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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 26, 2018 4:45:06 GMT -5
I've had action figures on my mind lately, and will be making a thread about the sort of stuff I am collecting now, but in the meantime, what are some properties you were surprised to find out did, or did not, get toys? Dolls, action figures, playsets, whatever form the toys take.
Naturally, a lot of big properties get toys even when it's not exactly appropriate, like the infamous Terminator or Alien figures. The crossover appeal was too strong and too obvious to neglect marketing it to kids who were already seeing these things,anyhow.
Then, you get nobody shows that see figures made, probably in anticipation of a success, but it was doomed to sit in KB Toys clearance bins. A good example is "Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog", a Z-tier Power Rangers clone that I don't even remember ever seeing on TV, and I used to make a point of seeing all of these I could, minus ones that passed me by like Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills. (No idea if THAT got toys.)
I'll start with something I found while watching some DIY action figure accessory videos by Zubbie, who also looks at retro toys sometimes.
I was a fan of Full House as a kid, and never had any idea they had dolls. Granted, even as a fan, it's doubtful I'd have had a lot of use for these, but it's pretty amusing to know it indeed exists.
What are some others? Bonus points if it's not just like a Funko Pop, and is an actual toy, not a statue. (Though, Funko's honestly expanded their horizons with some of their toylines.)
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Nov 26, 2018 5:09:29 GMT -5
Always odd to me that The Toxic Avenger got the animated series Toxic Crusaders and a toyline, I guess you could say similar with RoboCop too but that is probably easier to turn into a kids line.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2018 5:09:56 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 26, 2018 5:17:55 GMT -5
I knew about some of those, and some like Mork make plenty of sense to me, but yeah, some odd pulls in that mix. That's the kind of wacky bullshit I was hoping to see.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Nov 26, 2018 5:29:18 GMT -5
I wonder who the M*A*S*H ones where I aimed at because they came out around 1982, can't see much crossover between M*A*S*H fans and people who buy action figures at the time.
That been said, I do proudly own all the M*A*S*H figures
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 26, 2018 5:36:50 GMT -5
I wonder who the M*A*S*H ones where I aimed at because they came out around 1982, can't see much crossover between M*A*S*H fans and people who buy action figures at the time. That been said, I do proudly own all the M*A*S*H figures I wonder if any of the heads from the M*A*S*H line randomly ended up on unrelated figures, like when Ashens looked at various figures from when he was a reseller, and had a random soldier with Isaac from Loveboat's head, presumably in either mold re-use or getting rid of spare parts they had from unsold Isaacs.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Nov 26, 2018 5:41:38 GMT -5
I wonder who the M*A*S*H ones where I aimed at because they came out around 1982, can't see much crossover between M*A*S*H fans and people who buy action figures at the time. That been said, I do proudly own all the M*A*S*H figures I wonder if any of the heads from the M*A*S*H line randomly ended up on unrelated figures, like when Ashens looked at various figures from when he was a reseller, and had a random soldier with Isaac from Loveboat's head, presumably in either mold re-use or getting rid of spare parts they had from unsold Isaacs. yeah you imagine they'll be on unrelated figures, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves reuse of Star Wars is quite an infamous one isn't it?,
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 26, 2018 5:51:29 GMT -5
I wonder if any of the heads from the M*A*S*H line randomly ended up on unrelated figures, like when Ashens looked at various figures from when he was a reseller, and had a random soldier with Isaac from Loveboat's head, presumably in either mold re-use or getting rid of spare parts they had from unsold Isaacs. yeah you imagine they'll be on unrelated figures, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves reuse of Star Wars is quite an infamous one isn't it?, I think they repurposed an ewok village playset to being a Sherwood Forest one, yeah.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2018 6:12:00 GMT -5
yeah you imagine they'll be on unrelated figures, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves reuse of Star Wars is quite an infamous one isn't it?, I think they repurposed an ewok village playset to being a Sherwood Forest one, yeah. As well as reused a Gammorean Guard body for Friar Tuck, Green Arrow from Super Powers' body for Robin and other things.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 26, 2018 7:21:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 8:11:26 GMT -5
Kind of an old hat at this point, been posted in threads like this often (I've posted my share, believe me), but.......it can't not be here.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 26, 2018 8:48:24 GMT -5
No lie, I'd buy a Mayor McCheese doll. Even better, give me Grimace.
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Post by willywonka666 on Nov 26, 2018 8:56:14 GMT -5
I actually bought the Kotter figures and schoolhouse carrying case from a girl on Ebay a few years ago
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 26, 2018 9:23:29 GMT -5
That "Secretary set" is odd, some of the accesories look like they would be part of a toy doll set (like the phone), but that oversized calculator just sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Nov 26, 2018 12:18:18 GMT -5
I'm still on the hunt for a Mork doll at garage sales and vintage toy stores. I need one.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Nov 26, 2018 12:19:47 GMT -5
I got Mayor McCheese (the reissue, at least)
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 26, 2018 13:06:38 GMT -5
That dune toy looks suspect. Yeah I'm looking at that like... it's a ribbed jelly dong right?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Nov 26, 2018 14:18:48 GMT -5
That "Secretary set" is odd, some of the accesories look like they would be part of a toy doll set (like the phone), but that oversized calculator just sticks out like a sore thumb. Did they have calculators like that in the 1950's when the show took place? It seems like some form of mechanical adding machine would've been more appropriate.
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Nov 26, 2018 14:33:38 GMT -5
That dune toy looks suspect. Yeah I'm looking at that like... it's a ribbed jelly dong right? Yeah... what in the name of Shai Hulud is that!?
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 26, 2018 16:18:46 GMT -5
That "Secretary set" is odd, some of the accesories look like they would be part of a toy doll set (like the phone), but that oversized calculator just sticks out like a sore thumb. Did they have calculators like that in the 1950's when the show took place? It seems like some form of mechanical adding machine would've been more appropriate. Possibly, but like the TJ Hooker one, I suspect they may have just been repackaging and throwing together stuff that they already had to fit the theme. Like, if you were going to do a Re-Animator set, and already had "mad science" lab bits, you could just throw those in whether it was in the film or not.
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