Features and Characteristics of the Action Figure

Action figure are a posing stature of characters made of plastic and other materials often based on the characters from a movie, video game, television programs or comic books. The usual target market of these action figures are for the boys. Restorative action figures are occasionally referred to as action dolls because of its featured clothing styles.

These action figures were mostly well-liked by boys since they represent the usual masculine characters that are strongly associated with the globe. They were first promoted as childrens toys, but action figures have developed a wider acceptance as male adult collector's items and have been created purposely with that thought in mind. With this situation, those items had been popular for display intentions.

The production of Action Figures

Raw materials - aluminum wires, modeling clays and different sculpturing tools were utilized for making the sample products. The concrete figures were patterned from the plastic resins, like acrylinitrile butadiene styrene or the ABC. It is a form or a harder plastic material used in forming the main body frame.

The softer plastics such as polypropylene and the polyethylene were usually used for molding the little accessories and costume parts. Assorted fabrics like nylons and rayon can be utilized for the costume gears together with the body set of clothing, shawl, and the face masks. For its final beautification, acrylic paints from variety of colors that could be utilize for decorating the figure.

Design - the real design process starts with the sketches of the projected figures, followed with the creation of the clay model. This trial product was made through the bending aluminum wire to shape the framework of the action figure. The wire outline comprises the figures of the extremities posing at the common stance to be assumed by the figure.

Sculptors will then put the clay to its framework to provide the desired essential shape and weight. The clay could be slightly baked for the duration of prototyping procedure to harden it. After the creation of the basic forms, the sculptors will concentrate for the enhancement of the leg, arms, facial expressions and everything with in the body. After the head attachment, costumes will then be sculpted directly to the body.

The sculpted model will then be sent to the manufacturer for the approval. When all the detailed designs were finalized, the sculpted model will be used in making the pattern that will be forming plastic pieces in the mass-production figure.

Features

Articulation - the most common feature above all action figures is the body articulation, regularly referred to as joints. The very necessary forms of articulations were comprised by the neck joint, shoulder joints, and the hip joints. It also includes the wrists, bending knees and the swiveling waist.

Accessories - not every action figures includes accessories. It is an additional item that is proved to be essential to the characters and its efficacy as interactive toys. Though, due to possible safety concerns, the accessory methods saw a declination in the middle of the 1990's.