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The 36 Worst Action Figures From Iconic Toy Lines
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Mossman and Stinkor are awesome.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return... -
Mossman and Stinkor are awesome.Comment
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I think the article is looking at the toys from a kids perspective and the play value these toys actually had. No matter how cool the Early Bird Box is today no kid wanted to open up a package on Christmas and find an IOU from Kenner. What kid wanted to open up a birthday present and find Chuckles instead of Snake Eyes or get the Gonk Droid when they wanted Vader? #36 really sets the tone...."It was something of a rite of passage for boys in the late '80s/early '90s to wake up on Christmas morning and see the wrapped Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-shaped box. In anticipation you'd tear it open, wondering what would be revealed. Your favorite Turtle? Your favorite villain? Or some fat guy eating a sandwich, with toilet paper stuck on his foot?" That being said those Rocky toys are recent (they weren't released when the film came out) and were made with more of the "collector/fan" in mind rather than kids of the era playing with them (although "The Meat" is a tough sell no matter who your target audience is.) There are also way more Masters figures lamer than Griz, Stinkcor, and Moss Man (Twistoid & Rotar come to mind immediately) and the real reason the Meteorbs are lame is that they were actually part of the Gobots over in Japan and forced into the MOTU line near the end to cash in on the Transformers craze at the time and had nothing to do with Heman.Last edited by spacecaps; Dec 21, '11, 8:34 PM."Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."Comment
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I'll say it again, Stinkor is awesome! He is an evil Skunk monster and he his action feature was he smelled bad. That is absolutely brilliant and pure win to a kid. Plus, he is a cool looking figure in his own right. Great design.You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...Comment
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After reading the Cobra mini-series by IDW I declare Chuckles to be an awesome GIJOE. I don't care what this guy says.Comment
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"Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee
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Man! Makes me glad I grew up w/ Mego, GIJoe Adventure Team and Big Jim!"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."Comment
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I found an original Moss Man and Grizzlor in a yard - sale style box at a toy show- I knew who Grizzlor was- but thought Moss Man was some sort of Beastman variant- I just knew he was a fuzzy, green beasty dude from He-Man- and that he needed to be on my shelf!
I can't believe they left Optic off that list- he was a giant eyeball with a robot body from MOTU.Comment
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I think the article is looking at the toys from a kids perspective and the play value these toys actually had. No matter how cool the Early Bird Box is today no kid wanted to open up a package on Christmas and find an IOU from Kenner. What kid wanted to open up a birthday present and find Chuckles instead of Snake Eyes or get the Gonk Droid when they wanted Vader? #36 really sets the tone...."It was something of a rite of passage for boys in the late '80s/early '90s to wake up on Christmas morning and see the wrapped Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-shaped box. In anticipation you'd tear it open, wondering what would be revealed. Your favorite Turtle? Your favorite villain? Or some fat guy eating a sandwich, with toilet paper stuck on his foot?" That being said those Rocky toys are recent (they weren't released when the film came out) and were made with more of the "collector/fan" in mind rather than kids of the era playing with them (although "The Meat" is a tough sell no matter who your target audience is.) There are also way more Masters figures lamer than Griz, Stinkcor, and Moss Man (Twistoid & Rotar come to mind immediately) and the real reason the Meteorbs are lame is that they were actually part of the Gobots over in Japan and forced into the MOTU line near the end to cash in on the Transformers craze at the time and had nothing to do with Heman.Comment
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Doc Drako's Meaningless And Unwarranted Commentary Of The List...
I bought the Rocky lines' Ludmilla Drago and her clothes fit female Megos rather decently. I also bought two Mike Tysons for the same reason, except to put the suits on male Megos. I wanted more Rocky figures for their clothes but the toys didn't stay around here very long. I even wanted "The Meat". Mostly for the white jacket.
I also bought the Famous Covers Aunt May. I put her on a smaller body and now she looks very "someone's grandma-ish".
Star Wars' Power Droid is very adorable. I will be buying one of the modern versions as soon as I get a chance. I love Star Wars droids. I'm a droid lover. Star Wars' Walrus Man RoCkS! Toyfare made me LOL when they mentioned that it looks like he has a baby's butt coming out of his mouth.
Thanks for reading. Move along.
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It was the background figures that really got me hooked as a Star Wars fan as a kid. Hammerhead, Snaggletooth, Dengar, IG-88, Lobot, Power Droid, Squid Head - I treasured these guys more than Luke, Han et al. That being said I reckon they pushed the envelop with Prune Face. I still have trouble spotting him in Return of the Jedi. He was a pretty cool figure but for years I thought he wasn't actually in the movie. In terms of quality, the original EV-9D9 is pretty crappy.
As for Stinkor, Grizzlor and Moss-man - they rank as all time legends. I still use the word Grizzlor to describe grumpy people.Comment
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This whole thing is terrible. Just some guy picking random figures from various toy series (notice that he does 4 or 5 from each line) and then calling it a list. 80% of those figures aren't even bad.
I hate these sites that do cheap lists all the time and never even put in a real effort.Comment
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