Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (LJN)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
LJN
1984

It's true that we often times bash LJN for being a company that seemed to absolutely love destroying any licensed item they could get their hands on.  However, there have been those rare occasions where even they got it right.

Though it was short lived, the 1984 line of figures produced for the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom remained some of the best Indy figures of their time.  The sculpting was fairly accurate in the faces, and the clothing was pretty spot on.  We'd be lying if we said that these figures didn't look great.

Despite five figures and one playset initially being planned, only three of the figures actually made it to store shelves - Indiana Jones, Mola Ram and Giant Thuggee.  Variant versions of Indiana Jones and Mola Ram are also know to exist which were sold at this time.

Indiana Jones (white shirt)*Indiana Jones (brown shirt)

Mola Ram (white skull staff)*Mola Ram (gold skull staff)

Giant Thuggee*Cardback

As you can see from the cardback above, the additional figures planned for this wave were Short Round and Willie Scott.  Not shown is the planned mine cart playset which would have looked something like your typical plastic Hot Wheels track with duel loops - Though painted to look like a rail track.  Production examples do exist of all three of these items, and in a 2012 eBay auction, hand painted resign cast prototypes of all five figures sold for $8,600.00.

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Indiana Jones (Hasbro)

Indiana Jones
Hasbro
2008-2011

Indiana Jones has had long lasting staying power in the here today gone tomorrow world of Hollywood. The character had his forth outing in 2008, prompting this all new line from Hasbro which celebrated each film in the series.

There were a massive amount of figures released between 2008 and 2011, and one could argue this is the definitive collection of Indy based figures produced to date. Sure, other releases have come and gone such as Kenner's vintage line based on Raiders, and the very short lived Temple of Doom ones from LJN. However, if you're looking for a place to get everything under one roof, then Hasbor's line is definitely what you're looking for.

Each figure contained an array of movie accurate accessories as well as a fair amount of articulation. What makes the line all the more intriguing is the fairly descent sculpting and spot on clothing design - Granted sculpted and painted clothing.

 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

BASIC FIGURES

Cairo Swordsman*German Soldier*Indiana Jones (with Golden Relic)*Indiana Jones (Whip Cracking Action)

Marion Ravenwood*Monkey Man*Rene Belloq*Sallah

 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

DELUXE FIGURES

Cairo Thugs*German Soldiers

Marion Ravenwood and Cairo Henchman

 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

DELUXE FIGURES

Indiana Jones with Ark*Indiana Jones with Horse

Indiana Jones Temple Pitfall*Indiana Jones Temple Trap

 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

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Cairo Ambush

 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

VEHICLES

Cairo Truck*Troop Car

 THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

BASIC FIGURES

Chief Temple Guard*Indiana Jones*Mola Ram

Short Round*Temple Guard*Willie Scott

 THE LAST CRUSADE

BASIC FIGURES

Colonel Vogel*Dr. Henry Jones*Elsa Schneider

Grail Knight*Indiana Jones*Young Indy

 THE LAST CRUSADE

DELUXE FIGURES

German Solider with Motorcycle

THE LAST CRUSADE

 TARGET EXCLUISVE BOX SET

Tank Showdown

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

BASIC FIGURES

Cemetary Warrior*Colonel Dovchenko*Indiana Jones (with Rocket Launcher)

Indiana Jones (with Whip)*Irina Spalko

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

BASIC FIGURES

Mutt Williams (with Python)*Mutt Willaims (with Sword)

Russian Solider*Ugha Warrior

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

DELUXE FIGURES

Mutt Williams with Motorcycle

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

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Jungle Chase

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

COMMEMORATIVE DVD SET

Set 1*Set 2

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

MAIL AWAY

Crystal Skelleton with Throne

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

VEHICLES

Jungle Cutter

 KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

PLAYSETS

The Lost Temple of Akator Playset

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON LOST WAVE

Classic Indy*Marion (with Snakes and Torch)*Sapito

Toht*German Mechanic*Indiana Jones (in German Disguise)

Unfortunately at the end of the day, the demise of this line was over saturation during its four year run.While there's no denying Harrison Ford has helped to shape Indiana Jones into a pulp culture icon, Hasbro definitely over anticipated the demand for action figures. The line was popular. However there was simply too much product vs. demand (a problem we wish more toy lines would have). The end result was a line which most toy stores simply couldn't sell enough of, and eventually moved to clearance bins to quickly relieve themselves of overstock.

These days you can get mint on card figures for as little as a penny. Ouch.

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