Back in the day, an action figure accessory was a weapon or two and maybe a sidekick pet. Okay, sometimes a backpack. You get it, right?

These days, depending on how much value a toy maker wants to give you, it can range from zero accessories (I’m looking at you, Morgan Elspeth) to an ungodly number of things like extra hands, heads, face prints, backpack, knives, swords, pistols, rifles, holsters, scabbards, scarves, capes, cloaks, and still pets. Sometimes even the pets have accessories.

It’s great when they give you all this stuff to justify the price. Or justify the price increase for what has now become a “deluxe” figure.

But what sucks is trying to keep track of it all. To know where it’s at whenever you may need it or remember what belongs to who.

The worst part is when you can’t find something. It’s nowhere. Gone.

That happened to me yesterday with my Amazing Fantasy 60th anniversary Spider-Man figure. I signed up to do a photo collab with him only to discover I could only find the hands that were already attached to him and they were his wall-crawling hands. That doesn’t help when you want to take a picture of him going all thwip-thwip with his web-slinging hands. 

I looked everywhere and no dice. All my drawers, boxes, backpacks, and desk space. Nothing.

I was heartbroken because this Spidey is one of my favorite modern figures because of how poseable he is.

So I figured out a new photo concept where he wouldn’t be thwip-thwipping so I could get a shot submitted by the deadline… only to find the little container of hands a few hours later.

Go fig, eh?

“You say I’m an important part of this family but all you can think of right now is barbecue sauce, isn’t it?”