The 9 Most Blatant Knock-Off Action Figures Ever Made

[toys2cool]

Didn't Toys2cool get Yung Kung Fu for a buck last spring? what a great score.

yup still got it

I just felt bad leaving him for that price,he's actually pretty cool looking in person

[captact]

Anyone has a Slade for sale????

Ray

[Evel KMego]

Mike Power is still one of my favs, even if he is a rip-off! I had the Knight of Darkness as a kid, I was aware of his knock-off status, but still had fun playing with him. There was also a C-3PO knock-off with a green head.

[4NDR01D]

Didn't Toys2cool get Yung Kung Fu for a buck last spring? what a great score.

[palitoy]

Slade I think was a exploitation Movie Character in the 70's.
Ripping off the Richard Roundtree's Shaft .
I look in My movie poster book of 70's trash cinema.
so is it a double rip off or just a rip off the movies?

No he wasn't, he was made up by Shindana.

Bernie Casey played "Slade" in the 80's send up "I'm Gonna Get you Sucker" but that might have been a nod to the action figure itself.

[AAAAA]

Slade I think was a exploitation Movie Character in the 70's.
Ripping off the Richard Roundtree's Shaft .
I look in My movie poster book of 70's trash cinema.
so is it a double rip off or just a rip off the movies?

[vulcan2074]

Mr Rock. Now Thats One Cheesy Figure. I want one so Bad
Sammy

[4NDR01D]

I actually like, and would like to own, every toy on this list.
Thanks for another great read Palitoy!

[megoscott]

Yeah, Slade is awesome. Hmm...

[palitoy]

I was kind of going for Knock offs that made it into main stream catalogs and were trying to be something else. If I went for the bootlegs in dollar stores, it could have been a top 1,000.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wasn't Slade the name of the Shaft-like character in "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka"? Maybe Keenan Ivory Wayans had one of these figures?

Great list! But the blow-molded Batman with the Mego-like head and red body is tops in my books. Even the packaging art is a rip-off of the old Aurora model box!

Chris

[jwyblejr]

I'm surprised none of the many Batman knock-offs didn't make the list. Kind of hard to disguise the fact that it is Batman,especially with the ears.

[starsky]

great read!! i love it!

[goldenryan]

mike power is cooler than steve austin imo. i remember there was cheap x-men knockoff in the early 1990's called x-team. an a remember buying a 10" tarzan knockoff at the dollar store in the late 80's.

[sauce]

Tony Randall Mr. Rock! Great descriptioN!! ROFLMAO!