Playmates Toys

Playmates Toys is a well established action figure producer known for its Star Trek and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lines. The company began in Honk Kong in 1966, originally producing plastic flowers (Tomart 15, pg 22). The business wouldn't produce toys until 1975, and in 1977, they would create the subsidiary now known as Playmates Toys, headquartered in Boston. By 1988, the company would take a chance on the Ninja Turtles license, but would turn out to be a huge success.

They have created many successful toy lines over the years outside of Turtles, including The Simpsons World of Springfield Assortment, Space Jam, and World Wrestling Federation.

In our database you can find complete checklists of all of these action figures, including thousands of pictures!

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Addams Family (Animated Series)

Line was created and ended in 1992. It was based upon the Hanna-Barbera animated series....

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Antz

Figures based off of the Antz movie characters. ...

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BEN 10

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Coneheads

Consume Mass Quantities! Coneheads figures made include INS Agent Seedling, Beldar in Suburban Uniform, Beldar in Full Flight Uniform, Prymaat in Suburban Uniform, Prymaat in Full Flight Uniform, Conn...

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Darkwing Duck

Darkwing Duck is the Disney cartoon hit that received an assortment of figures by Playmates in 1991....

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Dick Tracy

Released at the time of the 1990 Dick Tracy Film!...

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Earthworm Jim

From 1994-1995, Earthworm Jim figures made it to shelves in all the popular retailers. Unfortunately for lovers of the video game, the line only lasted for one series....

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Family Guy

Following Mezco's run with Family Guy, Playmates Toys would attempt a run of Family Guy figures with interactive elements. Similar to the World of Springfield Simpsons line, the Family Guy's "Crazy In...

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Flash Gordon

Figures based off the 1996 cartoon series that lasted only one season....

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Lara Croft Tomb Raider

Lara Croft Tomb Raider by Playmates had 2 independent lines released in 1998-1999, and again in 2001. The 1998-1999 line had a 8-10" Figure series based on scenes from the video game. This line also h...

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Looney Tunes

Released after Space Jam, these Looney Tunes figures were somewhat lost in time as many collectors forgot their existence. Playmates manufactured only one series of two-packs in this WB Toys line. ...

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Lucha Libre Masked Warriors

Lucha Libre Masked Warriors was a television show produced on MTV that even ran some live events around 2010-2012. Playmates Toys anticipated a cult following for a show and released figures ba...

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Primal Rage

Primal Rage was a hit game by Atari in 1994 (Perhaps one of Atari's last new hits). Playmates Primal Rage assortments began making it to retail just prior to Toy Fair 1996. Primal Rage figures would c...

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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Ronin Warriors

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Savage Dragon

Connected to the TMNT universe...

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Skeleton Warriors

Figures based off of the CBS cartoon show that ran from 1994-95...

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Space Jam

In what ended up being one of the most complete Looney Tunes figure lines to date, Space Jam (1996) by Playmates are one of the most sought after cartoon figure series with 27 different charact...

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Star Trek: Deep Space 9

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

After Galoob made their line of Next Generation Figures, Playmates Toys quickly took over the reigns and produced very similar figures....

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Star Trek: Voyager

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Star Trek: Warp Factor

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TaleSpin

Figures based off of the Disney animated tv show....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988-1997)

This was a comprehensive line by Playmates that lasted from 1988 at it's birth until 1997. Hundreds of figures were released of everyone's favorite turtles as well as villains and other characters....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2016) Classic Collection

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nickelodeon) (TMNT)

Part of Nickelodeon's TMNT lineup, Rise of the Ninjas were released in 2018....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2002-Present

This license was re spawned in 2002 after a 5 year absence from the figure market. With the new TMNT movie coming out, many new figures were made to meet the demand of the market place....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Movie

Included basic, deluxe, and 11 inch figures based on the 2014 movie....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2016 Movie

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Half Shell Heroes

Figures based off of the 1 hour TV movie that aired on Nickelodeon. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutations

Figures with interchangeable parts....

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV Series

Included a Basic, Deluxe, and 11 inch lines based on the Nicke TV Show....

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The Grinch

Dr. Seuss The Grinch Figure Lines listed in Lees Toy Review:

4-Inch Action Figure 2 Packs
4 Inch Format Vehicle Assortment & Two Figures
Electronic Figure Assortment
Feature Pl...

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The Simpsons (World of Springfield)

The Simpsons had been on the air for about 10 seasons with over one hundred characters introduced throughout the running of the show when the World of Springfield line made its debut fro...

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Toxic Crusaders

Figures from the animated series based off of the Toxic Avengers films....

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Turok

To promote the latest Turok release for Nintendo 64, Playmates released a new line of figures....

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Wild C.A.T.S.

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WWF World Wrestling Federation

WWF Wrestling by Playmates Toys (1997) was a short run of manufactured toys offered to collectors in 1997. They released toys as Grudge Match 2 Packs, Stretchin', Ring Master caricature figure...

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Zorro

Figures based off of the tv show....

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