Amid the post-war boom of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Cole Phelps is an LAPD detective thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high.

In his fight to climb the ranks and do what’s right, Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, racketeering conspiracies and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department to uncover a secret that could shake the city to its rotten core.

Using groundbreaking new animation technology that captures every nuance of an actor’s facial performance in astonishing detail, L.A. Noire is a violent crime thriller that blends breathtaking action with true detective work to deliver an unprecedented interactive experience.

Search for clues, chase down suspects and interrogate witnesses as you struggle to find the truth in a city where everyone has something to hide.Developed by Team Bondi in conjunction with Rockstar Games, L.A. Noire is now available for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® in North America and arrives May 20th 2011 in Europe.

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Spectrum is Green!

These great 5 inch (12.5 cm) high plastic articulated action figures come loaded with accessories and snap-on tunics and hats.

You can even use the figures included in the DX Cheetah or DX Rhino vehicles to activate different hidden phrases!
Various characters: Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue, Captain Black, Colonel White or Destiny Angel.

Captain Action was a toy line released by Ideal in 1966.

Following the success of the popular G.I. Joe action figures Hasbro, Captain Action was a fighting man who could also be dressed in different outfits and use various weapons; but instead of being a pure military hero, he could become more fantastic figures like superheroes. This was accomplished by not only putting different outfits on the doll, but masks as well.

The first line of Capt. Action figures had him changing into nine different comic-strip heroes: Batman, Superman, Flash Gordon, the Lone Ranger, Capt. America, Aquaman, the Phantom, Steve Canyon, and Sgt. Fury. Each of the costume changes came in their own separately- sold window boxes for easy perusal and purchase.

They came with the clothing and mask, as well as accessories and/or weapons unique to the particular character. Batman’s, of course, came with his batarang and utility belt, along with other tools like a flashlight and grappling hook; Superman came with a hunk of kryptonite, his dog Krypto, and also (in a faithfulness to the comics usually unknown with toy companies) a phantom ray projector.

With the second wave of accessories the next year, Capt. Action got a sidekick in the form of the youthful Action Boy.

Action Boy had different outfits, too: he could be changed into Superboy, Robin the Boy Wonder, or Aqualad (what – no Bucky for Captain America?). Each of these teenaged heroes, too, came with their own unique set of accessories. The Captain’s new outfits (Sgt. Fury was dropped) included Spider-Man, Buck Rogers, Tonto (Lone Ranger’s pal), and the Green Hornet, whose TV show debuted the previous year. In these new outfit packs, as well as the re-issued First Wave packs, kids received a ‘video-matic’ flasher ring, whose image changed from the package character to Capt. Action and back again.

The Captain also got an arch-enemy: called Dr. Evil (not to be confused with Austin Powers’s nemesis), he was a blue-skinned alien whose brain was exposed; he came with a ray gun, bearded human disguise, and a snazzy pre-disco medallion. In addition, Capt. Action got some more generic accessory packs including such things as a parachute or jet pack, as well as a land-sea vehicle called the Silver Streak. During its lifetime, the line sported a number of different gift sets, box designs, and accessory combinations. Sears and Montgomery Ward each issues exclusive headquarters pieces for the hero.

But it wasn’t meant to last.]

The toy line was shut down in 1968 due to falling sales. It had only a brief, two-and-a-half-year life span, but Captain Action remains one of the most fondly remembered of male action figures.