Garvey, Tommy :: Toy Art

1992 Iceman Toy Biz X-Men action figure packaging art

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Title:	1992 Iceman Toy Biz X-Men action figure packaging art
Artist:	None Specified
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	7,163
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	12/26/2011
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Description

Seen here is the original art for the Iceman action figure blister card, released by Toy Biz in 1992.

Flashback to 1992; a young Tommy wearing his X-Men shirt, X-Men hat and X-Men shoes spends months scouring the toy store shelves looking for the final figure he needs to complete his X-team and defeat his collection of evil action figures once and for all. But.......try as he might, no matter how many stores he visits, Iceman is nowhere to be found. Much sadness results. Finally, just as all hope seems lost……"Santa" comes through with Tommy’s very own figural Bobby Drake Christmas morning, which he would latter learn was purchased at a local comic book store at a 2000% markup. Unbeknownst to young Tommy, Toy Biz short packed the figure so that there were limited number of Icemans per case to begin with, and also reportedly recalled the figure because the cheap clear plastic the figure is made of shatters when you try to put it in the kitchen freezer as helpfully suggested by the cardback. As such, Iceman was the figure that EVERY little comic fan needed.

I have NO idea who the artist on this was, or even if they worked at Toy Biz or Marvel. If anyone recognizes it, feel free to drop me a line or post it here though.

In any event, Iceman remains my favorite figure from those first few X-Men lines and probably the most nostalgic. I'm thrilled to own the original art showing the image I never did get to see on a store shelf anywhere.

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	Tommy Garvey
Joined:	August 2006
Last Login:	August 2025
Website:	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQx0LrI5XV1yBfaUi4mlS_w
Country:	UNITED STATES
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daveofapocalypse (daveofapocalypse)
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/26/2011

Dude. Score!!!

Jason Versaggi
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/26/2011

Highly cool! Love the 80's Bobby Drake Spidey & His Amazing Friends look. Bravo!

Kin Wong
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/26/2011

Awesome find! Brings back memories of trying to track down Iceman at toy stores as a kid (and then paying a huge markup for it years later).

Bill Raupp
Member Since 2004

Posted on 9/20/2013

WOW!!!!

Sean Rutan
Member Since 2012

Posted on 7/10/2019

This is great, man! Congrats!

Doctor Fantastic
Member Since 2007

Posted on 9/30/2019

Great art!

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