Funky Maclunkey

I remember having mixed feelings as I left my first viewing of The Force Awakens on opening night. I enjoyed it, and even though there were definitely some retreads of the first Star Wars film that I really think they could have avoided, I was happy to drive home feeling much better than I had after seeing each of the…

In hindsight it seems absolutely crazy that Kenner only produced four actions figures based on the wide array of creatures in the Tatooine cantina in A New Hope. Snaggletooth, Greeddo, Walrus Man, and Hammerhead – and none of them in outfits that were even REMOTELY scree-accurate. But we love them anyway of course! Well, over the last few years I’ve…

While I’m not the biggest fan of the Star Wars Special Editions and the atrocious CGI in the Jabba the Hutt scene, I do have a soft spot for the ORIGINAL deleted scene featuring a human actor in the Jabba role. So I went ahead and made vintage-style figures for the Human Jabba as well as a few of his…

It is really hard for me to believe that no legit toy company ever made vintage-style Blade Runner action figures, but I’m convinced there had to be some sort of complicated legal rights issues or something. Otherwise it’s just nuts that we never got legit 5POA figures from such a cult-favorite film! Anyway, as I often do…I decided to make…

I saw the original Beetlejuice movie when I was probably just a bit too young to fully appreciate all the jokes, but at this point it is definitely one of my all-time favorite weirdo movies. Alas, I never had any of the original toys made by Kenner back in 1989. When the sequel was announced I was appropriately excited, and…

In the fall of 2024, my pal Josh Izzo reached out with an interesting idea – that we partner up to bring Captain EO to life in vintage Kenner style. Needless to say I loved the idea and dove right in – and by December we had them ready to unveil! Josh was kind enough to paint a set of…

I remember seeing the original Clash of the Titans movie when I was a kid, but I’m actually not going to sit here and pretend that I loved it. I mean, it was OK but I also thought it was kinda cheesy, and plus I always gravitated toward more sci-fi stuff than fantasy/mythology. Just personal preference! But as I got…

Growing up in the US during the early 1980s, I definitely played with my fair share of GI Joe figures and vehicles. But I honestly never even knew about their overseas counterparts, Action Force, until I was much older. And when I learned of the Red Shadows, the UK’s version of COBRA…it blew my mind! Once I got a look…

Hallelujah and HOLY SH!T!! Making figures from this all-time favorite holiday classic film has been on my to-do list since I started sculpting my own designs, and I’m happy to report that I finally got around to it! I actually had a longer list of characters to do, but ultimately I only had enough time to do these 5. Maybe…

Just like with my prior series of Heir to the Empire figures, I am aware that this storyline has been relegated to “Legends” status by Disney/LucasFilm, but I still have fond memories of it from the 1990s. So of course, I had to make at least a few figures from it! I chose to base these designs on the graphic…