Collectors come in all stripes, people that genuinely have a very good love for which they are collecting, people that just love the chase of being able to complete a collection, and people that hope their investment will 1 day completely pay down. One doesn’t need to be one of many an incredible number of players of World of Warcraft to collect its actions figures. The younger players though, or the young in mind, may have a hard time resisting the urge to take the warcraft action has learned of these box. The slightly older players will likely find the warcraft action figures reminiscent of He-Man figures sold while in the 80’s.

You will find four main companies that started manufacturing warcraft action figures since Warcraft II. They are Blizzard Entertainment, Toycom, State of the Art (SOTA), and DC Direct (of DC Comics). From these companies, DC Direct has produced the largest line of figures, 25 figures including deluxe figures, through 2009.

Blizzard, the organization behind World of Warcraft, or WoW has only produced five figures. These are Human Footman, Orc Grunt, Malfurion Stormrage, Muradin Bronzebeard, and Thrall.

Toycom has produced six figures all from Warcraft III. SOTA produced only three figures that are: Tauren Shaman, Undead Warlock, and Jungle Troll Voodoo Priest.

DC Direct released its first series of warcraft figures in 2007. This first series was comprised of Meryl Felstorm: Undead Warrior, Rehgar Earthfury: Orc Shaman, Valeera Sanguinar: Blood Elf Rogue, and a deluxe figure, Illidan Stormrage: Night Elf Demon Hunter. DC has released five series with the end of 2009.

As Steve Carell’s character, Andy, proved in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, having a mint toy collection generally is a nice investment. Those unaware of WoW, but seeking the next “hot” collectible, should seek out these warcraft action figures because WoW is a Guinness World Record holding massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), holding the record for most subscribers, over 11 million. With that many followers worldwide it’s likely an industry will exist later on for all collectors who could actually purchase the warcraft action figures now and keep them. And unlike the He-Man figures these WoW action figures are not currently being mass produced and sold in retail outlets.