TOYHEM! returns to the World of Shoulda Been…

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Welcome to TOYHEM! For the sixth straight holiday season, we’re bringing you a series of features and columns celebrating the toys of our youth, which often made for the best memories this time of year. Click here to check out the complete index of stories — and have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah and Happy Holidays! — Dan
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Back in 2021, we ran a really popular piece on artist Mark Menendez and 13 GREAT CAPTAIN ACTION OUTFITS THAT NEVER WERE. Readers loved it, and how can you blame them? Mark’s got the skills and the imagination to pull this off.
Well guess what? Mark’s done a bunch more! Not 13, but hey, we’re not greedy!
Dig MORE GREAT CAPTAIN ACTION OUTFITS THAT NEVER WERE.
Krellik is especially inspired…
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MORE
— The Complete TOYHEM! Index of Features and Columns. Click here.
— 13 Great CAPTAIN ACTION OUTFITS That Never Were. Click here.
December 7, 2024
THank you for posting these great Mark Menendez concepts! THe selfish people who now call themselves Captain Action made him remove them from his site.
December 8, 2024
Thanks
December 8, 2024
These are great, especially the Doctor Doom one.
December 13, 2024
He does an awesome job on these!
February 22, 2026
Hola, acabo de sacar de mi baúl de los recuerdos (1968) mi hermosa colección del Captain Action con 40 figuras. Es increíble que tuve mis figuras desde hace 60 años que se fabricaron. Los he puesto en un lugar privilegiado a mi vista en mi oficina para contemplarlos diariamente y dejar que mi mente se transporte a 1968 cuando yo tenía 10 años. Saludos
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Envío mis datos por si alguien tan nostálgico como yo quiere compartir su colección de Captain Action