Joseph Szadkowski writes: Thanks to the proliferation of film, comic-book and cartoon characters, companies are bombarding consumers with an incredible selection of action figures. With tongue in cheek, let’s take a peek at some of the specimens worthy of a place in Zad’s Toy Vault. Sideshow Collectibles brings another of J.R.R. Tolkien’s famed characters to three-dimensional life with its 1:6 scale tribute to one of Middle-earth’s most powerful wizards. Washington Times Profiles Sideshow’s Gandalf the Grey