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Post by Joe Neglia on May 21, 2019 17:37:12 GMT -5
Remember the transforming building robot in the Tom Hanks film Big?  Well, the people working on Fisher-Price's Imaginext line (awesome line, btw) like to homage a lot of older toys in their designs. Wave 12 of these blind bag figures is in stores now and this is one of the included action figures:  |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on May 21, 2019 17:50:50 GMT -5
Has that wave hit shelves yet? I buy a few of the blind bags from each wave.Still trying to get a Imaginext Dr Fate.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 18:49:57 GMT -5
I don’t get it.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 21, 2019 19:05:34 GMT -5
There was a toy robot built to be a prop in the film Big, in a scene where the main character plays with it for a moment. It wasn't mass-produced or released in the real world. Cut to today, and Fisher-Price releases a line of action figures called Imaginext that often borrow designs from old obscure toys as homages. This time around, they did one in honor of the Big robot. |
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Post by karl100589 on May 21, 2019 23:20:19 GMT -5
There was a toy robot built to be a prop in the film Big, in a scene where the main character plays with it for a moment. It wasn't mass-produced or released in the real world. Cut to today, and Fisher-Price releases a line of action figures called Imaginext that often borrow designs from old obscure toys as homages. This time around, they did one in honor of the Big robot. I still don't get it. |
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Post by Mozenrath on May 21, 2019 23:25:19 GMT -5
There was a toy robot built to be a prop in the film Big, in a scene where the main character plays with it for a moment. It wasn't mass-produced or released in the real world. Cut to today, and Fisher-Price releases a line of action figures called Imaginext that often borrow designs from old obscure toys as homages. This time around, they did one in honor of the Big robot. I think they're referencing the main character's confusion when being presented with the concept in the film. Which, f*** that kid from Big, a building robot sounds awesome. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 23:35:50 GMT -5
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 22, 2019 0:30:20 GMT -5
There was a toy robot built to be a prop in the film Big, in a scene where the main character plays with it for a moment. It wasn't mass-produced or released in the real world. Cut to today, and Fisher-Price releases a line of action figures called Imaginext that often borrow designs from old obscure toys as homages. This time around, they did one in honor of the Big robot. I still don't get it. *sigh* Okay, yeah, you got me there, totally wasn't thinking. |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 0:43:53 GMT -5
That's pretty neat. Good way of using the same concept and general aesthetic while making it more sleek.
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Post by sfvega on May 22, 2019 0:53:45 GMT -5
Could have been better executed. The original is awesome, if unrealistic for someone to actually play with. Just scale that down. I guess they wanted to make it more cheaply, and hedge their bets.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on May 22, 2019 1:12:00 GMT -5
Cool line, I love the he-man references they do.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2019 8:03:12 GMT -5
I'm surprised Transformers never made an official one of these as a convention exclusive or something.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 22, 2019 11:56:28 GMT -5
Has that wave hit shelves yet? I buy a few of the blind bags from each wave.Still trying to get a Imaginext Dr Fate. Apparently it has, a channel I follow did a blind bag opening of the series and said he found them at Walmart. |
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Post by Heeltown, USA on May 22, 2019 16:47:16 GMT -5
There was a toy robot built to be a prop in the film Big, in a scene where the main character plays with it for a moment. It wasn't mass-produced or released in the real world. Cut to today, and Fisher-Price releases a line of action figures called Imaginext that often borrow designs from old obscure toys as homages. This time around, they did one in honor of the Big robot. Oh man, this made me laugh |
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 22, 2019 17:03:06 GMT -5
There was a toy robot built to be a prop in the film Big, in a scene where the main character plays with it for a moment. It wasn't mass-produced or released in the real world. Cut to today, and Fisher-Price releases a line of action figures called Imaginext that often borrow designs from old obscure toys as homages. This time around, they did one in honor of the Big robot. Oh man, this made me laugh Yeah I know. I can't believe I didn't catch that. |
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