. That being Dick Tracy and Sam. Gotcha. In this line, we actually have 14 figures. Now you'll notice on the table, I'll give you a second to count, there's only 13 here. I consider this the complete set for one simple reason. The blank was never produced here in the United States. Produced but not in the States. This was a Canada exclusive action figure. Reason being is Walt Disney did not want the surprise of the identity of the blank to become known until after the movie came out. The blank, which is the only figure in the line that had any sort of action feature, is mass came out to refill the bad guy. When the figures didn't sell well, they decided to put out where they had, and the blank went to Canada as opposed to spreading it out. This line being involved with playmates, you'll notice some interesting and very similar features. First off, let's go over articulation. Articulation is very basic. Head moves right to left, arms up and down, and the legs move out. You'll notice the short stock you build on these figures are very reminiscent of another playmate's toy line, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now these figures actually, if you wanted to do so, you can actually have these as the human bad guys for the Ninja Turtles, which they did fight later on in the ITV series, and it would work perfectly. They even had crazy and unique accessories, such as knives, Tommy guns, trash can lid shields, and for some reason a piece of wood with some nails hammered through it. They also each had unique belts, like belts full of bullets. We had holsters for their guns. The line also featured two vehicles, one for the good side, one for the bad side. I don't currently own them, but I am looking for that. First off, Dick Tracy had his police car. The main villain, Big Boy, had his escaping car. So that being said, let's go over some packaging. Okay, as you'll notice here, or not, because the camera is, I got it. So we have, the packaging was pretty cool with the artwork here. We had the Dick Tracy logo here, coppers and gangsters, which again, as I noted, there were only two actual coppers in the line. Of course, our hero is highlighted here on the side with the name of the character on the front, and of course, the figure inside with the billister. Turn it over. We've got a little paragraph here of Dick Tracy, and of course, what was really cool about these is a little comic strip that kind of highlighted the story with the action figure. We've got a most wanted cut out, and of course, all the action figures that were currently in the line. Let's talk a little bit about detail on the figure. The details here, these did have some very unique details. You got the little strap here highlighted as fast. We got Dick Tracy's badge. We got handcuffs. The only thing they even have is signature wristwatch. Now, the only thing that really upset me about this action figure is the one main thing that the character was known for, his big yellow trench coat. Even something he wore in the movie, the figure did not come with a trench coat. Now, I'm not sure why they did it that way. It was just cost-cutter, and perhaps maybe they were playing on another version of the figure in a second series, which would have been nice to see. And you know, John, if you notice, a lot of these figures actually do look like the actors who portrayed them, whereas Dick Tracy, it doesn't really resemble Warren Beatty. No. I mean, this one was Dustin Hoffman. We've got any big boy there. We got Robert De Niro. I believe we got Robert De Niro. And those that they couldn't get the likeness rights to is also okay, because look at that. He looks like he came straight out of the comic strip. So, all in all, pretty cool. I'm a huge Dick Tracy fan. I've got not just the action figures. I carry them around in my Dick Tracy lunchbox here. And if you notice, if I could find, if I could find it, I found it one time on eBay, but I didn't have the money to grab it. There is a carrying case for this that's also served as a play set. So, I'd like to be able to find that. And as you notice on all the packaging, there is a little calling Dick Tracy. On this one, it's the influences hypnotizing and armored car driver. The Tramp is stinky. And this is something that, again, comes straight out of the comic strip because influence was known for his hypnotic powers. What could they get with the fingerprint? To my knowledge, there was nothing. They didn't have any type of, like the turtles, you were able to save the save points. Usually that was G.I. Joe as well. To my knowledge, nothing. I think they had something planned for second series. Which, yeah, all 14, 13, whatever, figures were all part of the first run. I had never heard anything about a second run. I think it would have been nice if we got, say, Tess Truhar and Junior. That would have been nice to get some more good guy figures in there. They did, however, have, maybe you could get the watch. I have the watch. I don't have the band anymore, but I do have the watch. I do remember the watch was the coolest thing. They even came out with Dick Tracy lottery tickets at the time. It was a digital watch. And at the bottom, it had a speaker. When you push the button, it glue, it lit up. So still have that. I think I might have had the watch at one time. It was a birthday present. It was a birthday present. I got that. I also have some cards from like the 1930s or was it was a card game? I got an official book, the manuals there. So these figures go pretty cheap online, actually. Unless you're interested in trying to find the blank, the blank is currently available on eBay for about $1,000, $2,000. I also found all 14 figures online for around $300 to $400 because the blank was in it, loose. But the blank alone goes anywhere from about five to a grand, usually, because it is such a rare figure. It is one of the rarest action figures, not just in the line Dick Tracy line, but period. But yeah, these are pretty, pretty easy to find. I managed to get these completed earlier than the year. I don't only a few of them, I actually got the weapons too. I didn't really care about the completion. I just wanted the figures. I think I get the weapons later. Looking back, I kind of wish I would have had the weapons because some of them came with dynamite, some of them came with cement shoes, which is kind of funny. No one came up with bags of money, so that's something I might be looking forward to. In fact, it was Mumbles who got the cement shoes, right? No, Lipsmanals actually got them. Because in the movie, they actually poured cement on them to kill them. Right. Mumbles was the one who got arrested by Dick Tracy and got put in front of the light. Got in front of the light and he slowed down the tape to where he said, Big Boy did it. Big Boy did it. So it was a surprise cameo too by Dustin Hoffman. The movie was a huge hit in 1990, which they wanted to continue, obviously the blockbuster, because the year before was Batman. And Dustin Hoffman went on to star in Hook? Hook, another Disney film. So those are some action figures I used to have. I wish I still had. I do review on those too. They were horrible. They really were. I only had two of them. I had Peter Pan, flying Peter Pan. I had Captain Hook with a Swiss Army Hook. I had Peter Pan. I had both hooks. I had Rufio and I had Ace. I couldn't find Rufio. In the second line, I didn't have any of the vehicles. Some other things I'd like to get a hold of are some Robin Hood men, Prince of Thieves figures, because mostly I wanted their tree for because you know what that was. That was the Ewok Village. Really? It was just repackaged. It was a repackaged Ewok Village is all that was. I did not know that. Yeah. And I think that's actually cheaper to get than the actual Ewok Village. But this race, if you're interested, like I said, the 13 figures released in the stage are fairly cheap. You can get them anywhere between literally like two to $15. While you were talking about these, I was actually going around looking to see if you had any of the Ninja Turtle toys here, because usually you do. I was going to bring one over and actually compare. Yeah. Yeah. Unfortunately, I have nothing else to compare these figures to. But like I said, you can tell and you can tell that these are the same sculpt. The arms are the same sculpt. Some of the shoes are the same just repainted. And of course, you know, the main buck here, the main body is, you know, not the same, but the arms and the hands, the exception of Dick Tracy's watch, they're all molded in the same, same shape. They're all have that trigger finger here and they have one where they can hold, like I say, a club or something like that. But there you go. Dick Tracy, really cool toy line, especially if you're a Dick Tracy fan, which I am a huge Dick Tracy fan, have been since growing up, since before the movie came out. I was actually one of the few kids in my class when the movie came out who already knew who Dick Tracy was. There you go. Side note on Dick Tracy, just recently within the last few years, five or 10 years, teamed up for the first time with Daddy Warbucks from Annie to find Annie, who in her last comic strip, having kidnapped. And Daddy Warbucks hired Dick Tracy to find her. Nice. So. And for as many years, I mean, Annie had been going for years and years, Dick Tracy was going for years for years, there was never an actual team up. And to my knowledge, that might have been the first comic strip crossover, which would have been cool to see Garfield Heathcliff crossover, but to have Annie and Dick Tracy, and to finally confirm that those two are in the same universe is kind of cool. Yeah. All right, we'll be back guys, where we'll talk about Dr. Who, the return of Dr. Fantasmo. That'd be me. I'm Dr. Fantasmo. He's gonna talk about me. Stay tuned. Hey guys, if you like this video, make sure you hit that like button, maybe put a comment below and hit that subscribe button. And be sure to head on over to our Facebook page. Links are in the description below.