Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader
Trivia Quiz For Action Figure Geeks
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Q: Name the two R-rated horror films whose toy lines were canned due to parental protests. ZB
Q: Patrick Stewart was first immortalized in plastic for the Star Trek: TNG line; prior to that, what action figure of him was planned but scrapped due to lack of interest? ZB
Q: The ToyBiz Lara Croft action figure came with the same guns as a 1990s Marvel figure from ToyBiz. Who was it? CHRIS HENRY
The answers to the above questions will be posted here in a future
issue of AFT.
Answers below to last set of questions.
Q: In the Kenner M.A.S.K. line how many female figures were produced? A: 2 Gloria Baker and Vanessa?
Q: How many different characters were there in Mego's World's Greatest Superhero line? A: A total of 37 characters were produced over a 10 year period.
Q: What is the correct year in which the Zoids were released, and how many different Zoids were in the original line? A:1981, & 3
Q: Where did TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE enemy KRANG hail from? A: Dimension X
Q: What third real life celebrity(After Sgt. Slaughter and William "Refrigerator" Perry) was planned to be a member of Hasbro's G.I.JOE team, but was dropped from the line up? A: Rocky Balboa(Sylvester Stallone)
Q: What Military Space toy line released in 1986 that featured over 35 different characters and magnet deployed features on their vehicles? A: Starcom the U.S. Space Force!
Q: What unit of COBRA handled all repair and mechanical work on the battlefield? A: The Techno-Vipers
Q: In 1979, what 3 3/4-inch sci-fi movie action figure toy line was developed but never released? A: Kenner's ALIEN
Q: Which series is the Xena: Warrior Princess doll "Gabrielle: Amazon Princess" from? BONUS!: Which episode is she from? A: Series 2, and the answer to the BONUS! question is "The Quest."
Q: What figures are in the JusToys WWF Bendems series 1? A: Lex Luger, Doink the Clown, Diesel, Razor Ramon, Bret Hart
Q: What division of COBRA used a snakeskin pattern on their uniforms and vehicles in order to not be detected by radar? A: PYTHON PATROL
Q: How many repaints has the "Dark Knight Detective" Batman, from the New Adventures of Batman line gone through since it's intial release (the first one counts)? A: Four (4)
Q: How many variations of the WWF Hasbo Hulk Hogan were made? A: 5-The powersalm, the bearhug, the suplex, the punch and the mail away
Q: Name all of the GI JOE subset teams? A: BATTLE FORCE 2000, TIGERFORCE, SLAUGHTER'S MARAUDERS, SKY PATROL, ECO WARRIORS, D.E.F, MEGA MARINES AND STAR BRIGADE.
Q: How many wrestling rings were producedfor the Hasbro WWF figures? A: Two, one was blue the other was yellow
Q: Name the 4 He-Man figures who were introduced in the cartoon before having a figure made of them? A: PRINCE ADAM, ORKO , KING RANDOR AND THE SORCERESS
Q: Who was the team's mystic in the GOLDEN GIRL collection? A: Jade.
Q: What are both of GIJOE Team Members MERCER'S real names? A: FELIX STRATTON(1987) and RICHARD CECIL(1991)
Q: Back in the 1970's, what company turned down the rights to make Star Wars figures and who was its President? A: Mego, Martin Abrams, 1977.
Q: What 2 GI Joe team members were also the names of vechicles in the line? A: Skystriker [jet and tiger force member] and Armadillo [rolling thunder driver and a mini tank].
What did GI JOE member TOPSIDE do before joining the service? A: He raised prize hogs.
Q: Who is the leader of the Horus guards and was Ra's best soldier and general of STARGATE? A: It was Anubis as he's the strongest and the champion of Horus guards and has never lost in battle.
Q: What was unique about the action feature of the Wolverine figure released for X-Men: Onslaught? A: Each of his bone claws moved independently of the others.
Q: Who was the only female in the Tick line of action figures? A: American Maid.
Q: Name the only female made for the Spiral Zone collection? A: Bad Girl DUCHESS DIRE[A.K.A.THE DUCHESS]
Q: What was the robot called who acted as the leader of COBRA'S B.A.T.S? A: OVERKILL
Q: How many ECW Rob Van Dambs have been produced(as of June 2000)? A: 4.
Q: What two X-Men characters were introduced (or alluded to) in the same comic book issue, to only get one figure ever, each an EXCLUSIVE figure? A: Shadowcat (ToyFare), and Dazzler (She-Force II): both introduced in X-Men 129 (Dazzler was hinted at)
Q: From GI Joe "Iceberg's" ID card: What did he save up for as a kid while other kids saved up for bicycles? A: An air conditioner
Q: What did Hasbro's "C.O.P.S" stand for? A: Central Organization Of Police Specialists
Q: What mid-80's toy line featured action figures that had magnets in their feet? A: Starcom
Q: In 3.75" GI Joe, name all of the team's flamethrowers .[hint: There were four].
A: Joe's members who were flamethrowers are: Blowtorch[1984], Charbroil[1988], Blast off[From the Mega Marines line.1993] and Ice cream soldier[The last one from 1994].
Q: What was the name of the arch enemy in the Rambo toyline? A: General Warhawk
Q: What WWF wrestling figure was never in a origanal series, but only was in the KB exclusive pack twice? A: Yokozuna, one with red trunks and one with white trunks.
Q: In what order did DX members be released as figures by Jakks? A: H.H.H., Chyna, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, then X-pac.
Q: Name the members of the ill-fated and unpopular line Battle Force 2000 and who was the only one who survived this line? A: Maverick, Blocker, Dodger, Knockdown,
Avalanche, Deejayand Baster. Dodger is the only survivor[Showing up later in the Sonic Fighters line]
Q: How many different Cobra Commander Figures in the 3 3/4" line were released? A: 9 were released, though 2 were repaints of the others.
Q: Who is the leader of the Maximals in Beast Wars of the Transmetals? A: Optimal Optimus
Q: Name all the members of the GI Joe team who are African American(3 3/4") A: Stalker, Doc, Roadblock, Alpine, Iceberg, Hardball, Static Line, Deejay, Heavy Duty, Bulletproof, Stretcher and Colonel Courage.
Q: What (American)Beast Wars name has been used on two totally different toys? A: Silverbolt- Wolf & Eagle Fuzor and the Eagle that helps to
form Magnaboss Super robot
Q: How many Battlebeasts were made by Hasbro from 1986-1987 (in the U.S.) A: 72.
Q: What were Cobra's Hydro-Vipers also known as and what made them special? A: DEMONS OF THE DEEP. They had gills and webbing between their fingers
Q: How many WWF Hasbro rings all together including variations and non varitions were ever made? A: 8: 1.Blue ring w/the flat top on the posts.
-2.Blue ring w/o flat top on the posts.
-3.Blue ring w/black posts w/ flat top posts.
-4.Blue ring w/black posts w/o flat top posts.
-5.European talking ring w/flat top post.
--6.European talking ring w/o flat top post.
-7.Yellow Ring w/flat top post.
-8.Yellow Ring w/o flat top post.
Q:How many DIFFERENT 4 1/2 WWF Hasbro action figures were made in their total series? A: 101 Action Figures.
Q:What were Cobra's Toxo-Vipers nicknamed? A: "The leaky suit brigade."
Q: In the Kenner M.A.S.K. toy line, how many times was Matt Trakker put out in vehicles? A: 7.
Q: What action figure line were the TNBA Bank and Joker's Toxic Lab playsets original made for? A: Superman: Man of Steel. That's why the lightpost on the Bank playset is bendable. Joker's Lab was to be Superboy's Cloning Lab.
Q: Which Mattel The Simpson's figure was not a member of the family? A: Nelson, the bully
Q: In the Big Jim Wolf Pack line, what were the names of the four characters? A: 1. The Whip 2. Dr. Steel 3. Torpedo Fist 4. Warpath
Q: How many Wolverine figures were made with his bone claws instead of his Adamantium claws? A: 2 - Savage Land Wolverine and Ninja Wolverine.
Q: How many instruments does the Star Wars fanclub exclusive Cantina Band Member have? A: Five.
Q: Who was in Series in WWF Action Figures? A: DIESEL, RAZOR RAMON, GOLDUST, BRET HART,SHAWN MICHEALS, VADER.
Q: Who was the Transformer spy that was the only toy to sport Autobot and Decepticon logos? A: Punch/Counterpunch
Q: Which Masters of the Universe figure was a complete repaint of Mer-Man? A: Stinkor
Q: What two McFarlane Toys figures have the same exact guns? A: Angela & No-Body
Q: What X-Men figure was re-painted and packaged as a different character within the same line? A: In the X-Men Classic Light Up series, Psylocke was repainted as Elektra.
Q: How many of the Star Wars: Power of the Force 2 figure exclusives have been publicly released (in resculpt or otherwise-not including Mace Windu, available on card in '99)? A: FOUR: Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise (Death Star Escape), Spirit Of Obi-Wan (Jedi Spirits), Cantina Band Member (Barquin Dan, Max Rebo 2-pack), and Hoth Leia (Mynock Hunt)
Q: What were the two characters available through the mail in Kenner's Super Powers collections? A: Steppenwolf (who was later available through stores) and Clark Kent.
Q: What Spice Girls doll from Galoob has 2 different hairstyles available? A: On Tour Victoria (Posh Spice), available in short hair and long hair
Q: How many Total Justice action figures were released(as of 1/99)? A: 14
Q: Which WWF wrestler had an action figure made of him that had nothing to do with wrestling? A: Sgt. Slaughter; he was also a G.I Joe 3 3/4 action figure.
Q: What 8" character started the 8" action figure craze in the 1970's? A: ACTION JACKSON.
Q: What toy line was cancelled, pulled from the shelves and forced to have it's name changed due to a legal battle between it's manufactuer and the U.S. government? A: Vince and Larry-Crash Test Dummies which were changed to the Incredible Crash Test Dummies(minus Vince and Larry in the line-up)
Q: How many female figures have been released in Kenner's Batman:The Animated Series line? A: 5; Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Phantasm, Harley Quinn, Wind Blitz Batgirl
Q: What did P.A.C.K. stand for? A: Professional. Agents. Crime. Killers
Q: What comic book hero action figure was produced for a movie toyline and didn't appear in that movie? A: Robin from the Batman Returns line
Q: What BIG JIM character started out as a villain but later became Big Jim's partner? A: Dr. STEEL.
Q: In what year were the AWA Remco wrestling action figure line Entitled "Mat Maniacs" realeased? A: 1986.
Q: What Colorform Alien was created from a Frank Franzetta painting? A: Colossus Rex.
Q: Each member of BIG JIM'S P.A.C.K. had the team's logo. What was that logo and where did each member have it? Q: The logo was the print of a wolf's paw and it was on the bottom of each member's boot.
Q: In the 1995 Playmates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line, how many different supermutants were made? A: 8.
Q: What is the only Toy Biz Marvel Super Heroes figure(1990-1992) that has not been redone(new mold)since its original release? A: Deathlok.
Q: What company produced the "Zoids" toy line and what year were they released? A: TOMY released the "Zoids" line in 1983.
Q: In the 3 3/4' G.I.Joe line, what code name was used twice but the figures were had nothing to do with each other? A: AirBorne-1. Helicopter Assault Trooper/Franklin E. Talltree who was Navaho; 2. Sky Patrol Parachute Assembler/Robert M. Six