Post by Alucard on Jul 16, 2008 1:53:57 GMT -5
Anybody remember these?
They were little collectible figurines of various forms of freaks of nature.
Sweet robots, mutants, a surfer escaping a shark, etc, all attached to a rolling base.
What were you supposed to do with them? Hell if I know. But they were pretty cool.
Some parents group actually got these pulled from the shelves because they were deemed too offensive for children. Ah, 1992.
I got a bunch on clearance from KB Toys back in the day (they never pulled them off shelves there). Fun times, my favorite was a cool killer robot with sawblades for hands.
From Wikipedia:
Savage Mondo Blitzers were a line of miniature collectible toy figures on skateboards produced by Kenner in 1991 and sold in the United States. They were about an inch tall. They came in sets of four skaters per pack, each set had a different gang, and each skater his own personality. There were 10 gangs:
* Damaged and Deadly Gang - Blood Hockey, Mr. Mutator Head, Chop Chop, Head Alert
* The Dudes of Disaster - Bad Fart, Blade Invader, Killer Kommando, Twin Geeks
* The Butt Kickers - Snot Shot, Secret Weapon, Gun Runner, Cleat Meat
* The Chunk Blowers - Tyrannosaurus Ax, Loaded Diaper, Direct Hit, Big Hans
* The Skull Crunchers - Fat Ax, Pork Chopper, Bad to the Bone, Roach Kill
* Concrete Breakfast Gang - Metal Head, Shark Bait, Knight to Dismember, and Barf Bucket
* Scars and Spikes Gang - Kiss My Bat, Aping Wound, Lug Nut, Eye Pus
* Brains Not Included - Wedgyson, Fly'd Out, Gutter Brawl, Salad Bartender
* Puke Shooters Gang - Hex Bolt, Gas Attack, Leg Up, Bad Apple
* The Sewer Surfers - Numb Chuck, Robozooka, Bad Audience, Butterfly Gone Bad
They also came in a 'Crazy 8' set with a 'Lightning Launcher'. This set included Destruction Worker, Lawn Disorder, Chow Hound, General Mayhem, Armed & Dangerous, Fist Fight, Shishke Bob, and Jack Hammer. Sometimes when discussed on message boards and such, these figures are confused with Skateboard Smack-Ups figures from 1986.
One of the Savage Mondo Blitzers toys, Chow Hound, can be seen briefly in The Adventures of Pete & Pete episode "Nightcrawlers".
