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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5788

    The Lost Dark Crystal Toys





    This toy trade ad from Spring 1982 showed a rather ambitious merchandise campaign for the Dark Crystal including Hasbro (actually their subsidiary Aviva) tapped for an action figure line.


    Like many Science Fiction and fantasy properties of the early 1980s, like Krull, V and the Last Star Fighter the action figures got left on the run way.

    How buyers waffled on such a property yet bought Dune action figures with both hands i'll never clearly understand.








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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47242

    #2
    Movie always creeped me out because I knew someone who looked EXACTLY like the male puppet.

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    • rche
      channeling Bob Wills
      • Mar 26, 2008
      • 7383

      #3
      Originally posted by Mikey
      Movie always creeped me out because I knew someone who looked EXACTLY like the male puppet.
      Steven Tyler?

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      • Bravestarr
        Museum Super Collector
        • Mar 26, 2017
        • 185

        #4
        I heard about this line years ago I thought they were a myth to bad they didnt get made. The film was very creepy though saw it in theaters

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        • hedrap
          Permanent Member
          • Feb 10, 2009
          • 4825

          #5
          Wait - Dune sold well? Only thing I bought was the black ninja spice looking dude. The rest were blech

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          • palitoy
            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
            • Jun 16, 2001
            • 59204

            #6
            Originally posted by hedrap
            Wait - Dune sold well? Only thing I bought was the black ninja spice looking dude. The rest were blech
            "Sold well" in the fact that retail orders merited production. I believe the toy line, like the movie was a dud.
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            • acrovader
              Career Member
              • Jan 19, 2011
              • 591

              #7
              Originally posted by rche
              Steven Tyler?
              I always thought he looked more like the original singer from Journey.
              I am more than machine. More than man. More than a fusion of the two.

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              • acrovader
                Career Member
                • Jan 19, 2011
                • 591

                #8
                It blows my mind that they tried marketing 'Dune' to kids. Even though I strangely liked the movie when I saw it as a kid, none of the characters were particularly appealing enough to make the successful cross-over into an endearing action figure. I bet most kids that saw it didn't understand the movie and had nightmares.
                I am more than machine. More than man. More than a fusion of the two.

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