Matrix Action Figures
The Matrix franchise comprises three science-fiction/adventure films written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and produced by Joel Silver. The first film The Matrix was released in March, 1999. After the film's success, two sequels were greenlighted, titled The Matrix Reloaded (May 2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (November 2003). The characters and settings of the Matrix fictional universe are further explored in other media, including animation, comics, and video games.
The series depicts a complex science fiction story incorporating many philosophical elements. Other influences include cyberpunk, mythology, anime, Hong Kong action films (particularly "heroic bloodshed" and martial arts movies), simulated reality and philosophy of mind. Though not directly, key concepts of several beliefs are touched upon, including Buddhism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Hinduism, Judaism, Jainism, Islam, and Atheism.
The series began with 1999's The Matrix. The film, directed by the Wachowski brothers and produced by Joel Silver, was highly successful, earning $460 million worldwide and beating Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace for the Academy Award for Visual Effects. In addition, by 2000, the DVD release o f the film reached three million sales, the first DVD release in the United States to do so.
The movie's mainstream success led to the greenlighting of the next two films of the trilogy, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. It took a number of years and several iterations of scripts before the final films were approved. The two sequels, which tell a continuous story rather than being stand-alone episodes, were filmed simultaneously and released six months apart. The trilogy is known as The Matrix Trilogy. In acknowledgment of the strong influence of Japanese anime on the Matrix series, The Animatrix was produced in 2003. This is a collection of nine animated short films intended to further flesh out the concepts, history, characters and setting of the series. The Animatrix project was overseen by the Wachowski brothers, but they wrote only four of the segments themselves and did not direct any of them. Many of the segments were produced by notable figures from the world of Japanese animation. Four of the films were originally released on the series' official website, one was shown in cinemas with Dreamcatcher, one was shown on MTV, MTV2, MTV3, and MTV4, and the others first appeared with the DVD release of all nine shorts shortly after the release of The Matrix Reloaded.
| Grade Weight | Grade Description |
|---|---|
| Grade# 1WP | MINT figure, new in MINT or Near Mint, undamaged, unopened condition |
| Grade# 2WP | MINT figure, new in slightly damaged unopened package, may have a SMALL dent in the bubble, or MINOR crease in the card |
| Grade# 3WP | MINT figure, new in damaged unopened package, may have a dent in the bubble, or a crease or folded corners in the card |
| Grade# 4NP | Mint figure, used no package |
| Grade# 5NP | Excellent figure, used no package |
| Grade# 6NP | Good figure, used no package |
| Grade# 7NP | Fair figure, used no package |
| Grade# 8NP | Poor figure, used no package |
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