The 9 Most Blatant Knock-Off Action Figures Ever Made

[4NDR01D]

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

[vulcan2074]

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

[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?

[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.

[4NDR01D]

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

[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.

[captact]

Anyone has a Slade for sale????

Ray

[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

[Eric]

Love Mr. Rock, especially the shirt. It has that early pre-series publicity photo look where they hadn't quite settled on the final design, with high collars, etc.

[tomstoyz2]

Is Mr.Rock supposed to be "Spock" ?


ha ha, just kidding.

[spotter]

I always thought of Mike Power and Joe's much younger( and totally not cool cousin.) I imagine him on the street looking up at the back upper floor window " hey Guys... can Joe come out and play? Whaddaya mean No, I brought my own hand powered helicopter and everything."

Soon after Joes other Cousin "the Defender" hit the scene but that is a whole other story

[chuckamok63]

My money's on "Spaderman"

[sauce]

Some resemblance I noticed today. . . . .

[Bruce Banner]

It always used to amuse me going to all the toy market stalls and cheap stores and seeing all the knock off figures ripped off whatever was popular at the time.

The amount of He-Man, Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers knockoffs that filled those places was staggering.

[Joe90]

The picture of the Fighting Yank was the 2nd version of the Fighting Yank that came out in the late 1960's. This second version's got a knock-off of a Tommy Gunn head, which, ironically, was a UK GI Joe knock-off that was ignored by Hasbro.