Kenner TTP goes Bionic

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In 1977 Bionic Man-ia (get it?) was still running so high that kids everywhere were asking Santa for a doll of a middle aged man in a bad sports coat (self included BTW). So the only logical thing to do was expand upon the licenses offerings (I'm writing this sipping out of a Bionic Man travel mug so hey, still works!).








So Kenner took the brand and stapled it to their popular concept of "Turbo Tower of Power", so Steve, Jaime and even Big Foot got some shiny motor cycles and went cruising. Sure, they all were super humans capable of running faster than a car, the upside is this is the closest we got a 3 3/4" Six Million Dollar Man line and it's pretty darn cool.




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[LonnieFisher]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-SIX-MILLION-DOLLAR-MAN-TTP-CYCLE-KENNER-1977-/160958303429?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item2579dcccc5

[Earth 2 Chris]

Steve got some birthing hips! But you have to wonder if this helped to pave the road for Star Wars.

Chris

[palitoy]

Steve got some birthing hips! But you have to wonder if this helped to pave the road for Star Wars.

Chris

Yeah, it's kind of disappointing, you could put the Bigfoot figure on a Star Wars style card and it would fit right in. Steve not so much. I'd like to operate on him.

[ctc]

>you could put the Bigfoot figure on a Star Wars style card and it would fit right in

When Kenner made their prototype Star Wars guys, didn't they use this Bigfoot as the basis for Chewbacca? (THere was a site that had pics, but I can't find it any more....)

Don C.

[MightyMegs]

Yeah, it's kind of disappointing, you could put the Bigfoot figure on a Star Wars style card and it would fit right in. Steve not so much. I'd like to operate on him.

Make him better than he was before?

[HardyGirl]

I was gonna post the commercial for this. It was up on YouTube, but it was taken down.

[Wee67]

There should be a race between Bigfoot and his cycle, Dr Zaius and his zoom cycle, Hulk and his van... well, you get it. It could be called the ''Inappropriate Vehicle Grand Prix'' or maybe the ''*** 500''.

[Werewolf]

Was the Bionic Woman one released? I don't I remember ever seeing it.

[Agent4125]

... When Kenner made their prototype Star Wars guys, didn't they use this Bigfoot as the basis for Chewbacca? (THere was a site that had pics, but I can't find it any more....)

It seems that a large size Bigfoot had been used as a prototype for the 12" Chewbacca.
You can find a picture here: http://theswca.com/images-conce/chewie-doll.html

[ctc]

>You can find a picture here

THAT'S the place! Heee heee! Here's the little one:

>http://theswca.com/index.php?action=...&item_id=62134

Don C.

[Red Hulk]

That Steve Austin is just wrong in so many ways.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Hold the phone...is that Gary Coleman? I just noticed it looks A LOT like him!!!



Chris

[palitoy]

It's Gary Coleman.

[Earth 2 Chris]

It's so obvious now, I don't know how I missed that the first time I looked at this...

Chris