Action Figureland

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2014

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Kids may be aging out of action figures earlier than ever, but action figure collectables for adults is booming. I visit two of the leading toy shops, NECA and Sideshow Collectables, and I talk with psychologist David Shim, who has an impressive man cave of vintage heroes and villains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm going to get it.
0:02.0	It's got a yarn up.
0:04.0	Oh my God.
0:06.0	I actually...
0:07.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about sci-fi and other fantasy genres.
0:11.0	I'm Eric Mowlinski.
0:13.0	These were the first posable superheroes.
0:16.0	This guy was called Captain Action.
0:19.0	Captain Action actually had these little costumes.
0:22.0	And you could take the, you know, he had helmets and masks.
0:26.0	Oh, so Captain Action could be any superhero you want?
0:29.0	Yeah, you know, and this was all stuff that was like in the stores when I was when I came to America.
0:35.0	And of course...
0:36.0	Well, here did you come to America?
0:38.0	1969.
0:39.0	That is David Chim.
0:41.0	When he was a kid and he came here from Korea, he fell hard for American pop culture.
0:46.0	And he wanted all the Star Trek figures and the GI Joe's and the Cowboys and Indians.
0:52.0	He has them now in glass cases in the man cave of his suburban home.
0:57.0	Hi, this is my wife Ann.
0:59.0	Hi.
1:00.0	Hi.
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