Collectors consist of all stripes, consumers that genuinely have a very love for which they’re collecting, people who just love the chase of being able to complete a collection, and those who hope their investment will one day completely pay down. One doesn’t have to be one of the enormous players of World of Warcraft to collect its actions figures. The younger players though, or the young at heart, often have a hard time resisting the urge taking the warcraft action figures with their box. The slightly older players will likely find the warcraft action figures reminiscent of He-Man figures sold within the 80’s.
You’ll find four main companies that started manufacturing warcraft figures since Warcraft II. They are Blizzard Entertainment, Toycom, Advanced (SOTA), and DC Direct (of DC Comics). Out of they then, DC Direct has produced the most important line of figures, 25 figures including deluxe figures, through 2009.
Blizzard, the business behind World of Warcraft, or WoW has only produced five figures. They’re Human Footman, Orc Grunt, Malfurion Stormrage, Muradin Bronzebeard, and Thrall.
Toycom has produced six figures all from Warcraft III. SOTA produced only three figures which can be: Tauren Shaman, Undead Warlock, and Jungle Troll Voodoo Priest.
DC Direct released its first compilation of warcraft figures in 2007. This first series was comprised of Meryl Felstorm: Undead Warrior, Rehgar Earthfury: Orc Shaman, Valeera Sanguinar: Blood Elf Rogue, along with a deluxe figure, Illidan Stormrage: Night Elf Demon Hunter. DC has released five series in the time of the end of 2009.
As Steve Carell’s character, Andy, proved in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, developing a mint toy collection is usually a nice investment. Those not really acquainted with WoW, but searching for the next “hot” collectible, could explore these wow action figures because WoW is a Guinness World Record holding massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), holding the record for some subscribers, over 11 million. With a growing number of followers worldwide it’s likely an industry will exist in the future for all those collectors who could actually purchase the warcraft action figures now and store them. And unlike the He-Man figures these WoW action figures are not currently being mass produced and sold in retail outlets.
