11.   At the booth run by Star Wars Insider, the official fan club magazine, which organized the convention, action figures with guns were no longer for sale.

12.   At least the stars, notably Oldman in Shakespearean sci-fi mode, can look forward to seeing themselves as plastic action figures from this toy-crazy extravaganza.

13.   Based on real-life wrestlers seen on TV, these action figures include the severed head of a woman and a toilet to smash the opponent.

14.   Batman, Superman and the rest of the action figures have been slowly swelling, too, beyond stock superhero fitness to a kind of mega-humanity.

15.   Bob Packwood resigned several days ago but so far there are no Packwood action figures in toy stores.

16.   Boys, on the other hand, roam noisily about in formless herds, brandish super-hero action figures menacingly and taunt the fairer sex with their acerbic wit.

17.   -- a slick monthly magazine dedicated to the stylish world of collectible toy action figures.

18.   A Darth Vader action figure or plastic X-Wing fighter was more than the sum of its mass-produced parts.

19.   According to Crawford, there will be more sets of action figures, including ones for the infamous warehouse-scene shootout.

20.   Action figures based on a real wrestler pictured on the box.